2009–10 Baltic League

The 2009–2010 Baltic League (known as the Triobet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) is a 16-team football tournament held in the Baltic states. Five top teams from each participating country – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – along with the winner of the 2008 season will play a 4 round and 2 legged (excluding final) play-off style knockout tournament. It is held from Autumn 2009 through Summer 2010.

Baltic League
Season2009–10
Champions Ventspils (1st title)
Matches played28
Goals scored56 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (4 goals)
← 2008

Teams
  • Meistriliiga – Levadia (1st), Flora (2nd), Trans (3rd), Kalju (4th), Sillamäe Kalev (5th)
    • Although TVMK initially finished 3rd, they were demoted to 10th place at the end of the season due to severe financial difficulties. The team was later disbanded.
  • Virslīga – Ventspils (1st), Metalurgs (2nd), Skonto (3rd), Dinaburg (4th), Jūrmala (7th)
    • Daugava Daugavpils (5th) merged with Dinaburg FC, with Dinaburg retaining its name. After FK Rīga (6th) went bankrupt Jūrmala were given the freed spot as the next best placed team.
  • A Lyga – Ekranas (1st), Vėtra (3rd), Sūduva (4th), Šiauliai (7th), Tauras (1st I Lyga), Banga (3rd I Lyga)
    • FBK Kaunas (2nd) and FK Atlantas (6th) withdrew from the top league, citing serious differences with the Lithuanian Football Federation. FK Žalgiris (5th) were denied A Lyga license and were demoted to I Lyga. FK Šilutė (8th) were relegated to I Lyga because of their league position. Eventually two I Lyga sides, Tauras and Banga, were awarded the two remaining spots, as they were both promoted to the A Lyga.

Play-off Table
  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                     
Banga 0 1  
Ventspils 0 2  
  Ventspils 2 1  
  Vėtra 1 0  
Dinaburg 0 –
Vėtra 0 –  
  Ventspils 2 0  
Flora 0 0  
Jūrmala-VV 1 1  
Ekranas 3 0  
  Ekranas 0 1
  Flora 0 2  
Šiauliai 1 1
Flora 1 3  
  Ventspils 3 (5)
Sūduva 3 (3)
Tauras 1 0  
Levadia 0 3  
  Levadia 0 0
  Sūduva 0 1  
Sūduva 2 1
Trans 0 1  
  Sūduva 3 1
Metalurgs 0 2  
Sillamäe Kalev 1 0  
Skonto 3 1  
  Skonto 0 0
  Metalurgs 1 1  
Kalju 0 2
Metalurgs 1 5  

Round of 16
22 September 2009 Leg 1Dinaburg FC 0 – 0 VėtraDaugavpils
16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Daugavas stadions
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sten Kaldma
28 October 2009 Leg 2Vėtra Walkover Dinaburg FCVilnius
19:00 EET (UTC+02) Stadium: Vėtros stadionas

The second leg match was scratched and Vėtra advanced to the next round as Dinaburg was ejected from the competition for match-fixing.

22 September 2009 Leg 1Nõmme Kalju 0 – 1 SK Liepājas MetalurgsTallinn
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report  76' Deniss Rakels Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 326
Referee: Audrius Kancleris
28 October 2009 Leg 2SK Liepājas Metalurgs 5 – 2 Nõmme KaljuLiepāja
19:00 EET (UTC+02) Viktors Dobrecovs  5', 42', 60'
Antons Jemeļins  29'
Vladimirs Kamešs  45'		 Report  59' Felipe Nunes
 90+1' Maksim Smirnov		 Stadium: Daugavas stadions
Attendance: 250
Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas

Metalurgs advanced to the next round 6–2 on aggregate.

22 September 2009 Leg 1Sūduva 2 – 0 Narva TransMarijampolė
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Andrius Urbšys  50'
Ramūnas Radavičius  72'		 Report Stadium: Sūduvos stadionas
Attendance: 980
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko
28 October 2009 Leg 2Narva Trans 1 – 1 SūduvaNarva
14:00 EET (UTC+02) Aleksandr Tarassenkov  39' Report  54' Ričardas Beniušis Stadium: Kreenholmi staadion
Attendance: 50
Referee: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs

Sūduva advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.

23 September 2009 Leg 1FK Jūrmala 1 – 3 EkranasJūrmala
16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Jurģis Kalns  35' Report  66' Egidijus Varnas
 77', 90' Dominykas Galkevičius		 Stadium: Slokas stadions
Attendance: 80
Referee: Hannes Kaasik
27 October 2009 Leg 2Ekranas 0 – 1 FK JūrmalaPanevėžys
19:00 EET (UTC+02) Report  73' Gatis Kalniņš Stadium: Aukštaitija stadionas
Attendance: 550
Referee: Eiko Saar

Ekranas advanced to the next round 3–2 on aggregate.

23 September 2009 Leg 1Tauras 1 – 0 LevadiaTauragė
16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Vytautas Dragūnevičius  1' Report Stadium: Vytauto stadionas
Attendance: 700
Referee: Kristo Tohver
27 October 2009 Leg 2Levadia 3 – 0 TaurasTallinn
14:00 EET (UTC+02) Deniss Malov  26'
Vitali Leitan  39'
Konstantin Nahk  69' (pen)		 Report Stadium: Maarjamäe staadion
Attendance: 200
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo

Levadia advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.

