2018 Lithuanian Football Cup

The 2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, also known as LFF Cup, was the seventy-third season of the Lithuanian annual football knock-out tournament. Forty-eight teams entered the competitions,[1] which started on 27 April and ended on 30 September.[2]

2018 Lithuanian Football Cup
LFF Taurė
Tournament details
CountryLithuania
Dates27 April – 30 September
Teams48[1]
Final positions
ChampionsFK Žalgiris
Runner-upFC Stumbras
← 2017
2019 →

The winners qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. Stumbras were the defending champions.

Participants

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Participation in the competition is mandatory for all clubs of the first three tiers (A Lyga, LFF I Lyga and II Lyga). Despite that NFA aren't competing for the second year in a row.[1] Teams of lower divisions are eligible to join if they met additional criterios. Rules prevented all reserve teams from entering the cup.[3]

A Lyga LFF I Lyga II Lyga III Lyga IV Lyga

South Zone

West Zone

Alytus County

Kaunas County

Klaipėda County

Marijampolė County

Šiauliai County

Vilnius County

A Division

B Division

Schedule

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The rounds of the 2016–17 competition were scheduled as follows:[2]

Round Draw date and time New entries Clubs Date(s) Goals / games
First Round 20 April, 13:00[1] 40 40 → 24 27 April – 1 May / 16
Round of 32 8 32 → 16 24–27 May / 16
Round of 16 none 16 → 8 23 June – 1 July / 8
Quarter-finals none 8 → 4 1–2 September / 4
Semi-finals none 4 → 2 15–16 September / 2
Final none 2 → 1 30 September 1 / 1

Matches

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First round

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The following pairs were drawn on 20 April 2017 by Lithuania national team midfielder Saulius Mikoliūnas.[4][5] Dates and venues will be confirmed after the draw.

Nevėžis, Pakruojis (I Lyga), Babrungas, Hegelmann Litauen, Gargždų Pramogos SC, Saned (II Lyga), Elektrėnų Versmė (III Lyga) and Top Kickers (IV Lyga) received free passes to the next round.[4]

25 April 2018 Akmenės Cementas (3)3–6 FA Šiauliai (3) Mažeikiai
20:00
Report
Stadium: Mažeikių miesto centrinis stadionas
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
27 April 2018 Merkys (4)0–7 DFK Dainava (2) Alytus
18:30 Report
Stadium: AAFF dirbtinės dangos aikštė
Referee: Arūnas Dapkus
27 April 2018 Banga (2) 0–0
(4–3 p)
Džiugas (2)Gargždai
19:00 Stadium: Gargždai Stadium
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
27 April 2018 Panerys (3) 4–1Koralas (2)Vilnius
20:00
Stadium: Vilniaus Senvagės gimnazijos stadionas
Referee: Robertas Valikonis
27 April 2018 Geležinis Vilkas (5)0–8 Sveikata (3) Vilnius
20:10
Stadium: Fanų Stadionas
Referee: Donatas Šimėnas
28 April 2018 Šilas (3) 4–3Ateitis (3)Kazlų Rūda
12:00
Stadium: Kazlų Rūdos miesto stadionas
Referee: Arūnas Dapkus
VGTU Vilkai (4) v Viltis (3)
Adiada (4) v Minija (3)
Švyturys (4) v Kupiškis (2)
Kėdainiai (4) v Šilutė (3)
****************** (4) v TERA (3)

Round of 32

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FA Šiauliai 0-7 FK Sūduva
⚽ 27` Bruno De Araujo Dybal
⚽ 33` Alassane N'Diaye
⚽ 34` Rigino Ruben Cicilia
⚽ 60` Karolis Laukžemis
⚽ 71` Karolis Laukžemis
⚽ 83` Darius Isoda
⚽ 87` Karolis Laukžemis
27 May 2018 FK Panevėžys 0-0; 3:4 (Pn) FK Palanga Panevėžys
18:00 Report Stadium: Panevėžio "Aukštaitijos" stadionas
Attendance: 200
Referee: Orestas Abramavičius
26 May 2018 FK Babrungas Plungė 5–3 FK Sveikata Kybartai Plungė
16:00 Tomas Birškys   12'
Edvinas Alimas   33'
Tomas Birškys   62'
Martynas Turskis   90'
Tomas Birškys   90+3'
Report Aurelijus Barusas   51' (į savus vartus)
  69' Karolis Kereiša
  71' (11m) Povilas Kalimavičius<
Stadium: Plungės stadionas
Attendance: 120
Referee: Šarūnas Tamulynas

Round of 16

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23 June 2018. Trakai (1)0–3 Suduva (1)
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23 June 2018. Kupiskis (2)1–7 FK Kauno Žalgiris (1)
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24 June 2018. Nevezis (2)0–4 Palanga (1)
Report
30 June 2018. Atlantas (1)1–3 Stumbras (1)
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30 June 2018. Banga (2) 1–0Pakruojis (2)
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1 July 2018. Jonava (1) 0–5 Zalgiris (1)
13:00 Report
1 July 2018. Babrungas (3) 2–3 Viltis (3)
13:00 Report

Quarter-finals

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2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) FK Kauno Žalgiris 2 : 0 Palanga S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, (Kaunas)
19:30 Arūnas Klimavičius   5'
Joao Vitor Brandao Figueiredo   90+1'
Ilya Kalpachuk   90+3'
report Attendance: 180
Referee: Mantas Pomeckis

2 August 2018 (2018-08-02) Sūduva 1 : 4 Žalgiris "Arvi" arena, (Marijampolė)
13:00 Giedrius Matulevičius   72' report   11' (pen.) Liviu Antal
  32' Ugochukwu Louis Ogana
  62' Ugochukwu Louis Ogana
  70' Liviu Antal
Attendance: 1 700
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) Banga 1 : 2 DFK Dainava Gargždų stadionas, (Gargždai)
19:00 Valdas Pocevičius   61' (pen.) Report   23' Sebastian Vasquez Gamboa
  44' Sebastian Vasquez Gamboa
Attendance: 300
Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) Viltis 0 : 3 Stumbras LFF stadionas, (Vilnius)
13:00 Report   31' (pen.) Rimvydas Sadauskas
  37' Bah Alseny
  82' Levan Matcharashvili
Attendance: 300
Referee: Vilius Paulauskas

Semi-finals

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16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) DFK Dainava (II) 0–4 FC Stumbras (I) Alytus
13:00 Report   37' Lucas Villela Rezende
  72' Levan Matcharashvili
  75' Marcos Soares Elias Junior
  84' Nasro Mohamed Akcem Bouchareb
Stadium: Alytaus stadionas
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vijūnas Vasiliauskas
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) FK Kauno Žalgiris (I) 0–3 FK Žalgiris Vilnius (I) Kaunas
13:00 Report Liviu Antal  
Tomaš Malec  
Liviu Antal  
Stadium: S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas
Attendance: 400
Referee: Darius Petraška

Final

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The final match was played on Sunday 30 September 2018.


FINAL
FC Stumbras0–3FK Žalgiris
Report
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  34' Tomáš Šimkovič
  43' Marko Tomić
  88' Marquinhos Carioca
Alytus stadium, Alytus
Attendance: 1 782
Referee: Jurij Paškovskij

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Stumbras"
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Žalgiris"

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Patvirtintas 2018 m. sezono taurės varžybų formatas ir dalyviai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "LFF Kalendorius" (DOC) (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 m. LFF varžybų nuostatai" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Ištraukti 2018 m. taurės sezono pirmo etapo burtai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  5. ^ "LFF taurės I etapo burtų traukimas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.