2013 A Lyga

{{refimprove|date=October 2013}}

{{Infobox football league season

| image =

| pixels =

| caption =

| competition = A Lyga

| season = 2013

| winners = VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius

| premiers =

| promoted =

| relegated = Tauras

| Dissolved =

| continentalcup1 = Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius (second qualifying round)

| continentalcup2 = Europa League

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = FK Atlantas, FK Ekranas (first qualifying round)

| continentalcup3 = Baltic League

| continentalcup3 qualifiers =

| matches = 144

| total goals = 443

| average goals =

| league topscorer = {{flagicon|LTU}} Nerijus Valskis
(FK Sūduva – 27 goals)

| biggest home win = VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius 7-0 FK Dainava

| biggest away win = FK Tauras 0-7 VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius

| highest scoring = FK Ekranas 6-2 FK Kruoja

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| attendance = 99,140

| average attendance = 688

| prevseason = 2012

| nextseason = 2014

| extra information =

}}

The 2013 A Lyga, also known as SMSCredit.lt A Lyga for sponsoring purposes,{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}} is the 24th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season started on 9 March 2013 and ended on 10 November 2013. FK Ekranas were the defending champions.

Changes from 2012

The league changed its number of teams for the fourth time in a row, reducing it from ten teams in 2012 A Lyga to nine sides. As a consequence, the schedule reduced from 36 to 32 matches per team, with each team playing every other team four times in total, twice at home and twice away.

= Stadiums and locations =

{{Location map+|Lithuania|float=right|width=350|caption=Location of teams in the 2013 A Lyga|places=

{{Location map~|Lithuania|lat=55.71|long=21.13|label=Atlantas|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Lithuania|lat=55.702778|long=21.403333|label=Banga}}

{{Location map~|Lithuania|lat=54.4 |long=24.05|label=Dainava}}

{{Location map~|Lithuania|lat=55.733333|long=24.35|label=Ekranas}}

{{Location map~|Lithuania|lat=55.97|long=23.85|label=Kruoja}}

{{Location map~|Lithuania|lat=54.683333|long=25.283333|label=Žalgiris}}

{{Location map~|Lithuania|lat=55.933333|long=23.316667|label=Šiauliai|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Lithuania|lat=54.566667|long=23.35|label=Sūduva}}

{{Location map~|Lithuania|lat=55.25|long=22.283333|label=Tauras}}

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Club

!Location

!Stadium

!2012 season

style="text-align:left;"|FK Atlantas

| Klaipėda

| Žalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda)

| {{sort|09|8th}}

style="text-align:left;"|FK Banga Gargždai

| Gargždai

| Gargždai Stadium

| {{sort|06|6th}}

style="text-align:left;"|FK Dainava Alytus

| Alytus

| Alytus Stadium

| {{sort|08|7th}}

style="text-align:left;"|FK Ekranas

| Panevėžys

| Aukštaitija Stadium

| {{sort|01|1st}}

style="text-align:left;"|FK Kruoja Pakruojis

| Pakruojis

| Pakruojis Stadium

| {{sort|05|4th}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{sort|Suduva|FK Sūduva Marijampolė}}

| Marijampolė

| ARVI Football Arena

| {{sort|03|3rd}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{sort|Sziauliai|FK Šiauliai}}

| Šiauliai

| Savivaldybė Stadium

| {{sort|04|5th}}

style="text-align:left;"|FK Tauras Tauragė

| Tauragė

| Vytauto Stadium

| {{sort|07|9th}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{sort|Zalgiris|VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius}}

| Vilnius

| LFF Stadium

| {{sort|02|2nd}}

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=ŽAL|name_ŽAL=Žalgiris

|team2=ATL|name_ATL=Atlantas

|team3=EKR|name_EKR=Ekranas

|team4=SŪD|name_SŪD=Sūduva

|team5=KRU|name_KRU=Kruoja

|team6=BAN|name_BAN=Banga

|team7=ŠIA|name_ŠIA=Šiauliai

|team8=DAI|name_DAI=Dainava

|team9=TAU|name_TAU=Tauras

|win_ŽAL=22|draw_ŽAL=7|loss_ŽAL=3|gf_ŽAL=77|ga_ŽAL=19|status_ŽAL=C

|win_ATL=22|draw_ATL=5|loss_ATL=5|gf_ATL=64|ga_ATL=23

|win_EKR=20|draw_EKR=4|loss_EKR=8|gf_EKR=58|ga_EKR=34

|win_SŪD=18|draw_SŪD=8|loss_SŪD=6|gf_SŪD=73|ga_SŪD=33

|win_KRU=13|draw_KRU=9|loss_KRU=10|gf_KRU=46|ga_KRU=47

|win_BAN=10|draw_BAN=5|loss_BAN=17|gf_BAN=39|ga_BAN=56

|win_ŠIA=6|draw_ŠIA=7|loss_ŠIA=19|gf_ŠIA=34|ga_ŠIA=65

|win_DAI=4|draw_DAI=5|loss_DAI=23|gf_DAI=27|ga_DAI=74

|win_TAU=3|draw_TAU=2|loss_TAU=27|gf_TAU=25|ga_TAU=92|status_TAU=R

|col_CL2=green1|text_CL2=Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round

