2008 Deildabikar

The Deildabikar 2008 was the 13th season of the Icelandic 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 1 Valur 5 5 0 0 19 5 +14 15 2 Breiðablik 5 4 0 1 19 4 +15 12 3 Grindavík 5 2 1 2 7 11 −4 7 4 Vestmannaeyjar 5 1 1 3 6 19 −13 4 5 Selfoss 5 0 2 3 8 14 −6 2 6 Víkingur Ólafsvík 5 0 2 3 5 11 −6 2 Source: rsssf.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away BRE GRI ÍBV SEL VAL VÓL Breiðablik 4–1 2–0 Grindavík 1–5 1–0 1–4 ÍBV 0–7 4–3 Selfoss 1–1 2–4 Valur 2–1 6–0 3–1 Víkingur Ólafsvík 1–3 2–2 1–1 Source: rsssf.com 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 KR Reykjavík 5 5 0 0 16 4 +12 15 2 Hafnarfjörður 5 4 0 1 19 5 +14 12 3 Leiknir 5 2 1 2 9 15 −6 7 4 Fjölnir Reykjavík 5 1 1 3 11 15 −4 4 5 Víkingur Reykjavík 5 1 1 3 6 14 −8 4 6 Þór Akureyri 5 0 1 4 9 17 −8 1 Source: rsssf.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away FJÖ FH KR LRE VÍK ÞÓR Fjölnir 2–3 1–1 FH 4–0 7–1 5–0 KR 2–0 4–0 Leiknir R. 4–3 1–3 1–1 Víkingur Reykjavík 1–2 4–2 Þór A. 3–5 2–3 1–4 Source: rsssf.com 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Fram Reykjavík 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 13 2 Akranes 5 4 0 1 9 4 +5 12 3 KA Akureyri 5 2 1 2 13 9 +4 7 4 Þróttur Reykjavík 5 2 0 3 7 5 +2 6 5 Haukar 5 2 0 3 7 13 −6 6 6 KS/Leiftur 5 0 0 5 3 16 −13 0 Source: rsssf.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away FRA HAU ÍA KAK KSL ÞRÓ Fram 4–0 2–1 Haukar 5–3 2–1 ÍA 2–0 2–1 2–0 KA 1–1 7–1 1–0 KS/Leiftur 0–2 1–3 Þróttur Reykjavík 0–1 3–0 1–2 Source: rsssf.com 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Kópavogs 5 4 1 0 9 4 +5 13 2 Keflavík 5 3 0 2 12 10 +2 9 3 Fylkir Reykjavík 5 2 1 2 9 8 +1 7 4 Fjarðabyggð 5 1 3 1 8 8 0 6 5 Njarðvík 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 5 6 Stjarnan 5 0 1 4 6 13 −7 1 Source: rsssf.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away KFF FYL HK KEF NJA STJ Fjarðabyggð 2–3 1–1 2–1 Fylkir 3–4 0–0 3–1 HK 1–0 1–0 Keflavík 2–4 3–1 Njarðvík 1–1 0–2 Stjarnan 2–2 1–2 1–3 Source: rsssf.com 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Valur v Keflavík

2008-04-18

Valur	2 – 0	Keflavík
Pálmason  20' Mortensen  79'

Vodafonevöllurinn, Reykjavík

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HK v Breiðablik

2008-04-18

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

Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

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Fram v FH

2008-04-19

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

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

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KR v ÍA

2008-04-19

KR	0 – 3	ÍA
		Guðjónsson  1' Sigurðarson  44'  77' (og)

KR-völlur, Reykjavík

Semi-finals

Valur v ÍA

2008-04-24

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

Vodafonevöllurinn, Reykjavík

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Fram v Breiðablik

2008-04-24

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

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Final

Valur v Fram

2008-05-01

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

Kopavogur 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.com