2025 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season2025
Dates28 February 2025 – TBD
Matches played40
Goals scored103 (2.58 per match)
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The 2025 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, is the 36th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 28 February 2025. [1] [2]

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Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the LFF I Lyga. Žalgiris entered the season as defending champions.

The promoted team was the 2024 LFF I Lyga champions Riteriai. They replaced the 2024 A Lyga bottom-placed team TransINVEST. [3]

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Locations of the 2025 A Lyga teams
2025 A Lyga competitors
ClubLocationStadiumSurfaceCapacitySeasons
in A Lyga		 Position
in 2024
Banga Gargždai Gargždai Stadium Artificial2,323125th
DFK Dainava Alytus Alytus Stadium Natural3,726144th
Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial2,660
Džiugas Telšiai Telšiai Central Stadium Natural2,32056th
?Artificial?
Hegelmann Kaunas Raudondvaris StadiumArtificial50052nd
Kauno Žalgiris Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid15,026113rd
Akademija VDU StadiumArtificial1,000
Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural6,60078th
FA Panevėžys stadiumArtificial500
FK Riteriai Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial5,067111st in I Lyga
FA Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural4,00047th
Gytariai StadiumArtificial500
Sportima Arena Artificial3,157
Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural6,250239th
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial2,660
Žalgiris Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial5,067241st
Sportima Arena Artificial3,157

Managers

TeamCoachAppointedLicence
FK Banga Flag of Portugal (official).svg David Afonso 50 months agoUEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Mergen Orazov 2 months agoUEFA Pro
FC Džiugas Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Lipskis 19 months agoUEFA A
FC Hegelmann Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Skerla 55 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Eivinas Černiauskas 9 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys Flag of Germany.svg Roland Vrabec 8 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Riteriai Flag of Cyprus.svg Nicolas Vitorović 6 months agoUEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Flag of Latvia.svg Dainis Kazakevičs 8 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Flag of Lithuania.svg Donatas Vencevičius 8 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Cheburin 55 months agoUEFA Pro

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Kauno Žalgiris 2617634916+3357Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hegelmann 2716294435+950Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Sūduva 2612953826+1245
4 Šiauliai 2712784537+843
5 Žalgiris 27101073733+440
6 Panevėžys 27114123835+337
7 Džiugas 27114122529−437
8 Banga 2795132527−232
9 Riteriai 2745182857−2917Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 Dainava 2736182256−3415Relegation to the I Lyga
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. 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 RIT SIA SUD ZAL BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN RIT SIA SUD ZAL
Banga 2–10–12–00–21–11–31–20–12–00–10–02–01–021 Sep13 Sep
Dainava 2–10–22–21–31–31–11–20–30–10–50–20–319 Sep2–2
Džiugas 0–12–00–20–11–12–10–11–11–10–012 Sep0–11–21–3
Hegelmann 2–03–21–01–22–12–11–00–22–10–13–13–05–22–2
Kauno Žalgiris 0–14–01–23–13–03–13–00–03–03–021 Sep2–114 Sep
Panevėžys 1–12–00–13–00–23–01–32–02–41–00–120 Sep1–02–01–2
Riteriai 1–20–20–12–40–03–11–03–43–32–10–21–51–30–219 Sep
Šiauliai 3–02–25–00–32–32–12–22–22–03–114 Sep2–22–12–2
Sūduva 1–01–01–04–00–00–04–11–12–22–12–32–112 Sep0–0
Žalgiris 1–11–12–10–10–02–32–00–03–01–01–12–01–22–12–11–0
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

A Lyga play-off

The ninth-placed team will face the second-placed team from the 2025 LFF I Lyga in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 A Lyga.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian).
  2. ↑ "2025 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian).
  3. ↑ "TransINVEST fail to avoid relegation in an end-of-season thriller". 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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