2010 A Lyga

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.

A Lyga
Season2010
ChampionsEkranas
6th title
RelegatedAtletas Kaunas
Champions LeagueEkranas
Europa LeagueSūduva Marijampolė
Tauras Tauragė
Banga Gargždai
Baltic LeagueEkranas
Sūduva Marijampolė
Žalgiris Vilnius
Tauras Tauragė
Šiauliai
Matches played135
Goals scored370 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerPovilas Lukšys (16 goals)
Biggest home winSūduva 7–0 Klaipėda
Biggest away winKlaipėda 0–7 Šiauliai
Highest scoringKlaipėda 1–6 Sūduva
Sūduva 7–0 Klaipėda
Klaipėda 0–7 Šiauliai
← 2009
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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 Saulius Širmelis
BangaGargždai Gargždai Stadium 1,800 Arminas Narbekovas
EkranasPanevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium 4,000 Valdas Urbonas
KlaipėdaKlaipėda Žalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda) 5,000 Saulius Mikalajūnas
KruojaPakruojis Pakruojis Stadium 2,000 Albertas Klimavičius
MažeikiaiMažeikiai Sports Centre Stadium 2,300 Nerijus Gudaitis
SūduvaMarijampolė Sūduva Stadium 6,260 Donatas Vencevičius
ŠiauliaiŠiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium 3,000 Deivis Kančelskis
TaurasTauragė Vytauto Stadium 1,600 Gedeminas Jarmalavičius
VėtraVilnius Vėtra Stadium 5,300 Virginijus Liubšys
ŽalgirisVilnius 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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Žalgiris 27 16 8 3 47 16 +31 56[lower-alpha 1]
4 Tauras 27 14 5 8 41 27 +14 47 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to I Lyga
— Vėtra 16 8 6 2 30 13 +17 21[lower-alpha 5] Expelled from competition, disbanded[lower-alpha 6]
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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. SŪD: 3 pts, 1-1; ŽAL: 3 pts, 1–1
  2. Žalgiris were denied a licence for UEFA competitions, so Tauras inherited their UEFA Europa League spot.
  3. 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.
  4. Atletas were docked 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process.[1]
  5. 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]
  6. 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
Home \ Away ATL BAN EKR KLA KRU MAŽ SŪD ŠIA TAU VĖT ŽAL
Atletas 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–5 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–2
Banga 3–0 0–3 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Ekranas 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 5–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 3–0
Klaipėda 1–0 0–3 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–6 0–2 2–3 1–3 0–3
Kruoja 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–1 1–1
Mažeikiai 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–4 0–1
Sūduva 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0
Šiauliai 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–3
Tauras 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Vėtra 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–1
Žalgiris 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 6–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Source: www2.omnitel.net
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round
Home \ Away ATL BAN EKR KLA KRU MAŽ SŪD ŠIA TAU VĖT ŽAL
Atletas 0–5 2–3 0–1 1–4 0–1
Banga 1–0 6–1 0–1 1–1
Ekranas 2–3 5–0 3–2 2–1
Klaipėda 1–1 1–1 0–7 0–4
Kruoja 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–2
Mažeikiai 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–3 0–3
Sūduva 1–0 2–0 7–0 1–2 0–1
Šiauliai 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0
Tauras 0–2 0–2 5–0 2–2 2–1
Vėtra
Žalgiris 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Source: www2.omnitel.net
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 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
  1. Oficialu: “Vėtra” ir VMFD “Žalgiris” žais A lygoje, aukščiausiame divizione – 11 klubų (in Lithuanian)
  2. FIFA ir toliau baudžia Vilniaus "Vėtrą" (in Lithuanian)
  3. "Vėtra" šalinama iš A lygos pirmenybių Archived 27 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Lithuanian)
  4. LFF: 3 ratų sistema – optimalus variantas (in Lithuanian)
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