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Season | 2013 |
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Champions | VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius |
Relegated | Tauras |
Champions League | VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius (second qualifying round) |
Europa League | FK Atlantas, FK Ekranas (first qualifying round) |
Matches played | 144 |
Goals scored | 443 (3.08 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Nerijus Valskis (FK Sūduva – 27 goals) |
Biggest home win | VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius 7-0 FK Dainava |
Biggest away win | FK Tauras 0-7 VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius |
Highest scoring | FK Ekranas 6-2 FK Kruoja |
Total attendance | 99,140 |
Average attendance | 688 |
← 2012 2014 → |
The 2013 A Lyga, also known as SMSCredit.lt A Lyga for sponsoring purposes,[ citation needed ] is the 24th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season started on 9 March 2013 and ended on 10 November 2013. FK Ekranas were the defending champions.
The league changed its number of teams for the fourth time in a row, reducing it from ten teams in 2012 A Lyga to nine sides. As a consequence, the schedule reduced from 36 to 32 matches per team, with each team playing every other team four times in total, twice at home and twice away.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Žalgiris (C) | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 77 | 19 | +58 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Atlantas | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 71 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
3 | Ekranas | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 64 | |
4 | Sūduva | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 62 | |
5 | Kruoja | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 48 | |
6 | Banga | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 35 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1] |
7 | Šiauliai | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 65 | −31 | 25 | |
8 | Dainava | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 74 | −47 | 17 | |
9 | Tauras (R) | 32 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 92 | −67 | 11 | Relegation to I Lyga |
First half of season | Second half of season |
Pos. | Player | Club | Goals [1] |
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1 | Nerijus Valskis | FK Sūduva | 27 |
2 | Kamil Biliński | VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius | 21 |
Evaldas Razulis | FK Atlantas | ||
3 | Aurelijus Staponka | FK Banga Gargždai | 14 |
4 | Arsenij Buinickij | Ekranas | 13 |
Ričardas Beniušis | FK Kruoja Pakruojis | ||
5 | Mantas Kuklys | VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius | 11 |
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