Lithuanian Football Cup

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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 Conference League.

Lithuanian Football Cup

Organising body	Lithuanian Football Federation
Founded	1924; 101 years ago (1924)
Region	Lithuania
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa Conference League
Domestic cup(s)	Lithuanian Supercup
Current champions	FK Banga (1 titles)
Most successful club(s)	Žalgiris (14 titles)
Television broadcasters	DELFI TV
2025 Lithuanian Football Cup

Participation is mandatory for the clubs playing in A Lyga and I Lyga. Participation is voluntary for all lower division teams as long as they meet basic eligibility criteria. Club reserve and youth teams are not eligible to participate. The competition format is a single-elimination tournament.

The competition was sponsored by Sharp in 2018–19,^[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.[2]	LFLS Kaunas 2–1 Kovas Kaunas
1925	Kooperacijos taurė	LFLS Kaunas won the cup for the second time.[3] The cup was to be passed on to the winner each year, and to be kept if won three times in a row.	LFLS Kaunas 3–2 Kovas Kaunas
1925	Žiemos taurė		KSK Kaunas 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.[4]	LFLS Kaunas 4–3 Kovas Kaunas
1926	Pavasario taurė	Organized by LFLS central committee.[4]
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[4]
1927	Pavasario taurė	10 Kaunas A and B class teams were competing.[5]	Makabi Kaunas 3–2 Kovas Kaunas
1927	Lloyd Lithuania Cup	The cup was presented to the Kaunas region league champion LFLS Kaunas.[5]
1928	Florence Pavasario taurė	12 teams were competing.[6]	LFLS Kaunas 2–0 Kovas Kaunas
1929	Lietuvos aido taurė	[7]	LFLS Kaunas 4–0 Makabi Kaunas
1932	Sekminių taurė	The cup was founded with a view to replace the Kooperacijos taurė competition.[8]	LFLS Kaunas 5–1 Kovas Kaunas
1935	Lithuanian I Sports Festival	6 teams from Kaunas and 4 teams from Latvia competed in the tournament.[9]	MSK Kaunas 2–2 Tauras Kaunas
1938	Lithuanian National Olympics	16 teams participated, including 1 team from Latvia. The tournament was a part of a prestigious Lithuanian National Olympics event.[10]	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.^[11] 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)
1947	Lokomotyvas Kaunas	Vėliava Šiauliai	3–2	Miesto stadionas, Vilnius
1948	Inkaras Kaunas	Lokomotyvas Kaunas	4–0	Valstybinis stadionas, Vilnius
1949	Inkaras Kaunas	Audiniai Kaunas	1–0	KKI Stadionas, Kaunas
1950	Elnias Šiauliai	Inkaras Kaunas	4–0	Valstybinis stadionas, Vilnius
1951	Inkaras Kaunas	Elnias Šiauliai	2–0	Dinamo stadionas [lt], Vilnius
1952	Karininkų namai Vilnius	Dinamo Vilnius	1–0	Dinamo stadionas [lt], Vilnius
1953	Lima Kaunas	Trinyčiai Klaipėda	4–2	Valstybinis stadionas, Vilnius
1954	Inkaras Kaunas	KPI Kaunas	4–0	KKI Stadionas, Kaunas
1955	KPI Kaunas	Linų audiniai Plungė	2–0	Jaunimo stadionas, Vilnius
1956	Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas	Raudonoji žvaigždė Vilnius	3–0	Jaunimo stadionas, Vilnius
1957	Elnias Šiauliai	MSK Panevėžys	2–0	Žalgirio stadionas, Šiauliai
1958	FK Spartakas Vilnius	Melioratorius Kretinga	5–3 (a.e.t)	Miesto stadionas, Kretinga
1959	Elnias Šiauliai	KKI Kaunas	2–0	Žalgirio stadionas, Šiauliai
1960	FK Panemunė Kaunas	Inkaras Kaunas	2–1	KKI Stadionas, Kaunas
1961	Cementininkas Akmenė	EAG Kėdainiai	2–1	Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai
1962	Lima Kaunas	Šešupė Kapsukas	3–1	Miesto stadionas, Kapsukas
1963	Saliutas Vilnius	FK Žalgiris Naujoji Vilnia	1–0	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
1964	FK Minija Kretinga	Baltija Klaipėda	3–2	Miesto stadionas, Kretinga
1965	Inkaras Kaunas	Saliutas Vilnius	4–2	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
1966	FK Žalgiris Naujoji Vilnia	Saliutas Vilnius	0–0 / 1–0	Jaunimo stadionas, Vilnius
1967	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	FK Statyba Panevėžys	2–1	Centrinis stadionas, Panevėžys
1968	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	Pažanga Vilnius	6–0	Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai
1969	Inkaras Kaunas	Vienybė Ukmergė	2–0 / 1–1	Miesto stadionas, Ukmergė / Inkaro stadionas, Kaunas
1970	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	FK Minija Kretinga	0–0 / 3–1	Miesto stadionas, Kretinga / Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai
1971	Pažanga Vilnius	FK Statyba Panevėžys	1–0 / 3–1	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius / Centrinis stadionas, Panevėžys
1972	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	Ekranas Panevėžys	1–1 / 3–2	Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai / Centrinis stadionas, Panevėžys
1973	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	Pažanga Vilnius	1–0	Miesto stadionas, Kėdainiai
1974	Statybininkas Šiauliai	Kelininkas Kaunas	2–1	Statybininko stadionas, Šiauliai
1975	Vienybė Ukmergė	Statybininkas Šiauliai	3–0	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
1976	Kelininkas Kaunas	Sūduva Kapsukas	2–1 (a.e.t)	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
1977	Granitas Klaipėda	Kelininkas Kaunas	2–0	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
1978	Kelininkas Kaunas	Kooperatininkas Plungė	2–0	Linų audinių stadionas, Plungė
1979	Kelininkas Kaunas	Atmosfera Mažeikiai	1–0	Sporto kombinato stadionas, Kaunas
1980	Kelininkas Kaunas	Banga Kaunas	3–1	Sporto kombinato stadionas, Kaunas
1981	Granitas Klaipėda	Banga Kaunas	2–0	Žalgirio stadionas, Klaipėda
1982	Pažanga Vilnius	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	2–0	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
1983	Granitas Klaipėda	SRT Vilnius	2–1 (a.e.t)	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
1984	SRT Vilnius	Banga Kaunas	2–2 (3–1 pen.)	Sporto kombinato stadionas, Kaunas
1985	Ekranas Panevėžys	Banga Kaunas	0–0 (4–3 pen.)	Sporto kombinato stadionas, Kaunas
1986	Granitas Klaipėda	Banga Kaunas	3–1	Žalgirio stadionas, Klaipėda
1987	SRT Vilnius	Inkaras Kaunas	0–0 (5–4 pen.)	Pasvalys
1988	Sirijus Klaipėda	Kelininkas Kaunas	3–2	Jonavos stadionas, Jonava
1989	Banga Kaunas	Tauras Tauragė	2–0	Miesto stadionas, Palanga
Independent Lithuania — (LFF Cup)
1990	FK Sirijus Klaipėda	Žalgiris Vilnius	0–0 (4–3 pen.)	Vytauto stadionas, Tauragė
1991	Žalgiris Vilnius	Tauras Šiauliai	1–0 (a.e.t)	Žalgirio stadionas, Kaunas
1991–92	Lietuvos Makabi Vilnius	Žalgiris Vilnius	1–0	Vingio stadionas, Vilnius
1992–93	Žalgiris Vilnius	FK Sirijus Klaipėda	1–0	Miesto stadionas, Palanga
1993–94	Žalgiris Vilnius	Ekranas Panevėžys	4–2	S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, Kaunas
1994–95	Inkaras Kaunas	Žalgiris Vilnius	2–1	Žalgirio stadionas, Klaipėda
1995–96	Kareda-Sakalas Šiauliai	Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas	2–0	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
1996–97	Žalgiris Vilnius	Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas	1–0	Sporto ir rekreacijos stadionas, Alytus
1997–98	Ekranas Panevėžys	FBK Kaunas	1–0	Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius
1998–99	Kareda Šiauliai	FBK Kaunas	3–0 (a.e.t)	Aukštaitijos stadionas, Panevėžys
1999–2000	Ekranas Panevėžys	Žalgiris Vilnius	1–0	Sūduvos stadionas, Marijampolė
2000–01	Atlantas Klaipėda	Žalgiris Vilnius	1–0	Aukštaitijos stadionas, Panevėžys
2001–02	FBK Kaunas	Sūduva Marijampolė	3–1	Sporto ir rekreacijos stadionas, Alytus
2002–03	Atlantas Klaipėda	Vėtra Rūdiškės	1–1 (3–1 pen.)	Central Stadium, Telšiai
2003[12]	Žalgiris Vilnius	Ekranas Panevėžys	3–1	Utenio stadionas, Utena
2004	FBK Kaunas	Atlantas Klaipėda	0–0 (2–1 pen.)	Savivaldybės stadionas, Šiauliai
2005	FBK Kaunas	Vėtra Vilnius	2–0 (a.e.t)	Vėtros stadionas, Vilnius
2006	Sūduva Marijampolė	Ekranas Panevėžys	1–0	S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas, Kaunas
2007–08	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	Utenio stadionas, Utena
2014–15	Žalgiris Vilnius	Atlantas Klaipėda	2–0	Savivaldybės stadionas, Šiauliai
2015–16	Žalgiris Vilnius	Trakai	1–0 (a.e.t)	Telšiai Stadium, 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	Utenio stadionas, 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
2022	FK Žalgiris	FC Hegelmann	2–1 (a.e.t)	Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
2023	FK Transinvest	FA Šiauliai	2–1	Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
2024	FK Banga	FC Hegelmann	0-0, (4-1 pen.)	Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas

