2017 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

2017 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

Deildarbikar karla
Country	Iceland
Dates	17 February 2017 — 17 April 2017
Teams	24
Champions	KR
Runners-up	Grindavík
Matches played	67
Goals scored	243 (3.63 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Óskar Örn Hauksson (KR) (8 goals)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 17 April 2017.

The 2017 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 22nd season of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The tournament involves twenty-four clubs from the top two leagues in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild karla and 1. deild karla, and uses a combination of group and knockout rounds to determine which team is the winner of the tournament.

The tournament began on 17 February and concluded with the final on 17 April 2017. KR were champions of the tournament.

Participating teams[]

Úrvalsdeild[]

1. deild karla[]

League tables[]

Group 1[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KA	FH	KEF	VIK	HAU	GRÓ
1	KA	5	4	0	1	8	3	+5	12	Qualification for the Quarter finals		—	—	3–0	0–1	1–0	—
2	FH	5	4	0	1	10	6	+4	12			1–2	—	—	—	1–0	—
3	Keflavík	5	2	1	2	10	7	+3	7			—	2–3	—	—	1–1	5–0
4	Vikingur	5	2	1	2	7	8	−1	7			—	1–2	0–2	—	—	5–0
5	Haukar	5	0	3	2	6	8	−2	3			—	—	—	2–2	—	3–3
6	Grótta	5	0	1	4	7	16	−9	1			1–2	1–3	—	—	—	—

Group 2[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KR	SEL	FYL	ÍBV	LER	FJÓ
1	KR	5	3	1	1	15	5	+10	10	Qualification for the Quarter finals		—	2–2	—	4–0	6–1	3–1
2	Selfoss	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	10			—	—	—	1–0	—	—
3	Fylkir	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	7			1–0	1–2	—	1–1	1–2	2–0
4	ÍBV	5	2	1	2	7	9	−2	7			—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Leiknir R.	5	2	0	3	7	15	−8	6			—	1–0	—	1–3	—	2–5
6	Fjölnir	5	1	0	4	10	14	−4	3			—	2–4	—	2–3	—	—

Group 3[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	ÍA	ÞÓR	HK	VIÓ	ÍR
1	Valur	5	5	0	0	17	7	+10	15	Withdrew After The Group Stage		—	3–1	—	—	2–1	5–2
2	ÍA	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Qualification for the Quarter finals		—	—	—	—	3–2	2–1
3	Þór	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7			2–4	2–3	—	2–1	—	—
4	HK	5	2	0	3	6	10	−4	6			1–3	0–2	—	—	2–1	—
5	Víkingur Ólafsvík	5	1	0	4	8	10	−2	3			—	—	0–2	—	—	—
6	ÍR	5	0	1	4	6	14	−8	1			—	—	1–1	1–2	1–4	—

Valur decided not to participate in the knockout stages^[1]

Group 4[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	GRI	STJ	ÞRÓ	FRA	LEF
1	Breiðablik	5	3	2	0	12	1	+11	11	Qualification for the Quarter finals		—	1–1	0–0	—	—	6–0
2	Grindavík	5	3	2	0	14	6	+8	11			—	—	—	—	3–1	—
3	Stjarnan	5	3	2	0	8	4	+4	11			—	2–2	—	3–1	—	1–0
4	Þróttur R.	5	2	0	3	12	12	0	6			0–4	2–3	—	—	—	6–0
5	Fram	5	0	1	4	8	13	−5	1			0–1	—	1–2	2–3	—	—
6	Leiknir F.	5	0	1	4	4	22	−18	1			—	0–5	—	—	4–4	—

Knockout stage[]

Quarter-finals[]

The top two teams of each group entered the quarter-finals stage.^[2] Valur, who finished 1st in Group 2, withdrew from the tournament after the group stages. Þór, who finished 3rd in Group 2, replaced Valur in the knockout stages.

Semi-finals[]

The semi-final matches were played on 13 April 2017.

Final[]

The final was played on 17 April 2017.

Top goalscorers[]

As of matches played on 17 April 2017^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Óskar Örn Hauksson	KR	8
2	Sigurður Egill Lárusson	Valur	7
3	William Daniels	Grindavík	6
	Kristján Flóki Finnbogason	FH
4	Jeppe Hansen	Keflavík	5
5	Kennie Chopart	KR	4
	Þórir Guðjónsson	Fjölnir
	Gunnar Örvar Stefánsson	Þór

References[]

External links[]

• Soccerway