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2017 Lithuanian Football Cup

The 2017 Lithuanian Football Cup, also known as LFF Cup, was the seventy-second season of the Lithuanian annual football knock-out tournament. Forty-four teams entered the competitions,[1] which started on 27 April and ended on 24 September in Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys.[2][3]

2017 Lithuanian Football Cup
LFF Taurė
Tournament details
CountryLithuania
Dates27 April – 24 September
Teams44[1]
Final positions
ChampionsStumbras
Runner-upŽalgiris
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored193 (4.49 per match)
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Stumbras defeated defending champions Žalgiris 1–0 in the final and have qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Participants edit

Participation in the competition was mandatory for all clubs of the first three tiers (A Lyga, LFF I Lyga and II Lyga). Despite that two II Lyga sides - NFA and Šiauliai FA weren't competing.[4] Teams of lower divisions were eligible to join if they met additional criterios. Rules prevented all reserve teams from entering the cup.[5]

A Lyga LFF I Lyga II Lyga III Lyga IV Lyga Other

South Zone

West Zone

Kaunas County

Marijampolė County

Klaipėda County

Šiauliai County

A Division

D Division

Veterans League

Schedule edit

 
The Aukštaitija Stadium in Panevėžys hosted the final.

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 18 April, 13:00[6] 36 36 → 24 27 April–3 May[7] 57 / 12
Round of 32 16 May, 13:00[8] 8 32 → 16 25 May–4 June[9] 65 / 16
Round of 16 30 May, 13:00[10] none 16 → 8 23–26 June[11] 42 / 8
Quarter-finals 27 June, 13:00[12] none 8 → 4 26–27 August 22 / 4
Semi-finals 30 August, 11:30[13] none 4 → 2 9 September[14] 6 / 2
Final none 2 → 1 24 September 1 / 1

Matches edit

First round edit

The following pairs were drawn on 18 April 2017 by famous TV personality Paulius Ambrazevičius and all-time most capped Lithuanian national team player Andrius Skerla.[15] Dates and venues were confirmed after the draw.[7]

Džiugas, Šilutė, Tauras, Koralas (I Lyga), Hegelmann Litauen, TERA, Viltis, Panerys (II Lyga), Adiada, Kėdainiai, Saulininkas-OBLT (III Lyga) and Prelegentai (Veterans League) received free passes to the next round.[15]

27 April 2017 Juventa-99 (3)0–1 Panevėžys (2) Šiauliai, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Tomas Rakašius   75' Stadium: Gytariai Stadium
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas
28 April 2017 Šilas (3)0–5 Nevėžis (2) Kėdainiai, Lithuania[note 1]
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Šarūnas Činikas   24'
Kirill Shreitor   29'
Jonas Supronas   63', 84'
Tautvydas Amalas   73'		 Stadium: Kėdainiai Stadium
Attendance: 23
Referee: Kęstutis Bartuškevičius
28 April 2017 Gargždų Pramogos SC (3)0–4 Banga (2) Gargždai, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Simonas Urbys   46'
Karolis Urbaitis   50' (pen.)
Šarūnas Skulskis   55'
Mikas Kura   83'		 Stadium: Gargždai Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Linas Gedvila
29 April 2017 Sendvaris (4)0–2 Garliava (4) Gargždai, Lithuania[note 2]
13:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Deividas Arlauskas   15'
Benas Kudirka   86'		 Stadium: Gargždai Stadium
Attendance: 2
Referee: Orestas Abramavičius
29 April 2017 Širvėna (3)2–3 Akmenės Cementas (3) Biržai, Lithuania
13:00 EEST (UTC+3) Simonas Laužikas  
Mantas Gasiūnas  		 Report Klaudijus Januitis    
Valdas Rubel  		 Stadium: Biržai Stadium
Referee: Aurimas Strolė
29 April 2017 Pakruojis (2)1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Vilniaus Vytis (2) Pakruojis, Lithuania
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Mykola Barba   75' Report Mykolas Krasnovskis   40' Stadium: Pakruojis Stadium
Attendance: 80
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
Penalties
Donatas Strockis  
Aivaras Bagočius  
Vilius Lapeikis  
Arūnas Šteinas  
Aivaras Renusas  		   Arsenij Buinickij
  Leonardo Soares
  Tomas Misiūnas
  Lukas Miščiukas
  Nikolaj Misiuk
29 April 2017 Prienai (4)2–5 Palanga (2) Birštonas, Lithuania[note 3]
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Robertas Ratkevičius   26', 55' Report Aurimas Jurgelevičius   40'
Iurie Cebotari   75'
Daniil Rubtsov   77', 90'
Haroldas Vaineikis   85'		 Stadium: Birštonas Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Šarūnas Tamulynas
29 April 2017 Minija (3)0–1 Atmosfera (3) Kretinga, Lithuania
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Renatas Žebrauskas   82' Stadium: Kretinga Stadium
Attendance: 170
Referee: Vladimir Gerasimov
29 April 2017 Fanai (4)0–4 Sveikata (3) Šiauliai, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Vaidotas Norkeliūnas  
Domas Ivanauskas  
Artūras Pečiulis  
Simonas Rekašius  		 Stadium: Gytariai Stadium
Referee: Mantas Lešinskas
29 April 2017 Elektrėnų Versmė (5) 8–0LŠS (4)Vilnius, Lithuania[note 4]
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Julius Dranginis   2' (pen.)
Žygimantas Grinevičius   8', 51'
Tomas Čeliauskas   13'
Benas Buzevičius   27', 30'
Mindaugas Broga   35'		 Report Stadium: Senvagė Stadium
Referee: Artiom Gutovskij
1 May 2017 Geležinis Vilkas (5)0–13 DFK Dainava (2) Vilnius, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Kyrylo Silich   14'
Sam Shaban   17', 20', 38', 53'
Lukas Baranauskas   68', 70', 79', 81'
Patrik Oiaran   74'
Titas Vitukynas   75', 77', 83'		 Stadium: LFF Stadium
Referee: Robertas Valikonis
3 May 2017 Švyturys (4) 4–1Babrungas (3)Marijampolė, Lithuania
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: ARVI Football Indoor Arena
Referee: Kęstutis Bartuškevičius

