# 2008 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

The 2008 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 13th season of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. 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 | Qualification | VAL | BRE | GRI | ÍBV | SEL | VÓL |
| 1 | Valur (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 15 | Qualification to the Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | — | 6–0 | — | 3–1 |
| 2 | Breiðablik (Q) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 12 | Qualification to the Quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Grindavík | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | | 1–4 | 1–5 | — | 1–0 | — | — |
| 4 | ÍBV | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 4 | | — | 0–7 | — | — | 4–3 | — |
| 5 | Selfoss | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 2 | | 2–4 | — | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | | — | — | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KR | FH | LRE | FJÖ | VÍK | ÞÓR |
| 1 | KR (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 15 | Qualification to the Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | — | — | 4–0 | — |
| 2 | FH (Q) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 12 | Qualification to the Quarter-finals | — | — | 7–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | — |
| 3 | Leiknir R. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 7 | | 1–3 | — | — | 4–3 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Fjölnir | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 4 | | 2–3 | — | — | — | 1–1 | — |
| 5 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | 4–2 |
| 6 | Þór A. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 1 | | 1–4 | 2–3 | — | 3–5 | — | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FRA | ÍA | KAK | ÞRÓ | HAU | KSL |
| 1 | Fram (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 13 | Qualification to the Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | — | — | 4–0 | — |
| 2 | ÍA (Q) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | Qualification to the Quarter-finals | — | — | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | KA | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 | | 1–1 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 7–1 |
| 4 | Þróttur Reykjavík | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | — | 3–0 | — |
| 5 | Haukar | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | | — | — | 5–3 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | KS/Leiftur | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | | 0–2 | — | — | 1–3 | — | — |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HK | KEF | FYL | KFF | NJA | STJ |
| 1 | HK (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Qualification to the Quarter-finals | — | — | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Keflavík (Q) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | Qualification to the Quarter-finals | 2–4 | — | — | — | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Fylkir | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | | — | 3–4 | — | — | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Fjarðabyggð | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Njarðvík | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | | — | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | — | — |
| 6 | Stjarnan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 1 | | 1–2 | — | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | — |

## Knockout stage
### Final

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)