2009 A Lyga

A Lyga 2009 Ekranas5th league title Champions League Ekranas Europa League SūduvaŠiauliaiTauras Baltic League EkranasSūduvaŠiauliaiTaurasBanga Valdas Trakys (20) Sūduva 6-0 Kruoja LKKA ir Teledema 2-7 Sūduva Kruoja 0-5 Šiauliai Banga 0-5 Vėtra LKKA ir Teledema 2-7 Sūduva 112 302 2008 2010 The Lithuanian A Lyga 2009 was the 20th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 4 April 2009http://www.futbolas.lt/lt/naujienos/,nid.2641 A lygoje "Kauno", "Atlanto", ir "Žalgirio" nebus 27 March 2009 www.futbolas.lt lt 28 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090328093413/http://www.futbolas.lt/lt/naujienos/%2Cnid.2641 28 March 2009 dead and ended on 31 October 2009.http://www.futbolas.lt/lt/naujienos/,nid.2663 Paskelbtas 2009 metų A lygos sezono tvarkaraštis 30 March 2009 www.futbolas.lt lt 30 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090331231058/http://www.futbolas.lt/lt/naujienos/%2Cnid.2663 31 March 2009 dead Ekranas successfully defended their title. Promotion and relegation Šilutė were relegated to the I Lyga after finishing the 2008 season in last place. They were replaced by I Lyga champions Tauras. Pre-season controversy The Lithuanian top football division was shaken to its core after FBK Kaunas and Atlantas withdrew their participation on 20 March 2009. Both teams cited serious differences with the Lithuanian Football Federation over the way the league has been led in the past as a reason.http://www.futbolas.lt/lt/naujienos/,nid.2585 A lygos likimas spręsis po savaitės, "Kaunas" ir "Atlantas" traukiasi, "Žalgiriui" vilčių yra 20 March 2009 www.futbolas.lt lt 21 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090322004043/http://www.futbolas.lt/lt/naujienos/%2Cnid.2585 22 March 2009 dead This was the second blow to the league within two weeks after Žalgiris were denied a license for this season because of excessive financial problems on 6 March 2009.http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/sportas/futbolas/24/31464/ No exemption for legendary club (Legendiniam klubui išimtis nepadaryta) 7 March 2009 www.15min.lt lt 11 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090409210359/http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/sportas/futbolas/24/31464/ 2009-04-09 dead As a consequence, the chairman of the National Football Clubs' Association (NFKA), Gintaras Ugianskis, resigned from his post. Further, the organization of the league was put into the hands of the LFF.http://www.futbolas.lt/en/news/,nid.2593 Final decisions on A lyga to be made on March 27th 21 March 2009 www.futbolas.lt 23 March 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090408062918/http://www.futbolas.lt/en/news/%2Cnid.2593 8 April 2009 The 2009 A Lyga consists of eight teams chosen from all teams of both A Lyga and I Lyga. Teams with a higher 2008 season rank had a preference to enter.http://www.futbolas.lt/lt/naujienos/,nid.2623 A lygoje žaisti sutiktų bent trys I lygos klubai 25 March 2009 www.futbolas.lt lt 25 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090326025517/http://www.futbolas.lt/lt/naujienos/%2Cnid.2623 26 March 2009 dead Clubs being interested in a participation could submit their application until 26 March 2009. On 27 March 2009, the LFF announced the three replacement teams. Banga Gargždai, LKKA ir Teledema Kaunas and Kruoja Pakruojis were appointed to the league. Further, the LFF classified FBK Kaunas and Atlantas to play in the third-tier II Lyga because of "unethical conduct and other irregularities" while Žalgiris were granted a license for the second-level I Lyga. Clubs Lithuania right 290 Location of teams in the A Lyga 2009 Lithuania 55.712778 21.403333 Banga Lithuania 55.733333 24.35 Ekranas Lithuania 55.966667 23.866667 Kruoja Lithuania 54.9 23.933333 LKKA ir Teledema Lithuania 55.933333 23.316667 Šiauliai left Lithuania 54.566667 23.35 Sūduva Lithuania 55.25 22.283333 Tauras Lithuania 54.683333 25.283333 Vėtra ClubLocationStadiumCapacityCurrent managerBangaGargždai Gargždai Stadium800Lithuania Vytautas JančiauskasEkranasPanevėžysAukštaitija Stadium4,000Lithuania Valdas UrbonasKruojaPakruojisPakruojis Stadium1,000Lithuania Aidas DambrauskasLKKA ir TeledemaKaunasKaunas LŽŪU stadium1,000Lithuania Viačislavas NovikovasSūduvaMarijampolėSūduva Stadium6,260Lithuania Gedeminas JarmalavičiusŠiauliaiŠiauliaiSavivaldybė Stadium2,430Lithuania Deivis KančelskisTaurasTauragėVytauto Stadium1,600Latvia Jurijs PopkovsVėtraVilniusVėtra Stadium5,300Lithuania Virginijus Liubšys League table main WDL Q EKR Ekranas VĖT Vėtra SŪD Sūduva ŠIA Šiauliai TAU Tauras BAN Banga L&T LKKA ir Teledema KRU Kruoja 18 9 1 58 20 C 16 9 3 55 22 14 11 3 55 22 13 3 12 40 34 10 8 10 26 22 7 6 15 25 49 4 3 21 19 63 2 7 19 24 70 Vėtra were denied the UEFA license for the 2010–11 season and therefore will not represent Lithuania in the UEFA Europa League.„Vėtra“ šiemet negalės rungtyniauti UEFA Europos lygoje lt Since the finalists of the 2009–10 Lithuanian Football Cup are Vėtra and Champions League-qualified Ekranas, all Europa League spots were awarded to teams based on their league positions. Therefore, Sūduva and Šiauliai qualified for the second, while Tauras qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. VĖT VĖT green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round EL2 EL2 blue2 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round EL1 complete futbolas.lt lt 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 will play each other four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 28 games. main First half of season FBR grey BAN EKR KRU L&T SŪD ŠIA TAU VĖT Banga 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–5 Ekranas 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–3 Kruoja 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–5 2–2 0–3 LKKA ir Teledema 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–7 0–2 0–3 0–2 Sūduva 4–0 1–1 6–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 Šiauliai 4–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 Tauras 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 Vėtra 2–2 0–0 6–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 complete futbolas.lt lt main Second half of season FBR grey BAN EKR KRU L&T SŪD ŠIA TAU VĖT Banga 0–3 4–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 Ekranas 5–1 3–0 3–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 Kruoja 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–3 2–2 LKKA ir Teledema 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–4 1–4 0–1 0–1 Sūduva 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 Šiauliai 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 Tauras 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 Vėtra 2–0 1–2 3–0 4–1 2–0 5–2 2–1 complete futbolas.lt lt Top goalscorers Last updated: 26 October 2009; Source: futbolas.lt lt Pos.PlayerClubGoals1 LTU Valdas Trakys Ekranas202 LTU Tadas Kijanskas Vėtra11 LTU Mantas Kuklys Šiauliai LTU Ričardas Beniušis Sūduva5 LTU Egidijus Varnas Ekranas106 LTU Povilas Lukšys Sūduva9 LTU Mindaugas Grigalevičius Vėtra8 NGR Israel Awenayeri Douglas Banga8 LTU Igoris Morinas Kruoja LTU Andrius Urbšys Sūduva References Category:LFF Lyga seasons 1 Lith