The Lithuanian A Lyga 2008 was the 19th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 29 March 2008 and ended on 16 November 2008.
The league had to reduce the number of its teams from ten to nine prior to this season due to lacking of team able to earn promotion (see below). Shortly before the start of the season, Vilnius withdrew from participating in the league because of unknown reasons, leaving the league with 8 competing teams.
Clubs
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAtlantasKlaipėda Žalgiris Stadium5,000EkranasPanevėžysAukštaitija Stadium9,940FBK KaunasKaunasS.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium8,500SūduvaMarijampolėSūduva Stadium4,000ŠiauliaiŠiauliaiSavivaldybė Stadium2,430ŠilutėŠilutėŠilutė Stadium3,000VėtraVilniusVėtra Stadium5,900ŽalgirisVilniusŽalgiris Stadium15,030
Promotion and relegation Interas-AE Visaginas were relegated to the Lithuanian First League after finishing the 2007 season in last place with only 8 points. Šilutė were originally scheduled to play the 2nd placed team of the First League, Rodiklis Kaunas, in a relegation play-off, but Rodiklis declined promotion due to lacking financial capabilities.
First League champions Alytis Alytus also had to forfeit their place in this year's league because their ground was not suitable for top-tier football, so no team was promoted.
League standings
Results Every team played each other four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 28 games.
First half of season
Second half of season
Top goalscorers Source: lfe.lt Pos.PlayerClubGoals1 Rafael Gaúcho FBK Kaunas142 Mindaugas Grigalevičius FBK Kaunas 123 Povilas Lukšys Sūduva114 Vitalijus Kavaliauskas Ekranas 85 Darius Maciulevičius Sūduva 76 Egidijus Varnas Ekranas6 Valdas Trakys Ekranas Ivans Lukjanovs Šiauliai / Sūduva
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