2015 A Lyga

A Lyga 2015 Žalgiris Champions League Žalgiris Europa League TrakaiAtlantas Baltic League 180 573 Tomas Radzinevičius 6-0 (2 Matches) Kl.Granitas 1-8 Sūduva Kl.Granitas 1-8 Sūduva 2014 2016 The 2015 A Lyga, also known as SMSCredit.lt A Lyga for sponsoring purposes was the 26th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season started in February 2015 and ended in November 2015. Žalgiris Vilnius are the defending champions. Teams FK Ekranas and FK Banga failed to obtain a license to play in the A Lyga and were relegated alongside FK Dainava, which finished last in the 2014 A Lyga. They were replaced by FC Stumbras and FK Spyris from Kaunas, giving the city two football teams in the highest league for the first time since 2002, and FK Utenis from Utena. All three teams make their debut at the top level. Stadiums and locations ClubLocationStadiumCapacity2014 seasonFK Atlantas Klaipėda Central stadium of Klaipėda5,000 3rdFK Klaipėdos Granitas Klaipėda Central stadium of Klaipėda5,000 8thFK Kruoja Pakruojis Pakruojis Pakruojis Stadium2,000 2ndFK Spyris Kaunas Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium9,180 11I Lyga, 5thFK Stumbras Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium9,180 11I Lyga, 1stSuduva FK Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė ARVI Football Arena6,250 5thSziauliai FK Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium4,000 7thFK Trakai Trakai LFF Stadium5,500 4thFK Utenis Utena Utena Utenis Stadium 3,000 11I Lyga, 3rdZalgiris FK Žalgiris Vilnius Vilnius LFF Stadium5,500 1st Kit manufacturer and sponsors February 2016 ClubKit manufacturerSponsors Atlantas Jako Granitas Errea Orakulas Kruoja Errea Spyris Joma BC Žalgiris Stumbras Hummel Novecorum Group Sūduva Joma Sumeda Šiauliai Patrick Gubernija Trakai Nike Ecoil Utenis Hummel Utenos Alus Žalgiris Kappa TOP Sport League table main WDL UEFA Soccerway ZAL TRA ATL SUD SPY UTE STU KLG SIA KRU CL2Q EL1Q EL1Q EL1Q DIS DIS WIT complete 21 7 8 65 34 6 9 21 37 83 4 8 24 23 72 5 5 26 37 94 13 6 17 47 74 11 8 17 51 74 21 4 11 76 34 27 3 6 92 33 11 9 16 41 50 31 1 4 104 25 Head-to-head record: Kruoja Pakruojis–Šiauliai 2–2, Šiauliai–Kruoja Pakruojis 1–0, Kruoja Pakruojis–Šiauliai 2–3, Šiauliai–Kruoja Pakruojis 3–0 SIA C D DR DR Atlantas Klaipėdos Granitas Kruoja Pakruojis Šiauliai Spyris Kaunas Stumbras Kaunas Sūduva Marijampolė Trakai Utenis Utena Žalgiris Vilnius 5 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Highest placed Reserves-team in the Reserve league.http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=season&id=11165&view=rules A Lyga 2015 - Season rules Scoresway 14 July 2015 QR green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round blue1 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round red1 Relegation to I Lyga black1 Withdrawn and relegation to I Lyga black1 Disqualified On 29 October 2015, Klaipėdos Granitas was disqualified from the 2015 A Lyga after breach of fairplay regulations.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/klaipedos_granitas_salinamas_is_a_lygos_cempionato "Klaipėdos granitas" šalinamas iš A lygos čempionato "Klaipėdos granitas" is removed from A Lyga championship Lithuanian Football Federation lt 30 October 2015 17 November 2015 4 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151204232047/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/klaipedos_granitas_salinamas_is_a_lygos_cempionato dead Klaipėdos Granitas, made an appeal,http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/gauta_klaipedos_granito_apeliacija Gauta "Klaipėdos granito" apeliacija Try "Klaipėdos granitas" appeal Lithuanian Football Federation lt 30 October 2015 17 November 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200017/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/gauta_klaipedos_granito_apeliacija dead but The Appeals Committee upheld the decision.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/apeliacinis_komitetas_paskelbe_sprendima_del_klaipedos_granito Apeliacinis komitetas paskelbė sprendimą dėl "Klaipėdos granito" The Appeals Committee issued a decision on Klaipėdos Granitas Lithuanian Football Federation lt 13 November 2015 17 November 2015 24 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190924135442/https://lff.lt/lt/article/apeliacinis_komitetas_paskelbe_sprendima_del_klaipedos_granito/ dead Since more than half of the matches had been played at the time of the withdrawal, the results from played matches were maintained and matches scheduled to take place after the withdrawal were decided as 3–0 losses.