Lithuanian Football Cup

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Lithuanian Football Cup
Organising bodyLithuanian Football Federation
Founded1924; 97 years ago (1924)
RegionLithuania
Number of teams33 (2020)
Qualifier forUEFA Europa Conference League
Domestic cup(s)Lithuanian Supercup
Current championsŽalgiris (13 titles)
Most successful club(s)Žalgiris (13 titles)
Television broadcastersDELFI TV
2021 Lithuanian Football Cup

The Lithuanian Football Federation Cup (Lithuanian: Lietuvos futbolo federacijos taurė), also known as Hegelmann LFF Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian football cup competition contested in a knockout tournament format. The winner of the cup gains entitlement to participate in the Lithuanian Supercup as well as the UEFA Europa League.

The clubs of A Lyga, I Lyga, II Lyga, III Lyga and are eligible to compete. The competition format is a single-elimination tournament.

The competition was sponsored by Sharp in 2018-2019,[1] and by Hegelmann in 2020.

History[]

Interwar period[]

The first cup tournament in Lithuania took place in 1924 and was called the "Kooperacijos taurė". It took place during the International Cooperation Day event.[2] "Kooperacijos taurė" competition took place three times - 1924, 1925 and 1926. Other cup competitions took place at the same time as well - "Žiemos taurė" (lith. Winter Cup) in 1925, "Pavasario taurė" (lith. Spring Cup) in 1926 and 1927, as well as once-off cup events.

Year Tournament Notes Final
1924 Kooperacijos taurė Founded by a banker Vincas Zakarevičius. The 50 cm in diameter and 1,250g in weight cup was made of silver and gold-plated materials cost 1,000 Litas.[3] LFLS Kaunas 2:1 Kovas Kaunas
1925 Kooperacijos taurė LFLS Kaunas won the cup for the second time.[4] The cup was to be passed on to the winner each year, and to be kept if won three times in a row.
1925 Žiemos taurė 2:0 Kovas Kaunas
1926 Kooperacijos taurė LFLS Kaunas won the cup for three years in a row, and fulfilled the condition to keep the cup.[5] LFLS Kaunas 4:3 Kovas Kaunas
1926 Pavasario taurė Organized by LFLS central committee.[6]
1926 Lithuanian Cup of Honour The 2,000 Litas cup was founded by the famous singer Kipras Petrauskas, yet it was not supported by the governing football committee. The cup was presented to the previous year football league champion Kovas Kaunas[7]
1927 Pavasario taurė 10 Kaunas A and B class teams were competing.[8] 3:2 Kovas Kaunas
1927 Lloyd Lithuania Cup The cup was presented to the Kaunas region league champion LFLS Kaunas.[9]
1932 Sekminių taurė The cup was founded with a view to replace the Kooperacijos taurė competition.[10] LFLS Kaunas 5:1 Kovas Kaunas
1935 Lithuanian I Sports Festival 6 teams from Kaunas and 4 teams from Latvia competed in the tournament.[11]  ?:?
1938 Lithuanian National Olympics 16 teams participated, including 1 team from Latvia. The tournament was a part of a prestigious Lithuanian National Olympics event.[12] KSS Klaipėda 2:0 LGSF Kaunas

Post-war period[]

After the World War II, in soviet Lithuania a cup competition was established by the initiative of Tiesa newspaper in 1947, and was called The Tiesa Cup.[13] It consisted of Lithuanian SSR teams not competing in the Soviet football league pyramid.

Re-established Independence to present[]

Since the regained independence in 1990 the competition is called the Lithuanian Football Federation Cup.

Finals[]

