2025 A Lyga
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 February 2025 – TBD |
| Matches played | 40 |
| Goals scored | 103 (2.58 per match) |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, is the 36th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 28 February 2025.[1][2]
Teams
[edit]The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the LFF I Lyga. Žalgiris entered the season as defending champions.
The promoted team was the 2024 LFF I Lyga champions Riteriai. They replaced the 2024 A Lyga bottom-placed team TransINVEST.[3]
Locations of the 2025 A Lyga teams
| Club | Location | Stadium | Surface | Capacity | Seasons in A Lyga |
Position in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banga | Gargždai | Gargždai Stadium | Artificial | 2,323 | 12 | 5th |
| DFK Dainava | Alytus | Alytus Stadium | Natural | 3,726 | 14 | 4th |
| Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 | |||
| Džiugas | Telšiai | Telšiai Central Stadium | Natural | 2,320 | 5 | 6th |
| ? | Artificial | ? | ||||
| Hegelmann | Kaunas | Raudondvaris Stadium | Artificial | 500 | 5 | 2nd |
| Kauno Žalgiris | Kaunas | Darius and Girėnas Stadium | Hybrid | 15,026 | 11 | 3rd |
| Akademija | VDU Stadium | Artificial | 1,000 | |||
| Panevėžys | Panevėžys | Aukštaitija Stadium | Natural | 6,600 | 7 | 8th |
| FA Panevėžys stadium | Artificial | 500 | ||||
| FK Riteriai | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 11 | 1st in I Lyga |
| FA Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Savivaldybė Stadium | Natural | 4,000 | 4 | 7th |
| Gytariai Stadium | Artificial | 500 | ||||
| Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 | ||||
| Sūduva | Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Arena | Natural | 6,250 | 23 | 9th |
| Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 | ||||
| Žalgiris | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 24 | 1st |
| Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 |
Managers
[edit]| Team | Coach | Appointed | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| FK Banga |  David Afonso
|
49 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| DFK Dainava |  Mergen Orazov
|
0 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FC Džiugas |  Andrius Lipskis
|
18 months ago | UEFA A |
| FC Hegelmann | Andrius Skerla
|
54 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Kauno Žalgiris | Eivinas Černiauskas
|
7 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Panevėžys |  Roland Vrabec
|
6 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Riteriai |  Nicolas Vitorović
|
4 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FA Šiauliai |  Dainis Kazakevičs
|
6 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Sūduva | Donatas Vencevičius
|
6 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Žalgiris |  Vladimir Cheburin
|
54 months ago | UEFA Pro |
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kauno Žalgiris | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 10 | +28 | 43 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Sūduva | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 37 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Hegelmann | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 37 | |
| 4 | Šiauliai | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 32 | |
| 5 | Džiugas | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 27 | |
| 6 | Žalgiris | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 25 | |
| 7 | Panevėžys | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 22 | |
| 8 | Banga | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 21 | |
| 9 | Riteriai | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 13 | Qualification for the A Lyga play-off |
| 10 | Dainava | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 10 | Relegation to the I Lyga |
Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2025. Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 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.
Rules for classification: 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.
Fixtures and results
[edit]A Lyga play-off
[edit]The ninth-placed team will face the second-placed team from the 2025 LFF I Lyga in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 A Lyga.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "2025 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "TransINVEST fail to avoid relegation in an end-of-season thriller". 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Lithuanian and English)