2017 LFF I Lyga

I Lyga
Season2017
ChampionsPalanga
PromotedPalanga
RelegatedTauras
Žalgiris B
Utenis B
Matches played210
Goals scored676 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerGvidas Juška (17 goals)[1]
Biggest home winŠilutė 7–0 Utenis B
(30 May 2017)
Žalgiris B 7–0 Šilutė
(18 October 2017)
Biggest away winUtenis B 2–11 DFK Dainava
(20 May 2017)
Highest scoringUtenis B 2–11 DFK Dainava
(20 May 2017)
Longest winning run6 games
Koralas
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Džiugas
Koralas
Banga
Longest winless run13 games
Stumbras B
Longest losing run11 games
Utenis B
Highest attendance1,000
Banga v Palanga
(3 September 2017)
Lowest attendance10
Utenis B v Trakai B
(1 July 2017)
Attendance41,302 (197 per match)
← 2016
2018 →
All statistics correct as of 22 October 2017.

The 2017 LFF I Lyga is the 28th season of the I Lyga, the second tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 24 March 2017 and is scheduled to end on 5 November 2017.[2]

Teams

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Locations of the 2017 LFF I Lyga teams
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Vilnius teams

Changes from last season

A total of fifteen clubs were confirmed for the season, a decrease of one spot compared to the last year sixteen. Four of them are reserve teams of the A Lyga sides - one more than last season and absolute maximum allowed for the competitions.[3][4]

No teams were relegated from the top tier, due to last year I Lyga winners Šilas owner decision to relegate his club into the II Lyga after an investigation of match-fixing during a pre-season tournament was started (and later completed).[5][6][7][8]

Three teams were automatically promoted from the II Lyga – West zone winners Pakruojis, South zone winners Stumbras B and East zone winners Utenis B, while II Lyga West zone silver medalists Koralas have received a special permission to compete in the league, after meeting all licensing criterios. Such permission was also given for Tauras, who were recreated after one season of complete inactivity in any football related activity.[9]

Promoted from 2016 II Lyga Recreated Relegated to 2017 II Lyga Relegated to 2017 III Lyga Other
Pakruojis
Koralas
Utenis B
Stumbras B		 Tauras Šilas
Kauno Žalgiris B		 Kražantė Lokomotyvas – Moved to futsal A Lyga
F.B.K. Kaunas – Ceased operations
Minija – Ceased operations

Stadiums, personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kitmaker Sponsor Stadium Capacity
Banga Lithuania Tomas Tamošauskas Lithuania Karolis Urbaitis Nike Litana, Neogroup Gargždai Stadium, Gargždai 2,323
DFK Dainava Lithuania Darius Gvildys Lithuania Linas Savastas Adidas Dzūkijos Mediena, Dzūkų užeiga Alytus Stadium, Alytus 3,748
Džiugas Lithuania Vijūnas Vasiliauskas Lithuania Andrius Lipskis Joma TonyBet Telšiai Central Stadium, Telšiai 2,400
Koralas Lithuania Saulius Mikalajūnas
Lithuania Kęstutis Ivaškevičius 		Lithuania Marius Stonkus Jako Transkela Klaipėda Artificial Football Pitch, Klaipėda 1,000
Nevėžis Lithuania Nerijus Kestenis Hummel Daumantų Kėdainiai Stadium, Kėdainiai 3,000
Pakruojis Lithuania Aidas Dambrauskas Lithuania Aivaras Bagočius Joma Dolomitas Pakruojis Stadium, Pakruojis 2,000
Palanga Lithuania Valdas Trakys Lithuania Gvidas Juška Jako  — Palanga Stadium, Palanga 1,212
Panevėžys Lithuania Albertas Klimavičius Lithuania Mantas Savėnas Adidas Kalnapilis Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys 4,000
Stumbras B Portugal João Martins Lithuania Vytautas Žemaitis Hummel Ibumetin NFA Stadium, Kaunas 500
Šilutė Lithuania Svajūnas Česnulis Lithuania Edgaras Lukoševičius Hummel  — Šilutė Stadium, Šilutė 3,000
Tauras Lithuania Darius Stažys Lithuania Lukas Ankudinovas Givova  — Vytautas Stadium, Tauragė 3,200
Trakai B Lithuania Gintaras Rimkus Lithuania Andrius Kazakevičius Nike Ecoil Trakai Stadium, Trakai 200
Utenis B Lithuania Egidijus Varnas Lithuania Deividas Maciulevičius
Lithuania Mindaugas Ubeika 		Adidas Baltijos polistirenas, Flavorina Utenis Stadium, Utena 3,073
Vilniaus Vytis Lithuania Algimantas Liubinskas Lithuania Haroldas Šidlauskas Adidas Forgiven LFF Stadium, Vilnius 5,067
Žalgiris B Lithuania Vaidas Sabaliauskas Lithuania Lukas Vaičiūnas Nike TOP Sport Senvagė Stadium, Vilnius 500

