# 2017 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

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

* Breiðablik
* FH
* Fjölnir
* Grindavík
* ÍA
* ÍBV
* KA
* KR
* Stjarnan
* Valur
* Víkingur
* Víkingur Ólafsvík

### 1. deild karla

* Fram
* Fylkir
* Grótta
* Haukar
* HK
* ÍR
* Keflavík
* Leiknir F.
* Leiknir R.
* Selfoss
* Þróttur R.
* Þór

## League tables
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KA | FH | KEF | VIK | HAU | GRÓ |
| 1 | KA | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Qualification for the Quarter finals | — | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | FH | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | Qualification for the Quarter finals | 1–2 | — | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Keflavík | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | | — | 2–3 | — | — | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Vikingur | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | — | 5–0 |
| 5 | Haukar | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | | — | — | — | 2–2 | — | 3–3 |
| 6 | Grótta | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | — | — | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KR | SEL | FYL | ÍBV | LER | FJÓ |
| 1 | KR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 10 | Qualification for the Quarter finals | — | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Selfoss | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Qualification for the Quarter finals | — | — | — | 1–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Fylkir | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| 4 | ÍBV | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Leiknir R. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 6 | | — | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | — | 2–5 |
| 6 | Fjölnir | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 | | — | 2–4 | — | 2–3 | — | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | ÍA | ÞÓR | HK | VIÓ | ÍR |
| 1 | Valur | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 15 | Withdrew After The Group Stage | — | 3–1 | — | — | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | ÍA | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Qualification for the Quarter finals | — | — | — | — | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Þór | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Qualification for the Quarter finals | 2–4 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | — | — |
| 4 | HK | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| 5 | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | | — | — | 0–2 | — | — | — |
| 6 | ÍR | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 1 | | — | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | — |
Valur decided not to participate in the knockout stages

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRE | GRI | STJ | ÞRÓ | FRA | LEF |
| 1 | Breiðablik | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 11 | Qualification for the Quarter finals | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | — | 6–0 |
| 2 | Grindavík | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 11 | Qualification for the Quarter finals | — | — | — | — | 3–1 | — |
| 3 | Stjarnan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | | — | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Þróttur R. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | | 0–4 | 2–3 | — | — | — | 6–0 |
| 5 | Fram | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 1 | | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | — |
| 6 | Leiknir F. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 1 | | — | 0–5 | — | — | 4–4 | — |

## Knockout stage
### Quarter-finals

The top two teams of each group entered the quarter-finals stage. 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

    As of matches played on 17 April 2017
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Óskar Örn Hauksson | KR | 8 |
| 2 | Sigurður Egill Lárusson | Valur | 7 |
| 3 | William Daniels | Grindavík | 6 |
| 3 | Kristján Flóki Finnbogason | FH | 6 |
| 4 | Jeppe Hansen | Keflavík | 5 |
| 5 | Kennie Chopart | KR | 4 |
| 5 | Þórir Guðjónsson | Fjölnir | 4 |
| 5 | Gunnar Örvar Stefánsson | Þór | 4 |