2010 A Lyga

A Lyga
Season 2010
Champions Ekranas
6th title
Relegated Atletas Kaunas
Champions League Ekranas
Europa League Sūduva Marijampolė
Tauras Tauragė
Banga Gargždai
Baltic League Ekranas
Sūduva Marijampolė
Žalgiris Vilnius
Tauras Tauragė
Šiauliai
Matches played 135
Goals scored 370 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Povilas Lukšys (16 goals)
Biggest home win Sūduva 7–0 Klaipėda
Biggest away win Klaipėda 0–7 Šiauliai
Highest scoring Klaipėda 1–6 Sūduva
Sūduva 7–0 Klaipėda
Klaipėda 0–7 Šiauliai
2009
2011

The 2010 Lithuanian A Lyga was the 21st season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season began on 20 March 2010 and ended on 14 November 2010. Ekranas were the defending champions and retained the title. This was their sixth league title and third in a row.

Teams

Stadia, locations and coaches

Location of teams in the 2010 A Lyga
Club Location Stadium Capacity Current manager
AtletasKaunas S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium 9,180 Lithuania Saulius Širmelis
BangaGargždai Gargždai Stadium 1,800 Lithuania Arminas Narbekovas
EkranasPanevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium 4,000 Lithuania Valdas Urbonas
KlaipėdaKlaipėda Žalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda) 5,000 Lithuania Saulius Mikalajūnas
KruojaPakruojis Pakruojis City Stadium 2,000 Lithuania Albertas Klimavičius
MažeikiaiMažeikiai Sports Centre Stadium 2,300 Lithuania Nerijus Gudaitis
SūduvaMarijampolė Sūduva Stadium 6,260 Lithuania Donatas Vencevičius
ŠiauliaiŠiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium 3,000 Lithuania Deivis Kančelskis
TaurasTauragė Vytauto Stadium 1,600 Lithuania Gedeminas Jarmalavičius
VėtraVilnius Vėtra Stadium 5,300 Lithuania Virginijus Liubšys
ŽalgirisVilnius Žalgiris Stadium 15,030 Lithuania Igoris Pankratjevas

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Ekranas (C) 27 20 3 4 64 19+45 63 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Sūduva 27 16 8 3 56 16+40 56 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round SŪD: 3 pts, 1-1
ŽAL: 3 pts, 1–1
3 Žalgiris 27 16 8 3 47 16+31 56
4 Tauras 27 14 5 8 41 27+14 47 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
5 Šiauliai 27 11 8 8 37 28+9 41rowspan=1 style="background-color:white;"|
6 Banga 27 10 9 8 34 30+4 39 2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 2
7 Kruoja 27 8 11 8 41 454 35rowspan=3 style="background-color:white;"|
8 Klaipėda 27 3 6 18 19 7455 15
9 Mažeikiai 27 2 6 19 17 5942 12
10 Atletas 27 0 6 21 14 5642 03 Relegation to 2011 I Lyga
Vėtra 16 8 6 2 30 13+17 214 Expelled from competition, disbanded 4

Source: www2.omnitel.net
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1Žalgiris were denied a licence for UEFA competitions, so Tauras inherited their UEFA Europa League spot.
2Banga were the runners-up of the 2010–11 Lithuanian Football Cup competition to Ekranas. Since Ekranas is qualified for Champions League, Banga entered the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League as cup runners-up.
3Atletas were deducted 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process.[1]
4Vėtra were deducted 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process together with Atletas.[1] They were later deducted 3 more points due to debt to former player Almir Sulejmanovič.[2] After round 17 Vėtra were expelled from championship due to financial troubles. All their results were annulled.[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Every team will play each other three times for a total of 30 games.[4]

Note: All Vėtra results listed below were annulled after the club was expelled from championship. They are listed here for information purposes. Matches which were to be competed after Vėtra's exemption have been shaded.

First and second rounds

Home ╲ Away[1] ATL BAN EKRKLAKRUMAŽSŪDŠIATAUVĖTŽAL
Atletas 00 03 01 12 12 05 12 01 03 02
Banga 30 03 11 03 21 02 21 21 11 11
Ekranas 10 00 21 41 50 11 31 41 32 30
Klaipėda 10 03 14 12 22 16 02 23 13 03
Kruoja 11 23 02 11 10 02 33 33 11 11
Mažeikiai 22 22 02 11 02 12 01 13 14 01
Sūduva 31 00 11 40 21 30 11 31 00
Šiauliai 11 10 12 21 22 21 00 01 00 13
Tauras 20 20 21 20 40 00 01 00 00 11
Vėtra 00 21 11 30 30 31 31
Žalgiris 41 20 01 30 31 60 11 10 10 21

Source: www2.omnitel.net
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home ╲ Away[1] ATL BAN EKRKLAKRUMAŽSŪDŠIATAUVĖTŽAL
Atletas 05 23 01 14 01
Banga 10 61 01 11
Ekranas 23 50 32 21
Klaipėda 11 11 07 04
Kruoja 11 20 22 22
Mažeikiai 11 03 10 13 03
Sūduva 10 20 70 12 01
Šiauliai 11 10 01 20
Tauras 02 02 50 22 21
Vėtra
Žalgiris 30 10 20 00 10

Updated to games played on 7 November 2010.
Source: www2.omnitel.net
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Including matches played on 14 November 2010; Source: Lietuvos futbolo statistika

Top goalscorers

Pos. Player Club Goals
1 Lithuania Povilas Lukšys Sūduva 16
2 Latvia Vits Rimkus Ekranas 15
3 Lithuania Dominykas Galkevičius Ekranas 12
4 Lithuania Artūras Jeršovas Žalgiris 11
5 Lithuania Andrius Urbšys Sūduva 10
6 Lithuania Aurelijus Staponka Banga 9
7 Lithuania Egidijus Varnas Ekranas 8
Lithuania Tautvydas Švelna Kruoja 8
Ukraine Viktor Raskov Šiauliai 8
10 Lithuania Ramūnas Radavičius Ekranas 7
Lithuania Mantas Kuklys Šiauliai 7
12 3 players 6
15 9 players 5
24 13 players 4
37 18 players 3
55 23 players 2
78 37 players 1
Own goals 7
Total: 370
Games: 135
Average: 2.74

References