Lithuanian Supercup Explained

The Lithuanian Supercup or LFF Supercup is an annual football match contested between the champions of the previous A Lyga season and the holders of the Lithuanian Football Cup. It is organised by and named after Lithuanian Football Federation and played at the beginning of the season. For sponsorship reasons, it is currently also known as the LFF TOPsport Supercup.

Until 2016, if the Lithuanian championship and the Cup was won by the same team, the match was not held and the Supercup was awarded automatically to the winning team. Since 2016 the format was changed and double winners then play the league runners-up.

The trophy has been contested since 1995 with four interruptions.[1] [2]

The current holders are Panevėžys who defeated TransInvest in the 2024 Lithuanian Supercup.

Sponsorship

Four companies signed title sponsorship agreements after the 2016 revisions of the competition regulations. The current tournament partner is Top sport who signed a broad league partnership agreement with the Lithuanian Football Federation in 2024.[3]

Previously, Enlabs AB replaced Betsson in 2020 and then extended contract for a further two years in 2022.[4] Betsson had signed a four-year deal with the Lithuanian Football Federation shortly after the 2017 competition, but only remained as the name holder for a two-year stint.[5]

Period Sponsor Name
1995–2015 No sponsor LFF Supercup
2016 LFF Sportland Supercup[6]
2017 No sponsor LFF Supercup
2018–2019 LFF Betsafe Supercup[7]
2020–2023 Enlabs AB LFF Optibet Supercup
2024–current Top sport LFF TOPsport Supercup

Past winners

YearWinnerRunner-upScoreCity
1995Inkaras-Grifas Kaunasnot played — Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas won the double
1996Kareda ŠiauliaiInkaras-Grifas Kaunas2–1Marijampolė
1997not held
1998Ekranas PanevėžysKareda Šiauliai3–0Kėdainiai
1999not held
2000
2001
2002FBK Kaunasnot played — FBK Kaunas won the double
2003Žalgiris VilniusFBK Kaunas2–1Šiauliai
2004FBK Kaunasnot played — FBK Kaunas won the double
2006Ekranas PanevėžysFBK Kaunas2–1Palanga
2007FBK KaunasSūduva Marijampolė1–0Marijampolė
2008FBK Kaunasnot played — FBK Kaunas won the double
2009Sūduva MarijampolėEkranas Panevėžys0–0 (2–1 pen.)Šiauliai
2010Ekranas Panevėžysnot played — Ekranas Panevėžys won the double
2011Ekranas Panevėžys
2013VMFD ŽalgirisEkranas Panevėžys1–0Marijampolė
2014VMFD Žalgirisnot played — VMFD Žalgiris won the double
2015VMFD Žalgiris
2016Žalgiris VilniusTrakai1–1 (4–1 a.e.t.)Vilnius Vytautas Lukša
2017Žalgiris VilniusTrakai1–0Vilnius Vytautas Lukša
2018Sūduva MarijampolėStumbras Kaunas5–0Marijampolė Ovidijus Verbickas
2019Sūduva MarijampolėŽalgiris Vilnius2–0Marijampolė Tosaint Ricketts
2020Žalgiris VilniusSūduva Marijampolė1–0Vilnius Saulius Mikoliūnas
2021PanevėžysŽalgiris Vilnius2–2 (3–2 pen.)Vilnius Elivelto
2022Sūduva MarijampolėŽalgiris Vilnius0–0 (3–2 pen.)Vilnius Tomas Švedkauskas
2023Žalgiris VilniusKauno Žalgiris1–1 (3–2 pen.)Vilnius Ovidijus Verbickas
2024PanevėžysTransInvest0–0 (5–4 pen.)Vilnius Linas Klimavičius

Performance by club

Clubs in italics are defunct.

ClubWinners Runners-up
Žalgiris Vilnius83
Sūduva Marijampolė42
Ekranas Panevėžys42
FBK Kaunas42
Panevėžys20
Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas11
Kareda Šiauliai11
Trakai / Riteriai2
Kauno Žalgiris1
TransInvest1

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lithuania - List of Super Cup Winners.
  2. Web site: Summary - Super Cup - Lithuania - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway.
  3. News: "TOPsport" tapo generaliniu LFF rėmėju . Eurofootball.lt . 2024-01-09 . lt . 2024-03-01.
  4. News: Plečiasi Lietuvos futbolo federacijos ir "Optibet" bendradarbiavimas . 19 September 2022 . sportas.info . 11 February 2022 . lt.
  5. Web site: Prieš rinktinės išvyką LFF pristatė didžiausią savo rėmėją. Lithuanian Football Federation. 18 March 2018. lt. 20 March 2017.
  6. Web site: LFF "Sportland" Supertaurės dvikova - vasario 28-ąją Vilniuje. Lithuanian Football Federation. 12 November 2016. lt. Dvikova dėl tradicinio trofėjaus, kurio oficialiu partneriu šiemet tapo „Sportland", pirmą kartą vyks Vilniuje, „Sportimos" arenoje..
  7. Web site: "Betsafe LFF Supertaurė" atkeliauja į Marijampolę. Lithuanian Football Federation. 18 March 2018. lt. 16 January 2018.