2008 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

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.

2008 Deildabikar

Tournament details
Country	Iceland
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Valur
Runners-up	Fram
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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	Qualification		VAL	BRE	GRI	ÍBV	SEL	VÓL
1	Valur (Q)	5	5	0	0	19	5	+14	15	Qualification to the Quarter-finals		—	2–1	—	6–0	—	3–1
2	Breiðablik (Q)	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.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KR	FH	LRE	FJÖ	VÍK	ÞÓR
1	KR (Q)	5	5	0	0	16	4	+12	15	Qualification to the Quarter-finals		—	2–0	—	—	4–0	—
2	FH (Q)	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.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FRA	ÍA	KAK	ÞRÓ	HAU	KSL
1	Fram (Q)	5	4	1	0	10	2	+8	13	Qualification to the Quarter-finals		—	2–1	—	—	4–0	—
2	ÍA (Q)	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.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HK	KEF	FYL	KFF	NJA	STJ
1	HK (Q)	5	4	1	0	9	4	+5	13	Qualification to the Quarter-finals		—	—	1–0	—	1–0	—
2	Keflavík (Q)	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.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

18 April 2008

Valur	2–0	Keflavík
Pálmason 20' Mortensen 79'

Vodafonevöllurinn, Reykjavík

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18 April 2008

HK	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Breiðablik
Þórsson 16'		Grétarsson 74'
Penalties
	3–5

Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

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19 April 2008

Fram	2–1	FH
McShane 16' H. Þórarinsson 56'		Vilhjálmsson 68'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

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19 April 2008

KR	0–3	ÍA
		Guðjónsson 1' Sigurðarson 44' 77' (o.g.)

KR-völlur, Reykjavík

Semi-finals

24 April 2008

Valur	5–2	ÍA
Pálmason 51' (pen.), 62' Mortensen 70', 84' Hjaltason 90'		Guðjónsson 18' (pen.) Magnússon 69'

Vodafonevöllurinn, Reykjavík

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24 April 2008

Fram	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Breiðablik
Grímsson 102' Júlíusson 114'		Rajcomar 95', 111' (pen.)
Penalties
	4–2

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Final

1 May 2008

Valur	4–1	Fram
Mortensen 4', 29' A. S. Þórarinsson 50' Pálmason 90'		H. Þórarinsson 33' (pen.)

Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur]

Referee: Eyjolfur M. Kristinsson

VALUR: GK Kjartan Sturluson DF Birkir Már Sævarsson DF Gunnar Einarsson DF Atli Sveinn Þórarinsson DF Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson DF Rene Skovgaard Carlsen MF Pálmi Rafn Pálmason MF Baldur Bett FW Daníel Hjaltason  82' FW Guðmundur Benediktsson  68' FW Dennis Bo Mortensen Substitutes: MF Sigurbjörn Örn Hreiðarsson  82' FW Hafþór Ægir Vilhjálmsson  68' Manager: Willum Þór Þórsson

FRAM: GK Hannes Þór Halldórsson DF Óðinn Árnason DF Reynir Leósson DF Sam Tillen MF Daði Guðmundsson MF Paul McShane  89' MF Halldór Hermann Jónsson FW Heiðar Geir Júlíusson FW Grímur Björn Grímsson  38' FW Hjálmar Þórarinsson FW Ívar Björnsson  81' Substitutes: MF Jón Orri Ólafsson  38' FW Guðmundur Magnússon  81' DF Kristinn Ingi Halldórsson  89' Manager: Þorvaldur Örlygsson

Top goalscorers

10 goals

• Tryggvi Guðmundsson (FH)

7 goals

• Dennis Bo Mortensen (Valur)

6 goals

• Almarr Ormarsson (KA)
• Helgi Sigurðsson (Valur)

5 goals

• Prince Rajcomar (Breiðablik)
• Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa (KR)
• Gudjon Baldvinsson (KR)
• Daníel Hjaltason (Valur)
• Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (Valur)

4 goals

• Andri Steinn Birgisson (Grindavík)
• Patrik Redo (Keflavík)
• Alfred Elias Johannsson (Víkingur Ólafsvík)

External links

• Deildabikar on rsssf.org