1997 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

1997 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

Deildarbikar karla
Tournament details
Country	Iceland
Teams	34
Final positions
Champions	ÍBV
Runner-up	Valur

The 1997 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the second staging of the Icelandic League Cup. It featured 34 teams. The competition started on 13 March 1997 and concluded on 13 May 1997 with ÍBV beating Valur 3–2 in the final.

Details

• The 34 teams were divided into 5 groups of 6 teams and 1 group of 4 teams, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the second group stage. The second group stage consisted of 4 groups each of 3 teams. The teams played each other once with the top team in each group going through to the semi-finals.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fylkir (Q)	6	4	1	1	15	9	+6	13	Qualification to the Second round
2	Stjarnan (Q)	6	4	0	2	21	9	+12	12
3	Þróttur R.	6	3	1	2	16	11	+5	10
4	Afturelding	6	0	0	6	2	25	−23	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KR (Q)	5	5	0	0	17	1	+16	15	Qualification to the Second round
2	FH (Q)	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	9
3	Keflavík	5	2	2	1	13	9	+4	8
4	Sindri	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4	4
5	Þróttur N.	5	1	1	3	8	17	−9	4
6	Njarðvík	5	1	0	4	6	16	−10	3

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ÍBV (Q)	5	4	1	0	23	2	+21	13	Qualification to the Second round
2	Breiðablik (Q)	5	4	1	0	18	7	+11	13
3	Víkingur Reykjavík	5	3	0	2	8	9	−1	9
4	KS	5	1	0	4	7	16	−9	3
5	Völsungur	5	1	0	4	6	15	−9	3
6	Ægir	5	1	0	4	3	16	−13	3

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ÍA (Q)	5	5	0	0	20	7	+13	15	Qualification to the Second round
2	Grindavík (Q)	5	4	0	1	24	9	+15	12
3	Leiknir Reykjavík	5	3	0	2	20	8	+12	9
4	HK	5	2	0	3	11	12	−1	6
5	ÍR	5	1	0	4	10	12	−2	3
6	Víkingur Ólafsvík	5	0	0	5	4	41	−37	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fram (Q)	5	4	1	0	15	3	+12	13	Qualification to the Second round
2	Leiftur (Q)	5	4	0	1	23	4	+19	12
3	KA	5	3	0	2	7	6	+1	9
4	Haukar	5	1	2	2	11	15	−4	5
5	Selfoss	5	0	2	3	8	18	−10	2
6	Reynir Sandgerði	5	0	1	4	2	20	−18	1

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Skallagrímur (Q)	5	5	0	0	15	5	+10	15	Qualification to the Second round
2	Valur (Q)	5	4	0	1	16	6	+10	12
3	Lettir	5	2	1	2	12	14	−2	7
4	Þór Akureyri	5	1	2	2	9	10	−1	5
5	Fjölnir	5	1	0	4	6	17	−11	3
6	Dalvík	5	0	1	4	6	12	−6	1

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Breiðablik (Q)	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	6	Qualification to the Semi-finals
2	Fram	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Fylkir	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grindavík (Q)	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Qualification to the Semi-finals
2	Skallagrímur	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	KR	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ÍBV (Q)	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Qualification to the Semi-finals
2	Leiftur	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Stjarnan	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valur (Q)	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4	Qualification to the Semi-finals
2	FH	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
3	ÍA	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	1

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Semi-finals

8 May 1997

Grindavík	0–3	ÍBV
		Arnason Snorrason Gudmundsson

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8 May 1997

Breiðablik	3–4	Valur
Petursson Hinriksson Einarsson		Hreidarsson , Johannsson ,

Final

13 May 1997

ÍBV	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Valur
Gudmundsson Larusson Sigurdsson		Porca Johannsson

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Referee: Eyjolfur Olafsson

See also

• Icelandic Men's Football Cup
• Knattspyrnusamband Íslands - The Icelandic Football Association
• Icelandic First Division League 1997

References

• RSSSF Page - Deildabikar 1997