2010 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
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Current manager |
---|---|---|---|---|
Atletas | Kaunas | S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium | 9,180 | Saulius Širmelis |
Banga | Gargždai | Gargždai Stadium | 1,800 | Arminas Narbekovas |
Ekranas | Panevėžys | Aukštaitija Stadium | 4,000 | Valdas Urbonas |
Klaipėda | Klaipėda | Žalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda) | 5,000 | Saulius Mikalajūnas |
Kruoja | Pakruojis | Pakruojis Stadium | 2,000 | Albertas Klimavičius |
Mažeikiai | Mažeikiai | Sports Centre Stadium | 2,300 | Nerijus Gudaitis |
Sūduva | Marijampolė | Sūduva Stadium | 6,260 | Donatas Vencevičius |
Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Savivaldybė Stadium | 3,000 | Deivis Kančelskis |
Tauras | Tauragė | Vytauto Stadium | 1,600 | Gedeminas Jarmalavičius |
Vėtra | Vilnius | Vėtra Stadium | 5,300 | Virginijus Liubšys |
Žalgiris | Vilnius | Žalgiris Stadium | 15,030 | Igoris Pankratjevas |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ekranas (C) | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Sūduva | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 16 | +40 | 56[a] | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
3 | Žalgiris | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 16 | +31 | 56[a] | |
4 | Tauras | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 47 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[b] |
5 | Šiauliai | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 41 | |
6 | Banga | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 39 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[c] |
7 | Kruoja | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 35 | |
8 | Klaipėda | 27 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 74 | −55 | 15 | |
9 | Mažeikiai | 27 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 59 | −42 | 12 | |
10 | Atletas | 27 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 56 | −42 | 0[d] | Relegation to I Lyga |
— | Vėtra | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 21[e] | Expelled from competition, disbanded[f] |
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ a b SŪD: 3 pts, 1-1; ŽAL: 3 pts, 1–1
- ^ Žalgiris were denied a licence for UEFA competitions, so Tauras inherited their UEFA Europa League spot.[citation needed]
- ^ Banga 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.
- ^ Atletas were docked 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process.[1]
- ^ Vėtra were docked 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process together with Atletas.[1] They were later docked 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]
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
Third round
Goalscorers
Including matches played on 14 November 2010; Source: Lietuvos futbolo statistika
Top goalscorers
Pos. | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Povilas Lukšys | Sūduva | 16 |
2 | Vits Rimkus | Ekranas | 15 |
3 | Dominykas Galkevičius | Ekranas | 12 |
4 | Artūras Jeršovas | Žalgiris | 11 |
5 | Andrius Urbšys | Sūduva | 10 |
6 | Aurelijus Staponka | Banga | 9 |
7 | Egidijus Varnas | Ekranas | 8 |
Tautvydas Švelna | Kruoja | 8 | |
Viktor Raskov | Šiauliai | 8 | |
10 | Ramūnas Radavičius | Ekranas | 7 |
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
- ^ a b Oficialu: “Vėtra” ir VMFD “Žalgiris” žais A lygoje, aukščiausiame divizione – 11 klubų (in Lithuanian)
- ^ FIFA ir toliau baudžia Vilniaus "Vėtrą" (in Lithuanian)
- ^ "Vėtra" šalinama iš A lygos pirmenybių Archived 27 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Lithuanian)
- ^ LFF: 3 ratų sistema – optimalus variantas (in Lithuanian)