|result1=CL2

|col_EL1=blue1|text_EL1=Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round

|col_EL1QCR=blue1|text_EL1QCR=Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round

|note_res_EL1QCR=The runners-up of the 2013–14 Lithuanian Football Cup competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

|result2=EL1|result3=EL1|result6=EL1QCR

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to I Lyga

|result9=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/ltu/domestic/league/1065/ UEFA.com] [http://www.lff.lt/lt/a_lyga LFF.lt]

}}

Results

{{Col-start}}

{{Col-2}}

= First half of season =

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=ATL|team2=BAN|team3=DAI|team4=EKR|team5=KRU

|team6=SŪD|team7=ŠIA|team8=TAU|team9=ŽAL

|name_ATL=Atlantas

|match_ATL_BAN=3–0

|match_ATL_DAI=6–1

|match_ATL_EKR=1–1

|match_ATL_KRU=2–0

|match_ATL_SŪD=2–2

|match_ATL_ŠIA=1–3

|match_ATL_TAU=4–0

|match_ATL_ŽAL=0–1

|name_BAN=Banga

|match_BAN_ATL=0–1

|match_BAN_DAI=4–1

|match_BAN_EKR=0–2

|match_BAN_KRU=0–0

|match_BAN_SŪD=1–2

|match_BAN_ŠIA=1–1

|match_BAN_TAU=2–0

|match_BAN_ŽAL=1–5

|name_DAI=FK Dainava

|match_DAI_ATL=1–2

|match_DAI_BAN=3–0

|match_DAI_EKR=1–3

|match_DAI_KRU=1–1

|match_DAI_SŪD=1–3

|match_DAI_ŠIA=1–2

|match_DAI_TAU=2–1

|match_DAI_ŽAL=0–3

|name_EKR=Ekranas

|match_EKR_ATL=1–2

|match_EKR_BAN=4–1

|match_EKR_DAI=2–1

|match_EKR_KRU=6–2

|match_EKR_SŪD=2–2

|match_EKR_ŠIA=2–1

|match_EKR_TAU=2–1

|match_EKR_ŽAL=0–3

|name_KRU=Kruoja

|match_KRU_ATL=2–0

|match_KRU_BAN=4–0

|match_KRU_DAI=2–0

|match_KRU_EKR=0–1

|match_KRU_SŪD=0–2

|match_KRU_ŠIA=1–1

|match_KRU_TAU=2–3

|match_KRU_ŽAL=0–0

|name_SŪD=Sūduva

|match_SŪD_ATL=0–1

|match_SŪD_BAN=2–1

|match_SŪD_DAI=4–0

|match_SŪD_EKR=0–1

|match_SŪD_KRU=0–1

|match_SŪD_ŠIA=0–0

|match_SŪD_TAU=3–0

|match_SŪD_ŽAL=0–5

|name_ŠIA=Šiauliai

|match_ŠIA_ATL=0–1

|match_ŠIA_BAN=1–4

|match_ŠIA_DAI=1–5

|match_ŠIA_EKR=1–4

|match_ŠIA_KRU=3–4

|match_ŠIA_SŪD=1–1

|match_ŠIA_TAU=4–2

|match_ŠIA_ŽAL=1–1

|name_TAU=Tauras

|match_TAU_ATL=0–1

|match_TAU_BAN=1–4

|match_TAU_DAI=0–0

|match_TAU_EKR=0–3

|match_TAU_KRU=1–2

|match_TAU_SŪD=1–6

|match_TAU_ŠIA=0–2

|match_TAU_ŽAL=0–7

|name_ŽAL=Žalgiris

|match_ŽAL_ATL=1–2

|match_ŽAL_BAN=4–2

|match_ŽAL_DAI=7–0

|match_ŽAL_EKR=2–0

|match_ŽAL_KRU=4–0

|match_ŽAL_SŪD=2–0

|match_ŽAL_ŠIA=1–0

|match_ŽAL_TAU=1–0

|source=[https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/ltu/domestic/league/1065/ UEFA.com]

