# 2018 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

The 2018 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup is the 23rd 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 9 February and will conclude with the final on 5 April 2018.

## Participating teams

| Úrvalsdeild | 1. deild karla |
| Breiðablik FH Fjölnir Fylkir Grindavík ÍBV KA Keflavík KR Stjarnan Valur Víkingur R. | Fram Haukar HK ÍA ÍR Leiknir R. Magni Njarðvík Selfoss Víkingur Ó. Þór Þróttur R. |

## League tables
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | ÍA | ÍBV | FRA | NJA | VÍK |
| 1 | Valur | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 15 | Qualification for the Semi-finals | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | ÍA | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | | — | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | ÍBV | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Fram | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 6 | | 0–4 | — | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | — |
| 5 | Njarðvík | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | — | — | 2–3 |
| 6 | Víkingur R. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KA | BRE | KR | MAG | ÍR | ÞRÓ |
| 1 | KA | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 15 | Qualification for the Semi-finals | — | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Breiðablik | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 10 | | — | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | — |
| 3 | KR | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | | 2–3 | — | — | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Magni | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | | — | — | 0–0 | — | — | 3–1 |
| 5 | ÍR | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 3 | | — | — | — | 3–1 | — | 1–3 |
| 6 | Þróttur R. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 3 | | 1–5 | 0–6 | — | — | — | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Stjarnan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 12 | Qualification for the Semi-finals |
| 2 | Víkingur Ó. | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | Fjölnir | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 8 | |
| 4 | Keflavík | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | |
| 5 | Haukar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 | |
| 6 | Leiknir R. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 1 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GRI | FYL | HK | FH | SEL | ÞÓR |
| 1 | Grindavík | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 13 | Qualification for the Semi-finals | — | 3–0 | — | — | — | 0–0 |
| 2 | Fylkir | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | | — | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — |
| 3 | HK | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | | 1–4 | — | — | 1–1 | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | FH | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | | 0–3 | — | — | — | 3–1 | — |
| 5 | Selfoss | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Þór | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | | — | 0–2 | — | 2–3 | 0–2 | — |

## Knockout stage
### Semi-finals

The top team of each group will enter the semi-finals stage.

### Final

The final will be played on 9 April 2018.

## Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 18 March 2018
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gonzalo Zamorano Leon | Víkingur Ó. | 6 |
| 2 | Tobias Thomsen | Valur | 5 |
| 2 | Steven Lennon | FH | 5 |
| 2 | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson | KA | 5 |
| 5 | Gísli Eyjólfsson | Breiðablik | 4 |
| 5 | Guðmundur Þór Júlíusson | HK | 4 |
| 5 | Hákon Ingi Jónsson | Fylkir | 4 |
| 5 | Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | Stjarnan | 4 |
| 5 | Arnþór Ari Atlason | Breiðablik | 4 |
| 10 | Arnór Gauti Ragnarsson | Breiðablik | 3 |
| 10 | Magnús Ingi Einarsson | Selfoss | 3 |
| 10 | Hilmar Halldórsson | ÍA | 3 |
| 10 | Daníel Hafsteinsson | KA | 3 |
| 10 | Jeppe Hansen | Keflavík | 3 |
| 10 | Ægir Jarl Jónasson | Fjölnir | 3 |
| 10 | Anton Freyr Ársælsson | Fjölnir | 3 |
| 10 | Patrick Pedersen | Valur | 3 |
| 10 | Óskar Örn Hauksson | KR | 3 |
| 10 | Máni Austmann Hilmarsson | ÍR | 3 |
| 10 | René Joensen | Grindavík | 3 |