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]
| LFF Taurė | |
| Country | Lithuania |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 April – 30 September |
| Teams | 48[1] |
| Champions | FK Žalgiris |
| Runners-up | FC Stumbras |
← 2017 2019 → | |
The winners qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. Stumbras were the defending champions.
Participants
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 |
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South Zone
West Zone
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Alytus County
Kaunas County
Klaipėda County
Marijampolė County
Šiauliai County
Vilnius County
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A Division B Division
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Schedule
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
First round
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 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Mažeikių miesto centrinis stadionas Referee: Mindaugas Jackus |
| 27 April 2018 | Merkys (4) | 0–7 | DFK Dainava (2) | Alytus |
| 18:30 | Report |
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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) | 4–1 | Koralas (2) | Vilnius |
| 20:00 |
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Stadium: Vilniaus Senvagės gimnazijos stadionas Referee: Robertas Valikonis |
| 27 April 2018 | Geležinis Vilkas (5) | 0–8 | Sveikata (3) | Vilnius |
| 20:10 |
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Stadium: Fanų Stadionas Referee: Donatas Šimėnas |
| 28 April 2018 | Šilas (3) | 4–3 | Ateitis (3) | Kazlų Rūda |
| 12:00 |
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Stadium: Kazlų Rūdos miesto stadionas Referee: Arūnas Dapkus |
| VGTU Vilkai (4) | v | Viltis (3) |
| Atmosfera Mažeikiai (3) | v | Panevėžys (2) |
| Adiada (4) | v | Minija (3) |
| Švyturys (4) | v | Kupiškis (2) |
| Kėdainiai (4) | v | Šilutė (3) |
| ŠSPC Radviliškis (4) | v | Utenis (2) |
| Kaišiadorys-Baltai (4) | v | Saulininkas-OBLT (4) |
| Širvėna (4) | v | Vilniaus Vytis (2) |
| ****************** (4) | v | TERA (3) |
| Sakuona-Rugpienių kaimas (4) | v | BFA (3) |
Round of 32
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Round of 16
| 23 June 2018. | Kupiskis (2) | 1–7 | FK Kauno Žalgiris (1) | |
| Report |
| 1 July 2018. | Elektrenu Versme (3) | 0–10 | DFK Dainava Alytus (2) | |
| 13:00 | Report |
Quarter-finals
| 2 September 2018 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
| 16 September 2018 | 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 | 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
The final match was played on Sunday 30 September 2018.
| FC Stumbras | 0–3 | FK Žalgiris |
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| Report Report |
34' Tomáš Šimkovič 43' Marko Tomić 88' Marquinhos Carioca |
         "Stumbras"
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 "Žalgiris"
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See also
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References
- "Patvirtintas 2018 m. sezono taurės varžybų formatas ir dalyviai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "LFF Kalendorius" (DOC) (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "2018 m. LFF varžybų nuostatai" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "Ištraukti 2018 m. taurės sezono pirmo etapo burtai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- "LFF taurės I etapo burtų traukimas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.