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.
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).
+2024 A Lyga competitors Club Location Stadium Surface Seasons in A Lyga Position in 2023 Gargždai Gargždai Stadium Artificial 2,323 11 Alytus Alytus Stadium Natural 3,726 13 Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial 2,660 Telšiai Telšiai Central Stadium Natural 2,320 4 Ateitis Progymnasium Stadium Artificial 300 Kaunas LFF Kaunas Training Center Stadium Artificial 500 4 Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid 15,315 10 Akademija VDU Stadium Artificial 1,000 Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural 6,600 6 Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium Artificial 620 Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural 4,000 3 Gytariai Stadium Artificial 500 Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural 6,250 22 Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial 2,660 Vilnius Širvintų miesto stadionas 1,000 0 Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial 5,067 23 Sportima Arena Artificial 3,157
Managers Team Coach Appointed Licence FK Banga David Afonso UEFA Pro DFK Dainava Syarhey Kuznyatsow UEFA A FC Džiugas Andrius Lipskis UEFA A FC Hegelmann Andrius Skerla UEFA Pro FK Kauno Žalgiris Saulius Širmelis UEFA Pro FK Panevėžys Stijn Vreven UEFA Pro FA Šiauliai Mindaugas Čepas UEFA Pro FK Sūduva Dovydas Lastauskas UEFA Pro FK TransINVEST Marius Stankevičius UEFA Pro FK Žalgiris Vladimir Cheburin UEFA Pro
League table
Fixtures and results
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
Second leg
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
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Žalgiris 929 2 Džiugas 762 3 Dainava 724 4 Banga 693 5 Šiauliai 580 6 Sūduva 501 7 Kauno Žalgiris 465 8 Panevėžys 414 9 Hegelmann 302 10 TransINVEST 297
Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ltu/aveltu24.htm
See also Football in Lithuania
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