Round of 32 edit

The following pairs were drawn on 16 May 2017 by TV personality Paulius Ambrazevičius.[16][17] Dates and venues were confirmed after the draw.[9]

25 May 2017 Švyturys (4)0–2 Trakai (1) Marijampolė, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Lajo Traore   85', 88' Stadium: Marijampolė Sport Center Stadium
Attendance: 87
Referee: Saulius Dirda
26 May 2017 Akmenės Cementas (3)1–3 Koralas (2) Naujoji Akmenė, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Nedas Stankus   64' Report Valdas Rubel   50' (o.g.)
Jonas Bičkus   52', 71'		 Stadium: Naujoji Akmenė Stadium
Attendance: 110
Referee: Jurgita Mačikunytė
26 May 2017 Kėdainiai (4)1–7 Vilniaus Vytis (2) Kėdainiai, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Aivaras Gėgžna   66' Report Tomas Misiūnas   12'
Arsenij Buinickij   21'
Mykolas Krasnovskis   31', 55', 72'
Arminas Vaskela   42'
Romanas Juška   75'		 Stadium: Kėdainiai Stadium second pitch
Attendance: 70
Referee: Fiodoras Petrovas
27 May 2017 Panevėžys (2) 3–0Kauno Žalgiris (1)Panevėžys, Lithuania
13:00 EEST (UTC+3) Mantas Savėnas   9'
Arnas Ribokas   49'
Charles Atsina   90+1'		 Report Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
27 May 2017 Sveikata (3)1–2 Jonava (1) Kybartai, Lithuania
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Mindaugas Bičkovas   66' Report Tautvydas Eliošius   31' (pen.)
Edgaras Makarovas   41'		 Stadium: Kybartai Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kęstutis Bartuškevičius
27 May 2017 Garliava (4) 1–0Atmosfera (3)Kaunas, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ignas Miliūnas   9' (pen.) Report Stadium: KTU Stadium
Attendance: 96
Referee: Arūnas Dapkus
27 May 2017 Šilutė (2)0–1 Stumbras (1) Šilutė, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Fábio Lopes   16' Stadium: Šilutė Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Donatas Rumšas
27 May 2017 Adiada (4)0–8 DFK Dainava (2) Šiauliai, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Savivaldybė Stadium
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas
27 May 2017 Džiugas (2) 5–0Tauras (2)Telšiai, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Tomas Birškys   9'
Rolandas Leščius   35'
Marius Šluta   37', 90+1'
Andrius Lipskis   53'		 Report Stadium: TFA Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Orestas Abramavičius
27 May 2017 Banga (2)1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		 Žalgiris (1) Gargždai, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Mantas Gudauskas   90+4' Report Matija Ljujić   43' Stadium: Gargždai Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ugnius Veprauskas
Penalties
Algimantas Bačanskis  
Šarūnas Skulskis  
Mantas Gudauskas  
Tadas Norbutas  		   Mantas Kuklys
  Darvydas Šernas
  Vytautas Lukša
  Egidijus Vaitkūnas
27 May 2017 Panerys (3) 2–1Nevėžis (2)Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Benediktas Jakavičius   15'
Audrius Veikutis   31'		 Report Jonas Supronas   50' Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 45
Referee: Vilius Paulauskas
28 May 2017 Palanga (2) 1–0Utenis (1)Palanga, Lithuania
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Gvidas Juška   9' Report Stadium: Palanga Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas
28 May 2017 Hegelmann Litauen (3)0–3 Sūduva (1) Kaunas, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Robertas Vėževičius   6', 32'
Markas Kardokas   44'		 Stadium: NFA Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Šarūnas Tamulynas
28 May 2017 Viltis (3)1–13 Atlantas (1) Vilnius, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Vaidas Pajarskas   89' Report Yuriy Vereshchak   5', 19', 26'
Andrei Panyukov   13', 16', 22'
Linas Pilibaitis   34', 37'
Justas Raziūnas   38'
Andrei Ciofu   47', 62'
Sergei Obivalin   61', 82'		 Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Jurij Paškovskij
29 May 2017 Prelegentai (Vet) 2–0TERA (3)Vilnius, Lithuania
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Edgaras Jankauskas     Report Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Donatas Šimėnas
4 June 2017 Elektrėnų Versmė (5) 4–1 (a.e.t.)Saulininkas-OBLT (4)Elektrėnai, Lithuania
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Vytautas Zemleckas   40'
Audrius Plytnikas   102'
Deividas Marcinkevičius   115'
Mindaugas Broga   118'		 Report   24' Stadium: Elektrėnai Stadium
Referee: Artiom Gutovskij

