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
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:

^ ^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

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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away	ATL	BAN	EKR	KLA	KRU	MAŽ	SŪD	ŠIA	TAU	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
Legend: 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
10	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)

[table_hth_SŪD0.89623285732057-1] SŪD: 3 pts, 1-1; ŽAL: 3 pts, 1–1

[table_note_res_EL2b0.89623285732057-2] Žalgiris were denied a licence for UEFA competitions, so Tauras inherited their UEFA Europa League spot.^{[citation needed]}

[table_note_res_EL10.89623285732057-3] 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.

[table_hth_ATL0.89623285732057-5] Atletas were docked 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process.^[1]

[table_hth_VĖT0.89623285732057-7] 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]

[table_note_res_EXPL0.89623285732057-9] After round 17 Vėtra were expelled from championship due to financial troubles. All their results were annulled.^[3]

[VėtraAtletas-4] Oficialu: “Vėtra” ir VMFD “Žalgiris” žais A lygoje, aukščiausiame divizione – 11 klubų (in Lithuanian)

[6] FIFA ir toliau baudžia Vilniaus "Vėtrą" (in Lithuanian)

[8] "Vėtra" šalinama iš A lygos pirmenybių Archived 27 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Lithuanian)

[10] LFF: 3 ratų sistema – optimalus variantas (in Lithuanian)

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