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{{Infobox football match
| title              = 2017 LFF Cup Final
| image              = 
| event              = [[2017 Lithuanian Football Cup]]
| team1              = [[FK Žalgiris|Žalgiris]]
| team1score         = 0
| team2              = [[FC Stumbras|Stumbras]]
| team2score         = 1
| details            = 
| date               = 24 September 2017
| stadium            = [[Aukštaitija Stadium]]
| city               = [[Panevėžys]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Nasro Bouchareb]]
| referee            = Saulius Dirda
| attendance         = 1,478
| weather            = Clear<br />{{convert|18|°C|°F|abbr=on}}<br />54% [[humidity]]
| previous           = [[2016 Lithuanian Football Cup Final|2016]]
| next               = [[2018 Lithuanian Football Cup Final|2018]]
}}
The '''2017 Lithuanian Football Cup Final''' was the 72nd [[Lithuanian Football Cup]] final and took place on 24 September 2017 between [[FK Žalgiris|Žalgiris]] and [[FC Stumbras|Stumbras]]. Stumbras qualified for the final for the first time in its history, while Žalgiris were the defending champions, having won the last six finals in the row. Stumbras won the final 1–0 after a late goal by [[Nasro Bouchareb]], who was selected player of the match. Kaunas' side became first club to win the final from their first try after [[FK Neris Vilnius|Neris Vilnius]] did it in 1992 and also managed to break Žalgiris domestic dominance of 14 straight titles in the last 5 years.

Stumbras also qualified for the [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|2018–19 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round]] and earned the right to play in the [[2018 Lithuanian Supercup]].

==Route to the final==
{{see also|2017 Lithuanian Football Cup}}
{| width="100%" style="text-align:center"
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf;"
!colspan=4 style="width:1*"|Žalgiris
!
!colspan=4 style="width:1*"|Stumbras
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#c1e0ff;"
|Opponent
|Result
|Leg
|Scorers
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Round
|Opponent
|Result
|Leg
|Scorers
|-
|[[FK Banga Gargždai|Banga]] ([[2017 LFF I Lyga|II]])
|1–1 (3–1 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
|away
|[[Matija Ljujić|Ljujić]]
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[2017 Lithuanian Football Cup#Round of 32|Round of 32]]
|[[FK Šilutė|Šilutė]] ([[2017 LFF I Lyga|II]])
|1–0
|away
|[[Fábio Miguel Rico Lopes|Lopes]]
|-
|[[FK Atlantas|Atlantas]]
|1–0
|home
|[[Elivelto]]
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[2017 Lithuanian Football Cup#Round of 16|Round of 16]]
|[[FK Prelegentai Vilnius|Prelegentai]] (Vet)
|8–0
|away
|[[Donatas Konikas|Konikas]] (3), [[Girius Kalvaitis|Kalvaitis]] {{Own goal}}, [[Lukas Artimavičius|Artimavičius]] (2), [[Vilius Armalas|Armalas]], [[Kgaogelo Sekgota|Sekgota]]
|-
|[[FK Panerys Vilnius|Panerys]] ([[2017 II Lyga|III]])
|8–0
|away
|[[Diego Oyarzún|Oyarzún]], [[Karolis Uzėla|Uzėla]] (2), [[Vytautas Lukša|Lukša]] (2), [[Ernestas Stočkūnas|Stočkūnas]] (2), [[Darvydas Šernas|Šernas]]
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[2017 Lithuanian Football Cup#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|[[FK Jonava|Jonava]]
|5–3 {{aet}}
|away
|[[Jaisen Clifford|Clifford]], [[Lucas Villela|Villela]] (3), [[Kgaogelo Sekgota|Sekgota]]
|-
|[[FK Sūduva Marijampolė|Sūduva]]
|2–2 (4–2 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
|away
|[[Egidijus Vaitkūnas|Vaitkūnas]], [[Liviu Antal|Antal]]
| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[2017 Lithuanian Football Cup#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|[[FC Vytis Vilnius|Vilniaus Vytis]] ([[2017 LFF I Lyga|II]])
|1–1 (4–2 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
|away
|[[Jardel Nazaré|Nazaré]]
|}

==Pre-match==
[[File:LFF Taurė.jpg|thumb|225px|right|LFF cup in [[Panevėžys city municipality]].]]

