2024 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season2024
Dates1 March – TBA 2024
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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]

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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

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.

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Locations of the 2024 A Lyga teams
2024 A Lyga competitors
ClubLocationStadiumSurfaceCapacitySeasons
in A Lyga		 Position
in 2023
Banga Gargždai Gargždai Stadium Artificial2,323116th
DFK Dainava Alytus Alytus Stadium Natural3,726138th
Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial2,660
Džiugas Telšiai Telšiai Central StadiumNatural2,32049th
Ateitis Progymnasium StadiumArtificial300
Hegelmann Kaunas LFF Kaunas Training Center StadiumArtificial50045th
Kauno Žalgiris Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid15,315104th
Akademija VDU StadiumArtificial1,000
Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural6,60061st
Žemyna Progymnasium StadiumArtificial620
FA Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural4,00033rd
Gytariai StadiumArtificial500
Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural6,250227th
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial2,660
TransINVEST Vilnius Širvintų miesto stadionas 1,00001st in I Lyga
Žalgiris Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial5,067232nd
Sportima Arena Artificial3,157

Managers

TeamCoachAppointedLicence
FK Banga Flag of Portugal.svg David Afonso 37 months agoUEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Flag of Belarus.svg Syarhey Kuznyatsow 26 months agoUEFA A
FC Džiugas Flag of Portugal.svg João Prates 37 months agoUEFA Pro
FC Hegelmann Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Skerla 42 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker)9 months ago
FK Panevėžys Flag of Italy.svg Gino Lettieri 21 months agoUEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Flag of Lithuania.svg Mindaugas Čepas 43 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Flag of Lithuania.svg Dovydas Lastauskas 17 months ago
FK TransINVEST Flag of Lithuania.svg Giedrius Barevicius
FK Žalgiris Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Cheburin 42 months agoUEFA Pro

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Žalgiris 2215434619+2749Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hegelmann 2313643925+1445Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Kauno Žalgiris 2311482822+637
4 Džiugas 228681927−830
5 Dainava 237792022−228
6 Šiauliai 226972124−327
7 Banga 236982228−627
8 TransINVEST 2372142334−1123
9 Sūduva 2357111827−922Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 Panevėžys 2256111624−821Relegation to I Lyga
Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2024. Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
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

Home \ Away BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN SIA SUD TRA ZAL BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN SIA SUD TRA ZAL
Banga 0–30–22–41–12–00–10–02–01–40–00–2
Dainava 2–20–00–20–00–02–20–11–00–13–13–1
Džiugas 1–12–10–00–10–02–11–02–00–40–21–0
Hegelmann 2–20–12–10–14–22–23–22–30–00–03–1
Kauno Žalgiris 0–31–03–01–20–12–12–12–10–14–12–01–0
Panevėžys 0–10–00–20–02–01–01–11–20–12–00–11–2
Šiauliai 0–01–03–31–12–11–10–10–11–20–01–01–0
Sūduva 1–00–10–10–12–21–00–00–11–10–01–3
TransINVEST 0–10–20–11–23–23–01–30–21–32–13–02–2
Žalgiris 2–24–03–11–31–02–13–03–32–04–0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2024. Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

A Lyga play-off

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

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  3. ↑ "Lietuvos taurės čempionai: ryžtingesni A lygos naujokai negu įprasta". Delfi sportas (in Lithuanian). 24 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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