2024 A Lyga
{{Infobox football league season
| logo =
| pixels = 250
| caption =
| competition = A Lyga
| season = 2024
| dates = {{nowrap|1 March – 9 November 2024}}
| winners = Žalgiris
| relegated = TransINVEST
| matches =
| total goals =
| continentalcup1 = Champions League
| league topscorer = Liviu Antal (20 goals)
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Žalgiris
| continentalcup2 = Conference League
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Banga
Hegelmann
Kauno Žalgiris
| prevseason = 2023
| nextseason = 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.{{cite web|url=https://lietuvosfutbolas.lt/varzybos/vyru/a-lyga/|website=lietuvosfutbolas.lt|title=A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas|language=lt}}{{cite web|url=https://www.alyga.lt/naujiena/2024-metu-a-lygos-klubu-tarpsezonio-sudetys/8453|website=alyga.lt|title=2024 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys|language=lt}}
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, winning and retaining their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (TransINVEST) were 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. 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).{{cite web | title=Lietuvos taurės čempionai: ryžtingesni A lygos naujokai negu įprasta | website=Delfi sportas | date=24 February 2024 | url=https://www.delfi.lt/sportas/futbolas/lietuvos-taures-cempionai-ryztingesni-a-lygos-naujokai-negu-iprasta-95960495 | language=lt | access-date=2 March 2024}}
{{Location map+ |Lithuania |width=400 |float=right |caption=Locations of the 2024 A Lyga teams|places=
{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=55.9848 |long=22.2426 |label=Džiugas |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=55.9368 |long=23.2954 |label=FA Šiauliai |position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=55.7392 |long=24.3595 |label=Panevėžys |position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=55.7155 |long=21.4043 |label=Banga |position=right}}
{{location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.9149 |long=23.7727 |label=Hegelmann |position=top|link=FC Hegelmann}}
{{location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.8974 |long=23.9374 |label=Kauno Žalgiris |position=bottom|link=FK Kauno Žalgiris}}
{{location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.806 |long=25.166 |label=TransInvest |position=top}}
{{location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.6682 |long=25.2952 |label=Žalgiris |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.5746 |long=23.3647 |label=Sūduva |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.3921 |long=24.0548 |label=Dainava |position=bottom}}
}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
|+2024 A Lyga competitors |
Club
! Location ! Stadium ! Surface ! {{Abbr|Capacity|Seating capacity}} ! Seasons |
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{{sort|Banga|Banga}}
| Gargždai | Artificial | 2,323 | 11 | {{sort|6|6th}} |
rowspan=2 | {{nowrap|{{sort|Dainava|DFK Dainava}}}}
| Alytus | Natural | 3,726 |rowspan=2| 13 |rowspan=2 | {{sort|8|8th}} |
Marijampolė
| Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 |
rowspan=2 | {{sort|Dziugas|Džiugas}}
|rowspan=2 | Telšiai | Natural | 2,320 |rowspan=2| 4 |rowspan=2 | {{sort|9|9th}} |
Ateitis Progymnasium Stadium
| Artificial | 300 |
{{sort|Hegelmann|Hegelmann}}
| Kaunas | LFF Kaunas Training Center Stadium | Artificial | 500 | 4 |{{sort|5|5th}} |
rowspan=2 | {{nowrap|{{sort|Kauno Zalgiris|Kauno Žalgiris}}}}
| Hybrid | 15,315 |rowspan=2| 10 |rowspan=2| {{sort|4|4th}} |
Akademija
