2011 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season2011
Champions Ekranas
6th title
Champions League Ekranas
Europa League Žalgiris
Sūduva
Šiauliai
Baltic League Ekranas
Žalgiris
Sūduva
Šiauliai
Kruoja
Matches played198
Goals scored560 (2.83 per match)
Biggest home win Sūduva 13–0 Atlantas
Biggest away win Dainava 0–6 Sūduva
Highest scoring Sūduva 13–0 Atlantas
Longest winning run Ekranas, Žalgiris
(8 games each) [1]
Longest unbeaten run Ekranas
(19 games) [1]
Longest winless run FC Klaipėda
(20 games) [1]
Longest losing run FC Klaipėda
(17 games) [1]
← 2010
2012 →

The 2011 A Lyga was the 22nd season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 12 March 2011 and ended on 6 November 2011. [2] Ekranas were the defending champions, having won their third consecutive title at the end of the 2010 season.

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Teams

The league will see a change in the number of teams once again as twelve teams were granted a licence for 2011, [3] one more than in the 2010 season.

FK Vėtra were expelled over financial troubles after 16 matches of the 2010 season; [4] their records were annulled and the team was subsequently disbanded.[ citation needed ] From the remaining ten clubs, Atletas Kaunas, who finished in last place at the end of the season, were the only team not to apply for a 2011 top-level licence. Atletas therefore played at the second level in 2011.

Three new teams were admitted to the league, unbeaten [5] 2010 I Lyga champions FBK Kaunas, seventh-placed team Atlantas Klaipėda and Dainava Alytus, a merger between I Lyga runners-up Alytis Alytus and third-placed city rivals Vidzgiris. [6] FBK Kaunas and Atlantas made their return after two seasons in the lower divisions of the Lithuanian league system, while Dainava had their debut in the A Lyga, as neither of its predecessor clubs played at the Lithuanian top level in its history.

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Location of teams in the 2010 A Lyga
ClubLocationStadium2010 season
Atlantas Klaipėda Žalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda) I Lyga, 7th
Banga Gargždai Gargždai Stadium A Lyga, 6th
Dainava Alytus I Lyga, 2nd/3rd
Ekranas Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium A Lyga, 1st
FBK Kaunas Kaunas S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium I Lyga, 1st
FC Klaipėda KlaipėdaŽalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda)A Lyga, 8th
Kruoja Pakruojis Pakruojis Stadium A Lyga, 7th
Mažeikiai Mažeikiai Sports Centre Stadium A Lyga, 9th
Sūduva Marijampolė Sūduva Stadium A Lyga, 2nd
Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium A Lyga, 5th
Tauras Tauragė Vytauto Stadium A Lyga, 4th
Žalgiris Vilnius Žalgiris Stadium A Lyga, 3rd

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Ekranas (C)3324816814+5480Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Žalgiris 3322655617+3972Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
3 Sūduva 3319867019+5165Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
4 Šiauliai 33161164530+1559
5 Kruoja 331310104334+949
6 Banga 33137135137+1446
7 Tauras 331112105038+1245 [lower-alpha 2]
8 Dainava 33136145354−145 [lower-alpha 2]
9 Mažeikiai (R)3399153654−1836Relegation to Lower leagues [lower-alpha 3]
10 FBK Kaunas [lower-alpha 4] (R)3388174153−1226Relegation to I Lyga [lower-alpha 3]
11 Atlantas 33322828121−9311
12 Klaipėda (R)3323281989−709Relegation to Lower leagues [lower-alpha 3]
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th number of wins. [9]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 The winners of the 2011–12 Lithuanian Football Cup competition, Žalgiris Vilnius, qualified for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. As they finished second, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
  2. 1 2 TAU: 7 pts; DAI: 1 pt
  3. 1 2 3 FK Mažeikiai, FBK Kaunas and FC Klaipėda were not granted a 2012 A Lyga licence; Kaunas will compete in the second-level I Lyga, while Mažeikiai and Klaipėda will not play in any of the two highest leagues in 2012. [7]
  4. ↑ FBK Kaunas were deducted six points before the start of the season because of outstanding debts to a former player. [8]

Results

Teams played each other three times, either twice at home and once away or vice versa, for a total of 33 matches per team. [2]

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away ATL BAN DAI EKR FBK KLA KRU MAŽ SŪD ŠIA TAU ŽAL
Atlantas 1–21–00–42–01–31–20–50–20–22–40–3
Banga 3–01–21–41–13–11–20–10–13–11–10–1
Dainava 7–02–40–31–05–10–02–00–61–11–20–2
Ekranas 7–01–11–03–02–20–05–01–01–01–01–2
FBK Kaunas 4–01–10–10–12–23–10–00–30–11–10–1
Klaipėda 0–40–30–10–11–21–22–40–20–11–00–1
Kruoja 0–00–00–10–42–02–02–10–11–21–10–1
Mažeikiai 2–02–22–21–21–11–00–20–00–00–02–0
Sūduva 5–20–16–10–03–02–11–23–00–03–01–1
Šiauliai 3–11–31–30–02–14–00–41–01–01–00–0
Tauras 6–00–32–10–0 [lower-alpha 1] 1–12–10–01–11–21–11–1
Žalgiris 8–13–12–10–13–05–01–0 [lower-alpha 2] 1–13–10–01–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ This match was played in Panevėžys. It is shown here as a Tauras home match for organizational purposes.
  2. ↑ This match was played in Pakruojis. It is shown here as a Žalgiris home match for organizational purposes.

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away ATL BAN DAI EKR FBK KLA KRU MAŽ SŪD ŠIA TAU ŽAL
Atlantas 2–53–42–20–32–3
Banga 5–03–11–22–00–2
Dainava 1–52–23–00–11–3
Ekranas 2–11–03–15–02–2
FBK Kaunas 2–00–25–12–1
Klaipėda 0–50–30–20–10–2
Kruoja 0–20–46–01–1
Mažeikiai 1–23–21–41–50–1
Sūduva 13–01–10–04–00–02–0
Šiauliai 3–12–00–02–25–01–0
Tauras 6–11–02–20–14–22–23–10–26–2
Žalgiris 3–00–01–22–03–02–01–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 6 November 2011; Source: Lietuvos futbolo statistika

Pos.PlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Lithuania.svg Deivydas Matulevičius Žalgiris 19
2 Flag of France.svg Goran Jerković Tauras 17
Flag of Lithuania.svg Arsenij Buinickij Dainava 17
4 Flag of Lithuania.svg Tadas Eliošius Sūduva 13
5 Flag of Lithuania.svg Povilas Lukšys Sūduva 12
Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergej Zhygalov Mažeikiai/Sūduva 12
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Regilio Seedorf Tauras 11
Flag of Lithuania.svg Evaldas Razulis Kaunas 11
9 Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Anđelković Ekranas 9
Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Velička Ekranas 9
Flag of Lithuania.svg Ričardas Beniušis Sūduva 9
Flag of Lithuania.svg Artūras Rimkevičius Šiauliai 9

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