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2024 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season2024
Dates1 March – 9 November 2024
ChampionsŽalgiris
RelegatedTransINVEST
Champions LeagueŽalgiris
Conference LeagueBanga
Hegelmann
Kauno Žalgiris
Top goalscorerLiviu 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]

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. The bottom-placed team (TransINVEST) were relegated to the 2025 LFF I Lyga.

Teams

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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
Club Location Stadium Surface Capacity Seasons
in A Lyga 		Position
in 2023
Banga Gargždai Gargždai Stadium Artificial 2,323 11 6th
DFK Dainava Alytus Alytus Stadium Natural 3,726 13 8th
Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial 2,660
Džiugas Telšiai Telšiai Central Stadium Natural 2,320 4 9th
Ateitis Progymnasium Stadium Artificial 300
Hegelmann Kaunas LFF Kaunas Training Center Stadium Artificial 500 4 5th
Kauno Žalgiris Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid 15,315 10 4th
Akademija VDU Stadium Artificial 1,000
Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural 6,600 6 1st
Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium Artificial 620
FA Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural 4,000 3 3rd
Gytariai Stadium Artificial 500
Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural 6,250 22 7th
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial 2,660
TransINVEST Vilnius Širvintų miesto stadionas 1,000 0 1st in I Lyga
Žalgiris Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial 5,067 23 2nd
Sportima Arena Artificial 3,157

Managers

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Team Coach Appointed Licence
FK Banga Portugal David Afonso 41 months ago UEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Belarus Syarhey Kuznyatsow 30 months ago UEFA A
FC Džiugas Lithuania Andrius Lipskis 10 months ago UEFA A
FC Hegelmann Lithuania Andrius Skerla 46 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania Saulius Širmelis 5 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys Belgium Stijn Vreven 5 months ago UEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Lithuania Mindaugas Čepas 47 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Lithuania Dovydas Lastauskas 21 months ago UEFA Pro
FK TransINVEST Lithuania Marius Stankevičius 2 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Kazakhstan Vladimir Cheburin 46 months ago UEFA Pro

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Žalgiris (C) 36 24 7 5 76 31 45 79 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hegelmann 36 19 10 7 60 40 20 67 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[a]
3 Kauno Žalgiris 36 15 9 12 43 40 3 54
4 Dainava 36 12 9 15 33 40 −7 45
5 Banga 36 10 13 13 37 46 −9 43 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[a]
6 Džiugas 36 11 9 16 33 48 −15 42[b]
7 Šiauliai 36 10 12 14 39 50 −11 42[b]
8 Panevėžys 36 9 14 13 34 40 −6 41
9 Sūduva 36 9 12 15 33 38 −5 39 Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 TransINVEST (R) 36 11 5 20 35 50 −15 38 Relegation to 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; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Banga qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Džiugas 8, Šiauliai 2.


Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN SIA SUD TRA ZAL BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN SIA SUD TRA ZAL
Banga 0–3 0–2 2–4 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–2
Dainava 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 0–1 0–5
Džiugas 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 3–3 2–2 1–0 0–3 1–0
Hegelmann 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–2 3–2 2–3 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–1
Kauno Žalgiris 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–4 2–0 1–0
Panevėžys 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–0
Šiauliai 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–3
Sūduva 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1
TransINVEST 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 1–3 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1
Žalgiris 2–2 4–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–4 3–1 4–0 2–0
Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

A Lyga play-off

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The ninth-placed club (Sūduva) will face the second-placed club from the 2024 LFF I Lyga (Be1 NFA) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the following season's A Lyga.

First leg

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17 November 2024 Be1 NFA v Sūduva Kaunas
12:30 BST Stadium: NFA Stadium

Second leg

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23 November 2024 Sūduva v Be1 NFA Marijampolė
13:00 BST Stadium: Sūduva Stadium

See also

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References

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  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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