2024 A Lyga
| 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
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
38 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| DFK Dainava |  Syarhey Kuznyatsow
|
27 months ago | UEFA A |
| FC Džiugas | João Prates
|
38 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
|
23 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FA Šiauliai | Mindaugas Čepas
|
44 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Sūduva | Dovydas Lastauskas
|
18 months ago | |
| FK TransINVEST | Giedrius Barevičius
|
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| FK Žalgiris |  Vladimir Cheburin
|
43 months ago | UEFA Pro |
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Žalgiris | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Hegelmann | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 54 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 45 | |
| 4 | Banga | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 34 | |
| 5 | Džiugas | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 32 | |
| 6 | Šiauliai | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 30 | |
| 7 | Dainava | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 29 | |
| 8 | TransINVEST | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 26 | |
| 9 | Sūduva | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 24 | Qualification for the A Lyga play-off |
| 10 | Panevėžys | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 23 | 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)