2024 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season2024
Dates1 March – 9 November 2024
Champions Žalgiris
Relegated TransINVEST
Champions League Žalgiris
Conference League Banga
Hegelmann
Kauno Žalgiris
Top goalscorer Liviu Antal (20 goals)
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, was the 35th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 1 March 2024 and ended on 9 November 2024. [1] [2]

Contents

The winners (Žalgiris) qualified for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (Hegelmann), third-placed team (Kauno Žalgiris), and 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup winners (Banga) qualified for the 2025–26 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Sūduva) qualified for the A Lyga play-off, winning and retaining their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (TransINVEST) were 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. Panevėžys entered the season as defending champions.

TransINVEST were promoted as champions of the 2023 LFF I Lyga, replacing the 2023 A Lyga bottom-placed team (Riteriai). [3]

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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 Stadium Natural2,32049th
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 stadionas1,00001st in I Lyga
Žalgiris Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial5,067232nd
Sportima Arena Artificial3,157

Managers

TeamCoachAppointedLicence
FK Banga Flag of Portugal.svg David Afonso 47 months agoUEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Flag of Belarus.svg Syarhey Kuznyatsow 35 months agoUEFA A
FC Džiugas Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Lipskis 15 months agoUEFA A
FC Hegelmann Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Skerla 52 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Saulius Širmelis 11 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stijn Vreven 11 months agoUEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Flag of Lithuania.svg Mindaugas Čepas 53 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Flag of Lithuania.svg Dovydas Lastauskas 27 months agoUEFA Pro
FK TransINVEST Flag of Lithuania.svg Marius Stankevičius 7 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Cheburin 51 months agoUEFA Pro

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Žalgiris (C)3624757631+4579Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hegelmann 36191076040+2067Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Kauno Žalgiris 36159124340+354
4 Dainava 36129153340−745
5 Banga 361013133746−943Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round [a]
6 Džiugas 36119163348−1542 [b]
7 Šiauliai 361012143950−1142 [b]
8 Panevėžys 36914133440−641
9 Sūduva (O)36912153338−539Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 TransINVEST (R)36115203550−1538Relegation to the I Lyga
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Banga qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Džiugas 8, Šiauliai 2.

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 0–30–22–41–12–00–10–02–01–40–30–01–11–12–34–11–01–10–2
Dainava 2–20–00–20–00–02–20–11–00–13–13–10–10–11–13–20–30–10–5
Džiugas 1–12–10–00–10–02–11–02–00–40–20–20–22–33–32–21–00–31–0
Hegelmann 2–20–12–10–14–22–23–22–30–03–01–21–01–12–20–02–14–13–1
Kauno Žalgiris 0–31–03–01–20–12–12–12–10–11–10–10–14–10–02–12–42–01–0
Panevėžys 0–10–00–00–20–02–01–01–11–20–12–01–00–11–21–30–02–10–0
Šiauliai 0–01–03–31–12–11–10–10–11–20–00–00–33–11–02–12–11–01–3
Sūduva 1–00–10–10–12–21–00–00–11–12–00–02–10–11–11–30–00–01–1
TransINVEST 0–10–20–11–23–23–01–30–21–30–12–13–03–20–30–02–02–20–1
Žalgiris 2–24–03–11–31–02–13–03–32–02–13–12–11–15–02–43–14–02–0
Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

A Lyga play-off

The ninth-placed club (Sūduva) faced the second-placed club from the 2024 LFF I Lyga (Be1 NFA) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 A Lyga.

First leg

17 November 2024 Be1 NFA 2–1 Sūduva Kaunas
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Second leg

23 November 2024 Sūduva 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(4–2 p)		 Be1 NFA Marijampolė
13:00 BST Lawson Soccerball shade.svg90+4' (pen.)Stadium: Sūduva Stadium
Penalties
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Statistics

Top Scorers

PlayerClubGoals
Liviu Antal FK Žalgiris 20
Davis Ikaunieks FA Šiauliai 18
Henrique Devens FK Transinvest 16
Giedrius Matulevičius FK Žalgiris 11
Nino Noordanus FC Džiugas 11

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian).
  2. ↑ "2024 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian).
  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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