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2024 A Lyga

The 2024 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, is the 35th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 1 March 2024.[1][2]

The winners qualify for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed teams qualify for the 2025–26 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team qualify for the A Lyga play-off. The bottom-placed team are relegated to the 2025 LFF I Lyga.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the LFF I Lyga. Panevėžys entered the season as defending champions.

TransINVEST were promoted as champions of the 2023 LFF I Lyga, replacing the 2023 A Lyga bottom-placed team (Riteriai).[3]

2024 A Lyga is located in Lithuania
Džiugas
FA Šiauliai
Panevėžys
Banga
Hegelmann
Kauno Žalgiris
TransInvest
Žalgiris
Sūduva
Dainava
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Locations of the 2024 A Lyga teams

Managers

League table

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2024. 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.
(X) Assured of at least Conference League first qualifying round
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup winners (Banga or Hegelmann) qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Lithuanian Cup winners finish first). If the Lithuanian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League first round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Šiauliai 5, Dainava 2.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: TransINVEST +3, Džiugas -3.


Fixtures and results

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2024. Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

A Lyga play-off

The ninth-placed club will face the second-placed club from the 2024 LFF I Lyga for the final place in the following season's A Lyga.

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian).
  2. ^ "2024 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian).
  3. ^ "Lietuvos taurės čempionai: ryžtingesni A lygos naujokai negu įprasta". Delfi sportas (in Lithuanian). 24 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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