2018_Lithuanian_Football_Cup

2018 Lithuanian Football Cup

2018 Lithuanian Football Cup

Football tournament season

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]

Quick Facts LFF Taurė, Tournament details ...

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]

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Schedule

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

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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
  • Klaudijus 14'
    Lukošius 68'
    Griškevičius 75'
 Report
  • Kęstutis 12' (o.g.)
    Vytautas 51', 58'
    Petravičius 60'
    Gerulskis 78', 88'
 Stadium: Mažeikių miesto centrinis stadionas
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
27 April 2018 Merkys (4)0–7 DFK Dainava (2) Alytus
18:30 Report
  • Zaitsev 1'
    Vásquez 16', 18' (pen.)
    Vítor Hugo 59'
    Rocys 76'
    Paulėkas 81', 83'
 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
  • Marcinkevičius 9'
 Stadium: Vilniaus Senvagės gimnazijos stadionas
Referee: Robertas Valikonis
27 April 2018 Geležinis Vilkas (5)0–8 Sveikata (3) Vilnius
20:10
  • Kalimavičius ?', ?'
  • Karpavičius ?', ?'
  • Pečiulis ?'
  • Vaišnys ?'
  • Kereiša ?'
  • Ryckis ?'
 Stadium: Fanų Stadionas
Referee: Donatas Šimėnas
28 April 2018 Šilas (3) 4–3Ateitis (3)Kazlų Rūda
12:00
  • Brokas 16', 35'
  • Kazelis 24'
  • Urba 32'
  • Tijūnėlis 28'
  • Gudaitis 41'
  • Dromantas 73' (pen.)
 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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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

23 June 2018. Trakai (1)0–3 Suduva (1)
Report
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)
Report
30 June 2018. Banga (2) 1–0Pakruojis (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
1 July 2018. Elektrenu Versme (3) 0–10 DFK Dainava Alytus (2)
13:00 Report

Quarter-finals

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

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

The final match was played on Sunday 30 September 2018.

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FINAL
Alytus stadium, Alytus
Attendance: 1 782
Referee: Jurij Paškovskij
"Stumbras"
"Žalgiris"

See also

References

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