2010 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season2010
Champions Ekranas
6th title
Relegated Atletas Kaunas
Champions League Ekranas
Europa League Sūduva Marijampolė
Tauras Tauragė
Banga Gargždai
Baltic League Ekranas
Sūduva Marijampolė
Žalgiris Vilnius
Tauras Tauragė
Šiauliai
Matches played135
Goals scored370 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Povilas Lukšys (16 goals)
Biggest home win Sūduva 7–0 Klaipėda
Biggest away win Klaipėda 0–7 Šiauliai
Highest scoring Klaipėda 1–6 Sūduva
Sūduva 7–0 Klaipėda
Klaipėda 0–7 Šiauliai
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The 2010 Lithuanian A Lyga was the 21st season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season began on 20 March 2010 and ended on 14 November 2010. Ekranas were the defending champions and retained the title. This was their sixth league title and third in a row.

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Teams

Stadia, locations and coaches

ClubLocationStadiumCapacityCurrent manager
Atletas Kaunas S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium 9,180 Flag of Lithuania.svg Saulius Širmelis
Banga Gargždai Gargždai Stadium 1,800 Flag of Lithuania.svg Arminas Narbekovas
Ekranas Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium 4,000 Flag of Lithuania.svg Valdas Urbonas
Klaipėda Klaipėda Žalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda) 5,000 Flag of Lithuania.svg Saulius Mikalajūnas
Kruoja Pakruojis Pakruojis Stadium 2,000 Flag of Lithuania.svg Albertas Klimavičius
Mažeikiai Mažeikiai Sports Centre Stadium 2,300 Flag of Lithuania.svg Nerijus Gudaitis
Sūduva Marijampolė Sūduva Stadium 6,260 Flag of Lithuania.svg Donatas Vencevičius
Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium 3,000 Flag of Lithuania.svg Deivis Kančelskis
Tauras Tauragė Vytauto Stadium 1,600 Flag of Lithuania.svg Gedeminas Jarmalavičius
Vėtra Vilnius Vėtra Stadium 5,300 Flag of Lithuania.svg Virginijus Liubšys
Žalgiris Vilnius Žalgiris Stadium 15,030 Flag of Lithuania.svg Igoris Pankratjevas

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Ekranas (C)2720346419+4563Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Sūduva 2716835616+4056 [lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Žalgiris 2716834716+3156 [lower-alpha 1]
4 Tauras 2714584127+1447Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 2]
5 Šiauliai 2711883728+941
6 Banga 2710983430+439Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 3]
7 Kruoja 2781184145−435
8 Klaipėda 2736181974−5515
9 Mažeikiai 2726191759−4212
10 Atletas 2706211456−420 [lower-alpha 4] Relegation to I Lyga
— Vėtra 168623013+1721 [lower-alpha 5] Expelled from competition, disbanded [lower-alpha 6]
Source: www2.omnitel.net
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 1 2 SŪD: 3 pts, 1-1; ŽAL: 3 pts, 1–1
  2. ↑ Žalgiris were denied a licence for UEFA competitions, so Tauras inherited their UEFA Europa League spot.[ citation needed ]
  3. ↑ Banga were the runners-up of the 2010–11 Lithuanian Football Cup competition to Ekranas. Since Ekranas is qualified for Champions League, Banga entered the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League as cup runners-up.
  4. ↑ Atletas were docked 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process. [1]
  5. ↑ Vėtra were docked 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process together with Atletas. [1] They were later docked 3 more points due to debt to former player Almir Sulejmanovič. [2]
  6. ↑ After round 17 Vėtra were expelled from championship due to financial troubles. All their results were annulled. [3]

Results

Every team will play each other three times for a total of 30 games. [4]

Note: All Vėtra results listed below were annulled after the club was expelled from championship. They are listed here for information purposes. Matches which were to be competed after Vėtra's exemption have been shaded.

First and second rounds

Home \ Away ATL BAN EKR KLA KRU MAŽ SŪD ŠIA TAU VĖT ŽAL
Atletas 0–00–30–11–21–20–51–20–10–30–2
Banga 3–00–31–10–32–10–22–12–11–11–1
Ekranas 1–00–02–14–15–01–13–14–13–23–0
Klaipėda 1–00–31–41–22–21–60–22–31–30–3
Kruoja 1–12–30–21–11–00–23–33–31–11–1
Mažeikiai 2–22–20–21–10–21–20–11–31–40–1
Sūduva 3–10–01–14–02–13–01–13–10–0
Šiauliai 1–11–01–22–12–22–10–00–10–01–3
Tauras 2–02–02–12–04–00–00–10–00–01–1
Vėtra 0–02–11–13–03–03–13–1
Žalgiris 4–12–00–13–03–16–01–11–01–02–1
Source: www2.omnitel.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away ATL BAN EKR KLA KRU MAŽ SŪD ŠIA TAU VĖT ŽAL
Atletas 0–52–30–11–40–1
Banga 1–06–10–11–1
Ekranas 2–35–03–22–1
Klaipėda 1–11–10–70–4
Kruoja 1–12–02–22–2
Mažeikiai 1–10–31–01–30–3
Sūduva 1–02–07–01–20–1
Šiauliai 1–11–00–12–0
Tauras 0–20–25–02–22–1
Vėtra
Žalgiris 3–01–02–00–01–0
Source: www2.omnitel.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Including matches played on 14 November 2010; Source: Lietuvos futbolo statistika

Top goalscorers

Pos.PlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Lithuania.svg Povilas Lukšys Sūduva 16
2 Flag of Latvia.svg Vits Rimkus Ekranas 15
3 Flag of Lithuania.svg Dominykas Galkevičius Ekranas 12
4 Flag of Lithuania.svg Artūras Jeršovas Žalgiris 11
5 Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Urbšys Sūduva 10
6 Flag of Lithuania.svg Aurelijus Staponka Banga 9
7 Flag of Lithuania.svg Egidijus Varnas Ekranas 8
Flag of Lithuania.svg Tautvydas Švelna Kruoja 8
Flag of Ukraine.svg Viktor Raskov Šiauliai 8
10 Flag of Lithuania.svg Ramūnas Radavičius Ekranas 7
Flag of Lithuania.svg Mantas Kuklys Šiauliai 7
123 players6
159 players5
2413 players4
3718 players3
5523 players2
7837 players1
Own goals7
Total:370
Games:135
Average:2.74

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