|update=complete

}}

{{Col-2}}

= Second half of season =

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=ATL|team2=BAN|team3=DAI|team4=EKR|team5=KRU

|team6=SŪD|team7=ŠIA|team8=TAU|team9=ŽAL

|name_ATL=Atlantas

|match_ATL_BAN=1–1

|match_ATL_DAI=4–1

|match_ATL_EKR=1–0

|match_ATL_KRU=3–1

|match_ATL_SŪD=3–2

|match_ATL_ŠIA=3–0

|match_ATL_TAU=3–0

|match_ATL_ŽAL=3–1

|name_BAN=Banga

|match_BAN_ATL=0–0

|match_BAN_DAI=2–1

|match_BAN_EKR=1–2

|match_BAN_KRU=1–3

|match_BAN_SŪD=0–3

|match_BAN_ŠIA=3–0

|match_BAN_TAU=5–0

|match_BAN_ŽAL=1–1

|name_DAI=FK Dainava

|match_DAI_ATL=0–5

|match_DAI_BAN=0–1

|match_DAI_EKR=0–3

|match_DAI_KRU=1–1

|match_DAI_SŪD=0–5

|match_DAI_ŠIA=0–1

|match_DAI_TAU=1–3

|match_DAI_ŽAL=0–1

|name_EKR=Ekranas

|match_EKR_ATL=1–0

|match_EKR_BAN=2–0

|match_EKR_DAI=2–1

|match_EKR_KRU=1–3

|match_EKR_SŪD=1–3

|match_EKR_ŠIA=3–1

|match_EKR_TAU=5–0

|match_EKR_ŽAL=1–1

|name_KRU=Kruoja

|match_KRU_ATL=1–2

|match_KRU_BAN=1–0

|match_KRU_DAI=0–0

|match_KRU_EKR=1–0

|match_KRU_SŪD=2–4

|match_KRU_ŠIA=0–0

|match_KRU_TAU=2–1

|match_KRU_ŽAL=0–0

|name_SŪD=Sūduva

|match_SŪD_ATL=1–1

|match_SŪD_BAN=2–0

|match_SŪD_DAI=4–0

|match_SŪD_EKR=0–0

|match_SŪD_KRU=4–0

|match_SŪD_ŠIA=3–0

|match_SŪD_TAU=3–1

|match_SŪD_ŽAL=1–1

|name_ŠIA=Šiauliai

|match_ŠIA_ATL=0–1

|match_ŠIA_BAN=0–1

|match_ŠIA_DAI=0–0

|match_ŠIA_EKR=1–2

|match_ŠIA_KRU=2–5

|match_ŠIA_SŪD=1–5

|match_ŠIA_TAU=3–1

|match_ŠIA_ŽAL=2–4

|name_TAU=Tauras

|match_TAU_ATL=0–5

|match_TAU_BAN=1–2

|match_TAU_DAI=0–4

|match_TAU_EKR=0–1

|match_TAU_KRU=2–3

|match_TAU_SŪD=3–3

|match_TAU_ŠIA=3–1

|match_TAU_ŽAL=0–3

|name_ŽAL=Žalgiris

|match_ŽAL_ATL=1–0

|match_ŽAL_BAN=5–0

|match_ŽAL_DAI=1–0

|match_ŽAL_EKR=3–0

|match_ŽAL_KRU=2–2

|match_ŽAL_SŪD=1–3

|match_ŽAL_ŠIA=2–0

|match_ŽAL_TAU=3–0

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/ltu/domestic/league/1065/ UEFA.com]

}}

{{Col-end}}

Top goalscorers

class="wikitable"
Pos.

!Player

!Club

!Goals{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/lithuania/a-lyga/2013/regular-season/r20690/|publisher=Soccerway|title=A Lyga}}

align="center"|1

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Nerijus Valskis

| FK Sūduva

| align="center"|27

align="center" rowspan="2"|2

| {{flagicon|POL}} Kamil Biliński

| VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius

| align="center" rowspan="2"|21

{{flagicon|LTU}} Evaldas Razulis

| FK Atlantas

align="center" rowspan="1"|3

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Aurelijus Staponka

| FK Banga Gargždai

| align="center" rowspan="1"|14

align="center" rowspan="2"|4

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Arsenij Buinickij

| Ekranas

| align="center" rowspan="2"|13

{{flagicon|LTU}} Ričardas Beniušis

| FK Kruoja Pakruojis

align="center"|5

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Mantas Kuklys

| VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius

| align="center"|11

References

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{{A Lyga seasons}}

{{2012–13 in European football (UEFA)}}

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