2017 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup Explained

Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
Year:2017
Other Titles:Deildarbikar karla
Country:Iceland
Dates:17 February 2017 — 17 April 2017
Num Teams:24
Champions:KR
Runner-Up:Grindavík
Matches:67
Goals:243
Top Goal Scorer:Óskar Örn Hauksson (KR)
(8 goals)
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018
Updated: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

Group 2

Group 3

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

Group 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

[3]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Óskar Örn HaukssonKR8
2 Sigurður Egill LárussonValur7
3 William DanielsGrindavík6
Kristján Flóki FinnbogasonFH
4 Jeppe HansenKeflavík5
5 Kennie ChopartKR4
Þórir GuðjónssonFjölnir
Gunnar Örvar StefánssonÞór

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valur ekki með í 8-liða úrslitum Lengjubikarsins. Fótbolti.net. 3 April 2017. 3 April 2017. is.
  2. Web site: Lengjubikarinn - A deild karla Úrslit . KSÍ. 31 March 2017 . is.
  3. Web site: Lengjubikarinn - A deild karla Úrslit . KSÍ.is. 10 April 2017 . is.