2018 Lithuanian Football Cup

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2018 Lithuanian Football Cup
LFF Taurė
CountryLithuania
Dates27 April – 30 September
Teams48 [1]
Champions FK Žalgiris
Runners-up FC Stumbras
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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]

Contents

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

South Zone

West Zone

Alytus County

Kaunas County

Klaipėda County

Marijampolė County

Šiauliai County

Vilnius County

A Division

B Division

Schedule

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

RoundDraw date and timeNew entriesClubsDate(s)Goals / games
First Round20 April, 13:00 [1] 4040 → 2427 April – 1 May/ 16
Round of 32832 → 1624–27 May/ 16
Round of 16none16 → 823 June – 1 July/ 8
Quarter-finalsnone8 → 41–2 September/ 4
Semi-finalsnone4 → 215–16 September/ 2
Finalnone2 → 130 September1 / 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
 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
19:00Stadium: Gargždai Stadium
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
27 April 2018 Panerys (3) 4–1 Koralas (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) 4–3 Ateitis (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

24 May 2018v
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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
16:00Tomas Birškys Soccerball shade.svg12'
Edvinas Alimas Soccerball shade.svg33'
Tomas Birškys Soccerball shade.svg62'
Martynas Turskis Soccerball shade.svg90'
Tomas Birškys Soccerball shade.svg90+3'		 Report Aurelijus Barusas Soccerball shade.svg51' (į savus vartus)
Soccerball shade.svg69' Karolis Kereiša
Soccerball shade.svg71' (11m) Povilas Kalimavičius<		Stadium: Plungės stadionas
Attendance: 120
Referee: Šarūnas Tamulynas

Round of 16

23 June 2018. Trakai (1)0–3 Suduva (1)
Report
23 June 2018. Kupiskis (2)1–7 FK Kauno Žalgiris (1)
Report
24 June 2018. Nevezis (2)0–4 Palanga (1)
Report
30 June 2018. Atlantas (1)1–3 Stumbras (1)
Report
30 June 2018. Banga (2) 1–0 Pakruojis (2)
Report
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

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) FK Kauno Žalgiris 2 : 0 Palanga S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, ( Kaunas )
19:30Arūnas Klimavičius Soccerball shade.svg5'
Joao Vitor Brandao Figueiredo Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Ilya Kalpachuk Red card.svg 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 Soccerball shade.svg72' report Soccerball shade.svg11' (pen.) Liviu Antal
Soccerball shade.svg32' Ugochukwu Louis Ogana
Soccerball shade.svg62' Ugochukwu Louis Ogana
Soccerball shade.svg70' Liviu Antal 		Attendance: 1 700
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas
31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) Banga 1 : 2 DFK Dainava Gargždų stadionas, ( Gargždai )
19:00Valdas Pocevičius Soccerball shade.svg61' (pen.) Report Soccerball shade.svg23' Sebastian Vasquez Gamboa
Soccerball shade.svg44' Sebastian Vasquez Gamboa		Attendance: 300
Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) Viltis 0 : 3 Stumbras LFF stadionas, ( Vilnius )
13:00 Report Soccerball shade.svg31' (pen.) Rimvydas Sadauskas
Soccerball shade.svg37' Bah Alseny
Soccerball shade.svg82' Levan Matcharashvili		Attendance: 300
Referee: Vilius Paulauskas

Semi-finals

16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) DFK Dainava (II) 0–4 FC Stumbras (I) Alytus
13:00 Report Soccerball shade.svg37' Lucas Villela Rezende
Soccerball shade.svg72' Levan Matcharashvili
Soccerball shade.svg75' Marcos Soares Elias Junior
Soccerball shade.svg84' 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 Soccerball shade.svg
Tomaš Malec Soccerball shade.svg
Liviu Antal Soccerball shade.svg		Stadium: S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas
Attendance: 400
Referee: Darius Petraška

Final

The final match was played on Sunday 30 September 2018.

FINAL
FC Stumbras 0–3 FK Žalgiris
Report
Report 		Soccerball shade.svg34' Tomáš Šimkovič
Soccerball shade.svg43' Marko Tomić
Soccerball shade.svg88' Marquinhos Carioca
Alytus stadium, Alytus
Attendance: 1 782
Referee: Jurij Paškovskij
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"Žalgiris"

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Patvirtintas 2018 m. sezono taurės varžybų formatas ir dalyviai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
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