Year Winner Runner-Up Result Location
Soviet Era (Tiesa Cup)
3–2 , Vilnius
Inkaras Kaunas 4–0 Valstybinis stadionas, Vilnius
Inkaras Kaunas 1–0 KKI Stadionas, Kaunas
Elnias Šiauliai Inkaras Kaunas 4–0 Valstybinis stadionas, Vilnius
Inkaras Kaunas Elnias Šiauliai 2–0 Dinamo stadionas, Vilnius
Karininkų namai Vilnius 1–0 Dinamo stadionas, Vilnius
4–2 Valstybinis stadionas, Vilnius
Inkaras Kaunas 4–0 KKI Stadionas, Kaunas
Linų audiniai Plungė 2–0 , Vilnius
Raudonoji žvaigždė Vilnius 3–0 , Vilnius
Elnias Šiauliai MSK Panevėžys 2–0 , Šiauliai
Melioratorius Kretinga 5–3 (a.e.t) , Kretinga
Elnias Šiauliai KKI Kaunas 2–0 , Šiauliai
Inkaras Kaunas 2–1 KKI Stadionas, Kaunas
EAG Kėdainiai 2–1 Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai
Šešupė Kapsukas 3–1 , Kapsukas
Saliutas Vilnius 1–0 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
FK Minija Kretinga 3–2 , Kretinga
Inkaras Kaunas Saliutas Vilnius 4–2 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
Saliutas Vilnius 0–0 / 1–0 , Vilnius
Nevėžis Kėdainiai FK Statyba Panevėžys 2–1 Centrinis stadionas, Panevėžys
Nevėžis Kėdainiai 6–0 Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai
Inkaras Kaunas 2–0 / 1–1 , Ukmergė / , Kaunas
Nevėžis Kėdainiai FK Minija Kretinga 0–0 / 3–1 , Kretinga / Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai
FK Statyba Panevėžys 1–0 / 3–1 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius / Centrinis stadionas, Panevėžys
Nevėžis Kėdainiai Ekranas Panevėžys 1–1 / 3–2 Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai / Centrinis stadionas, Panevėžys
Nevėžis Kėdainiai 1–0 Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai
Statybininkas Šiauliai 2–1 , Šiauliai
Statybininkas Šiauliai 3–0 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
Sūduva Kapsukas 2–1 (a.e.t) Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
Granitas Klaipėda 2–0 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
Kooperatininkas Plungė 2–0 , Plungė
Atmosfera Mažeikiai 1–0 Sporto kombinato stadionas, Kaunas
Banga Kaunas 3–1 Sporto kombinato stadionas, Kaunas
Granitas Klaipėda Banga Kaunas 2–0 Žalgirio stadionas, Klaipėda
Nevėžis Kėdainiai 2–0 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
Granitas Klaipėda 2–1 (a.e.t) Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
Banga Kaunas 2–2 (3–1 pen.) Sporto kombinato stadionas, Kaunas
Ekranas Panevėžys Banga Kaunas 0–0 (4–3 pen.) Sporto kombinato stadionas, Kaunas
Granitas Klaipėda Banga Kaunas 3–1 Žalgirio stadionas, Klaipėda
Inkaras Kaunas 0–0 (5–4 pen.) Pasvalys
Sirijus Klaipėda 3–2 Jonavos stadionas, Jonava
Banga Kaunas Tauras Tauragė 2–0 , Palanga
Independent Lithuania — (LFF Cup)
FK Sirijus Klaipėda Žalgiris Vilnius 0–0 (4–3 pen.) Tauragė
Žalgiris Vilnius Tauras Šiauliai 1–0 (a.e.t) , Kaunas
Lietuvos Makabi Vilnius Žalgiris Vilnius 1–0 , Vilnius
Žalgiris Vilnius FK Sirijus Klaipėda 1–0 , Palanga
Žalgiris Vilnius Ekranas Panevėžys 4–2 S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, Kaunas
Inkaras Kaunas Žalgiris Vilnius 2–1 Žalgirio stadionas, Klaipėda
Kareda-Sakalas Šiauliai Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas 2–0 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
Žalgiris Vilnius Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas 1–0 Sporto ir rekreacijos stadionas, Alytus
Ekranas Panevėžys FBK Kaunas 1–0 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
Kareda Šiauliai FBK Kaunas 3–0 (a.e.t) Aukštaitijos stadionas, Panevėžys
Ekranas Panevėžys Žalgiris Vilnius 1–0 , Marijampolė
2000–01 Atlantas Klaipėda Žalgiris Vilnius 1–0 Aukštaitijos stadionas, Panevėžys
FBK Kaunas Sūduva Marijampolė 3–1 Sporto ir rekreacijos stadionas, Alytus
Atlantas Klaipėda Vėtra Rūdiškės 1–1 (3–1 pen.) Telšiai
[14] Žalgiris Vilnius Ekranas Panevėžys 3–1 Utena
FBK Kaunas Atlantas Klaipėda 0–0 (2–1 pen.) Savivaldybės stadionas, Šiauliai
FBK Kaunas Vėtra Vilnius 2–0 (a.e.t) Vėtros stadionas, Vilnius
Sūduva Marijampolė Ekranas Panevėžys 1–0 S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, Kaunas
FBK Kaunas Vėtra Vilnius 2–1 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
2008–09 Sūduva Marijampolė Tauras Tauragė 1–0 S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, Kaunas
2009–10 Ekranas Panevėžys Vėtra Vilnius 2–1 S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, Kaunas
2010–11 Ekranas Panevėžys Banga Gargždai 4–2 (a.e.t) Sporto ir rekreacijos stadionas, Alytus
2011–12 Žalgiris Vilnius Ekranas Panevėžys 0–0 (3–1 pen.) ARVI Football Arena, Marijampolė
2012–13 Žalgiris Vilnius Šiauliai 3–3 (8–7 pen.) S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, Kaunas
2013–14 Žalgiris Vilnius Banga Gargždai 2–1 , Utena
2014–15 Žalgiris Vilnius Atlantas Klaipėda 2–0 Savivaldybės stadionas, Šiauliai
2015–16 Žalgiris Vilnius Trakai 1–0 (a.e.t) , Telšiai
2016 Žalgiris Vilnius Sūduva Marijampolė 2–0 Klaipėdos centrinis stadionas, Klaipėda
2017 Stumbras Žalgiris Vilnius 1–0 Aukštaitijos stadionas, Panevėžys
2018 Žalgiris Vilnius Stumbras 3–0 Alytaus stadionas, Alytus
2019 Sūduva Marijampolė Banga Gargždai 4–0 , Utena
2020 FK Panevėžys Sūduva Marijampolė 1–1 (5–4 pen.) Aukštaitijos stadionas, Panevėžys
2021 FK Žalgiris FK Panevėžys 5–1 Šiauliai municipal stadium, Šiauliai

