2003 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

2003 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

Deildarbikar karla
Tournament details
Country	Iceland
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	ÍA
Runner-up	Keflavík

The 2003 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the eighth staging of the Icelandic Men's League Cup. It featured all the 2002 Úrvalsdeild karla teams and the top 6 teams from 1. deild karla in 2002.

The competition started on 21 February 2003 and concluded on 9 May 2003 with ÍA beating Keflavík 4-2 on penalties in the final.

Details

• The 16 teams were divided into 2 groups of 8 teams. Each team plays one match with other teams in the group once. The top 4 teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Keflavík (Q)	7	6	0	1	23	9	+14	18	Qualification to the Quarter-finals
2	ÍA (Q)	7	4	1	2	15	6	+9	13
3	Fram (Q)	7	4	1	2	16	10	+6	13
4	KR (Q)	7	4	0	3	14	8	+6	12
5	Þór Akureyri	7	4	0	3	16	15	+1	12
6	Afturelding	7	3	0	4	9	20	−11	9
7	Stjarnan	7	1	1	5	10	21	−11	4
8	KA	7	0	1	6	4	18	−14	1

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	Þróttur (Q)	7	4	1	2	23	15	+8	13	Qualification to the Quarter-finals
2	Grindavik (Q)	7	4	1	2	16	8	+8	13
3	ÍBV (Q)	7	4	0	3	14	6	+8	12
4	Fylkir (Q)	7	3	3	1	11	7	+4	12
5	Víkingur Reykjavík	7	3	1	3	10	14	−4	10
6	Valur	7	3	0	4	11	12	−1	9
7	Haukar	7	2	1	4	10	20	−10	7
8	FH	7	1	1	5	8	21	−13	4

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

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

1 May 2003

Keflavík	3–1	Fylkir
Sveinsson 36' Runarsson 56' Runarsson 81'		Snorrason 41'

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1 May 2003

Grindavik	1–0	Fram
Own goal 78'

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1 May 2003

ÍA	2–0	ÍBV
Hjartarson 9' (pen.) Reynisson 72'

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1 May 2003

Þróttur	5–11 (a.e.t.)	KR
Sverrisson 7' Larusson 47', 89' Hermansen 55', 78'		Gunnarsson 3' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Olafsson 69' Johannsson 72', 98' Finnbogason 84', 118' Astvaldsson 101', 104', 116', 120'

Semi-finals

4 May 2003

KR	1–4	ÍA
Gunnlaugsson 32'		Sveinsson 3' Reynisson 26' Hjartarson 38' Hjalmsson 76'

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4 May 2003

Keflavík	3–1	Grindavik
Kristjansson 26' Thorsteinsson 66', 88'		Sharpe 55'

Final

9 May 2003

ÍA	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Keflavík
Haraldsson 8'		Thorsteinsson 13'
Penalties
	4–2

Valbjarnarvöllur, Reykjavík

Referee: Olafur Ragnarsson

See also

• Icelandic Men's Football Cup
• Knattspyrnusamband Íslands - The Icelandic Football Association
• Icelandic First Division League 2003

References

• RSSSF Page - Deildabikar 2003