2018 Lithuanian Football Cup

2018 Lithuanian Football Cup
LFF Taurė
Country Lithuania
Dates 27 April – 30 September
Teams 48[1]
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The 2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, also known as LFF Cup, is the seventy-third season of the Lithuanian annual football knock-out tournament. Forty-eight teams entered the competitions,[1] which will start on 27 April and end on 30 September.[2]

The winners will qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. Stumbras are 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

  • Ateitis
  • BFA
  • Hegelmann Litauen
  • Panerys
  • Šilas
  • Sveikata
  • TERA
  • Viltis

West Zone

  • Gargždų Pramogos SC
  • Šilutė
  • Širvėna
  • Šiauliai FA
  • Babrungas
  • Minija
  • Atmosfera
  • Akmenės Cementas
  • Saned

Alytus County

  • Merkys

Kaunas County

  • Kėdainiai

Klaipėda County

  • Sakuona-Rugpienių kaimas

Marijampolė County

  • Švyturys

Šiauliai County

  • Saulininkas-OBLT
  • ŠSPC Radviliškis
  • Adiada

Vilnius County

  • Elektrėnų Versmė
  • Navigatoriai
  • VGTU Vilkai
  • Kaišiadorys-Baltai

A Division

B Division

  • Top Kickers

Schedule

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

RoundDraw date and timeNew entriesClubsDate(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]

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

The final match will be played on Sunday 30 September 2018.

FINAL
FC Stumbras 0 - 3 FK Žalgiris
Report

Report

  34' Tomáš Šimkovič
 43' Marko Tomić
 88' Marquinhos Carioca
Alytus stadium, Alytus
Attendance: 1 782
Referee: Jurij Paškovskij
"Stumbras"
"Žalgiris"

See also

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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