2024 A Lyga

The 2024 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, was the 35th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 1 March 2024 and ended on 9 November 2024.^[1][2]

A Lyga

Season	2024
Dates	1 March – 9 November 2024
Champions	Žalgiris
Relegated	TransINVEST
Champions League	Žalgiris
Conference League	Banga Hegelmann Kauno Žalgiris
Top goalscorer	Liviu Antal (20 goals)
← 2023 2025 →

The winners (Žalgiris) qualified for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (Hegelmann), third-placed team (Kauno Žalgiris), and 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup winners (Banga) qualified for the 2025–26 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Sūduva) qualified for the A Lyga play-off, winning and retaining their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (TransINVEST) were 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]

Džiugas

FA Šiauliai

Panevėžys

Banga

Hegelmann

Kauno Žalgiris

TransInvest

Žalgiris

Sūduva

Dainava

Locations of the 2024 A Lyga teams

2024 A Lyga competitors

Club	Location	Stadium	Surface	Capacity	Seasons in A Lyga	Position in 2023
Banga	Gargždai	Gargždai Stadium	Artificial	2,323	11	6th
DFK Dainava	Alytus	Alytus Stadium	Natural	3,726	13	8th
	Marijampolė	Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena	Artificial	2,660
Džiugas	Telšiai	Telšiai Central Stadium	Natural	2,320	4	9th
		Ateitis Progymnasium Stadium	Artificial	300
Hegelmann	Kaunas	LFF Kaunas Training Center Stadium	Artificial	500	4	5th
Kauno Žalgiris	Kaunas	Darius and Girėnas Stadium	Hybrid	15,315	10	4th
	Akademija	VDU Stadium	Artificial	1,000
Panevėžys	Panevėžys	Aukštaitija Stadium	Natural	6,600	6	1st
		Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium	Artificial	620
FA Šiauliai	Šiauliai	Savivaldybė Stadium	Natural	4,000	3	3rd
		Gytariai Stadium	Artificial	500
Sūduva	Marijampolė	Marijampolė Football Arena	Natural	6,250	22	7th
		Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena	Artificial	2,660
TransINVEST	Vilnius	Širvintų miesto stadionas		1,000	0	1st in I Lyga
Žalgiris	Vilnius	LFF Stadium	Artificial	5,067	23	2nd
		Sportima Arena	Artificial	3,157

Managers

Team	Coach	Appointed	Licence
FK Banga	David Afonso	50 months ago	UEFA Pro
DFK Dainava	Syarhey Kuznyatsow	39 months ago	UEFA A
FC Džiugas	Andrius Lipskis	19 months ago	UEFA A
FC Hegelmann	Andrius Skerla	55 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris	Saulius Širmelis	14 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys	Stijn Vreven	14 months ago	UEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai	Mindaugas Čepas	56 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK Sūduva	Dovydas Lastauskas	30 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK TransINVEST	Marius Stankevičius	11 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris	Vladimir Cheburin	55 months ago	UEFA Pro

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris (C)	36	24	7	5	76	31	+45	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Hegelmann	36	19	10	7	60	40	+20	67	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	Kauno Žalgiris	36	15	9	12	43	40	+3	54
4	Dainava	36	12	9	15	33	40	−7	45
5	Banga	36	10	13	13	37	46	−9	43	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a]
6	Džiugas	36	11	9	16	33	48	−15	42[b]
7	Šiauliai	36	10	12	14	39	50	−11	42[b]
8	Panevėžys	36	9	14	13	34	40	−6	41
9	Sūduva (O)	36	9	12	15	33	38	−5	39	Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10	TransINVEST (R)	36	11	5	20	35	50	−15	38	Relegation to the I Lyga

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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Banga qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup.
2. Head-to-head points: Džiugas 8, Šiauliai 2.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	BAN	DAI	DZI	HEG	KAU	PAN	SIA	SUD	TRA	ZAL	BAN	DAI	DZI	HEG	KAU	PAN	SIA	SUD	TRA	ZAL
Banga		0–3	0–2	2–4	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–4		0–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–2
Dainava	2–2		0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1		3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	0–1	0–5
Džiugas	1–1	2–1		0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	0–2	0–2		0–2	2–3	3–3	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–0
Hegelmann	2–2	0–1	2–1		0–1	4–2	2–2	3–2	2–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	4–1	3–1
Kauno Žalgiris	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–2		0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–1		0–0	2–1	2–4	2–0	1–0
Panevėžys	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0		2–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2		1–3	0–0	2–1	0–0
Šiauliai	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–1	1–0	2–1		2–1	1–0	1–3
Sūduva	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0		0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–0		0–0	1–1
TransINVEST	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	1–3	0–2		1–3	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	0–3	0–0	2–0	2–2		0–1
Žalgiris	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–3	2–0		2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	2–4	3–1	4–0	2–0

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

A Lyga play-off

The ninth-placed club (Sūduva) faced the second-placed club from the 2024 LFF I Lyga (Be1 NFA) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 A Lyga.

First leg

Be1 NFA v Sūduva

17 November 2024	Be1 NFA	2–1	Sūduva	Kaunas
12:30 BST	Issah 13' Doké 79'		Burba 78'	Stadium: NFA Stadium

Second leg

Sūduva v Be1 NFA

23 November 2024	Sūduva	1–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–2 p)	Be1 NFA	Marijampolė
13:00 BST	Lawson 90+4' (pen.)			Stadium: Sūduva Stadium
	Penalties
	Lawson Burba Zingertas Maksimović		Slendzoka Dziugas Paukstys Sanokho

Statistics

Top Scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Liviu Antal	FK Žalgiris	20
Davis Ikaunieks	FA Šiauliai	18
Henrique Devens	FK Transinvest	16
Giedrius Matulevičius	FK Žalgiris	11
Nino Noordanus	FC Džiugas	11

See also

• Football in Lithuania