1988 Icelandic Cup

The 1988 Icelandic Cup was the 29th edition of the National Football Cup.

It took place between 31 May 1988 and 27 August 1988, with the final played at Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavik. The cup was important, as winners qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (if a club won both the league and the cup, the defeated finalists would take their place in the Cup Winners' Cup).

The 10 clubs from the 1. Deild entered in the last 16, with clubs from lower tiers entering in the three preliminary rounds. Teams played one-legged matches. In case of a draw, a penalty shoot-out took place (there were no replays, unlike in previous years).

Valur Reykjavik won their fifth Icelandic Cup, beating ÍBK Keflavík in the final, and so qualifying for Europe.

First round

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Hamar Hveragerði	Grótta Seltjarnarnes	4 - 3
Hvöt Blönduós (D3)	Magni Grenivík	1 - 3
Víðir Garður (D2)	Armann Reykjavik	4 - 0
UMF Selfoss (D2)	Haukar Hafnarfjörður	7 - 1
Einherji (D3)	Huginn Seyðisfjörður	4 - 2
UMF Grindavík	Breiðablik Kopavogur (D2)	2 - 0
Reynir Sandgerði	IK Kopavogur	4 - 2
Sindri Höfn	Austri Eskifjörður	3 - 0
Afturelding Mosfellsbær	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar	0-0 (ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar win on penalties)
UMF Njarðvík	Vikverji	3 - 2
Tindastoll Saudarkrokur (D2)	Dalvík	5 - 0
Ernir Ísafjörður	IR Reykjavik (D2)	0 - 6
Valur Reyðarfjörður	Höttur Egilsstaðir	2 - 1
Hvatberar	þrottur Reykjavik (D2)	0 - 5
Léttir	Hafnir	0 - 3
Ægir þorlakshofn	Fyrirtak	2-1
þrottur Norðfjörður	KSH	2 - 0
ÍB Ísafjörður (D3)	Stjarnan Gardabaer (D3)	2 - 0
Arvakur Háskola	Skotfélag Reykjavik	2 - 1
Augnablik	Vikingur Olafsvik	2 - 0
Leiknir Reykjavik	FH Hafnarfjörður (D2)	1 - 1 (FH Hafnarfjörður win on penalties)
Fylkir Reykjavik (D2)	Snaefell	6 - 2

Second round

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Arvakur Háskola	Hafnir	2-0
Augnablik	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar (D2)	3-8
FH Hafnarfjörður (D2)	IR Reykjavik (D2)	4 -0
UMF Selfoss (D2)	Víðir Garður (D2)	2 - 1
ÍB Ísafjörður (D3)	Hamar Hveragerði	3 - 1
UMF Grindavík	Ægir þorkashofn	11 - 0
Valur Reyðarfjörður	þrottur Norðfjörður	0-1
Sindri Höfn	Einherji (D3)	0-3
Tindastoll Saudarkrokur (D2)	KS Siglufjörður (D2)	4-2
þrottur Reykjavik (D2)	UMF Njarðvík	3-1
Reynir Sandgerði	Fylkir Reykjavik (D2)	2-1
Magni Grenivík	UMSE-b	3-0

Third round

Team 1	Team 2	Result
þrottur Norðfjörður	Einherji (D3)	2 - 5
UMF Selfoss (D2)	Arvakur Háskola	6 - 1
FH Hafnarfjörður (D2)	UMF Grindavík	2 - 1
Tindastoll Saudarkrokur (D2)	Magni Grenivík	2-1
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar (D2)	ÍB Ísafjörður (D3)	4- 1
Reynir Sandgerði	þrottur Reykjavik	2 - 2 (Reynir Sandgerði win on penalties)

Fourth round

• Entry of ten teams from the 1. Deild

Team 1	Team 2	Result
ÍBK Keflavík (D1)	UMF Selfoss (D2)	0 - 0 (ÍBK Keflavík win on penalties)
Einherji (D3)	Valur Reykjavik (D1)	0 - 6
Tindastoll Saudarkrokur (D2)	KR Reykjavik (D1)	4 - 3
Reynir Sandgerði	FH Hafnarfjörður (D2)	0 - 5
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar (D2)	Fram Reykjavik (D1)	1 - 2
Völsungur Húsavík (D1)	Leiftur Olafsfjordur (D1)	1 - 3
ÍA Akranes (D1)	KA Akureyri (D1)	1 - 0
þor Akureyri (D1)	Vikingur Reykjavik (D1)	1 - 2

Quarter finals

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Leiftur Olafsfjordur (D1)	Tindastoll Saudarkrokur (D2)	3 - 0
FH Hafnarfjörður (D2)	Vikingur Reykjavik (D1)	0 - 2
ÍA Akranes (D1)	ÍBK Keflavík (D1)	0 - 1
Valur Reykjavik (D1)	Fram Reykjavik (D1)	3 - 1

Semi finals

Team 1	Team 2	Result
Leiftur Olafsfjordur (D1)	ÍBK Keflavík (D1)	0 - 1
Vikingur Reykjavik (D1)	Valur Reykjavik (D1)	0 - 1

Final

• Valur Reykjavik won their fifth Icelandic Cup, and qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup.

See also

• 1988 Úrvalsdeild
• Icelandic Men's Football Cup

External links

• (in Icelandic) 1988 Icelandic Cup results at the site of the Icelandic Football Federation