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Lithuanian Football Cup

The Lithuanian Football Federation Cup (), also known as FPRO 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.

Participation is mandatory for the clubs playing in A Lyga, I Lyga and II Lyga. Participation is voluntary for all lower division teams as long as they meet basic eligibility criteria. Club reserve and youth teams are no longer eligible to participate. The current competition format is a single-elimination tournament.

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. "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.

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. 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.

The following seasons also incorporated sponsor names into the title:

2003 – LFF Tauro Cup
2012–13 – LFF Carlsberg Cup
2013–14 – LFF Druskininkų Hermio Cup
2018,19 – Sharp LFF Cup
2020,21,22,23 – Hegelmann LFF Cup
2024,25 – FPRO LFF Cup

Finals

Performance by club

Winners

Finalists without Wins

Clubs currently playing in A Lyga are shown in Bold. <br /> <sup>†</sup> - Defunct clubs.

Notes

References

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