2009–10 Baltic League

Football club tournament held between the top clubs from Baltic states Baltic League 2009–10 22 September 2009 – 4 July 2010 LAT Ventspils (1st title) 28 56 EST Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (4 goals) 2008 2010–11 The 2009–2010 Baltic League (known as the Triobet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) is a 16-team football tournament held in the Baltic states. Five top teams from each participating country – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – along with the winner of the 2008 season will play a 4 round and 2 legged (excluding final) play-off style knockout tournament. It is held from Autumn 2009 through Summer 2010. Teams EST Meistriliiga – Levadia (1st), Flora (2nd), Trans (3rd), Kalju (4th), Sillamäe Kalev (5th) Although TVMK initially finished 3rd, they were demoted to 10th place at the end of the season due to severe financial difficulties. The team was later disbanded. LAT Virslīga – Ventspils (1st), Metalurgs (2nd), Skonto (3rd), Dinaburg (4th), Jūrmala (7th) Daugava Daugavpils (5th) merged with Dinaburg FC, with Dinaburg retaining its name. After FK Rīga (6th) went bankrupt Jūrmala were given the freed spot as the next best placed team. LTU A Lyga – Ekranas (1st), Vėtra (3rd), Sūduva (4th), Šiauliai (7th), Tauras (1st I Lyga), Banga (3rd I Lyga) FBK Kaunas (2nd) and FK Atlantas (6th) withdrew from the top league, citing serious differences with the Lithuanian Football Federation. FK Žalgiris (5th) were denied A Lyga license and were demoted to I Lyga. FK Šilutė (8th) were relegated to I Lyga because of their league position. Eventually two I Lyga sides, Tauras and Banga, were awarded the two remaining spots, as they were both promoted to the A Lyga. Play-off Table 2/2/2/1 yes no Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final LTU Banga LAT Ventspils 0 0 2 1 LAT Dinaburg LTU Vėtra 0 0 – – LAT Jūrmala-VV LTU Ekranas 1 3 1 0 LTU Šiauliai EST Flora 1 1 1 3 LTU Tauras EST Levadia 1 0 0 3 LTU Sūduva EST Trans 2 0 1 1 EST Sillamäe Kalev LAT Skonto 1 3 0 1 EST Kalju LAT Metalurgs 0 1 2 5 LAT Ventspils LTU Vėtra 2 1 1 0 LTU Ekranas EST Flora 0 0 1 2 EST Levadia LTU Sūduva 0 0 0 1 LAT Skonto LAT Metalurgs 0 1 0 1 LAT Ventspils EST Flora 2 0 0 0 LTU Sūduva LAT Metalurgs 3 0 1 2 LAT Ventspils LTU Sūduva 3 (5) 3 (3) Round of 16 Leg 1 1 22 September 2009 16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Dinaburg FC LAT 0 – 0 Report LTU Vėtra Daugavpils Daugavas stadions 100 EST Sten Kaldma Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 28 October 2009 19:00 EET (UTC+02) Vėtra LTU Walkover LAT Dinaburg FC Vilnius Vėtros stadionas The second leg match was scratched and Vėtra advanced to the next round as Dinaburg was ejected from the competition for match-fixing. Leg 1 1 22 September 2009 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Nõmme Kalju EST 0 – 1 Report LAT SK Liepājas Metalurgs 76 Deniss Rakels Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 326 LTU Audrius Kancleris Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 28 October 2009 19:00 EET (UTC+02) SK Liepājas Metalurgs LAT 5 – 2 Report EST Nõmme Kalju Viktors Dobrecovs 5 42 60Antons Jemeļins 29Vladimirs Kamešs 45 59 Felipe Nunes90+1 Maksim Smirnov Liepāja Daugavas stadions 250 LTU Edmundas Gaigalas Metalurgs advanced to the next round 6–2 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 22 September 2009 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Sūduva LTU 2 – 0 Report EST Narva Trans Andrius Urbšys 50Ramūnas Radavičius 72 Marijampolė Sūduvos stadionas 980 LAT Vadims Direktorenko Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 28 October 2009 14:00 EET (UTC+02) Narva Trans EST 1 – 1 Report LTU Sūduva Aleksandr Tarassenkov 39 54 Ričardas