Floor panel for forming a floor covering and method for manufacturing a floor panel

A floor panel comprising a substrate of synthetic material and a top layer which comprises a decorative layer and a translucent or transparent wear layer,

• wherein the floor panel comprises first coupling parts on a first pair of opposite edges allowing to couple two of such floor panels together by means of a downward movement thereby establishing a locking in horizontal and vertical directions,
• wherein the floor panel comprises second coupling parts on a second pair of opposite edges allowing to couple two of such floor panels together by means of a turning movement thereby establishing a locking in horizontal and vertical directions,
• wherein the first coupling parts are formed in one piece from the synthetic material of the substrate,
• wherein the first coupling parts comprise a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part on one of the first pair of opposite edges and an upward-directed lower hook-shaped part on the other of the first pair of opposite edges,
• wherein the upper hook-shaped part comprises a lip with a downward-directed locking element and the lower hook-shaped part comprises a lip with an upward-directed locking element,
• wherein each of the downward-directed and upward-directed locking elements is provided with a locking surface which takes part in the locking in vertical direction in coupled condition of two of such floor panels, the locking surfaces respectively being located at the proximal side of the downward-directed and upward-directed locking elements,
• wherein the downward-directed locking element comprises a protrusion, whereof, in the coupled condition of the floor panel with another such floor panel, at least a portion of the protrusion is situated beyond a vertical tangent line, which vertical tangent line touches the upward-directed locking element in a most proximally situated point of this upward-directed locking element of the another such floor panel;
• wherein the protrusion is configured such that during coupling the floor panel with another such floor panel at their first pair of opposite edges with the downward movement, the protrusion first contacts the upward-directed locking element of the another such floor panel;
• after which a resistance is overcome such that the upper hook-shaped part will engage in the lower hook-shaped part of the another such floor panel such that the locking surfaces contact each other;
• wherein a horizontal distance between said most proximally situated point of the upward-directed locking element and the edge of the floor panel is larger than a vertical distance between the upper side of the floor panel and a most downward-situated point of the upper surface of the lip of the lower hook-shaped part.