2017 LFF I Lyga

I Lyga

Season	2017
Champions	Palanga
Promoted	Palanga
Relegated	Tauras Žalgiris B Utenis B
Matches played	210
Goals scored	676 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gvidas Juška (17 goals) [1]
Biggest home win	Šilutė 7–0 Utenis B (30 May 2017) Žalgiris B 7–0 Šilutė (18 October 2017)
Biggest away win	Utenis B 2–11 DFK Dainava (20 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Utenis B 2–11 DFK Dainava (20 May 2017)
Longest winning run	6 games Koralas
Longest unbeaten run	11 games Džiugas Koralas Banga
Longest winless run	13 games Stumbras B
Longest losing run	11 games Utenis B
Highest attendance	1,000 Banga v Palanga (3 September 2017)
Lowest attendance	10 Utenis B v Trakai B (1 July 2017)
Attendance	41,302 (197 per match)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 22 October 2017.

The 2017 LFF I Lyga is the 28th season of the I Lyga, the second tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 24 March 2017 and is scheduled to end on 5 November 2017. ^[2]

Teams

Banga

DFK Dainava

Džiugas

Koralas

Nevėžis

Pakruojis

Palanga

Panevėžys

Stumbras B

Šilutė

Tauras

Trakai B

Utenis B

Vilnius

Locations of the 2017 LFF I Lyga teams

Žalgiris B

Vilniaus Vytis

Vilnius teams

Changes from last season

A total of fifteen clubs were confirmed for the season, a decrease of one spot compared to the last year sixteen. Four of them are reserve teams of the A Lyga sides - one more than last season and absolute maximum allowed for the competitions. ^{[3] [4]}

No teams were relegated from the top tier, due to last year I Lyga winners Šilas owner decision to relegate his club into the II Lyga after an investigation of match-fixing during a pre-season tournament was started (and later completed). ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Three teams were automatically promoted from the II Lyga  – West zone winners Pakruojis, South zone winners Stumbras B and East zone winners Utenis B, while II Lyga West zone silver medalists Koralas have received a special permission to compete in the league, after meeting all licensing criterios. Such permission was also given for Tauras, who were recreated after one season of complete inactivity in any football related activity. ^[9]

Promoted from 2016 II Lyga	Recreated	Relegated to 2017 II Lyga	Relegated to 2017 III Lyga	Other
Pakruojis Koralas Utenis B Stumbras B	Tauras	Šilas Kauno Žalgiris B	Kražantė	Lokomotyvas  – Moved to futsal A Lyga F.B.K. Kaunas  – Ceased operations Minija  – Ceased operations

Stadiums, personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Sponsor	Stadium	Capacity
Banga	Tomas Tamošauskas	Karolis Urbaitis	Nike	Litana, Neogroup	Gargždai Stadium, Gargždai	2,323
DFK Dainava	Darius Gvildys	Linas Savastas	Adidas	Dzūkijos Mediena, Dzūkų užeiga	Alytus Stadium, Alytus	3,748
Džiugas	Vijūnas Vasiliauskas	Andrius Lipskis	Joma	TonyBet	Telšiai Central Stadium, Telšiai	2,400
Koralas	Saulius Mikalajūnas Kęstutis Ivaškevičius	Marius Stonkus	Jako	Transkela	Klaipėda Artificial Football Pitch, Klaipėda	1,000
Nevėžis		Nerijus Kestenis	Hummel	Daumantų	Kėdainiai Stadium, Kėdainiai	3,000
Pakruojis	Aidas Dambrauskas	Aivaras Bagočius	Joma	Dolomitas	Pakruojis Stadium, Pakruojis	2,000
Palanga	Valdas Trakys	Gvidas Juška	Jako	—	Palanga Stadium, Palanga	1,212
Panevėžys	Albertas Klimavičius	Mantas Savėnas	Adidas	Kalnapilis	Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys	4,000
Stumbras B	João Martins	Vytautas Žemaitis	Hummel	Ibumetin	NFA Stadium, Kaunas	500
Šilutė	Svajūnas Česnulis	Edgaras Lukoševičius	Hummel	—	Šilutė Stadium, Šilutė	3,000
Tauras	Darius Stažys	Lukas Ankudinovas	Givova	—	Vytautas Stadium, Tauragė	3,200
Trakai B	Gintaras Rimkus	Andrius Kazakevičius	Nike	Ecoil	Trakai Stadium, Trakai	200
Utenis B	Egidijus Varnas	Deividas Maciulevičius Mindaugas Ubeika	Adidas	Baltijos polistirenas, Flavorina	Utenis Stadium, Utena	3,073
Vilniaus Vytis	Algimantas Liubinskas	Haroldas Šidlauskas	Adidas	Forgiven	LFF Stadium, Vilnius	5,067
Žalgiris B	Vaidas Sabaliauskas	Lukas Vaičiūnas	Nike	TOP Sport	Senvagė Stadium, Vilnius	500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Palanga (C, P)	28	19	4	5	64	36	+28	61	Promotion to A Lyga
2	Banga	28	18	5	5	58	26	+32	59	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	Vilniaus Vytis	28	16	6	6	51	28	+23	54
4	DFK Dainava	28	15	7	6	57	27	+30	52
5	Džiugas	28	14	8	6	56	35	+21	50
6	Koralas	28	14	4	10	50	43	+7	46
7	Nevėžis	28	13	6	9	41	28	+13	45
8	Stumbras B	28	11	6	11	46	30	+16	39	Ineligible for promotion
9	Pakruojis	28	11	6	11	40	46	−6	39
10	Panevėžys	28	10	7	11	45	44	+1	37
11	Trakai B	28	10	3	15	37	44	−7	33	Ineligible for promotion
12	Šilutė [lower-alpha 1] (R)	28	7	6	15	36	63	−27	27	Relegation to II Lyga
13	Tauras [lower-alpha 2] (R)	28	6	4	18	34	60	−26	22
14	Žalgiris B [lower-alpha 3]	28	5	3	20	39	65	−26	18
15	Utenis B (R)	28	3	1	24	22	101	−79	10

