2002 A Lyga

The Lithuanian A Lyga 2002 was the 13th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 6 April 2002 and ended on 9 November 2002.^[1] 9 teams participated with FBK Kaunas winning the championship.

A Lyga

Season	2002
Dates	6 April-4 November
Champions	FBK Kaunas
Relegated	FK Gelezinis Vilkas FK Nevezis
UEFA Champions League	FBK Kaunas
UEFA Cup	FK Atlantas FK Ekranas
UEFA Intertoto Cup	FK Zalgiris
← 2001 2003 →

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FBK Kaunas (C)	32	24	6	2	85	20	+65	78	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Atlantas	32	20	7	5	58	23	+35	67	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Ekranas	32	16	7	9	43	25	+18	55
4	Žalgiris	32	12	11	9	46	37	+9	47	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Inkaras (R)	32	13	7	12	34	29	+5	46	Defunct after end of season
6	Sūduva	32	11	8	13	44	50	−6	41
7	Sakalas	32	8	10	14	30	56	−26	34
8	Geležinis Vilkas (R)	32	4	6	22	26	75	−49	18	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9	Nevėžis (R)	32	2	6	24	19	70	−51	12	Relegation to 1 Lyga

Source: RSSSF.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

First half of season Home \ Away ATL EKR FBK GEL INK NEV SAK SŪD ŽAL Atlantas 2–1 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–3 Ekranas 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 FBK Kaunas 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 10–0 2–1 5–0 2–0 Geležinis Vilkas 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–1 3–4 0–0 1–1 1–3 Inkaras 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 Nevėžis 1–4 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 Sakalas 1–2 1–1 0–6 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–3 Sūduva 1–4 1–0 1–5 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 Žalgiris 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away ATL EKR FBK GEL INK NEV SAK SŪD ŽAL Atlantas 0–0 1–1 5–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 Ekranas 1–4 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 FBK Kaunas 1–1 0–1 4–1 3–0 5–2 4–1 4–1 3–0 Geležinis Vilka 1–0 0–3 0–2 0–8 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 Inkaras 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 Nevėžis 1–3 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 0–0 Sakalas 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 Sūduva 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 7–1 3–1 Žalgiris 1–3 2–3 2–3 2–2 1–1 5–3 3–0 2–2 Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Šviesa	2–2 (a)	Geležinis Vilkas	1–0	1–2

See also

• 2002 LFF Lyga