2018 Lithuanian Football Cup

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

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]

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

Kaunas County

Klaipėda County

Marijampolė County

Šiauliai County

Vilnius County

A Division

B Division

Schedule[]

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 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, , (II Lyga), (III Lyga) and (IV Lyga) received free passes to the next round.[4]

25 April 2018 (3)3–6 FA Šiauliai (3) Mažeikiai
20:00
  • Goal 14'
    Goal 68'
    Goal 75'
 Report
  • Goal 12' (o.g.)
    Goal 51', 58'
    Goal 60'
    Goal 78', 88'
 Stadium: Mažeikių miesto centrinis stadionas
Referee: Mindaugas Jackus
27 April 2018 (4)0–7 DFK Dainava (2) Alytus
18:30 Report
  • Goal 1'
    Goal 16', 18' (pen.)
    Goal 59'
    Goal 76'
    Goal 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
  • Goal 9'
 Stadium: Vilniaus Senvag��s gimnazijos stadionas
Referee: Robertas Valikonis
27 April 2018 Geležinis Vilkas (5)0–8 Sveikata (3) Vilnius
20:10
  • Goal ?', ?'
  • Goal ?', ?'
  • Goal ?'
  • Goal ?'
  • Goal ?'
  • Goal ?'
 Stadium: Fanų Stadionas
Referee: Donatas Šimėnas
28 April 2018 Šilas (3) 4–3 (3)Kazlų Rūda
12:00
  • Goal 16', 35'
  • Goal 24'
  • Goal 32'
  • Goal 28'
  • Goal 41'
  • Goal 73' (pen.)
 Stadium: Kazlų Rūdos miesto stadionas
Referee: Arūnas Dapkus
(4) v (3)
Atmosfera Mažeikiai (3) v Panevėžys (2)
(4) v Minija (3)
(4) v Kupiškis (2)
(4) v Šilutė (3)
(4) v Utenis (2)
(4) v (4)
Širvėna (4) v Vilniaus Vytis (2)
****************** (4) v (3)
(4) v BFA (3)

Round of 32[]

24 May 2018 v
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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 Goal 12'
Edvinas Alimas Goal 33'
Tomas Birškys Goal 62'
Martynas Turskis Goal 90'
Tomas Birškys Goal 90+3'		 Report Aurelijus Barusas Goal 51' (į savus vartus)
Goal 69' Karolis Kereiša
Goal 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)
Report
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 (3)
13:00 Report
1 July 2018. (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 Goal 5'
Joao Vitor Brandao Figueiredo Goal 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 Goal 72' report Goal 11' (pen.) Liviu Antal
Goal 32' Ugochukwu Louis Ogana
Goal 62' Ugochukwu Louis Ogana
Goal 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 Goal 61' (pen.) Report Goal 23' Sebastian Vasquez Gamboa
Goal 44' Sebastian Vasquez Gamboa		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 0 : 3 Stumbras , (Vilnius)
13:00 Report Goal 31' (pen.) Rimvydas Sadauskas
Goal 37' Bah Alseny
Goal 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 Goal 37' Lucas Villela Rezende
Goal 72' Levan Matcharashvili
Goal 75' Marcos Soares Elias Junior
Goal 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 Goal
Tomaš Malec Goal
Liviu Antal Goal		 Stadium:
Attendance: 400
Referee: Darius Petraška

Final[]

The final match was played on Sunday 30 September 2018.

FINAL
FC Stumbras0–3FK Žalgiris
Report
Report		 Goal 34' Tomáš Šimkovič
Goal 43' Marko Tomić
Goal 88' Marquinhos Carioca
Alytus stadium, Alytus
Attendance: 1 782
Referee: Jurij Paškovskij
"Stumbras"
"Žalgiris"

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Patvirtintas 2018 m. sezono taurės varžybų formatas ir dalyviai" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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