Lff Stadium

The stadium has a capacity of 5,067 people and was home of the Lithuanian national football team between 2005 and 2022.

LFF stadionas

Stadium in 2023
Address	Liepkalnio g. 13/2
Location	Vilnius, Lithuania
Coordinates	54°40′07″N 25°17′40″E / 54.66861°N 25.29444°E / 54.66861; 25.29444
Owner	Lithuanian Football Federation
Capacity	5,067
Surface	Artificial turf
Construction
Opened	1957
Renovated	2004, 2011–12, 2017, 2021
Tenants
FK Vėtra (2004–2010) FK Žalgiris (2011–present) FK Riteriai (2014–present) Lithuania national football team (2005–2022)

The stadium was originally built in 1957 and was first named Lokomotyvas. It was rebuilt in 2004 and renamed to Vėtra Stadium as the home ground of FK Vėtra. In 2005 it hosted its first national team matches.

Following the bankruptcy of Vėtra in 2010, the stadium was taken over by the Lithuanian Football Federation for 2.2 million litas (€637200) and renamed again as the LFF Stadium. The stadium has undergone various improvements to meet the UEFA Category 3 stadium requirements. Following the renovation, the stadium also includes the new headquarters of the LFF, while the grass pitch was changed to an artificial turf. The capacity of the stadium increased to 5,067.

In 2015 the stadium was renewed. The artificial turf was relayed, replacing it with a new higher quality surface, and the stadium lighting system was updated.

 

After a public backlash to an incident that occurred during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E match versus England, a specially created municipal investigative commission deemed the Southern stand structurally deficient and unfit to seat spectators. While the stadium underwent minor improvements afterwards, including an installation of a new scoreboard before an international game against Malta in 2016, the stand remained in use, infamously resulting in three fans sustaining injuries during the very same match when part of a floor in the stand cracked. It was then renovated in 2017. During the 2021 season, the Eastern stand's seating sections were also reinforced. The pitch was again relayed in April 2020 and June 2023.

In 2016, the federation presented the stadium to prospective purchasers, before formally listing it in 2022, subsequent to the conclusion of the reconstruction of the Darius and Girėnas Stadium. The municipal authority of Vilnius declined to acquire the venue with the 11–4–6 voting outcome. In March 2024, a subsidiary of Baltijos Futbolo Akademija emerged as the probable buyer of the stadium.

Since 2011, the stadium has been the main venue of a majority of the city’s football clubs – Žalgiris Vilnius and Riteriai play here, as well as numerous clubs from the lower divisions. Between 2012 and 2022, the ground was the principal home venue of the Lithuanian national football team. It also sometimes hosts local american football team Iron Wolves of the Baltic American Football League, and it's the venue of the Dancing Day of the Lithuanian Song Festival.

• List of football stadiums in Lithuania
• Lithuania National Stadium