| VDU Stadium | Artificial | 1,000 |
rowspan=2 | {{sort|Panevezys|Panevėžys}}
|rowspan=2 | Panevėžys | Natural | 6,600 |rowspan=2| 6 |rowspan=2 | {{sort|1|1st}} |
Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium
| Artificial | 620 |
rowspan=2 | {{nowrap|{{sort|Siauliai|FA Šiauliai}}}}
|rowspan=2 | Šiauliai | Natural | 4,000 |rowspan=2| 3 |rowspan=2 | {{sort|3|3rd}} |
Gytariai Stadium
| Artificial | 500 |
rowspan=2 | {{sort|Suduva|Sūduva}}
|rowspan=2 | Marijampolė | Natural | 6,250 |rowspan=2| 22 |rowspan=2 | {{sort|7|7th}} |
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena
| Artificial | 2,660 |
{{sort|TransINVEST|TransINVEST}}
| Vilnius | Širvintų miesto stadionas | | 1,000 | 0 | {{sort|10|1st in I Lyga}} |
rowspan=2 | {{sort|Zalgiris|Žalgiris}}
|rowspan=2 | Vilnius | Artificial | 5,067 |rowspan=2| 23 |rowspan=2 | {{sort|2|2nd}} |
Sportima Arena
| Artificial | 3,157 |
= Managers =
class="wikitable sortable"
! Team ! Coach ! Appointed ! Licence |
FK Banga
| {{flagicon|POR}} David Afonso | {{Time ago|2021-6-3|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA Pro |
DFK Dainava
| {{flagicon|BLR}} Syarhey Kuznyatsow | {{Time ago|2022-5-11|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA A |
FC Džiugas
| {{flagicon|LTU}} Andrius Lipskis | {{Time ago|2024-1-10|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA A |
FC Hegelmann
| {{flagicon|LTU}} Andrius Skerla | {{Time ago|2021-1-2|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA Pro |
FK Kauno Žalgiris
| {{flagicon|LTU}} Saulius Širmelis | {{Time ago|2024-6-5|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA Pro |
FK Panevėžys
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Stijn Vreven | {{Time ago|2024-6-1|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA Pro |
FA Šiauliai
| {{Flagicon|Lithuania}} Mindaugas Čepas | {{Time ago|2020-12-1|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA Pro |
FK Sūduva
| {{flagicon|LTU}} Dovydas Lastauskas | {{Time ago|2023-2-1|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA Pro |
FK TransINVEST
| {{flagicon|LTU}} Marius Stankevičius | {{Time ago|2024-9-10|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA Pro |
FK Žalgiris
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Vladimir Cheburin | {{Time ago|2021-1-11|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|magnitude=months}} | UEFA Pro |
League table
|source=[https://alyga.lt/turnyrine-lentele/1 A Lyga], [https://uk.soccerway.com/national/lithuania/a-lyga/2024/regular-season/r79484/ Soccerway]
|team_order=ZAL, HEG, KAU, DAI, BAN, DZI, SIA, PAN, SUD, TRA
|hth_DZI=Head-to-head points: Džiugas 8, Šiauliai 2.
|hth_SIA=DZI
|result1=CL1Q |result2=ECL1Q |result3=ECL1Q |result5=ECL2Q |result9=RPO |result10=REL
|update=complete
|win_BAN=10|draw_BAN=13|loss_BAN=13|gf_BAN=37|ga_BAN=46
|win_DAI=12|draw_DAI=9 |loss_DAI=15|gf_DAI=33|ga_DAI=40
|win_DZI=11|draw_DZI=9 |loss_DZI=16|gf_DZI=33|ga_DZI=48
|win_HEG=19|draw_HEG=10|loss_HEG=7 |gf_HEG=60|ga_HEG=40
|win_KAU=15|draw_KAU=9 |loss_KAU=12|gf_KAU=43|ga_KAU=40
|win_PAN=9 |draw_PAN=14|loss_PAN=13|gf_PAN=34|ga_PAN=40
|win_SIA=10|draw_SIA=12|loss_SIA=14|gf_SIA=39|ga_SIA=50
|win_SUD=9 |draw_SUD=12|loss_SUD=15|gf_SUD=33|ga_SUD=38
|win_TRA=11|draw_TRA=5 |loss_TRA=20|gf_TRA=35|ga_TRA=50
|win_ZAL=24|draw_ZAL=7 |loss_ZAL=5 |gf_ZAL=76|ga_ZAL=31
|status_SUD=O
|status_TRA=R
|status_ZAL=C
|name_BAN=Banga
|name_DAI=Dainava
|name_DZI=Džiugas
|name_HEG=Hegelmann
|name_KAU=Kauno Žalgiris
|name_PAN=Panevėžys
|name_SIA=Šiauliai
|name_SUD=Sūduva
|name_TRA=TransINVEST
|name_ZAL=Žalgiris
|show_limit=5
|class_rules = 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.
