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
in A Lyga

! Position
in 2023

{{sort|Banga|Banga}}

| Gargždai

| Gargždai Stadium

| Artificial

| 2,323

| 11

| {{sort|6|6th}}

rowspan=2 | {{nowrap|{{sort|Dainava|DFK Dainava}}}}

| Alytus

| Alytus Stadium

| 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

| Telšiai Central Stadium

| 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}}}}

|Kaunas

| Darius and Girėnas Stadium

| 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

| Aukštaitija Stadium

| 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

| Savivaldybė Stadium

| Natural

| 4,000

|rowspan=2| 3

|rowspan=2 | {{sort|3|3rd}}

Gytariai Stadium

| Artificial

| 500

rowspan=2 | {{sort|Suduva|Sūduva}}

|rowspan=2 | Marijampolė

| Marijampolė Football Arena

| 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

| LFF Stadium

| 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

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

|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

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