===Awareness===
Match attracted a lot of attention from the local press, as well as some from the international sources, mostly from [[Portugal]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vaitkevičius|first1=Giedrius|title=Dviejų tikslų sieksiančio "Stumbro" pasaka skamba per pasaulį|url=http://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/926405/dvieju-tikslu-sieksiancio-stumbro-pasaka-skamba-per-pasauli|accessdate=23 September 2017|work=TV3|date=22 September 2017|language=Lithuanian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mariano Barreto|url=https://www.facebook.com/FCStumbras/photos/a.282580168582298.1073741844.189507747889541/820784214761888/?type=3&theater|website=[[A Bola]]|publisher=FC Stumbras|accessdate=23 September 2017|language=Portuguese|date=13 September 2017}}</ref>

Portuguese President [[Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa]] event came to visit and wish luck to [[FC Stumbras|Stumbras]] during his international trip to Lithuania.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa recebe camisola 10... e 12 dos portugueses do Stumbras (Lituânia)|url=http://www.record.pt/multimedia/fotogalerias/detalhe/marcelo-rebelo-de-sousa-recebe-camisola-10-e-12-dos-portugueses-do-stumbras-lituania.html#/0|accessdate=23 September 2017|work=Record|date=28 August 2017|language=Portuguese}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Petuchovaitė|first1=Ingrida|title=Portugalijos prezidentas susitiko su "Stumbro" klubo atstovais|url=http://www.respublika.lt/lt/naujienos/sportas/futbolas/portugalijos_prezidentas_susitiko_su_stumbro_klubo_atstovais/|work=Elta|publisher=Respublika|date=29 August 2017|language=Lithuanian}}</ref>

On the other hand, most [[A Lyga]] clubs will support Žalgiris, mainly due to rules related with [[UEFA Europa League]] qualification.<ref>{{cite news|title=A.Klimavičius: "Išskyrus "Stumbrą", finale visi palaikys "Žalgirį"|url=http://www.futbolas.lt/naujiena/401961/a-klimavicius-isskyrus-stumbra-finale-visi-palaikys-zalgiri|accessdate=23 September 2017|work=Futbolas.lt|date=22 September 2017|language=Lithuanian}}</ref>

===Transport===
Before the final [[Lithuanian Football Federation]] organized special buses for the local fans of both clubs that will allow to comfortably reach the final venue from [[Vilnius]] and [[Kaunas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Į finalą Panevėžyje – specialūs autobusai futbolo aistruoliams|url=https://www.delfi.lt/sportas/futbolas/i-finala-panevezyje-specialus-autobusai-futbolo-aistruoliams.d?id=75816485|accessdate=23 September 2017|work=DELFI|date=20 September 2017|language=Lithuanian}}</ref>

===Trophy===
On 19 September 2017, interim Lithuanian Football Federation president Vidmantas Butkevičius transferred LFF Cup trophy to [[Panevėžys city municipality]] and its mayor [[Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas]]. It'll be displayed there until the game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Panevėžiui perduota saugoti LFF taurė|url=http://www.panevezys.lt/lt/naujienos/paneveziui-perduota-saugoti-wux4.html|publisher=Panevėžys City Municipality|accessdate=23 September 2017|language=Lithuanian|date=19 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Panevėžio meras: "Tikimės, jog finalas taps tramplinu miesto futbolui kilti"|url=http://lff.lt/news/4222/panevezio-meras-tikimes-jog-finalas-taps-tramplinu-miesto-futbolui-kilti/|publisher=Lithuanian Football Federation|accessdate=23 September 2017|language=Lithuanian|date=19 September 2017}}</ref>

