2017 Lithuanian Football Cup

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2017 Lithuanian Football Cup
LFF Taurė
CountryLithuania
Dates27 April – 24 September
Teams44[1]
ChampionsStumbras
Runners-upŽalgiris
Semi-finalists
Matches played43
Goals scored193 (4.49 per match)
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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]

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[]

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 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[]

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[]

First round[]

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, , , Panerys (II Lyga), , , (III Lyga) and Prelegentai (Veterans League) received free passes to the next round.[15]

27 April 2017 (3)0–1 Panevėžys (2) Šiauliai, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Tomas Rakašius Goal 75' 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 Goal 24'
Kirill Shreitor Goal 29'
Jonas Supronas Goal 63', 84'
Tautvydas Amalas Goal 73'		 Stadium: Kėdainiai Stadium
Attendance: 23
Referee: Kęstutis Bartuškevičius
28 April 2017 (3)0–4 Banga (2) Gargždai, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Simonas Urbys Goal 46'
Karolis Urbaitis Goal 50' (pen.)
Šarūnas Skulskis Goal 55'
Mikas Kura Goal 83'		 Stadium: Gargždai Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Linas Gedvila
29 April 2017 (4)0–2 Garliava (4) Gargždai, Lithuania[note 2]
13:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Deividas Arlauskas Goal 15'
Benas Kudirka Goal 86'		 Stadium: Gargždai Stadium
Attendance: 2
Referee: Orestas Abramavičius
29 April 2017 Širvėna (3)2–3 (3) Biržai, Lithuania
13:00 EEST (UTC+3) Simonas Laužikas Goal
Mantas Gasiūnas Goal		 Report Klaudijus Januitis Goal Goal
Valdas Rubel Goal		 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 Goal 75' Report Mykolas Krasnovskis Goal 40' Stadium: Pakruojis Stadium
Attendance: 80
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
Penalties
Penalty missed
Penalty scored
Vilius Lapeikis Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty missed		 Penalty scored Arsenij Buinickij
Penalty missed
Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored Nikolaj Misiuk
29 April 2017 (4)2–5 Palanga (2) Birštonas, Lithuania[note 3]
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Robertas Ratkevičius Goal 26', 55' Report Aurimas Jurgelevičius Goal 40'
Iurie Cebotari Goal 75'
Daniil Rubtsov Goal 77', 90'
Haroldas Vaineikis Goal 85'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 100
Referee: Šarūnas Tamulynas
29 April 2017 Minija (3)0–1 (3) Kretinga, Lithuania
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Renatas Žebrauskas Goal 82' Stadium:
Attendance: 170
Referee: Vladimir Gerasimov
29 April 2017 (4)0–4 Sveikata (3) Šiauliai, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Vaidotas Norkeliūnas Goal
Domas Ivanauskas Goal
Artūras Pečiulis Goal
Simonas Rekašius Goal		 Stadium:
Referee: Mantas Lešinskas
29 April 2017 (5) 8–0 (4)Vilnius, Lithuania[note 4]
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Julius Dranginis Goal 2' (pen.)
Žygimantas Grinevičius Goal 8', 51'
Tomas Čeliauskas Goal 13'
Benas Buzevičius Goal 27', 30'
Mindaugas Broga Goal 35'		 Report 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 Goal 14'
Sam Shaban Goal 17', 20', 38', 53'
Lukas Baranauskas Goal 68', 70', 79', 81'
Patrik Oiaran Goal 74'
Titas Vitukynas Goal 75', 77', 83'		 Stadium: LFF Stadium
Referee: Robertas Valikonis
3 May 2017 (4) 4–1Babrungas (3)Marijampolė, Lithuania
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: ARVI Football Indoor Arena
Referee: Kęstutis Bartuškevičius

Round of 32[]

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 (4)0–2 Trakai (1) Marijampolė, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Lajo Traore Goal 85', 88' Stadium:
Attendance: 87
Referee: Saulius Dirda
26 May 2017 (3)1–3 Koralas (2) Naujoji Akmenė, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Nedas Stankus Goal 64' Report Valdas Rubel Goal 50' (o.g.)
Jonas Bičkus Goal 52', 71'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 110
Referee: Jurgita Mačikunytė
26 May 2017 (4)1–7 Vilniaus Vytis (2) Kėdainiai, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Aivaras Gėgžna Goal 66' Report Tomas Misiūnas Goal 12'
Arsenij Buinickij Goal 21'
Mykolas Krasnovskis Goal 31', 55', 72'
Arminas Vaskela Goal 42'
Romanas Juška Goal 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 Goal 9'
Arnas Ribokas Goal 49'
Charles Atsina Goal 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 Goal 66' Report Tautvydas Eliošius Goal 31' (pen.)
Edgaras Makarovas Goal 41'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kęstutis Bartuškevičius
27 May 2017 Garliava (4) 1–0 (3)Kaunas, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ignas Miliūnas Goal 9' (pen.) Report 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 Goal 16' Stadium: Šilutė Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Donatas Rumšas
27 May 2017 (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 Goal 9'
Rolandas Leščius Goal 35'
Marius Šluta Goal 37', 90+1'
Andrius Lipskis Goal 53'		 Report 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 Goal 90+4' Report Matija Ljujić Goal 43' Stadium: Gargždai Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ugnius Veprauskas
Penalties
Penalty missed
Penalty missed
Penalty scored
Penalty missed		 Penalty missed Mantas Kuklys
Penalty scored Darvydas Šernas
Penalty scored Vytautas Lukša
Penalty scored Egidijus Vaitkūnas
27 May 2017 Panerys (3) 2–1Nevėžis (2)Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Benediktas Jakavičius Goal 15'
Audrius Veikutis Goal 31'		 Report Jonas Supronas Goal 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 Goal 9' Report 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 Goal 6', 32'
Markas Kardokas Goal 44'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 100
Referee: Šarūnas Tamulynas
28 May 2017 (3)1–13 Atlantas (1) Vilnius, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Vaidas Pajarskas Goal 89' Report Yuriy Vereshchak Goal 5', 19', 26'
Andrei Panyukov Goal 13', 16', 22'
Linas Pilibaitis Goal 34', 37'
Justas Raziūnas Goal 38'
Andrei Ciofu Goal 47', 62'
Sergei Obivalin Goal 61', 82'		 Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Jurij Paškovskij
29 May 2017 Prelegentai (Vet) 2–0 (3)Vilnius, Lithuania
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Edgaras Jankauskas Goal Goal Report Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Donatas Šimėnas
4 June 2017 (5) 4–1 (a.e.t.) (4)Elektrėnai, Lithuania
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Vytautas Zemleckas Goal 40'
Audrius Plytnikas Goal 102'
Deividas Marcinkevičius Goal 115'
Mindaugas Broga Goal 118'		 Report Goal 24' Stadium:
Referee: Artiom Gutovskij

