2025 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season2025
Dates28 February 2025 – TBD
Matches played11
Goals scored39 (3.55 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.

Riteriai were promoted as champions of the 2024 LFF I Lyga, replacing 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
Ateitis Progymnasium StadiumArtificial300
Hegelmann Kaunas LFF Kaunas Training Center StadiumArtificial50052nd
Kauno Žalgiris Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid15,315113rd
Akademija VDU StadiumArtificial1,000
Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural6,60078th
Žemyna Progymnasium StadiumArtificial620
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.svg David Afonso 46 months agoUEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Flag of Belarus.svg Syarhey Kuznyatsow 34 months agoUEFA A
FC Džiugas Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Lipskis 14 months agoUEFA A
FC Hegelmann Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Skerla 51 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Saulius Širmelis 9 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stijn Vreven 10 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Riteriai Flag of Cyprus.svg Nicolas Vitorović 49 days agoUEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Flag of Lithuania.svg Mindaugas Čepas 52 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Flag of Lithuania.svg Dovydas Lastauskas 26 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Cheburin 50 months agoUEFA Pro

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Sūduva 540175+212Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hegelmann 430154+19Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Žalgiris 422075+28
4 Kauno Žalgiris 421175+27
5 Džiugas 420254+16
6 Banga 412143+15
7 Šiauliai 41127704
8 Panevėžys 411256−14
9 Riteriai 402279−22Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 Dainava 501439−61Relegation to the I Lyga
Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 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 20 APR16 APR2–030 JUN23 MAY12 APR5 APR11 MAY3 MAY
Dainava 24 JUN0–214 JUN1–316 APR26 APR11 MAY16 MAY0–1
Džiugas 19 JUN3 MAY6 APR9 MAY13 JUN25 JUN26 APR25 MAY31 MAY
Hegelmann 31 MAY12 APR17 MAY19 JUN2–12–11–030 JUN20 APR
Kauno Žalgiris 27 APR30 MAY1–216 APR24 JUN4 MAY23 MAY12 APR18 MAY
Panevėžys 1–119 JUN12 APR10 MAY18 APR17 MAY1–32–029 JUN
Riteriai 15 JUN29 JUN19 APR25 MAY0–05 APR19 JUN3–43–3
Šiauliai 18 MAY2–229 JUN2 MAY2–31 JUN16 APR25 JUN12 APR
Sūduva 1–01–01–027 APR13 JUN4 MAY1 JUN19 APR19 JUN
Žalgiris 1–124 MAY2–124 JUN6 APR25 APR9 MAY13 JUN16 APR
Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2025. 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 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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