2008 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

Football tournament season
2008 Deildabikar
Tournament details
Country Iceland
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsValur
Runner-upFram
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The 2008 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 13th season of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The competition started on 22 February 2008 and concluded on 1 May 2008. Valur beat Fram 4–1 in the final to win their first League Cup title.

The 24 teams were divided into 4 groups of 6 teams. Every team played every other team of its group once, either home or away. Top 2 teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group stage

The games were played from 22 February to 15 April 2008.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VAL BRE GRI ÍBV SEL VÓL
1 Valur 5 5 0 0 19 5 +14 15 2–1 6–0 3–1
2 Breiðablik 5 4 0 1 19 4 +15 12 4–1 2–0
3 Grindavík 5 2 1 2 7 11 −4 7 1–4 1–5 1–0
4 ÍBV 5 1 1 3 6 19 −13 4 0–7 4–3
5 Selfoss 5 0 2 3 8 14 −6 2 2–4 1–1
6 Víkingur Ólafsvík 5 0 2 3 5 11 −6 2 1–3 2–2 1–1
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KR FH LRE FJÖ VÍK ÞÓR
1 KR 5 5 0 0 16 4 +12 15 2–0 4–0
2 FH 5 4 0 1 19 5 +14 12 7–1 4–0 5–0
3 Leiknir R. 5 2 1 2 9 15 −6 7 1–3 4–3 1–1
4 Fjölnir 5 1 1 3 11 15 −4 4 2–3 1–1
5 Víkingur Reykjavík 5 1 1 3 6 14 −8 4 1–2 4–2
6 Þór A. 5 0 1 4 9 17 −8 1 1–4 2–3 3–5
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FRA ÍA KAK ÞRÓ HAU KSL
1 Fram 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 13 2–1 4–0
2 ÍA 5 4 0 1 9 4 +5 12 2–1 2–0 2–0
3 KA 5 2 1 2 13 9 +4 7 1–1 1–0 7–1
4 Þróttur Reykjavík 5 2 0 3 7 5 +2 6 0–1 1–2 3–0
5 Haukar 5 2 0 3 7 13 −6 6 5–3 2–1
6 KS/Leiftur 5 0 0 5 3 16 −13 0 0–2 1–3
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HK KEF FYL KFF NJA STJ
1 HK 5 4 1 0 9 4 +5 13 1–0 1–0
2 Keflavík 5 3 0 2 12 10 +2 9 2–4 3–1
3 Fylkir 5 2 1 2 9 8 +1 7 3–4 0–0 3–1
4 Fjarðabyggð 5 1 3 1 8 8 0 6 1–1 2–1 2–3
5 Njarðvík 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 5 0–2 1–1
6 Stjarnan 5 0 1 4 6 13 −7 1 1–2 2–2 1–3
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Valur2 – 0Keflavík
Pálmason 20'
Mortensen 79'

HK1 – 1 (aet)Breiðablik
Þórsson 16' Grétarsson 74'
Penalties
3 – 5

Fram2 – 1FH
McShane 16'
H. Þórarinsson 56'
Vilhjálmsson 68'

KR0 – 3ÍA
Guðjónsson 1'
Sigurðarson 44'
77' (og)

Semi-finals

Valur5 – 2ÍA
Pálmason 51' (p) 62'
Mortensen 70' 84'
Hjaltason 90'
Guðjónsson 18' (p)
Magnússon 69'

Fram2 – 2 (aet)Breiðablik
Grímsson 102'
Júlíusson 114'
Rajcomar 95' 111' (p)
Penalties
4 – 2

Final

Valur4 – 1Fram
Mortensen 4' 29'
A. S. Þórarinsson 50'
Pálmason 90'
H. Þórarinsson 33' (p)
Referee: Eyjolfur M. Kristinsson
VALUR:
GK Iceland Kjartan Sturluson
DF Iceland Birkir Már Sævarsson
DF Iceland Gunnar Einarsson
DF Iceland Atli Sveinn Þórarinsson
DF Iceland Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson
DF Denmark Rene Skovgaard Carlsen
MF Iceland Pálmi Rafn Pálmason
MF Iceland Baldur Bett
FW Iceland Daníel Hjaltason downward-facing red arrow 82'
FW Iceland Guðmundur Benediktsson downward-facing red arrow 68'
FW Denmark Dennis Bo Mortensen
Substitutes:
MF Iceland Sigurbjörn Örn Hreiðarsson upward-facing green arrow 82'
FW Iceland Hafþór Ægir Vilhjálmsson upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Iceland Willum Þór Þórsson
FRAM:
GK Iceland Hannes Þór Halldórsson
DF Iceland Óðinn Árnason
DF Iceland Reynir Leósson
DF England Sam Tillen
MF Iceland Daði Guðmundsson
MF Scotland Paul McShane downward-facing red arrow 89'
MF Iceland Halldór Hermann Jónsson
FW Iceland Heiðar Geir Júlíusson
FW Iceland Grímur Björn Grímsson downward-facing red arrow 38'
FW Iceland Hjálmar Þórarinsson
FW Iceland Ívar Björnsson downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutes:
MF Iceland Jón Orri Ólafsson upward-facing green arrow 38'
FW Iceland Guðmundur Magnússon upward-facing green arrow 81'
DF Iceland Kristinn Ingi Halldórsson upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Iceland Þorvaldur Örlygsson

Top goalscorers

10 goals
7 goals
  • Denmark Dennis Bo Mortensen (Valur)
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals

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