|res_col_header=QR
|col_CL1Q=green1 |text_CL1Q=Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
|col_ECL2Q=yellow1 |text_ECL2Q={{nowrap|Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round}}
|col_ECL1Q=yellow2 |text_ECL1Q={{nowrap|Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round}}
|col_RPO=red2 |text_RPO=Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to the I Lyga
|note_res_ECL2Q=Banga qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup.}}
Fixtures and results
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|source=[https://alyga.lt/turnyrine-lentele/1 A Lyga], [https://uk.soccerway.com/national/lithuania/a-lyga/2024/regular-season/r79484/ Soccerway]
|update=complete
|matches_style=FBR
|solid_cell=grey
|legs=2
|team_order=BAN, DAI, DZI, HEG, KAU, PAN, SIA, SUD, TRA, ZAL
|name_BAN=Banga
|name_DAI=Dainava
|name_DZI=Džiugas
|name_HEG=Hegelmann
|name_KAU=Kauno Žalgiris
|name_PAN=Panevėžys
|name_SIA=Šiauliai
|name_SUD=Sūduva
|name_TRA=TransINVEST
|name_ZAL=Žalgiris
|match1_BAN_DAI=0–3
|match1_BAN_DZI=0–2
|match1_BAN_HEG=2–4
|match1_BAN_KAU=1–1
|match1_BAN_PAN=2–0
|match1_BAN_SIA=0–1
|match1_BAN_SUD=0–0
|match1_BAN_TRA=2–0
|match1_BAN_ZAL=1–4
|match1_DAI_BAN=2–2
|match1_DAI_DZI=0–0
|match1_DAI_HEG=0–2
|match1_DAI_KAU=0–0
|match1_DAI_PAN=0–0
|match1_DAI_SIA=2–2
|match1_DAI_SUD=0–1
|match1_DAI_TRA=1–0
|match1_DAI_ZAL=0–1
|match1_DZI_BAN=1–1
|match1_DZI_DAI=2–1
|match1_DZI_HEG=0–0
|match1_DZI_KAU=0–1
|match1_DZI_PAN=0–0
|match1_DZI_SIA=2–1
|match1_DZI_SUD=1–0
|match1_DZI_TRA=2–0
|match1_DZI_ZAL=0–4
|match1_HEG_BAN=2–2
|match1_HEG_DAI=0–1
|match1_HEG_DZI=2–1
|match1_HEG_KAU=0–1
|match1_HEG_PAN=4–2
|match1_HEG_SIA=2–2
|match1_HEG_SUD=3–2
|match1_HEG_TRA=2–3
|match1_HEG_ZAL=0–0
|match1_KAU_BAN=0–3
|match1_KAU_DAI=1–0
|match1_KAU_DZI=3–0
|match1_KAU_HEG=1–2
|match1_KAU_PAN=0–1
|match1_KAU_SIA=2–1
|match1_KAU_SUD=2–1
|match1_KAU_TRA=2–1
|match1_KAU_ZAL=0–1
|match1_PAN_BAN=0–1
|match1_PAN_DAI=0–0
|match1_PAN_DZI=0–0
|match1_PAN_HEG=0–2
|match1_PAN_KAU=0–0
|match1_PAN_SIA=2–0
|match1_PAN_SUD=1–0
|match1_PAN_TRA=1–1
|match1_PAN_ZAL=1–2
|match1_SIA_BAN=0–0
|match1_SIA_DAI=1–0
|match1_SIA_DZI=3–3
|match1_SIA_HEG=1–1
|match1_SIA_KAU=2–1
|match1_SIA_PAN=1–1
|match1_SIA_SUD=0–1
|match1_SIA_TRA=0–1
|match1_SIA_ZAL=1–2
|match1_SUD_BAN=1–0
|match1_SUD_DAI=0–1
|match1_SUD_DZI=0–1
|match1_SUD_HEG=0–1
|match1_SUD_KAU=2–2
|match1_SUD_PAN=1–0
|match1_SUD_SIA=0–0
|match1_SUD_TRA=0–1
|match1_SUD_ZAL=1–1
|match1_TRA_BAN=0–1
|match1_TRA_DAI=0–2
|match1_TRA_DZI=0–1
|match1_TRA_HEG=1–2
|match1_TRA_KAU=3–2
|match1_TRA_PAN=3–0
|match1_TRA_SIA=1–3
|match1_TRA_SUD=0–2
|match1_TRA_ZAL=1–3
|match1_ZAL_BAN=2–2
|match1_ZAL_DAI=4–0
|match1_ZAL_DZI=3–1
|match1_ZAL_HEG=1–3
|match1_ZAL_KAU=1–0
|match1_ZAL_PAN=2–1
|match1_ZAL_SIA=3–0
|match1_ZAL_SUD=3–3
|match1_ZAL_TRA=2–0
|match2_BAN_DAI=0–3
|match2_BAN_DZI=0–0
|match2_BAN_HEG=1–1
|match2_BAN_KAU=1–1
|match2_BAN_PAN=2–3
|match2_BAN_SIA=4–1
|match2_BAN_SUD=1–0
|match2_BAN_TRA=1–1
|match2_BAN_ZAL=0–2
|match2_DAI_BAN=3–1
