2018 Lithuanian Football Cup

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]

2018 Lithuanian Football Cup
LFF Taurė
CountryLithuania
Dates27 April – 30 September
Teams48[1]
ChampionsFK Žalgiris
Runners-upFC Stumbras
← 2017
2019 →

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

  • 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]

25 April 2018 Akmenės Cementas (3)3–6FA 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)0–7DFK 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)0–8Sveikata (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)vViltis (3)
Atmosfera Mažeikiai (3)vPanevėžys (2)
Adiada (4)vMinija (3)
Švyturys (4)vKupiškis (2)
Kėdainiai (4)vŠilutė (3)
ŠSPC Radviliškis (4)vUtenis (2)
Kaišiadorys-Baltai (4)vSaulininkas-OBLT (4)
Širvėna (4)vVilniaus Vytis (2)
****************** (4)vTERA (3)
Sakuona-Rugpienių kaimas (4)vBFA (3)

Round of 32
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Round of 16
23 June 2018. Trakai (1)0–3Suduva (1)
Report
23 June 2018. Kupiskis (2)1–7FK Kauno Žalgiris (1)
Report
24 June 2018. Nevezis (2)0–4Palanga (1)
Report
30 June 2018. Atlantas (1)1–3Stumbras (1)
Report
30 June 2018. Banga (2)1–0Pakruojis (2)
Report
1 July 2018. Jonava (1)0–5Zalgiris (1)
13:00 Report
1 July 2018. Babrungas (3)2–3Viltis (3)
13:00 Report
1 July 2018. Elektrenu Versme (3)0–10DFK Dainava Alytus (2)
13:00 Report

Quarter-finals
2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) FK Kauno Žalgiris2 : 0PalangaS. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, (Kaunas)
19:30 Arūnas Klimavičius  5'
Joao Vitor Brandao Figueiredo  90+1'
Ilya Kalpachuk  90+3'		 report Attendance: 180
Referee: Mantas Pomeckis
2 August 2018 (2018-08-02) Sūduva1 : 4Žalgiris"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) Banga1 : 2DFK DainavaGargždų 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) Viltis0 : 3StumbrasLFF 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)0–4FC 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)0–3FK 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.

FINAL
FC Stumbras0–3FK 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. "Patvirtintas 2018 m. sezono taurės varžybų formatas ir dalyviai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  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. "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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