Performance by club

Winners

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Žalgiris Vilnius	14	5	1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
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
Kelininkas Kaunas†	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
Pažanga Vilnius†	2	2	1971, 1982
SRT Vilnius†	2	1	1984, 1987
Sirijus Klaipėda	2	1	1988, 1990
Lima Kaunas†	2	-	1953, 1962
FK Banga Gargždai	1	3	2024
Minija Kretinga	1	2	1964
Lokomotyvas Kaunas†	1	1	1947
KPI Kaunas†	1	1	1955
Žalgiris Naujoji Vilnia†	1	1	1966
Vienybė Ukmergė†	1	1	1975
Stumbras Kaunas†	1	1	2017
FK Panevėžys	1	1	2020
Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas†	1	-	1956
Spartakas Vilnius†	1	-	1958
Panemunė Kaunas†	1	-	1960
Cementininkas Naujoji Akmenė†	1	-	1961
Neris Vilnius†	1	-	1992
FK Transinvest	1	-	2023

Finalists without Wins

Club	Finals	Years Runner-up
Vėtra Vilnius†	4	2003, 2005, 2008, 2010
Statyba Panevėžys†	3	1957, 1967, 1971
Baltija Klaipėda†	2	1953, 1964
Linų Audiniai Plungė	2	1955, 1978
Tauras Tauragė	2	1989, 2009
FK Šiauliai†	2	1991, 2013
Hegelmann	2	2022, 2024
Vėliava Šiauliai†	1	1947
Audiniai Kaunas†	1	1949
Dinamo Vilnius†	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.