2024 A Lyga
Football league season
| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| 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
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.
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Locations of the 2024 A Lyga teams| Club | Location | Stadium | Surface | Capacity | Seasons in A Lyga | Position in 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Team | Coach | Appointed | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| FK Banga |  David Afonso | 33 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| DFK Dainava |  Syarhey Kuznyatsow | 22 months ago | UEFA A |
| FC Džiugas | João Prates | 33 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FC Hegelmann |  Andrius Skerla | 38 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Kauno Žalgiris | Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) | 5 months ago | |
| FK Panevėžys |  Gino Lettieri | 18 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FA Šiauliai | Mindaugas Čepas | 39 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Sūduva | Dovydas Lastauskas | 13 months ago | |
| FK TransINVEST | Giedrius Barevicius | ||
| FK Žalgiris |  Vladimir Cheburin | 38 months ago | UEFA Pro |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Džiugas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 8 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Hegelmann | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7[a] | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Žalgiris | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7[a] | |
| 4 | Šiauliai | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Dainava | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5[b] | |
| 6 | Sūduva | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5[b] | |
| 7 | Banga | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5[b] | |
| 8 | Kauno Žalgiris | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 9 | TransINVEST | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | Qualification for the A Lyga play-off |
| 10 | Panevėžys | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 | Relegation to I Lyga |
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2024. Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
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.
Notes:
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.
Notes:
- ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Hegelmann 3, Žalgiris 0.
- ^ a b c Ranked on goal difference: Dainava +1, Sūduva 0, Banga -2.
Fixtures and results
| Home \ Away | BAN | DAI | DZI | HEG | KAU | PAN | SIA | SUD | TRA | ZAL | BAN | DAI | DZI | HEG | KAU | PAN | SIA | SUD | TRA | ZAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banga | 1–1 | 1–4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dainava | 0–0 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Džiugas | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hegelmann | 2–2 | 2–3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kauno Žalgiris | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Panevėžys | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Šiauliai | 0–0 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sūduva | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TransINVEST | 0–2 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Žalgiris | 1–3 | 3–3 |
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2024. Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
A Lyga play-off
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
References
External links
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