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/pasalinto_klaipedos_granito_suzaistu_varzybu_rezultatai_paliekami Pašalinto "Klaipėdos granito" sužaistų varžybų rezultatai paliekami Removed Klaipėdos Granitas, played results kept Lithuanian Football Federation lt 13 November 2015 24 September 2015 16 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151116193454/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/pasalinto_klaipedos_granito_suzaistu_varzybu_rezultatai_paliekami dead On 25 August 2015, Kruoja Pakruojis withdrew from the 2015 A Lyga after repeated accusations of match-fixing and breach of fairplay regulations.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/kruojos_klubo_komandos_traukiasi_is_varzybu Kruojos" klubo komandos traukiasi iš varžybų Kruoja club teams withdrawing from the race Lithuanian Football Federation lt 25 August 2015 24 September 2015 2 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151002085650/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/kruojos_klubo_komandos_traukiasi_is_varzybu dead Since more than half of the matches had been played at the time of the withdrawal, the results from played matches were maintained and matches scheduled to take place after the withdrawal were decided as 3–0 losses.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/kruojai_skirtos_sankcijos_uz_komandu_pasitraukima "Kruojai" skirtos sankcijos už komandų pasitraukimą Kruoja for infringement of the command's withdrawal Lithuanian Football Federation lt 27 August 2015 24 September 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185845/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/kruojai_skirtos_sankcijos_uz_komandu_pasitraukima dead Žalgiris Vilnius qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Lithuanian Football Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league. Results First half of season main FBR grey ATL KLG KRU SPY STU SŪD ŠIA TRA UTE ŽAL Atlantas 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 5–1 1–1 4–2 Klaipėdos Granitas 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–5 1–2 2–2 2–4 2–1 0–2 Kruoja 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 Spyris 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 Stumbras 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–4 0–2 3–1 2–3 0–1 0–4 Sūduva 1–1 3–1 3–0 5–1 1–1 6–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 Šiauliai 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 3–1 0–2 1–6 Trakai 2–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 4–0 5–1 2–1 Utenis 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 Žalgiris 2–0 6–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 walkover complete Second half of season main FBR grey ATL KLG KRU SPY STU SŪD ŠIA TRA UTE ŽAL Atlantas 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 Klaipėdos Granitas 1–5 2–0 2–2 0–3 1–8 4–1 1–4 1–2 1–2 Kruoja 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–3 0–3 2–1 2–2 Spyris 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–5 1–1 2–4 Stumbras 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–4 3–2 0–5 3–1 1–7 Sūduva 3–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 5–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 Šiauliai 0–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 11–2 0–2 2–4 0–2 1–4 Trakai 5–1 3–0 0–0 5–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–2 Utenis 0–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–3 Žalgiris 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 4–3 walkover ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU ATL_KRU complete Top goalscorers Pos.PlayerClubGoals1LTU Tomas RadzinevičiusSūduva282ARM David ArshakyanTrakai253RUS Andrey PanyukovAtlantas204LTU Artūras RimkevičiusStumbras205LTU Darvydas ŠernasŽalgiris176LTU Linas PilibaitisŽalgiris167LTU Andrius VeličkaSpyris12 References Category:LFF Lyga seasons 1 Lith