2025 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season2025
Dates28 February 2025 – TBD
Matches played150
Goals scored385 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer Eligijus Jankauskas (15 goals)
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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 Artificial2,216125th
DFK Dainava Alytus Alytus Stadium Natural3,726144th
Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial2,660
Džiugas Telšiai Telšiai Central Stadium Natural2,06956th
?Artificial?
Hegelmann Kaunas Raudondvaris StadiumArtificial49052nd
Kauno Žalgiris Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid15,026113rd
Akademija VDU StadiumArtificial1,000
Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural6,60078th
FA Panevėžys stadiumArtificial660
FK Riteriai Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial5,067111st in I Lyga
FA Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural3,01747th
Gytariai StadiumArtificial500
Sportima Arena Artificial3,157
Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural6,523239th
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 52 months agoUEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Mergen Orazov 3 months agoUEFA Pro
FC Džiugas Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Lipskis 21 months agoUEFA A
FC Hegelmann Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Skerla 57 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Eivinas Černiauskas 10 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys Flag of Germany.svg Roland Vrabec 9 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Riteriai Flag of Cyprus.svg Nicolas Vitorović 7 months agoUEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Flag of Latvia.svg Dainis Kazakevičs 9 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Flag of Lithuania.svg Donatas Vencevičius 9 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Cheburin 56 months agoUEFA Pro

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Kauno Žalgiris (X)3120836020+4068Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hegelmann 3118494736+1158Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Žalgiris 31141074635+1152
4 Sūduva 31131264231+1151
5 Šiauliai 3114895342+1150
6 Panevėžys 31126134541+442Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round [a]
7 Džiugas 31125142934−541
8 Banga 3196162531−633
9 Riteriai 3146213067−3718Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 Dainava 3137212464−4016Relegation to the 2026 I Lyga
Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 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.
(X) ?
Notes:
  1. ↑ Panevėžys qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2025 Lithuanian Football Cup.

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 2–10–12–00–21–11–31–20–12–02 Nov0–10–10–018 Oct2–01–00–10–2
Dainava 2–10–22–21–31–31–11–20–30–10–50–226 Oct0–10–38 Nov0–32–218 Oct
Džiugas 0–12–00–20–11–12–10–11–11–10–01–10–11–226 Oct2 Nov1–318 Oct1–2
Hegelmann 2–03–21–01–22–12–11–00–22–10–00–123 Oct1–13–13–05–28 Nov2–2
Kauno Žalgiris 0–14–01–23–13–03–13–00–03–08 Nov3–02–12–12 Nov6–117 Oct1–122 Oct
Panevėžys 1–12–00–13–00–23–01–32–02–41–03–10–10–11–022 Oct2–01–28 Nov
Riteriai 1–20–20–12–40–03–11–03–43–327 Oct2–10–217 Oct1–51–30–20–00–2
Šiauliai 3–02–25–00–32–32–12–22–22–022 Oct3–18 Nov0–12–23–32–12–12–2
Sūduva 1–01–01–04–00–00–04–11–12–22–123 Oct2–32–127 Oct1–10–02 Nov1–3
Žalgiris 1–11–12–10–10–02–32–00–03–01–01–12–02 Nov1–22–12–126 Oct1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 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.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 October 2025
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Lithuania.svg Eligijus Jankauskas Šiauliai 15
2 Flag of Cameroon.svg Abdel Kader Njoya Hegelmann 12
Flag of Serbia.svg Milan Đokić Šiauliai
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Amine Benchaib Kauno Žalgiris
5 Flag of Serbia.svg Dejan Georgijević Kauno Žalgiris 11
6 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Kurcev Džiugas 10
7 Flag of Lithuania.svg Nauris Petkevičius Sūduva 8
8 Flag of Lithuania.svg Meinardas Mikulėnas Riteriai 7
Flag of Romania.svg Liviu Antal Žalgiris
10 Flag of Poland.svg Krystian Okoniewski Dainava 6

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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