23 September 2009 Leg 1Sillamäe Kalev 1 – 3 Skonto FCSillamäe
16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Aleksey Naumov  40' Report  23' Andrei Agafonov
 59' Nathan Júnior
 83' Aleksandrs Cauņa		 Stadium: Kalevi staadion
Attendance: 260
Referee: Paulius Malžinskas
28 October 2009 Leg 2Skonto FC 1 – 0 Sillamäe KalevRiga
19:00 EET (UTC+02) Aleksandrs Fertovs  75' Report Stadium: Skonto stadions
Attendance: 60
Referee: Sergejus Slyva

Skonto advanced to the next round 4–1 on aggregate.

23 September 2009 Leg 1Šiauliai 1 – 1 FloraŠiauliai
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Tadas Špukas  6' Report  83' Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Stadium: Savivaldybė stadionas
Attendance: 2400
Referee: Andris Treimanis
27 October 2009 Leg 2Flora 3 – 1 (a.e.t) ŠiauliaiTallinn
19:00 EET (UTC+02) Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko  78', 93', 117' Report  9' Mantas Kuklys Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 120
Referee: Sergejs Braga

Flora advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate.

8 October 2009 Leg 1Banga 0 – 0 VentspilsKlaipėda
14:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Miesto stadions
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kristo Tohver
10 November 2009 Leg 2Ventspils 2 – 1 BangaVentspils
14:00 EET (UTC+02) Aleksandrs Solovjovs  59'
João Martins  86'		 Report  79' Israel Awenayeri Douglas Stadium: Olimpiskais stadions
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Aivar Israel

Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
6 April 2010 Leg 1Vėtra 1 – 2 VentspilsVilnius
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Artūras Žulpa  48' Report  25' Ivan Shpakov
 68' Sergey Shumilin		 Stadium: Sportima indoor hall
Referee: Hannes Kaasik
5 May 2010 Leg 2Ventspils 1 – 0 VėtraVentspils
17:30 EEST (UTC+03) Sergey Shumilin  42' Report Stadium: Olimpiskais Stadions
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kristo Tohver

Ventspils advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.

6 April 2010 Leg 1Flora 0 – 0 EkranasTallinn
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Sportland Arena
Attendance: 88
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko
5 May 2010 Leg 2Ekranas 1 – 2 FloraPanevėžys
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Vīts Rimkus  51' Report  62' Alo Dupikov
 77' (pen.) Valeri Minkenen		 Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium
Attendance: 650
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

Flora advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate.

7 April 2010 Leg 1Sūduva 0 – 0 LevadiaMarijampolė
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Sūduvos stadionas
Attendance: 800
Referee: Vadims Cernikovs
4 May 2010 Leg 2Levadia 0 – 1 SūduvaTallinn
17:30 EEST (UTC+03) Report  36' Povilas Lukšys Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena 1st grass pitch
Referee: Aleksandr Golubevs

Sūduva advanced to the next round 1–0 on aggregate.

7 April 2010 Leg 1SK Liepājas Metalurgs 1 – 0 Skonto FCLiepāja
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Oskars Kļava  58' Report Stadium: Daugavas stadions
Attendance: 500
Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas
4 May 2010 Leg 2Skonto FC 0 – 1 SK Liepājas MetalurgsRiga
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report Vitalijus Kavaliauskas  24' Stadium: Skonto Stadions
Referee: Audrius Žuta

Metalurgs advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
26 May 2010 Leg 1Ventspils 2 – 0 FloraVentspils
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) Aleksejs Višņakovs  17'
Eduards Višņakovs  72'		 Report Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions
Attendance: 300
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika
8 June 2010 Leg 2Flora 0 – 0 VentspilsTallinn
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 780
Referee: Audrius Žuta

Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate.

26 May 2010 Leg 1Sūduva 3 – 0 SK Liepājas MetalurgsMarijampolė
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Nerijus Radžius  36'
Karolis Chvedukas  42'
Povilas Lukšys  80'		 Report Stadium: Sūduva Stadium
Referee: Eiko Saar
9 June 2010 Leg 2SK Liepājas Metalurgs 2 – 1 SūduvaLiepāja
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Oskars Kļava  16'
Genādijs Soloņicins  90'		 Report  80' Povilas Lukšys Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Referee: Hannes Kaasik

Sūduva advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate.

Final
4 July 2010 FinalSūduva 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 5 p)		 VentspilsMarijampolė
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) Ričardas Beniušis  90+3', 114'
Andrius Urbšys  120+1'		 Report  82' Alexandru Dedov
 99' (pen.) Jurijs Žigajevs
 105' Michael Tukura		 Stadium: Sūduva Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sten Kaldma
Penalties
Esau Garcia Alvarez
Sandro Grande
Ričardas Beniušis
Andrius Urbšys 		Jurijs Žigajevs
Ivan Shpakov
Alexandru Dedov
Michael Tukura
Grigori Chirkin

Goalscorers

As of 4 July 2010.

4 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

References
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