Beniušis Narva Kreenholmi staadion 50 LAT Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs Sūduva advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 23 September 2009 16:30 EEST (UTC+03) FK Jūrmala LAT 1 – 3 Report LTU Ekranas Jurģis Kalns 35 66 Egidijus Varnas77 90 Dominykas Galkevičius Jūrmala Slokas stadions 80 EST Hannes Kaasik Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 27 October 2009 19:00 EET (UTC+02) Ekranas LTU 0 – 1 Report LAT FK Jūrmala 73 Gatis Kalniņš Panevėžys Aukštaitija stadionas 550 EST Eiko Saar Ekranas advanced to the next round 3–2 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 23 September 2009 16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Tauras LTU 1 – 0 Report EST Levadia Vytautas Dragūnevičius 1 Tauragė Vytauto stadionas 700 EST Kristo Tohver Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 27 October 2009 14:00 EET (UTC+02) Levadia EST 3 – 0 Report LTU Tauras Deniss Malov 26Vitali Leitan 39Konstantin Nahk 69 pen Tallinn Maarjamäe staadion 200 LAT Andrejs Sipailo Levadia advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 23 September 2009 16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Sillamäe Kalev EST 1 – 3 Report LAT Skonto FC Aleksey Naumov 40 23 Andrei Agafonov59 Nathan Júnior 83 Aleksandrs Cauņa Sillamäe Kalevi staadion 260 LTU Paulius Malžinskas Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 28 October 2009 19:00 EET (UTC+02) Skonto FC LAT 1 – 0 Report EST Sillamäe Kalev Aleksandrs Fertovs 75 Riga Skonto stadions 60 LTU Sergejus Slyva Skonto advanced to the next round 4–1 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 23 September 2009 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Šiauliai LTU 1 – 1 Report EST Flora Tadas Špukas 6 83 Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Šiauliai Savivaldybė stadionas 2400 LAT Andris Treimanis Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 27 October 2009 19:00 EET (UTC+02) Flora EST 3 – 1 (a.e.t) Report LTU Šiauliai Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 78 93 117 9 Mantas Kuklys Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 120 LAT Sergejs Braga Flora advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 8 October 2009 14:00 EEST (UTC+03) Banga LTU 0 – 0 Report LAT Ventspils Klaipėda Miesto stadions 250 EST Kristo Tohver Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 10 November 2009 14:00 EET (UTC+02) Ventspils LAT 2 – 1 Report LTU Banga Aleksandrs Solovjovs 59João Martins 86 79 Israel Awenayeri Douglas Ventspils Olimpiskais stadions 1500 EST Aivar Israel Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate. Quarter-finals Leg 1 1 6 April 2010 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Vėtra LTU 1 – 2 Report LAT Ventspils Artūras Žulpa 48 25 Ivan Shpakov68 Sergey Shumilin Vilnius Sportima indoor hall EST Hannes Kaasik Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 5 May 2010 17:30 EEST (UTC+03) Ventspils LAT 1 – 0 Report LTU Vėtra Sergey Shumilin 42 Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions 300 EST Kristo Tohver Ventspils advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 6 April 2010 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Flora EST 0 – 0 Report LTU Ekranas Tallinn Sportland Arena 88 LAT Vadims Direktorenko Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 5 May 2010 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Ekranas LTU 1 – 2 Report EST Flora Vīts Rimkus 51 62 Alo Dupikov77 pen. Valeri Minkenen Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium 650 LAT Aleksandrs Anufrijevs Flora advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 7 April 2010 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Sūduva LTU 0 – 0 Report EST Levadia Marijampolė Sūduvos