Round of 16[]

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 Goal 14'
Giedrius Matulevičius Goal 77', 82'
Robertas Vėževičius Goal 90'		 Stadium:
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 Goal 3'
Ramūnas Radavičius Goal 72'
Tadas Gražiūnas Goal 120'		 Report Aurimas Jurgelevičius Goal 25'
Ričardas Šveikauskas Goal 65'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 60
Referee: Darius Petraška
24 June 2017 Panevėžys (2) 2–1Džiugas (2)Panevėžys, Lithuania
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Eduard Grygorenko Goal 20'
Ronaldas Misiūnas Goal 88'		 Report Vitaliy Polyanskyi Goal 79' Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
24 June 2017 (5)0–4 Jonava (1) Elektrėnai, Lithuania
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Laurynas Stonkus Goal 42'
Tautvydas Eliošius Goal 70', 80'
Maksym Marusych Goal 89' (pen.)		 Stadium:
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kęstutis Bartuškevičius
24 June 2017 Žalgiris (1) 1–0Atlantas (1)Vilnius, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Elivelto Goal 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 Goal 7', 24'
Vaidotas Šilėnas Goal 26'
Mykhailo Shyshka Goal 33'
Oscar Dorley Goal 38'
Justinas Januševskij Goal 79'
Deividas Česnauskis Goal 85'
Lajo Traore Goal 90'		 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 Goal 3'
Linas Savastas Goal 33', 64' (pen.)		 Report Mykolas Krasnovskis Goal 5', 51'
Leonardo Soares Goal 19', 90+1'
Mantas Makutunovičius Goal 23'
Ilya Tsyvilko Goal 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 Goal 8', 24', 31'
Girius Kalvaitis Goal 12' (o.g.)
Lukas Artimavičius Goal 17', 79'
Vilius Armalas Goal 47'
Kgaogelo Sekgota Goal 76'		 Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Donatas Šimėnas

Quarter-finals[]

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 Goal 21'
Karolis Uzėla Goal 49', 86'
Vytautas Lukša Goal 67', 90+1'
Ernestas Stočkūnas Goal 75', 89'
Darvydas Šernas Goal 79'		 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 Goal 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 Goal 8', 109'
Maksym Marusych Goal 39'		 Report Jaisen Clifford Goal 88'
Lucas Villela Goal 90+2', 113', 118'
Kgaogelo Sekgota Goal 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 Goal 5', 81'
Modestas Vorobjovas Goal 17' (o.g.)
Jérémy Manzorro Goal 84'		 Report Arūnas Klimavičius Goal 62' (pen.) Stadium: ARVI Football Arena
Attendance: 600
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

Semi-finals[]

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 Goal 14'
Algis Jankauskas Goal 120+1'		 Report Egidijus Vaitkūnas Goal 90+3'
Liviu Antal Goal 94'		 Stadium: ARVI Football Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Donatas Rumšas
Penalties
Andro Švrljuga Penalty scored
Jérémy Manzorro Penalty missed
Ovidijus Verbickas Penalty scored
Semir Kerla Penalty missed		 Penalty scored Darvydas Šernas
Penalty scored Mantas Kuklys
Penalty scored Liviu Antal
Penalty scored 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 Goal 64' Report Nazaré Goal 76' Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Robertas Valikonis
Penalties
Mantas Makutunovičius Penalty scored
Marius Šoblinskas Penalty scored
Arminas Vaskela Penalty missed
Markas Kardokas Penalty missed		 Penalty scored Armanavičius
Penalty scored Lucas Villela
Penalty scored Nazaré
Penalty missed Levan Macharashvili
Penalty scored Alexandre Kore

Final[]

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 Goal 84'
Attendance: 1,478
Referee: Saulius Dirda[25]

See also[]

Notes[]

  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[]

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