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Palanga (C, P) 28 19 4 5 64 36 +28 61 Promotion to A Lyga
2 Banga 28 18 5 5 58 26 +32 59 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 Vilniaus Vytis 28 16 6 6 51 28 +23 54
4 DFK Dainava 28 15 7 6 57 27 +30 52
5 Džiugas 28 14 8 6 56 35 +21 50
6 Koralas 28 14 4 10 50 43 +7 46
7 Nevėžis 28 13 6 9 41 28 +13 45
8 Stumbras B 28 11 6 11 46 30 +16 39 Ineligible for promotion
9 Pakruojis 28 11 6 11 40 46 −6 39
10 Panevėžys 28 10 7 11 45 44 +1 37
11 Trakai B 28 10 3 15 37 44 −7 33 Ineligible for promotion
12 Šilutė[a] (R) 28 7 6 15 36 63 −27 27 Relegation to II Lyga
13 Tauras[b] (R) 28 6 4 18 34 60 −26 22
14 Žalgiris B[c] 28 5 3 20 39 65 −26 18
15 Utenis B (R) 28 3 1 24 22 101 −79 10
Source: Pirma Lyga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won.[13]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Šilutė finished season in relegation zone, but as three of the II Lyga top finishers decided to withdraw from the licensing process club were allowed to stay in the league for next season.[10] Still Šilutė decided to withdraw to the 2018 II Lyga West zone due to club's inability to collect a competitive squad.[11]
  2. ^ Tauras finished season in relegation zone, but as three of the II Lyga top finishers decided to withdraw from the licensing process club were allowed to stay in the league for next season.[10] Regardless club weren't able to seek a license for next season after losing its chairman and decided to cease operations.[12]
  3. ^ Žalgiris B finished season in relegation zone, but as three of the II Lyga top finishers decided to withdraw from the licensing process club were allowed to stay in the league for next season.[10]

Results

Home \ Away BAN DAI DŽI KOR NEV PAK PAL PAN STB ŠLT TAU TRB UTB VYT ŽLB
Banga — 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 5–0 2–2 6–4 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 5–0 0–2 5–1
DFK Dainava 0–0 — 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 5–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–0
Džiugas 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–4 2–2 3–0 2–5 0–0 5–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–3
Koralas 3–1 0–1 2–6 — 2–0 3–1 0–3 2–1 0–4 4–0 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–3 5–3
Nevėžis 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 — 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 3–1
Pakruojis 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 — 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 5–0 2–2 0–4
Palanga 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 — 1–0 2–1 4–0 6–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1
Panevėžys 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 3–4 — 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Stumbras B 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 — 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 5–0
Šilutė 1–5 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 2–2 2–1 — 2–0 1–0 7–0 0–5 2–1
Tauras 1–2 2–2 2–3 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–4 2–1 — 3–0 3–0 0–1 5–1
Trakai B 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 — 3–1 1–1 5–0
Utenis B 0–4 2–11 0–5 0–3 0–4 3–3 1–3 0–4 1–6 2–1 2–5 4–3 — 1–2 1–0
Vilniaus Vytis 0–1 2–1 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 1–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 — 3–0
Žalgiris B 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–4 2–2 1–0 7–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 4–0 —
Source: I Lyga (in Lithuanian), LFF (in Lithuanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendance

References

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