|match2_DAI_DZI=3–1
|match2_DAI_HEG=0–1
|match2_DAI_KAU=0–1
|match2_DAI_PAN=1–1
|match2_DAI_SIA=3–2
|match2_DAI_SUD=0–3
|match2_DAI_TRA=0–1
|match2_DAI_ZAL=0–5
|match2_DZI_BAN=0–2
|match2_DZI_DAI=0–2
|match2_DZI_HEG=0–2
|match2_DZI_KAU=2–3
|match2_DZI_PAN=3–3
|match2_DZI_SIA=2–2
|match2_DZI_SUD=1–0
|match2_DZI_TRA=0–3
|match2_DZI_ZAL=1–0
|match2_HEG_BAN=3–0
|match2_HEG_DAI=1–2
|match2_HEG_DZI=1–0
|match2_HEG_KAU=1–1
|match2_HEG_PAN=2–2
|match2_HEG_SIA=0–0
|match2_HEG_SUD=2–1
|match2_HEG_TRA=4–1
|match2_HEG_ZAL=3–1
|match2_KAU_BAN=1–1
|match2_KAU_DAI=0–1
|match2_KAU_DZI=0–1
|match2_KAU_HEG=4–1
|match2_KAU_PAN=0–0
|match2_KAU_SIA=2–1
|match2_KAU_SUD=2–4
|match2_KAU_TRA=2–0
|match2_KAU_ZAL=1–0
|match2_PAN_BAN=0–1
|match2_PAN_DAI=2–0
|match2_PAN_DZI=1–0
|match2_PAN_HEG=0–1
|match2_PAN_KAU=1-2
|match2_PAN_SIA=1–3
|match2_PAN_SUD=0–0
|match2_PAN_TRA=2–1
|match2_PAN_ZAL=0–0
|match2_SIA_BAN=0–0
|match2_SIA_DAI=0–0
|match2_SIA_DZI=0–3
|match2_SIA_HEG=3–1
|match2_SIA_KAU=1-0
|match2_SIA_PAN=2–1
|match2_SIA_SUD=2–1
|match2_SIA_TRA=1–0
|match2_SIA_ZAL=1–3
|match2_SUD_BAN=2–0
|match2_SUD_DAI=0–0
|match2_SUD_DZI=2–1
|match2_SUD_HEG=0–1
|match2_SUD_KAU=1–1
|match2_SUD_PAN=1–3
|match2_SUD_SIA=0–0
|match2_SUD_TRA=0–0
|match2_SUD_ZAL=1–1
|match2_TRA_BAN=0–1
|match2_TRA_DAI=2–1
|match2_TRA_DZI=3–0
|match2_TRA_HEG=3–2
|match2_TRA_KAU=0–3
|match2_TRA_PAN=0–0
|match2_TRA_SIA=2–0
|match2_TRA_SUD=2-2
|match2_TRA_ZAL=0–1
|match2_ZAL_BAN=2–1
|match2_ZAL_DAI=3–1
|match2_ZAL_DZI=2–1
|match2_ZAL_HEG=1–1
|match2_ZAL_KAU=5–0
|match2_ZAL_PAN=2–4
|match2_ZAL_SIA=3–1
|match2_ZAL_SUD=4–0
|match2_ZAL_TRA=2–0
}}
A Lyga play-off
The ninth-placed club (Sūduva) faced the second-placed club from the 2024 LFF I Lyga (Be1 NFA) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 A Lyga.
=First leg=
{{football box collapsible
|date = 17 November 2024
|time = 12:30 BST
|team1 = Be1 NFA
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = Sūduva
|goals1 = {{abbr|Issah|Majeed Issah}} {{goal|13}}
Doké {{goal|79}}
|goals2 = {{abbr|Burba|Motiejus Burba}} {{goal|78}}
|stadium = NFA Stadium
|location = Kaunas
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Second leg=
{{football box collapsible
|date = 23 November 2024
|time = 13:00 BST
|team1 = Sūduva
|score = 1–0
|aggregatescore= 2–2
|aet = yes
|penaltyscore= 4–2
|report =
|team2 = Be1 NFA
|goals1 = Lawson {{goal|90+4|pen.}}
|penalties1 = Lawson {{pengoal}}
{{abbr|Burba|Motiejus Burba}} {{pengoal}}
{{abbr|Zingertas|Linas Zingertas}} {{pengoal}}
Maksimović {{pengoal}}
|penalties2 = {{abbr|Slendzoka|Domas Slendzoka}} {{penmiss}}
{{abbr|Dziugas|Martynas Dziugas}} {{pengoal}}
{{abbr|Paukstys|Skirmantas Paukstys}} {{pengoal}}
{{abbr|Sanokho|Sidy Mohamed Sanokho}} {{penmiss}}
|stadium = Sūduva Stadium
|location = Marijampolė
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.alyga.lt/}} {{in lang|lt|en}}
{{A Lyga seasons}}
{{2024 in Lithuanian football}}
{{2023–24 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{2024–25 in European football (UEFA)}}