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2011 A Lyga

The 2011 A Lyga was the 22nd season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 12 March 2011 and ended on 6 November 2011.[2] Ekranas were the defending champions, having won their third consecutive title at the end of the 2010 season.

Teams

The league will see a change in the number of teams once again as twelve teams were granted a licence for 2011,[3] one more than in the 2010 season.

FK Vėtra were expelled over financial troubles after 16 matches of the 2010 season;[4] their records were annulled and the team was subsequently disbanded.[citation needed] From the remaining ten clubs, Atletas Kaunas, who finished in last place at the end of the season, were the only team not to apply for a 2011 top-level licence. Atletas therefore played at the second level in 2011.

Three new teams were admitted to the league, unbeaten[5] 2010 I Lyga champions FBK Kaunas, seventh-placed team Atlantas Klaipėda and Dainava Alytus, a merger between I Lyga runners-up Alytis Alytus and third-placed city rivals Vidzgiris.[6] FBK Kaunas and Atlantas made their return after two seasons in the lower divisions of the Lithuanian league system, while Dainava had their debut in the A Lyga, as neither of its predecessor clubs played at the Lithuanian top level in its history.

2011 A Lyga is located in Lithuania
Atlantas Klaipėda
Banga
Dainava
Ekranas
Kaunas
Kruoja
Mažeikiai
Šiauliai
Sūduva
Tauras
Žalgiris
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Location of teams in the 2010 A Lyga

League table

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th number of wins.[9]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The winners of the 2011–12 Lithuanian Football Cup competition, Žalgiris Vilnius, qualified for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. As they finished second, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
  2. ^ a b TAU: 7 pts; DAI: 1 pt
  3. ^ a b c FK Mažeikiai, FBK Kaunas and FC Klaipėda were not granted a 2012 A Lyga licence; Kaunas will compete in the second-level I Lyga, while Mažeikiai and Klaipėda will not play in any of the two highest leagues in 2012.[7]
  4. ^ FBK Kaunas were deducted six points before the start of the season because of outstanding debts to a former player.[8]

Results

Teams played each other three times, either twice at home and once away or vice versa, for a total of 33 matches per team.[2]

Matches 1–22

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ This match was played in Panevėžys. It is shown here as a Tauras home match for organizational purposes.
  2. ^ This match was played in Pakruojis. It is shown here as a Žalgiris home match for organizational purposes.

Matches 23–33

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

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 6 November 2011; Source: Lietuvos futbolo statistika

References

  1. ^ a b c d "A Lyga - 2011". WhoScored.com. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b "PDF dokumentas 2011 m. LFF A lygos, taurės ir tarptautinių rungtynių tvarkaraštis" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  3. ^ "2011 metų LFF A lygoje žais 12 komandų, paskelbtas tvarkaraštis" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  4. ^ ""Vėtrai" gresia pašalinimas į žemesnę lygą" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Lithuania - 1 Lyga 2010". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  6. ^ "FK Dainava Alytus". Weltfussballarchiv. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  7. ^ "2012 metų Lietuvos futbolo A lygoje rungtyniaus 10 komandų" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  8. ^ "FIFA įpareigojimu iš FBK "Kaunas" atimti šeši taškai". Lithuanian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  9. ^ "2011 METŲ LIETUVOS FUTBOLO FEDERACIJOS VARŽYBŲ NUOSTATAI" (PDF). Lithuanian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 March 2011.[permanent dead link]

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