2024 A Lyga
Season | 2024 |
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Dates | 1 March – TBA 2024 |
← 2023 2025 → |
The 2024 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, is the 35th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 1 March 2024.[1][2]
The winners qualify for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed teams qualify for the 2025–26 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team qualify for the A Lyga play-off. The bottom-placed team are relegated to the 2025 LFF I Lyga.
Teams
[edit]The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the LFF I Lyga. TransInvest were promoted as champions of the 2023 LFF I Lyga, replacing the 2023 A Lyga bottom-placed team (Riteriai).[3] Panevėžys entered the season as defending champions.
Club | Location | Stadium | Surface | Capacity | Seasons in A Lyga |
Position in 2023 |
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Banga | Gargždai | Gargždai Stadium | Artificial | 2,323 | 11 | 6th |
DFK Dainava | Alytus | Alytus Stadium | Natural | 3,726 | 13 | 8th |
Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 | |||
Džiugas | Telšiai | Telšiai Central Stadium | Natural | 2,320 | 4 | 9th |
Ateitis Progymnasium Stadium | Artificial | 300 | ||||
Hegelmann | Kaunas | LFF Kaunas Training Center Stadium | Artificial | 500 | 4 | 5th |
Kauno Žalgiris | Kaunas | Darius and Girėnas Stadium | Hybrid | 15,315 | 10 | 4th |
Akademija | VDU Stadium | Artificial | 1,000 | |||
Panevėžys | Panevėžys | Aukštaitija Stadium | Natural | 6,600 | 6 | 1st |
Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium | Artificial | 620 | ||||
FA Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Savivaldybė Stadium | Natural | 4,000 | 3 | 3rd |
Gytariai Stadium | Artificial | 500 | ||||
Sūduva | Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Arena | Natural | 6,250 | 22 | 7th |
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 | ||||
TransINVEST | Vilnius | Širvintų miesto stadionas | 1,000 | 0 | 1st in I Lyga | |
Žalgiris | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 23 | 2nd |
Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 |
Managers
[edit]Team | Coach | Appointed | Licence |
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FK Banga | David Afonso | 38 months ago | UEFA Pro |
DFK Dainava | Syarhey Kuznyatsow | 26 months ago | UEFA A |
FC Džiugas | João Prates | 37 months ago | UEFA Pro |
FC Hegelmann | Andrius Skerla | 43 months ago | UEFA Pro |
FK Kauno Žalgiris | Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) | 10 months ago | |
FK Panevėžys | Gino Lettieri | 22 months ago | UEFA Pro |
FA Šiauliai | Mindaugas Čepas | 44 months ago | UEFA Pro |
FK Sūduva | Dovydas Lastauskas | 18 months ago | |
FK TransINVEST | Giedrius Barevičius | ||
FK Žalgiris | Vladimir Cheburin | 42 months ago | UEFA Pro |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Žalgiris | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 19 | +27 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Hegelmann | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 48 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 41 | |
4 | Džiugas | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 31 | |
5 | Banga | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 31 | |
6 | Šiauliai | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 28 | |
7 | Dainava | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 28 | |
8 | Sūduva | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 23 | |
9 | TransINVEST | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 23 | Qualification for the A Lyga play-off |
10 | Panevėžys | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 22 | Relegation to I Lyga |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (for champion only) 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw.
Fixtures and results
[edit]A Lyga play-off
[edit]The ninth-placed club will face the second-placed club from the 2024 LFF I Lyga for the final place in the following season's A Lyga.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "2024 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "Lietuvos taurės čempionai: ryžtingesni A lygos naujokai negu įprasta". Delfi sportas (in Lithuanian). 24 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Lithuanian and English)
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