2008 A Lyga

2008 29 March-10 November A Lyga FK Ekranas FK Silute UEFA Champions League FK Ekranas UEFA Europa League FBK KaunasFK SuduvaFK Vetra BRA Rafael Gaúcho (14 goals) 2007 2009 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.http://www2.omnitel.net/almis/ltu08lyga.html Almantas Laužadis 17 February 2009 Lithuania 2008 12 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20090324103522/http://www2.omnitel.net/almis/ltu08lyga.html 24 March 2009 dead 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 Lithuania right 300 Location of teams in the A Lyga 2008 Lithuania 54.9 23.933333 Kaunas Lithuania 55.7 21.133333 Atlantas Lithuania 54.566667 23.35 Sūduva Lithuania 55.733333 24.35 Ekranas Lithuania 55.933333 23.316667 Šiauliai Lithuania 55.35 21.483333 Šilutė Lithuania 54.683333 25.283333 VėtraŽalgiris 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 main WDL 5 QR EKR Ekranas FBK FBK Kaunas VĖT Vėtra SŪD Sūduva ŽAL Žalgiris ATL Atlantas ŠIA Šiauliai ŠLT Šilutė 20 5 3 46 12 C 16 7 5 51 17 14 6 8 33 24 14 6 8 35 25 6 10 12 27 41 7 7 14 31 44 5 9 14 24 41 3 4 21 19 62 R VET: 7 pts, 5–3; SUD: 4 pts, 3–5 VĖT ŽAL: 5 pts, 7–6; ATL: 5 pts, 6–7 ŽAL green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue2 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round EL1 blue1 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round Sūduva won the 2008–09 Lithuanian Football Cup and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. EL2b red1 Relegation to I Lyga R complete www2.omnitel.net 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. 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 main FBR grey ATL EKR FBK SŪD ŠIA ŠLT VĖT ŽAL Atlantas 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 Ekranas 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 FBK Kaunas 4–0 0–3 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 Sūduva 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 Šiauliai 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 Šilutė 2–4 0–1 0–6 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–2 Vėtra 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 Žalgiris 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 complete www2.omnitel.net Second half of season main FBR grey ATL EKR FBK SŪD ŠIA ŠLT VĖT ŽAL Atlantas 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 The game from Round 25 was awarded to Atlantas with a score of 3–0 because Žalgiris did not field a team for the match. Ekranas 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 5–1 FBK Kaunas 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–3 5–0 Sūduva 3–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 Šiauliai 4–4 0–5 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 Šilutė 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 Vėtra 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 Žalgiris 5–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–4 0–2 1–0 complete www2.omnitel.net Top goalscorers Source: lfe.lt lt Pos.PlayerClubGoals1 BRA Rafael Gaúcho FBK Kaunas142 LTU Mindaugas Grigalevičius FBK Kaunas 123 LTU Povilas Lukšys Sūduva114 LTU Vitalijus Kavaliauskas Ekranas 85 LTU Darius Maciulevičius Sūduva 76 LTU Egidijus Varnas Ekranas6 LTU Valdas Trakys Ekranas LAT Ivans Lukjanovs Šiauliai / Sūduva References Category:LFF Lyga seasons 1 Lith