Source: Pirma Lyga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won. ^[13]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Šilutė finished season in relegation zone, but as three of the II Lyga top finishers decided to withdrew from the licensing process club were allowed to stay in the league for next season. ^[10] Still Šilutė decided to withdrew to the 2018 II Lyga West zone due to club's inability to collect a competitive squad. ^[11]
2. Tauras finished season in relegation zone, but as three of the II Lyga top finishers decided to withdrew from the licensing process club were allowed to stay in the league for next season. ^[10] Regardless club weren't able to seek a license for next season after losing its chairman and decided to cease operations. ^[12]
3. Žalgiris B finished season in relegation zone, but as three of the II Lyga top finishers decided to withdrew from the licensing process club were allowed to stay in the league for next season. ^[10]

Results

Home \ Away	BAN	DAI	DŽI	KOR	NEV	PAK	PAL	PAN	STB	ŠLT	TAU	TRB	UTB	VYT	ŽLB
Banga	—	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	5–0	2–2	6–4	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	0–2	5–1
DFK Dainava	0–0	—	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	5–0	2–1	5–0	2–1	2–0
Džiugas	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–4	2–2	3–0	2–5	0–0	5–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–3
Koralas	3–1	0–1	2–6	—	2–0	3–1	0–3	2–1	0–4	4–0	4–0	0–1	3–1	1–3	5–3
Nevėžis	0–1	2–2	1–2	3–2	—	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–1
Pakruojis	2–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	5–0	2–2	0–4
Palanga	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	4–0	6–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1
Panevėžys	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–4	—	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
Stumbras B	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–3	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	5–0
Šilutė	1–5	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–1	—	2–0	1–0	7–0	0–5	2–1
Tauras	1–2	2–2	2–3	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–4	2–1	—	3–0	3–0	0–1	5–1
Trakai B	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	—	3–1	1–1	5–0
Utenis B	0–4	2–11	0–5	0–3	0–4	3–3	1–3	0–4	1–6	2–1	2–5	4–3	—	1–2	1–0
Vilniaus Vytis	0–1	2–1	4–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	4–2	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	—	3–0
Žalgiris B	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–4	2–2	1–0	7–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	4–0	—

Source: I Lyga (in Lithuanian), LFF (in Lithuanian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendance

Average home attendances Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Banga 7,220 1,000 300 516 −2.8%† 2 DFK Dainava 5,782 680 250 413 +7.6%† 3 Džiugas 4,530 450 200 324 +6.2%† 4 Panevėžys 4,090 500 130 293 −29.9%† 5 Palanga 2,950 300 150 211 +20.6%† 6 Tauras 2,684 400 64 192 n/a† 7 Nevėžis 2,295 300 90 164 −16.8%† 8 Vilniaus Vytis 1,985 300 70 142 −32.7%† 9 Pakruojis 1,885 300 15 135 n/a† 10 Koralas 1,808 300 50 130 n/a† 11 Šilutė 1,420 200 50 102 +13.3%† 12 Stumbras B 1,416 250 50 102 n/a† 13 Žalgiris B 1,228 150 30 88 −15.4%† 14 Utenis B 1,033 130 10 74 n/a† 15 Trakai B 976 150 20 70 +18.6%† League total 41,302 1,000 10 197 −3.4%† Updated to games played on 22 October 2017 Source: I Lyga, LFF

Highest attendances Rank Round Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium 1 23 Banga 2–2 Palanga 1,000 3 September 2017 (2017-09-03) Gargždai Stadium 2 26 Banga 2–0 Koralas 800 22 September 2017 (2017-09-22) Gargždai Stadium 3 12 DFK Dainava 2–1 Vilniaus Vytis 680 16 June 2017 (2017-06-16) Alytus Stadium 4 7 DFK Dainava 3–0 Pakruojis 652 12 May 2017 (2017-05-12) Alytus Stadium 5 20 Banga 2–0 Džiugas 600 11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) Gargždai Stadium

References

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External links

• Official website (in Lithuanian)