2008 Deildabikar

The Deildabikar 2008 was the 13th season of the Icelandic League Cup. 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 Reykjavík 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; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away1 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 Ó. 1–3 2–2 1–1 Source: rsssf.com 1The 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; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away1 FJÖ HAF KR LRE VÍK ÞAK 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 R. 1–2 4–2 Þór 3–5 2–3 1–4 Source: rsssf.com 1The 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; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away1 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 R. 0–1 3–0 1–2 Source: rsssf.com 1The 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; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away1 KFJ 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 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

2008-04-18	Valur	2 – 0	Keflavík	Vodafonevöllurinn, Reykjavík
	Pálmason  20' Mortensen  79'

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2008-04-18	HK	1 – 1 (aet)	Breiðablik	Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur
	Þórsson  16'		Grétarsson  74'
		Penalties
		3 – 5

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2008-04-19	Fram	2 – 1	FH	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik
	McShane  16' H. Þórarinsson  56'		Vilhjálmsson  68'

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2008-04-19	KR	0 – 3	ÍA	KR-völlur, Reykjavik
			Guðjónsson  1' Sigurðarson  44'  77' (og)

Semi-finals

2008-04-24	Valur	5 – 2	ÍA	Vodafonevöllurinn, Reykjavik
	Pálmason  51' (p)  62' Mortensen  70'  84' Hjaltason  90'		Guðjónsson  18' (p) Magnússon  69'

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2008-04-24	Fram	2 – 2 (aet)	Breiðablik	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik
	Grímsson  102' Júlíusson  114'		Rajcomar  95'  111' (p)
		Penalties
		4 – 2

Final

2008-05-01	Valur	4 – 1	Fram	Kopavogur Referee: Eyjolfur M. Kristinsson
	Mortensen  4'  29' A. S. Þórarinsson  50' Pálmason  90'		H. Þórarinsson  33' (p)

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