2025 A Lyga

A Lyga
Season2025
Dates28 February 2025 – TBD
Matches played40
Goals scored103 (2.58 per match)
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, is the 36th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 28 February 2025.[1][2]

Teams

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

The promoted team was the 2024 LFF I Lyga champions Riteriai. They replaced the 2024 A Lyga bottom-placed team TransINVEST.[3]

Locations of the 2025 A Lyga teams
2025 A Lyga competitors
Club Location Stadium Surface Capacity Seasons
in A Lyga 		Position
in 2024
Banga Gargždai Gargždai Stadium Artificial 2,323 12 5th
DFK Dainava Alytus Alytus Stadium Natural 3,726 14 4th
Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial 2,660
Džiugas Telšiai Telšiai Central Stadium Natural 2,320 5 6th
? Artificial ?
Hegelmann Kaunas Raudondvaris Stadium Artificial 500 5 2nd
Kauno Žalgiris Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid 15,026 11 3rd
Akademija VDU Stadium Artificial 1,000
Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural 6,600 7 8th
FA Panevėžys stadium Artificial 500
FK Riteriai Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial 5,067 11 1st in I Lyga
FA Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural 4,000 4 7th
Gytariai Stadium Artificial 500
Sportima Arena Artificial 3,157
Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural 6,250 23 9th
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial 2,660
Žalgiris Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial 5,067 24 1st
Sportima Arena Artificial 3,157

Managers

Team Coach Appointed Licence
FK Banga Portugal David Afonso 50 months ago UEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Turkmenistan Mergen Orazov 1 month ago UEFA Pro
FC Džiugas Lithuania Andrius Lipskis 19 months ago UEFA A
FC Hegelmann Lithuania Andrius Skerla 55 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania Eivinas Černiauskas 8 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys Germany Roland Vrabec 8 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Riteriai Cyprus Nicolas Vitorović 6 months ago UEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Latvia Dainis Kazakevičs 8 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Lithuania Donatas Vencevičius 7 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Kazakhstan Vladimir Cheburin 55 months ago UEFA Pro

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kauno Žalgiris 22 16 4 2 45 12 +33 52 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hegelmann 24 16 1 7 40 29 +11 49 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Sūduva 24 11 9 4 35 23 +12 42
4 Šiauliai 24 10 6 8 38 33 +5 36
5 Žalgiris 24 9 8 7 32 29 +3 35
6 Džiugas 25 10 4 11 22 26 −4 34
7 Panevėžys 24 9 4 11 35 33 +2 31
8 Banga 24 8 4 12 20 26 −6 28
9 Dainava 24 3 5 16 20 48 −28 14 Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 Riteriai 25 3 5 17 26 54 −28 14 Relegation to the I Lyga
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. 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.


Fixtures and results

Home \ Away BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN RIT SIA SUD ZAL BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN RIT SIA SUD ZAL
Banga 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 30 Aug 2–0 1–0 21 Sep 13 Sep
Dainava 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 24 Aug 0–2 0–3 19 Sep 2–2
Džiugas 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 12 Sep 0–1 1–2 31 Aug
Hegelmann 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 5–2 24 Aug
Kauno Žalgiris 0–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 21 Sep 27 Aug 14 Sep 10 Aug
Panevėžys 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–4 20 Aug 0–1 20 Sep 24 Aug 2–0 1–2
Riteriai 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–4 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–4 3–3 31 Aug 22 Aug 1–5 1–3 0–2 19 Sep
Šiauliai 3–0 2–2 5–0 0–3 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 14 Sep 20 Aug 22 Aug 2–2
Sūduva 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–3 30 Aug 12 Sep 0–0
Žalgiris 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 20 Aug 2–0 1–2 31 Aug 2–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

A Lyga play-off

The ninth-placed team will face the second-placed team from the 2025 LFF I Lyga in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 A Lyga.

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian).
  2. ^ "2025 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian).
  3. ^ "TransINVEST fail to avoid relegation in an end-of-season thriller". 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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