# 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.
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

* 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
### Group A

| 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 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Grindavík | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Selfoss | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 3 | |

### Group B

| 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 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Fylkir (Q) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 7 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 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 | |

### Group C

| 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 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | HK (Q) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 9 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 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 | |

### Group D

| 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 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 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 | |

### Group E

| 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 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Þróttur R. (Q) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 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 | |

### Group F

| 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 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Haukar (Q) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 9 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 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 | |

## Knockout stage
### Second round

| 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 |