==Match==
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2017|09|24|df=y}}
|time       = 16:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]])
|team1      = [[FK Žalgiris|Žalgiris]]
|score      = 0–1
|report     = [http://lff.lt/matches/1145846/stumbras-zalgiris/ Summary]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOqz-frhAm8 Video]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3r7a8artQU Goal]
|team2      = [[FC Stumbras|Stumbras]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = [[Nasro Bouchareb|Bouchareb]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium    = [[Aukštaitija Stadium]], Panevėžys
|attendance = 1,478
|referee    = Saulius Dirda ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://refereesfifa.blogspot.fr/2017/09/lithuania-2017-lithuanian-cup-final.html|title = FIFA Referees News: Lithuania: 2017 Lithuanian Cup Final|date = 24 September 2017}}</ref>
}}

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|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' || {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Armantas Vitkauskas]]
|-
|RB ||'''8''' || {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Egidijus Vaitkūnas]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|84}}
|-
|CB ||'''6''' || {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Mamadou Mbodj]]
|-
|CB ||'''2''' || {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Linas Klimavičius]] || {{yel|88}}
|-
|LB ||'''5''' || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Donovan Slijngard]]
|-
|CM ||'''88'''|| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Mantas Kuklys]]
|-
|CM ||'''7''' || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Slavko Blagojević]]
|-
|RW ||'''21'''|| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Liviu Antal]] || || {{suboff|72}}
|-
|AM ||'''27'''|| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Matija Ljujić]] || || {{suboff|87}}
|-
|LW ||'''80'''|| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Elivelto]] || {{yel|77}}
|-
|CF ||'''10'''|| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Darvydas Šernas]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''29'''|| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Džiugas Bartkus]]
|-
|DF ||'''4''' || {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Diego Oyarzún]]
|-
|DF ||'''23'''|| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Rolandas Baravykas]]
|-
|MF ||'''16'''|| {{flagicon|MLI}} [[Mahamane Traoré]]
|-
|MF ||'''19'''|| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Daniel Romanovskij]]
|-
|MF ||'''21'''|| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vytautas Lukša]] || || {{subon|72}}
|-
|FW ||'''9''' || {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Bahrudin Atajić]] || || {{subon|87}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Valdas Dambrauskas]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:Zalgiris vs Stumbras 2017-09-24.svg|300px]]
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"|
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rodrigo Josviaki]]
|-
|RB ||'''31'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcos Soares Elias Junior|Marcos Junior]]
|-
|CB ||'''3'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[André Filipe Lopes Almeida|André Almeida]] || {{yel|37}}
|-
|CB ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Tomas Snapkauskas]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LB ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|STP}} [[Jardel Nazaré]]
|-
|RM ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vilius Armanavičius]] || {{yel|66}}
|-
|CM ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Dominykas Barauskas]]
|-
|LM ||'''80'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fábio Miguel Rico Lopes|Fábio Lopes]]
|-
|RF ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Levan Macharashvili]] || || {{suboff|55}}
|-
|CF ||'''70'''||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alexandre Kore]] || || {{suboff|76}}
|-
|LF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Lucas Villela]] || || {{suboff|90+3}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''12''' || {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nemanja Bjelan]]
|-
|MF ||'''10'''|| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Klaidas Janonis]] || || {{subon|90+3}}
|-
|MF ||'''26'''|| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kgaogelo Sekgota]]
|-
|MF ||'''30'''|| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Dominykas Galkevičius]]
|-
|MF ||'''35'''|| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Joao Victor Alves de Brito Martins|Joao Victor]]
|-
|FW ||'''25'''|| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Jaisen Clifford]] || || {{subon|55}}
|-
|FW ||'''55'''|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nasro Bouchareb]] || || {{subon|76}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Mariano Barreto]]
|}
|}

{| width=100% style="font-size:90%"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Nasro Bouchareb]] (Stumbras)

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Arūnas Dapkus ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])
<br />Edgaras Bučinskas ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />Mantas Pomeckis ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])
<br />'''[[Additional assistant referee]]s:'''
<br />Manfredas Lukjančukas ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])
<br />Mindaugas Jackus ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (Association football)|extra time]] if necessary.
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level.
*Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{2017 in Lithuanian football}}

[[Category:Lithuanian Football Cup finals|2017]]
[[Category:2017 in Lithuanian football|Lithuanian Football Cup Final]]
[[Category:FK Žalgiris matches]]
[[Category:FC Stumbras matches]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Panevėžys]]
[[Category:September 2017 sports events in Europe]]
[[Category:21st century in Panevėžys]]