1998 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

The 1998 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the third staging of the Icelandic Men's League Cup. It featured 34 teams.

1998 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
Deildarbikar karla
Tournament details
CountryIceland
Teams34
Final positions
ChampionsKR
Runner-upValur
← 1997
1999 →

The competition started on 13 March 1998 and concluded on 26 August 1998 with KR beating Valur 6-5 on penalties in the final.

Details

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  • The 34 teams were divided into 5 groups of 6 teams and 1 group of 4 teams. In the 4 team group, each team played other teams twice. In the 6 team groups, each team plays one match with other teams in the group once. The top 2 teams from each group qualified for the 2nd round along with the best four 3rd placed teams from the groups with 6 teams.

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FH (Q) 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Qualification to the Second round
2 Keflavík (Q) 6 4 1 1 17 6 +11 13
3 Grindavík 6 1 1 4 9 12 −3 4
4 Selfoss 6 1 0 5 5 23 −18 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ÍBV (Q) 5 4 1 0 25 4 +21 13 Qualification to the Second round
2 Valur (Q) 5 4 1 0 21 6 +15 13
3 Fylkir (Q) 5 2 1 2 14 11 +3 7
4 Víðir 5 1 2 2 16 14 +2 5
5 Sindri 5 1 1 3 5 11 −6 4
6 Þróttur N. 5 0 0 5 3 38 −35 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Leiftur (Q) 5 4 0 1 18 3 +15 12 Qualification to the Second round
2 ÍR (Q) 5 3 2 0 14 4 +10 11
3 HK (Q) 5 3 0 2 10 11 −1 9
4 Þór Akureyri 5 2 1 2 7 4 +3 7
5 Njarðvík 5 1 0 4 2 17 −15 3
6 Fjölnir 5 0 1 4 3 15 −12 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Stjarnan (Q) 5 4 0 1 9 3 +6 12 Qualification to the Second round
2 KR (Q) 5 2 2 1 9 5 +4 8
3 Leiknir Reykjavík 5 2 1 2 10 8 +2 7
4 Afturelding 5 2 1 2 5 5 0 7
5 KA 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4
6 KS 5 1 1 3 6 14 −8 4
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Breiðablik (Q) 5 4 0 1 25 7 +18 12 Qualification to the Second round
2 ÍA (Q) 5 4 0 1 18 5 +13 12
3 Þróttur R. (Q) 5 3 0 2 14 5 +9 9
4 Völsungur 5 2 0 3 7 12 −5 6
5 Dalvík 5 2 0 3 5 19 −14 6
6 Reynir Sandgerði 5 0 0 5 0 21 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tindastóll (Q) 5 4 0 1 10 8 +2 12 Qualification to the Second round
2 Fram (Q) 5 3 1 1 18 6 +12 10
3 Haukar (Q) 5 3 0 2 4 5 −1 9
4 Skallagrímur 5 2 1 2 14 9 +5 7
5 Víkingur Reykjavík 5 2 0 3 5 6 −1 6
6 Ægir 5 0 0 5 3 20 −17 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Knockout stage

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Second round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
28 April 1998
ÍBV 6–2 HK
29 April 1998
Tindastóll 0–1 KR
FH 2–1 Fylkir
Leiftur 2–2 (a.e.t.)
4−3 (pen)
Þróttur R.
Breiðablik 0–0 (a.e.t.)
4−5 (pen)
ÍR
Keflavík 0–1 (a.e.t.) ÍA
Valur 1–0 Fram
Stjarnan 2–1 Haukar

Quarter-finals

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FH3–1ÍR
Saevarsson  
Gardarsson  
Magnusson  
A. Davidsson  

Stjarnan1–4Valur
Gunnarsson   Hreidarsson  ,  
Stefansson  
Magnusson  

Leiftur1–1 (a.e.t.)ÍA
Ingimundarson   Gislason  
Penalties
5–6

ÍBV2–3KR
Johannesson  ,   Juliusson  
Jakobsson  
Benediktsson  

Semi-finals

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FH1–3Valur
Gestsson   Stefansson  
Magnusson  
Juliusson  

KR0–0 (a.e.t.)ÍA
Penalties
4–3

Final

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KR2–2 (a.e.t.)Valur
Haxhiajdini   60'
Hinriksson   95'
Guðjohnsen   30'
Juliusson   109'
Penalties
6–5

See also

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References

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