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
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
. 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
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Breiðablik
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FH
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Fjölnir
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Grindavík
Grindavík () is a fishing town on the Southern Peninsula (Iceland), Southern Peninsula of Iceland not far from the tuya Þorbjörn (mountain), Þorbjörn.
It is one of the few cities with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work in ...
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ÍA
* Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja, ÍBV
* Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, KA
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KR
* Stjarnan
* Valur men's football, Valur
* Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, Víkingur
* Ungmennafélagið Víkingur, Víkingur Ólafsvík
1. deild karla
* Knattspyrnufélagið Fram, Fram
* Fylkir
* Íþróttafélagið Grótta, Grótta
* Haukar
* Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs, HK
* Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur, ÍR
* Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík, Keflavík
* Leiknir F.
* Leiknir Reykjavík, Leiknir R.
* UMF Selfoss, Selfoss
* Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, Þróttur R.
* Þór Akureyri, Þór
League tables
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Valur decided not to participate in the knockout stages
Group 4
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
The top two teams of each group entered the quarter-finals stage.
Valur men's football, Valur, who finished 1st in Group 2, withdrew from the tournament after the group stages. Þór Akureyri, 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
References
External links
Soccerway
{{2017–18 in European football (UEFA)
2017 domestic association football cups
2017 in Icelandic football
Icelandic Men's Football League Cup