2017 LFF I Lyga
# 2017 LFF I Lyga

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.

## 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.

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).

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.

| 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 | Tomas Tamošauskas | Karolis Urbaitis | Nike | Litana, Neogroup | Gargždai Stadium, Gargždai | 2,323 |
| DFK Dainava | Darius Gvildys | Linas Savastas | Adidas | Dzūkijos Mediena, Dzūkų užeiga | Alytus Stadium, Alytus | 3,748 |
| Džiugas | Vijūnas Vasiliauskas | Andrius Lipskis | Joma | TonyBet | Telšiai Central Stadium, Telšiai | 2,400 |
| Koralas | Saulius Mikalajūnas Kęstutis Ivaškevičius | Marius Stonkus | Jako | Transkela | Klaipėda Artificial Football Pitch, Klaipėda | 1,000 |
| Nevėžis | | Nerijus Kestenis | Hummel | Daumantų | Kėdainiai Stadium, Kėdainiai | 3,000 |
| Pakruojis | Aidas Dambrauskas | Aivaras Bagočius | Joma | Dolomitas | Pakruojis Stadium, Pakruojis | 2,000 |
| Palanga | Valdas Trakys | Gvidas Juška | Jako | — | Palanga Stadium, Palanga | 1,212 |
| Panevėžys | Albertas Klimavičius | Mantas Savėnas | Adidas | Kalnapilis | Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys | 4,000 |
| Stumbras B | João Martins | Vytautas Žemaitis | Hummel | Ibumetin | NFA Stadium, Kaunas | 500 |
| Šilutė | Svajūnas Česnulis | Edgaras Lukoševičius | Hummel | — | Šilutė Stadium, Šilutė | 3,000 |
| Tauras | Darius Stažys | Lukas Ankudinovas | Givova | — | Vytautas Stadium, Tauragė | 3,200 |
| Trakai B | Gintaras Rimkus | Andrius Kazakevičius | Nike | Ecoil | Trakai Stadium, Trakai | 200 |
| Utenis B | Egidijus Varnas | Deividas Maciulevičius Mindaugas Ubeika | Adidas | Baltijos polistirenas, Flavorina | Utenis Stadium, Utena | 3,073 |
| Vilniaus Vytis | Algimantas Liubinskas | Haroldas Šidlauskas | Adidas | Forgiven | LFF Stadium, Vilnius | 5,067 |
| Žalgiris B | Vaidas Sabaliauskas | 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 (R) | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 27 | Relegation to II Lyga |
| 13 | Tauras (R) | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 22 | Relegation to II Lyga |
| 14 | Žalgiris B | 28 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 18 | Relegation to II Lyga |
| 15 | Utenis B (R) | 28 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 22 | 101 | −79 | 10 | Relegation to II Lyga |

* ↑ 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. Still Šilutė decided to withdraw to the 2018 II Lyga West zone due to club's inability to collect a competitive squad.
* ↑ 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. Regardless club weren't able to seek a license for next season after losing its chairman and decided to cease operations.
* ↑ 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.

## 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 | — |
