1997 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

1997 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup

Deildarbikar karla
Tournament details
Country	Iceland
Teams	34
Final positions
Champions	ÍBV
Runner-up	Valur

The 1997 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the second staging of the Icelandic League Cup. It featured 34 teams. The competition started on 13 March 1997 and concluded on 13 May 1997 with ÍBV beating Valur 3-2 in the final.

Details

• The 34 teams were divided into 5 groups of 6 teams and 1 group of 4 teams, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the second group stage. The second group stage consisted of 4 groups each of 3 teams. The teams played each other once with the top team in each group going through to the semi finals.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fylkir	6	4	1	1	15	9	+6	13
Stjarnan	6	4	0	2	21	9	+12	12
Þróttur R.	6	3	1	2	16	11	+5	10
Afturelding	6	0	0	6	2	25	−23	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
KR	5	5	0	0	17	1	+16	15
FH	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	9
Keflavík	5	2	2	1	13	9	+4	8
Sindri	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4	4
Þróttur N.	5	1	1	3	8	17	−9	4
Njarðvík	5	1	0	4	6	16	−10	3

Source:

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ÍBV	5	4	1	0	23	2	+21	13
Breiðablik	5	4	1	0	18	7	+11	13
Víkingur Reykjavík	5	3	0	2	8	9	−1	9
KS	5	1	0	4	7	16	−9	3
Völsungur	5	1	0	4	6	15	−9	3
Ægir	5	1	0	4	3	16	−13	3

Source:

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ÍA	5	5	0	0	20	7	+13	15
Grindavík	5	4	0	1	24	9	+15	12
Leiknir Reykjavík	5	3	0	2	20	8	+12	9
HK	5	2	0	3	11	12	−1	6
ÍR	5	1	0	4	10	12	−2	3
Víkingur Ólafsvík	5	0	0	5	4	41	−37	0

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Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fram	5	4	1	0	15	3	+12	13
Leiftur	5	4	0	1	23	4	+19	12
KA	5	3	0	2	7	6	+1	9
Haukar	5	1	2	2	11	15	−4	5
Selfoss	5	0	2	3	8	18	−10	2
Reynir Sandgerði	5	0	1	4	2	20	−18	1

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Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Skallagrímur	5	5	0	0	15	5	+10	15
Valur	5	4	0	1	16	6	+10	12
Lettir	5	2	1	2	12	14	−2	7
Þór Akureyri	5	1	2	2	9	10	−1	5
Fjölnir	5	1	0	4	6	17	−11	3
Dalvík	5	0	1	4	6	12	−6	1

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Second round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Breiðablik	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	6
Fram	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Fylkir	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Grindavík	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
Skallagrímur	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
KR	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ÍBV	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6
Leiftur	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Stjarnan	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source:

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Valur	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4
FH	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
ÍA	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	1

Source:

Semi-finals

1997-05-08

Grindavík	0 – 3	ÍBV
		Arnason Snorrason Gudmundsson

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1997-05-08

Breiðablik	3 – 4	Valur
Petursson Hinriksson Einarsson		Hreidarsson Johannsson

Final

1997-05-13

ÍBV	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Valur
Gudmundsson Larusson Sigurdsson		Porca Johannsson

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Referee: Eyjolfur Olafsson

See also

• Icelandic Men's Football Cup
• Knattspyrnusamband Íslands - The Icelandic Football Association
• Icelandic First Division League 1997

References

• RSSSF Page - Deildabikar 1997