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
2011

Teams

Stadia, locations and coaches

ClubLocationStadiumCapacityCurrent manager
AtletasKaunasS. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium9,180 Saulius Širmelis
BangaGargždaiGargždai Stadium1,800 Arminas Narbekovas
EkranasPanevėžysAukštaitija Stadium4,000 Valdas Urbonas
KlaipėdaKlaipėdaŽalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda)5,000 Saulius Mikalajūnas
KruojaPakruojisPakruojis Stadium2,000 Albertas Klimavičius
MažeikiaiMažeikiaiSports Centre Stadium2,300 Nerijus Gudaitis
SūduvaMarijampolėSūduva Stadium6,260 Donatas Vencevičius
ŠiauliaiŠiauliaiSavivaldybė Stadium3,000 Deivis Kančelskis
TaurasTauragėVytauto Stadium1,600 Gedeminas Jarmalavičius
VėtraVilniusVėtra Stadium5,300 Virginijus Liubšys
ŽalgirisVilniusŽalgiris Stadium15,030 Igoris Pankratjevas

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Ekranas (C)2720346419+4563Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2Sūduva2716835616+4056[a]Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3Žalgiris2716834716+3156[a]
4Tauras2714584127+1447Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[b]
5Šiauliai2711883728+941
6Banga2710983430+439Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[c]
7Kruoja2781184145−435
8Klaipėda2736181974−5515
9Mažeikiai2726191759−4212
10Atletas2706211456−420[d]Relegation to I Lyga
Vėtra168623013+1721[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:

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 \ AwayATLBANEKRKLAKRUMAŽSŪDŠIATAUVĖTŽAL
Atletas0–00–30–11–21–20–51–20–10–30–2
Banga3–00–31–10–32–10–22–12–11–11–1
Ekranas1–00–02–14–15–01–13–14–13–23–0
Klaipėda1–00–31–41–22–21–60–22–31–30–3
Kruoja1–12–30–21–11–00–23–33–31–11–1
Mažeikiai2–22–20–21–10–21–20–11–31–40–1
Sūduva3–10–01–14–02–13–01–13–10–0
Šiauliai1–11–01–22–12–22–10–00–10–01–3
Tauras2–02–02–12–04–00–00–10–00–01–1
Vėtra0–02–11–13–03–03–13–1
Žalgiris4–12–00–13–03–16–01–11–01–02–1
Source: www2.omnitel.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ AwayATLBANEKRKLAKRUMAŽSŪDŠIATAUVĖTŽAL
Atletas0–52–30–11–40–1
Banga1–06–10–11–1
Ekranas2–35–03–22–1
Klaipėda1–11–10–70–4
Kruoja1–12–02–22–2
Mažeikiai1–10–31–01–30–3
Sūduva1–02–07–01–20–1
Šiauliai1–11–00–12–0
Tauras0–20–25–02–22–1
Vėtra
Žalgiris3–01–02–00–01–0
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.PlayerClubGoals
1 Povilas LukšysSūduva16
2 Vits RimkusEkranas15
3 Dominykas GalkevičiusEkranas12
4 Artūras JeršovasŽalgiris11
5 Andrius UrbšysSūduva10
6 Aurelijus StaponkaBanga9
7 Egidijus VarnasEkranas8
Tautvydas ŠvelnaKruoja8
Viktor RaskovŠiauliai8
10 Ramūnas RadavičiusEkranas7
Mantas KuklysŠiauliai7
123 players6
159 players5
2413 players4
3718 players3
5523 players2
7837 players1
Own goals7
Total:370
Games:135
Average:2.74

References