2012 A Lyga

General Financing A Lyga 2012 Ekranas REO Champions League Ekranas Europa League ŽalgirisSūduvaKruoja Baltic League 167 505 Artūras Rimkevičius Žalgiris 7–0 Atlantas Atlantas 0–5 Tauras Šiauliai 7–3 Tauras 2011 2013 The 2012 A Lyga, also known as General Financing A Lyga for sponsoring purposes,March 2012 was the 23rd season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season started on 10 March 2012 and ended on 11 November 2012.2012 m. A lygos, LFF Taur s ir tarptautinių rungtynių preliminarus tvarkaraštis http://www.lff.lt/article/19047/2012_a_lyga_lff_taure_tvarkarastis_prel.pdf?d=1 Lithuanian Football Federation 28 February 2012 lt PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001219/http://www.lff.lt/article/19047/2012_a_lyga_lff_taure_tvarkarastis_prel.pdf?d=1 2013-12-03 dead Ekranas were the defending champions. Changes from 2011 The league changed its number of teams for the third time in a row, reducing it from twelve teams in 2011 to ten sides. As a consequence, the schedule expanded from 33 to 36 matches per team, which each team playing every other team four times in total, twice at home and twice away. Teams On 2 February 2012, the Lithuanian Football Federation announced the teams which had passed the licensing criteria for the 2012 season.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/2012_metu_lietuvos_futbolo_a_lygoje_rungtyniaus_10_komandu 2012 metų Lietuvos futbolo A lygoje rungtyniaus 10 komandų Lithuanian Football Federation 1 March 2012 lt 2 February 2012 20 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190120093607/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/2012_metu_lietuvos_futbolo_a_lygoje_rungtyniaus_10_komandu dead Among them were the best eight teams of the 2011 season, eleventh-placed FK Atlantas from Klaipėda and 2011 First League champions FK REO Vilnius. Tenth-placed side FBK Kaunas were only granted a First League licence, while FK Mažeikiai and FC Klaipėda did not apply for a licence in any of the top two Lithuanian football leagues. In July 2012, LFF banned REO from registering new players due to the club's debts to referees.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/lff_pareiskimas_del_informacijos_ziniasklaidoje_apie_galima_reo_klubo_pasitraukima LFF pareiškimas dėl informacijos žiniasklaidoje apie galimą "REO" klubo pasitraukimą Lithuanian Football Federation 28 August 2012 lt 20 July 2012 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031528/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/lff_pareiskimas_del_informacijos_ziniasklaidoje_apie_galima_reo_klubo_pasitraukima dead On 21 July 2012, REO failed to appear on the match against Ekranas, and the game was awarded 3–0 to Ekranas with REO receiving a fine of 6000 Lithuanian Litas.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/uz_neatvykima_i_rungtynes_reo_iskaityti_pralaimejimai_ir_skirtos_baudos https://archive.today/20130219030629/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/uz_neatvykima_i_rungtynes_reo_iskaityti_pralaimejimai_ir_skirtos_baudos dead February 19, 2013 Už neatvykimą į rungtynes "REO" įskaityti pralaimėjimai ir skirtos baudos Lithuanian Football Federation 28 August 2012 lt 26 July 2012 REO have withdrawn from the competition in August 2012, after they were unable to attract investors.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/lff_gavo_rasta_del_reo_pasitraukimo_is_lff_varzybu LFF gavo raštą dėl "REO" pasitraukimo iš LFF varžybų Lithuanian Football Federation 28 August 2012 lt 21 August 2012 1 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160301194955/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/lff_gavo_rasta_del_reo_pasitraukimo_is_lff_varzybu dead Since they have played more than half of matches in the season, according to the LFF rulebook, those matches were considered valid and all REO's upcoming matches were awarded 3–0 to their