2017 Lithuanian Football Cup
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, which started on 27 April and ended on 24 September in Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys.
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. Despite that two II Lyga sides - NFA and Šiauliai FA weren't competing. Teams of lower divisions were eligible to join if they met additional criterios. Rules prevented all reserve teams from entering the cup.A Lyga | LFF I Lyga | II Lyga | III Lyga | IV Lyga | Other |
| South Zone
| Kaunas County
| A Division
| Veterans League
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Schedule
The rounds of the 2016–17 competition were scheduled as follows:Round | Draw date and time | New entries | Clubs | Date | Goals / games |
First Round | 18 April, 13:00 | 36 | 36 → 24 | 27 April–3 May | 57 / 12 |
Round of 32 | 16 May, 13:00 | 8 | 32 → 16 | 25 May–4 June | 65 / 16 |
Round of 16 | 30 May, 13:00 | none | 16 → 8 | 23–26 June | 42 / 8 |
Quarter-finals | 27 June, 13:00 | none | 8 → 4 | 26–27 August | 22 / 4 |
Semi-finals | 30 August, 11:30 | none | 4 → 2 | 9 September | 6 / 2 |
Final | 30 August, 11:30 | 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. Dates and venues were confirmed after the draw.Džiugas, Šilutė, Tauras, Koralas, Hegelmann Litauen, TERA, Viltis, Panerys, Adiada, Kėdainiai, Saulininkas-OBLT and Prelegentai received free passes to the next round.