A Lyga
Season2024
Dates1 March – TBA 2024
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The 2024 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, is the 35th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 1 March 2024.[1][2]

The winners qualify for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed teams qualify for the 2025–26 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team qualify for the A Lyga play-off. The bottom-placed team are 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. TransInvest were promoted as champions of the 2023 LFF I Lyga, replacing the 2023 A Lyga bottom-placed team (Riteriai).[3] Panevėžys entered the season as defending champions.

2024 A Lyga is located in Lithuania
Džiugas
FA Šiauliai
Panevėžys
Banga
Hegelmann
Kauno Žalgiris
TransInvest
Žalgiris
Sūduva
Dainava
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

Team Coach Appointed Licence
FK Banga Portugal David Afonso 33 months ago UEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Belarus Syarhey Kuznyatsow 22 months ago UEFA A
FC Džiugas Portugal João Prates 32 months ago UEFA Pro
FC Hegelmann Lithuania Andrius Skerla 38 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) 5 months ago
FK Panevėžys Italy Gino Lettieri 17 months ago UEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Lithuania Mindaugas Čepas 39 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Lithuania Dovydas Lastauskas 13 months ago
FK TransINVEST Lithuania Giedrius Barevicius
FK Žalgiris Kazakhstan Vladimir Cheburin 38 months ago UEFA Pro

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Žalgiris 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Džiugas 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Hegelmann 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
4 TransINVEST 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
5 Sūduva 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
6 Banga 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
7 Panevėžys 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
8 Šiauliai 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
9 Kauno Žalgiris 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 Dainava 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 Relegation to I Lyga
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2024. 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 SIA SUD TRA ZAL BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN SIA SUD TRA ZAL
Banga 1–1
Dainava 0–1
Džiugas 0–0
Hegelmann 2–3
Kauno Žalgiris 1–2
Panevėžys 0–0
Šiauliai 0–0
Sūduva 0–0
TransINVEST 0–1
Žalgiris 3–3
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2024. 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 2024 LFF I Lyga for the final place in the following season's A Lyga.

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.

External links

A Lyga seasons
2024 in Lithuanian football
2023–24 in European men's football (UEFA)
2024–25 in European men's football (UEFA)
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