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 and will end on 9 November 2024.[1][2]
| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 March – 9 November 2024 |
| Conference League | Banga |
← 2023 2025 → | |
The winners qualify for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup winners (Banga) qualified for the 2025–26 Conference League second qualifying round, with the runners-up and third/fourth-placed teams qualifying for the 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
editThe league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the LFF I Lyga. Panevėžys entered the season as defending champions.
TransINVEST were promoted as champions of the 2023 LFF I Lyga, replacing the 2023 A Lyga bottom-placed team (Riteriai).[3]
| 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
edit| Team | Coach | Appointed | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| FK Banga |  David Afonso
|
40 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| DFK Dainava |  Syarhey Kuznyatsow
|
28 months ago | UEFA A |
| FC Džiugas |  Andrius Lipskis
|
8 months ago | UEFA A |
| FC Hegelmann | Andrius Skerla
|
45 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Kauno Žalgiris | Saulius Širmelis
|
3 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Panevėžys |  Stijn Vreven
|
4 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FA Šiauliai | Mindaugas Čepas
|
46 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Sūduva | Dovydas Lastauskas
|
20 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK TransINVEST | Marius Stankevičius
|
0 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Žalgiris |  Vladimir Cheburin
|
44 months ago | UEFA Pro |
League table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Žalgiris (X) | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 65 | 25 | +40 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Hegelmann (X) | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 57 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris (Q) | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 52 | |
| 4 | Banga (Q) | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 40 | |
| 5 | Šiauliai | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 36 | |
| 6 | Dainava | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 33 | |
| 7 | Džiugas | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 32[b] | |
| 8 | TransINVEST | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 32[b] | |
| 9 | Panevėžys | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 32[b] | Qualification for the A Lyga play-off |
| 10 | Sūduva | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 32[b] | 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.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least Conference League first qualifying round
Notes:
- ^ Banga qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup. If they finish in the top three, the third Conference League first round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.
- ^ a b c d Head-to-head points: Džiugas 17, TransINVEST 14, Panevėžys 13, Sūduva 11.
Fixtures and results
editA Lyga play-off
editThe 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
editReferences
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)