2024 A Lyga Explained

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Competition:A Lyga
Season:2024
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup2:Conference League
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

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 competitors
ClubLocationStadiumSurfaceSeasons
in A Lyga
Position
in 2023
GargždaiGargždai StadiumArtificial2,32311
AlytusAlytus StadiumNatural3,72613
MarijampolėArtificial2,660
TelšiaiTelšiai Central StadiumNatural2,3204
Ateitis Progymnasium StadiumArtificial300
KaunasLFF Kaunas Training Center StadiumArtificial5004
KaunasDarius and Girėnas StadiumHybrid15,31510
AkademijaVDU StadiumArtificial1,000
PanevėžysAukštaitija StadiumNatural6,6006
Žemyna Progymnasium StadiumArtificial620
ŠiauliaiSavivaldybė StadiumNatural4,0003
Gytariai StadiumArtificial500
MarijampolėMarijampolė Football ArenaNatural6,25022
Artificial2,660
VilniusŠirvintų miesto stadionas1,0000
VilniusLFF StadiumArtificial5,06723
Sportima ArenaArtificial3,157

Managers

Team CoachAppointedLicence
FK Banga David AfonsoUEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Syarhey KuznyatsowUEFA A
FC Džiugas João PratesUEFA Pro
FC Hegelmann Andrius SkerlaUEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker)
FK Panevėžys Gino LettieriUEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Mindaugas ČepasUEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Dovydas Lastauskas
FK TransINVEST Giedrius Barevičius
FK Žalgiris Vladimir CheburinUEFA Pro

League table

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas. lietuvosfutbolas.lt. lt.
  2. Web site: 2024 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys. alyga.lt. lt.
  3. Web site: Lietuvos taurės čempionai: ryžtingesni A lygos naujokai negu įprasta . Delfi sportas . 24 February 2024 . lt . 2 March 2024.