Round of 16 edit

The following pairs were drawn on 30 May 2017.[18][19] Dates and venues were confirmed after the draw.[11]

23 June 2017 Koralas (2)0–4 Sūduva (1) Klaipėda, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Sergej Amirzian   14'
Giedrius Matulevičius   77', 82'
Robertas Vėževičius   90'		 Stadium: Klaipėda Artificial Football Pitch
Attendance: 140
Referee: Vijūnas Vasiliauskas
23 June 2017 Panerys (3) 3–2 (a.e.t.)Palanga (2)Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Aurimas Tamaliūnas   3'
Ramūnas Radavičius   72'
Tadas Gražiūnas   120'		 Report Aurimas Jurgelevičius   25'
Ričardas Šveikauskas   65'		 Stadium: Senvagė Stadium
Attendance: 60
Referee: Darius Petraška
24 June 2017 Panevėžys (2) 2–1Džiugas (2)Panevėžys, Lithuania
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Eduard Grygorenko   20'
Ronaldas Misiūnas   88'		 Report Vitaliy Polyanskyi   79' Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
24 June 2017 Elektrėnų Versmė (5)0–4 Jonava (1) Elektrėnai, Lithuania
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Laurynas Stonkus   42'
Tautvydas Eliošius   70', 80'
Maksym Marusych   89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Elektrėnai Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kęstutis Bartuškevičius
24 June 2017 Žalgiris (1) 1–0Atlantas (1)Vilnius, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Elivelto   30' Report Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jurij Paškovskij
25 June 2017 Garliava (4)0–8 Trakai (1) Kaunas, Lithuania
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Maksimov   7', 24'
Vaidotas Šilėnas   26'
Mykhailo Shyshka   33'
Oscar Dorley   38'
Justinas Januševskij   79'
Deividas Česnauskis   85'
Lajo Traore   90'		 Stadium: KTU Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Šarūnas Tamulynas
26 June 2017 DFK Dainava (2)3–6 Vilniaus Vytis (2) Alytus, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Kyrylo Silich   3'
Linas Savastas   33', 64' (pen.)		 Report Mykolas Krasnovskis   5', 51'
Leonardo Soares   19', 90+1'
Mantas Makutunovičius   23'
Ilya Tsyvilko   89' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Alytus Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ugnius Veprauskas
26 June 2017 Prelegentai (Vet)0–8 Stumbras (1) Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Donatas Konikas   8', 24', 31'
Girius Kalvaitis   12' (o.g.)
Lukas Artimavičius   17', 79'
Vilius Armalas   47'
Kgaogelo Sekgota   76'		 Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Donatas Šimėnas

Quarter-finals edit

The following pairs were drawn on 27 June 2017 by Lithuania national team midfielder Vykintas Slivka.[20][21] Dates and venues were confirmed after the draw.[22]

