# 2018 LFF I Lyga

The 2018 LFF I Lyga was the 29th season of the I Lyga, the second tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 25 March 2018 and ended on 20 October 2018.

## Teams
### Changes from last season

A total of fifteen clubs were confirmed for the season, same as previous season, but only fourteen competed as Šilutė withdrew 4 days prior to the league's start after an uncompetitive performance in the 2018 Žemaitijos Taurė. Three of them were reserve teams of the A Lyga sides - one less than maximum allowed for the competitions and last season number.
Utenis were relegated from the 2017 A Lyga and replaced last year champions Palanga. Only the II Lyga South Zone winners NFA were automatically promoted from the lower tier as other eligible teams failed to receive licenses. Finally Kupiškis made their debut in the league after a special permission was given by the Lithuanian Football Federation to compete for a newly created team.
| Relegated from 2017 A Lyga | Promoted from 2017 II Lyga | Debuting | Promoted to 2018 A Lyga | Relegated to 2018 II Lyga | Other |
| Utenis | NFA | Kupiškis | Palanga | Šilutė | Tauras – Ceased operations Utenis B – Disbanded |

### Stadiums, personnel and sponsorship
## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Panevėžys (C, P) | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 77 | 26 | +51 | 58 | Promotion to A Lyga |
| 2 | DFK Dainava | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 57 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Banga | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 54 | |
| 4 | Nevėžis | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 53 | |
| 5 | Džiugas | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 45 | |
| 6 | Vilniaus Vytis | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 44 | +23 | 44 | |
| 7 | Pakruojis | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 42 | |
| 8 | Utenis | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 41 | |
| 9 | Stumbras B | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 36 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 10 | NFA | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 27 | |
| 11 | Trakai B | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 26 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 12 | Žalgiris B | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 21 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 13 | Kupiškis (R) | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 46 | 91 | −45 | 14 | Relegation to II Lyga |
| 14 | Koralas (D) | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 111 | −106 | 3 | Disqualified |
* ↑ Koralas failed to appear twice for league matches and was subsequently disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club had already played over 50% of the season's matches its results were kept and a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAN | DFK | DŽI | KOR | KUP | NEV | NFA | PAK | PAN | STB | TRB | UTE | VYT | ŽLB |
| Banga | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| DFK Dainava | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Džiugas | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Koralas | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | 0–12 | 0–7 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 1–3 |
| Kupiškis | 0–3 | 2–6 | 0–4 | 3–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 |
| Nevėžis | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 9–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| NFA | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Pakruojis | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Panevėžys | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 10–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Stumbras B | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Trakai B | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Utenis | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Vilniaus Vytis | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–3 | — | 5–2 |
| Žalgiris B | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
* ↑ Koralas received a 0–3 technical loss in a home game against Banga due to violation of regulations.
* ↑ Koralas was disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club already played over 50% of the season's matches a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.
* ↑ Koralas was disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club already played over 50% of the season's matches a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.
* ↑ Koralas was disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club already played over 50% of the season's matches a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.
* ↑ Koralas was disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club already played over 50% of the season's matches a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.
* ↑ Koralas was disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club already played over 50% of the season's matches a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.
* ↑ Koralas was disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club already played over 50% of the season's matches a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.
* ↑ Koralas was disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club already played over 50% of the season's matches a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.
* ↑ Koralas was disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club already played over 50% of the season's matches a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.
* ↑ Koralas received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Vilniaus Vytis due to violation of regulations.
* ↑ Koralas was disqualified from the league on 19 September 2018. As club already played over 50% of the season's matches a 0–3 technical loss was applied for all unplayed fixtures.
Promotion play-off :
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| DFK Dainava | 0 : 5 | FK Palanga | 0 : 3 | 0 : 2 |