2017 Lithuanian Supercup

The 2017 Lithuanian Supercup (Lithuanian: LFF Supertaurė) was the 17th edition of the Lithuanian Supercup since its establishment in 1995, the annual Lithuanian football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or league runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). It took place on 26 February 2017 at the Sportima Arena in Vilnius,[1] and was contested between Žalgiris, the 2016 A Lyga and 2016 Lithuanian Football Cup winners, and Trakai, the 2016 A Lyga runners-up.[2]

2017 Lithuanian Supercup
EventLithuanian Supercup
Date26 February 2017
VenueSportima Arena, Vilnius
Man of the MatchVytautas Lukša
RefereeRobertas Valikonis (Lithuania)
Attendance2,918
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Žalgiris were the defending champions having won the cup for four previous years.

Žalgiris won the tie 1–0 with substitute Mahamane Traoré scoring the only goal of the match in 76th minute after a critical mistake by Trakai goalkeeper Ignas Plūkas.

Match

Žalgiris1–0Trakai
Traoré 76'Report
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Attendance: 2,918
Referee: Robertas Valikonis (Lithuania)
Žalgiris
Trakai
GK1 Armantas Vitkauskas
RB8 Egidijus Vaitkūnas (c)
CB6 Mamadou Mbodj
CB2 Linas Klimavičius
LB5 Donovan Slijngard
CM88 Mantas Kuklys
CM7 Slavko Blagojević
RW21 Vytautas Lukša  83'
AM27 Matija Ljujić  46'
LW80 Elivelto  65'
CF10 Darvydas Šernas
Substitutes:
GK55 Saulius Klevinskas
DF3 Georgas Freidgeimas
DF23 Rolandas Baravykas
MF13 Saulius Mikoliūnas  83'
MF16 Mahamane Traoré  65'
MF22 Justas Lasickas
FW9 Bahrudin Atajić  46'
Manager:
Valdas Dambrauskas
GK13 Ignas Plūkas
CB15 Justinas Januševskij
CB47 Pavel Kruk  72'  83'
CB24 Arūnas Klimavičius
RM7 Deividas Česnauskis (c)  62'
CM4 Modestas Vorobjovas  77'
CM23 Mikhaylo Shyshka  46'
LM22 Alma Wakili
RF11 Oscar
CF10 Tadas Labukas
LF79 Yuri Mamaev  46'
Substitutes:
GK1 Tymofiy Sheremeta
DF33 Valdemaras Borovskis  62'
MF21 Vaidotas Šilėnas  77'
MF30 Rokas Masenzovas
MF49 Svajūnas Čyžas  83'
MF77 Alyaksandr Bychanok  46'
FW95 Darius Kazubovičius  46'  46'
Manager:
Oleg Vasilenko

Assistant referees:
Algimantas Bagdonas (Lithuania)
Tadas Dunauskas (Lithuania)
Fourth official:
Dovydas Sužiedėlis (Lithuania)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.

References