Performance by club[]

Winners[]

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
Žalgiris Vilnius 13 5 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2016, 2018, 2021
Inkaras Kaunas† 7 5 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1965, 1969, 1995
Atlantas Klaipėda† 6 2 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 2001, 2003
FBK Kaunas† 5 7 1989, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008
Ekranas Panevėžys 5 5 1985, 1998, 2000, 2010, 2011
Nevėžis Kėdainiai 5 2 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973
† 4 3 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980
Sūduva Marijampolė 3 5 2006, 2009, 2019
Elnias Šiauliai† 3 1 1950, 1957, 1959
Kareda Šiauliai† 3 1 1974, 1996, 1999
Saliutas Vilnius† 2 3 1952, 1963
† 2 2 1971, 1982
† 2 1 1984, 1987
Sirijus Klaipėda† 2 1 1988, 1990
† 2 - 1953, 1962
Minija Kretinga 1 2 1964
† 1 1 1947
† 1 1 1955
† 1 1 1966
† 1 1 1975
Stumbras Kaunas† 1 1 2017
FK Panevėžys 1 1 2020
† 1 - 1956
† 1 - 1958
† 1 - 1960
† 1 - 1961
Neris Vilnius† 1 - 1992

Finalists without Wins[]

Club Finals Years Runner-up
Vėtra Vilnius† 4 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010
Banga Gargždai 3 2011, 2014, 2019
Statyba Panevėžys† 3 1957, 1967, 1971
† 2 1953, 1964
Linų Audiniai Plungė 2 1955, 1978
Tauras Tauragė 2 1989, 2009
FK Šiauliai† 2 1991, 2013
† 1 1947
† 1 1949
† 1 1952
KKI Kaunas† 1 1959
FK Mažeikiai† 1 1979
Riteriai (Trakai) 1 2015–16

Clubs currently playing in A Lyga are shown in Bold.
† - Defunct clubs.

References[]

  1. ^ "Pasaulinė kompanija tampa pagrindine LFF rėmėja" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1924_m.
  3. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1924_m.
  4. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1925_m.
  5. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1925_m.
  6. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1926_m.
  7. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1926_m.
  8. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1927_m.
  9. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1927_m.
  10. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1931_m.
  11. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1935_m.
  12. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97_1938_m.
  13. ^ http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Lietuvos_futbolo_taur%C4%97
  14. ^ Two Cup Finals in 2003.

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