2013 LFF I Lyga

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I Lyga
Season2013
Champions Klaipėdos Granitas
Promoted Klaipėdos Granitas
FK Trakai
Relegated Polonija
Matches played162
Top goalscorer Aivaras Lyberis
Edgaras Mastianica
(18 goals)
← 2012
2014 →

The 2013 I Lyga (also known as LFF I Lyga) is the 24th season of the I Lyga, the second-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season started on 8 April 2013 and end is planned for 24 September 2013. [1]

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Changes from 2013

The league changed its number of teams, increasing it from 10 teams in 2012 I Lyga to 12 teams in 2013. Two teams of 2012 resigned – FK Granitas Vilnius and NFA Kaunas (replaced by FM Spyris Kaunas), and another two were relegated – FK Venta Kuršėnai and FK Kėdainiai. From LFF II lyga were admitted 5 teams – 3 from zone South (FK Žalgiris-3 Vilnius, FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda and FM Spyris Kaunas) and 2 from zone West (FK Lokomotyvas Radviliškis and FK Klaipėdos Granitas). A newly created team of FK Baltija Panevėžys was also allowed to start at I lyga in 2013.

FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda Lithuanian association football club

FK Šilas is a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kazlų Rūda. The team competes in the II Lyga Southern zone, in third tier of Lithuanian football.

FK Lokomotyvas Radviliškis was a Lithuanian football team. The team played in the Lithuanian Football Cup and I Lyga.

FK Klaipėdos Granitas Lithuanian football club

FK Klaipėdos Granitas was a Lithuanian football club from Klaipėda.

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in the 2013 LFF I lyga
ClubLocationStadium 2012 I Lyga
FK Baltija Panevėžys Panevėžys Panevėžio futbolo akademijos stadionasno league
FK Klaipėdos Granitas Klaipėda Klaipėdos m. centrinis stadionas4th (LFF 2 lyga - West)
FK Lietava Jonava Jonava Jonavos centrinis stadionas1st
FK Lokomotyvas Radviliškis Radviliškis Panevėžio futbolo akademijos stadionas, Panevėžys 1st (LFF 2 lyga - West)
FK Nevėžis Kėdainiai Kėdainiai Kėdainių miesto stadionas2nd
FK Palanga Palanga Palangos centrinis miesto stadionas8th
FK Polonija Vilnius Vilnius Vingio parko stadionas5th
FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda Kazlų Rūda Kazlų Rūdos stadionas4th (LFF 2 lyga - South)
FK Šilutė Šilutė Šilutės miesto stadionas7th
FM Spyris Kaunas Kaunas Nacionalinės futbolo akademijos stadionas5th (LFF 2 lyga - South)
FK Trakai Trakai Trakų naujasis stadionas4th
FK Žalgiris-3 Vilnius Vilnius Vilniaus LFF stadionas3rd (LFF 2 lyga - South)

Regular season

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Klaipėdos Granitas [lower-alpha 1] 2216605721+3651Qualification to the Promotion round
2 Nevėžis 2212644623+2342
3 Trakai 2212373919+2039
4 Šilas 2211563929+1038
5 Spyris 2211385033+1736
6 Lietava 2210573825+1335
7 Lokomotyvas 2210483936+334Qualification to the Relegation round
8 Žalgiris-3 2274112932−325
9 Šilutė 2265111328−1523
10 Baltija 2253142749−2218
11 Polonija [lower-alpha 1] 2263132760−3318
12 Palanga [lower-alpha 2] 2213181766−490
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Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 points were deducted for a failure to fulfill licensing requirements [2]
  2. ↑ 6 points were deducted for a failure to fulfill licensing requirements [2]

Promotion Play-Offs

Semi-finals: Syris 2-3(a.e.t.) Kaunas

Nevėžis 0-1 Trakai

Final: Kaunas 0-0 (a.e.t.), 1-3p Trakai

Top goalscorers

As of 20 August 2013.
Pos.PlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Lithuania.svg Aivaras Lyberis FK Nevėžis Kėdainiai 15
2 Flag of Lithuania.svg Aretas Gėgžna FK Nevėžis Kėdainiai 9
Flag of Lithuania.svg Edgaras Mastianica FK Klaipėdos Granitas

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.futbolinis.lt/content/competitionstage/1826/lt
  2. 1 2 "LFF I lygoje dalyvaus 12 komandų, startas - balandžio 8 d." (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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