26 August 2017 Panerys (3)0–8 Žalgiris (1) Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Diego Oyarzún   21'
Karolis Uzėla   49', 86'
Vytautas Lukša   67', 90+1'
Ernestas Stočkūnas   75', 89'
Darvydas Šernas   79'		 Stadium: Senvagė Stadium
Attendance: 450
Referee: Donatas Šimėnas
27 August 2017 Panevėžys (2)0–1 Vilniaus Vytis (2) Panevėžys, Lithuania
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Arminas Vaskela   41' Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Darius Petraška
27 August 2017 Jonava (1)3–5 (a.e.t.) Stumbras (1) Jonava, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Tadas Eliošius   8', 109'
Maksym Marusych   39'		 Report Jaisen Clifford   88'
Lucas Villela   90+2', 113', 118'
Kgaogelo Sekgota   101'		 Stadium: Central Stadium of Jonava
Attendance: 200
Referee: Robertas Valikonis
27 August 2017 Sūduva (1) 4–1Trakai (1)Marijampolė, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Karolis Laukžemis   5', 81'
Modestas Vorobjovas   17' (o.g.)
Jérémy Manzorro   84'		 Report Arūnas Klimavičius   62' (pen.) Stadium: ARVI Football Arena
Attendance: 600
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

Semi-finals edit

The following pairs were drawn on 30 August 2017 by actor Andrius Bialobžeskis along with Lithuania national team players Emilijus Zubas and Linas Klimavičius.[23][24] Dates and venues were confirmed after the draw.[14]

9 September 2017 Sūduva (1)2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Žalgiris (1) Marijampolė, Lithuania
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Karolis Chvedukas   14'
Algis Jankauskas   120+1'		 Report Egidijus Vaitkūnas   90+3'
Liviu Antal   94'		 Stadium: ARVI Football Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Donatas Rumšas
Penalties
Andro Švrljuga  
Jérémy Manzorro  
Ovidijus Verbickas  
Semir Kerla  		   Darvydas Šernas
  Mantas Kuklys
  Liviu Antal
  Slavko Blagojević
9 September 2017 Vilniaus Vytis (2)1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Stumbras (1) Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Mykolas Krasnovskis   64' Report Nazaré   76' Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Robertas Valikonis
Penalties
Mantas Makutunovičius  
Marius Šoblinskas  
Arminas Vaskela  
Markas Kardokas  		   Armanavičius
  Lucas Villela
  Nazaré
  Levan Macharashvili
  Alexandre Kore

Final edit

The final match was played on Sunday 24 September 2017 at Aukštaitija Stadium in Panevėžys.

Main article: 2017 Lithuanian Football Cup Final
Žalgiris0–1Stumbras
Summary Nasro Bouchareb   84'
Attendance: 1,478
Referee: Saulius Dirda[25]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The match took place at the Nevėžis home stadium in Kėdainiai instead of Šilas home stadium.
  2. ^ The match took place at the Gargždai Stadium in Gargždai instead of Sendvaris home stadium.
  3. ^ The match took place at the Birštonas Stadium in Birštonas instead of Prienai home stadium.
  4. ^ The match took place at the Senvagė Stadium in Vilnius instead of Elektrėnų Versmė home stadium.

References edit

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  2. ^ a b "LFF Kalendorius" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 15 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Surengti kitų metų taurės finalą patikėta Panevėžiui" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ^ "LFF taurės vingrybės: kur dingo NFA ir FA "Šiauliai"?". Futbolas.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 April 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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  6. ^ "Taurės pirmojo etapo burtai - antradienį" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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  8. ^ "LFF taurės II etapo burtai - gegužės 16-ąją" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Patvirtintos taurės II etapo rungtynių datos" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Taurės II etape krito du A lygos klubai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  11. ^ a b "III etapo rungtynės vyks birželio 23-26 dienomis" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
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  13. ^ "LFF taurės pusfinalio burtų traukimas – rugpjūčio 30 d." (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Pusfinaliuose – senbuvių akistata ir istorinis šansas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Ištraukti 2017 m. taurės sezono pirmo etapo burtai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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  19. ^ "Lietuvos futbolo federacijos taurės aštuntfinalio burtai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Ketvirtfinalyje II lygos atstovams teko "Žalgiris"". LFF.lt (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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  22. ^ "Taurės ketvirtfinalius pradės Vilniaus derbis" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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  25. ^ "FIFA Referees News: Lithuania: 2017 Lithuanian Cup Final". 24 September 2017.
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