opponents.http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/patvirtintas_reo_pasitraukimas_is_lietuvos_cempionato Patvirtintas "REO" pasitraukimas iš Lietuvos čempionato Lithuanian Football Federation 30 August 2012 lt 31 August 2012 2 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120902053108/http://www.lff.lt/lt/article/patvirtintas_reo_pasitraukimas_is_lietuvos_cempionato dead Stadiums and locations Lithuania right 350 Location of teams in the 2012 A Lyga Lithuania 55.71 21.13 Atlantas top Lithuania 55.702778 21.403333 Banga Lithuania 54.4 24.05 Dainava Lithuania 55.733333 24.35 Ekranas Lithuania 55.97 23.85 Kruoja Lithuania 54.683333 25.283333 REOŽalgiris Lithuania 55.933333 23.316667 Šiauliai left Lithuania 54.566667 23.35 Sūduva Lithuania 55.25 22.283333 Tauras ClubLocationStadium2011 seasonAtlantasKlaipėdaŽalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda)09 11thBangaGargždaiGargždai Stadium06 6thDainavaAlytus08 8thEkranasPanevėžysAukštaitija Stadium01 1stKruojaPakruojisPakruojis Stadium05 5thREOVilnius10 I Lyga, 1stSuduva SūduvaMarijampolėSūduva Stadium03 3rdSziauliai ŠiauliaiŠiauliaiSavivaldybė Stadium04 4thTaurasTauragėVytauto Stadium07 7thZalgiris ŽalgirisVilniusLFF Stadium02 2nd League table main WDL QR EKR Ekranas ŽAL Žalgiris SŪD Sūduva KRU Kruoja ŠIA Šiauliai BAN Banga DAI Dainava ATL Atlantas TAU Tauras REO REO 27 7 2 83 25 C 27 6 3 80 22 21 7 8 77 37 20 5 11 56 31 17 4 15 79 57 13 8 15 43 41 9 5 22 42 71 7 6 23 33 92 7 2 27 35 97 5 4 27 26 81 R green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round Winners of the 2012–13 Lithuanian Football Cup. EL1a blue1 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round EL1b EL1b black1 Defunct in the middle of season R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete UEFA.com lff.lt Results First half of season main FBR grey ATL BAN DAI EKR KRU REO SŪD ŠIA TAU ŽAL Atlantas 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–4 0–3 0–5 0–1 Banga 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 Dainava 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 2–4 1–0 3–1 1–3 Ekranas 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 5–0 1–0 Kruoja 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–1 REO 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 Sūduva 6–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 Šiauliai 5–1 1–2 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–3 7–3 2–2 Tauras 0–0 3–2 2–4 1–2 0–4 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–2 Žalgiris 7–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 UEFA.com complete Second half of season main FBR grey ATL BAN DAI EKR KRU REO SŪD ŠIA TAU ŽAL Atlantas 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–2 1–5 1–2 4–1 3–4 Banga 1–0 5–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 Dainava 1–2 0–4 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–2 Ekranas 6–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 5–0 0–0 Kruoja 5–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 REO 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–5 2–3 0–3 Sūduva 2–0 3–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 Šiauliai 6–0 0–1 3–3 3–4 1–0 3–0 1–0 7–2 2–4 Tauras 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–2 0–4 3–0 1–2 0–4 0–4 Žalgiris 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 4–1 5–0 walkover (see teams section) EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO EKR_REO UEFA.com complete Top goalscorers Including matches played on 29 October 2012October 2012 Pos.PlayerClubGoals1 Lithuania Artūras Rimkevičius Šiauliai352 Brazil Rafael Ledesma Sūduva213 Lithuania Arsenij Buinickij Ekranas17 Scotland Calum Elliot Žalgiris165 Ukraine Serhiy Zhyhalov Kruoja156 Poland Kamil Bilinski Žalgiris127 Lithuania Povilas Lukšys Sūduva118 Argentina Santiago Cesanelli Šiauliai10 Croatia Tino Lagator Atlantas10 Lithuania Ramūnas Radavičius Žalgiris1011 Latvia Igors Kozlovs Šiauliai9 References Category:LFF Lyga seasons 1 Lith