stadionas 800 LAT Vadims Cernikovs Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 4 May 2010 17:30 EEST (UTC+03) Levadia EST 0 – 1 Report LTU Sūduva 36 Povilas Lukšys Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 1st grass pitch LAT Aleksandr Golubevs Sūduva advanced to the next round 1–0 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 7 April 2010 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) SK Liepājas Metalurgs LAT 1 – 0 Report LAT Skonto FC Oskars Kļava 58 Liepāja Daugavas stadions 500 LTU Nerijus Dunauskas Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 4 May 2010 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Skonto FC LAT 0 – 1 Report LAT SK Liepājas Metalurgs Vitalijus Kavaliauskas 24 Riga Skonto Stadions LTU Audrius Žuta Metalurgs advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate. Semi-finals Leg 1 1 26 May 2010 17:00 EEST (UTC+03) Ventspils LAT 2 – 0 Report EST Flora Aleksejs Višņakovs 17Eduards Višņakovs 72 Ventspils Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions 300 LTU Gediminas Mažeika Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 8 June 2010 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Flora EST 0 – 0 Report LAT Ventspils Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 780 LTU Audrius Žuta Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate. Leg 1 1 26 May 2010 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Sūduva LTU 3 – 0 Report LAT SK Liepājas Metalurgs Nerijus Radžius 36Karolis Chvedukas 42Povilas Lukšys 80 Marijampolė Sūduva Stadium EST Eiko Saar Leg 2 EFEFEF 1 9 June 2010 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) SK Liepājas Metalurgs LAT 2 – 1 Report LTU Sūduva Oskars Kļava 16Genādijs Soloņicins 90 80 Povilas Lukšys Liepāja Daugava Stadium EST Hannes Kaasik Sūduva advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate. Final Final 1 4 July 2010 17:00 EEST (UTC+03) Sūduva LTU 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) Report LAT Ventspils Ričardas Beniušis 90+3 114Andrius Urbšys 120+1 82 Alexandru Dedov99 pen. Jurijs Žigajevs105 Michael Tukura Marijampolė Sūduva Stadium 3,000 EST Sten Kaldma Esau Garcia Alvarez Sandro Grande Ričardas Beniušis Andrius Urbšys 3 – 5 Jurijs Žigajevs Ivan Shpakov Alexandru Dedov Michael Tukura Grigori Chirkin Goalscorers As of 4 July 2010. 4 goals: EST Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 3 goals: 18em LAT Viktors Dobrecovs LTU Povilas Lukšys LTU Ričardas Beniušis 2 goals: 18em LTU Andrius Urbšys LTU Dominykas Galkevičius LAT Oskars Kļava RUS Sergey Shumilin 1 goal: 18em RUS Andrey Agafonov LAT Aleksandrs Cauņa LTU Karolis Chvedukas MDA Alexandru Dedov NGA Israel Awenayeri Douglas LTU Vytautas Dragūnevičius EST Alo Dupikov LAT Aleksandrs Fertovs LAT Antons Jemeļins BRA Nathan Júnior LAT Gatis Kalniņš LAT Jurģis Kalns LAT Vladimirs Kamešs LTU Vitalijus Kavaliauskas LTU Mantas Kuklys EST Vitali Leitan EST Deniss Malov POR João Martins FIN Valeri Minkenen EST Konstantin Nahk RUS Aleksey Naumov BRA Felipe Nunes LTU Ramūnas Radavičius LTU Nerijus Radžius LAT Deniss Rakels LAT Vīts Rimkus RUS Ivan Shpakov EST Maksim Smirnov LAT Genādijs Soloņicins LAT Aleksandrs Solovjovs LTU Tadas Špukas EST Aleksandr Tarassenkov NGR Michael Tukura LTU Egidijus Varnas LAT Aleksejs Višņakovs LAT Eduards Višņakovs LAT Jurijs Žigajevs LTU Artūras Žulpa References 30em External links Official website 2009 Category:2009 in European men's international football Category:2010 in European men's international football Category:2009 in Estonian football Category:2009 in Latvian football Category:2009 in Lithuanian football Category:2010 in Estonian football Category:2010 in Latvian football Category:2010 in Lithuanian football Category:Football competitions in Lithuania