2025 A Lyga

A Lyga
Season2025
Dates28 February 2025 – 8 November 2025
ChampionsKauno Žalgiris (1st title)
RelegatedDainava
Champions LeagueKauno Žalgiris
Conference LeagueHegelmann
Panevėžys
Žalgiris
Matches180
Goals479 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerEligijus Jankauskas (18 goals)
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, was the 36th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 28 February 2025 and ended on 8 November 2025.[1][2]

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the LFF I Lyga. Žalgiris entered the season as defending champions.

The promoted team was the 2024 LFF I Lyga champions Riteriai (returning to the A Lyga after a single-season absence). They replaced the 2024 A Lyga bottom-placed team TransINVEST (relegated from the A Lyga after a single season).[3]

Locations of the 2025 A Lyga teams
2025 A Lyga competitors
Club Location Stadium Surface Capacity Seasons
in A Lyga 		Position
in 2024
Banga Gargždai Gargždai Stadium Artificial 2,216 12 5th
DFK Dainava Alytus Alytus Stadium Natural 3,726 14 4th
Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial 2,660
Džiugas Telšiai Telšiai Central Stadium Natural 2,069 5 6th
? Artificial ?
Hegelmann Kaunas Raudondvaris Stadium Artificial 490 5 2nd
Kauno Žalgiris Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid 15,026 11 3rd
Akademija VDU Stadium Artificial 1,000
Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural 6,600 7 8th
FA Panevėžys stadium Artificial 660
FK Riteriai Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial 5,067 11 1st in I Lyga
FA Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural 3,017 4 7th
Gytariai Stadium Artificial 500
Sportima Arena Artificial 3,157
Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural 6,523 23 9th
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial 2,660
Žalgiris Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial 5,067 24 1st
Sportima Arena Artificial 3,157

Managers

Team Coach Appointed Licence
FK Banga David Afonso 54 months ago UEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Mergen Orazov 5 months ago UEFA Pro
FC Džiugas Andrius Lipskis 23 months ago UEFA A
FC Hegelmann Andrius Skerla 59 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Eivinas Černiauskas 12 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys Roland Vrabec 12 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Riteriai Nicolas Vitorović 10 months ago UEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Dainis Kazakevičs 12 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Donatas Vencevičius 12 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Vladimir Cheburin 59 months ago UEFA Pro

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kauno Žalgiris (C) 36 22 9 5 67 26 +41 75 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hegelmann 36 21 4 11 56 43 +13 67 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Žalgiris 36 17 11 8 54 41 +13 62
4 Sūduva 36 15 14 7 48 36 +12 59
5 Šiauliai 36 14 10 12 59 53 +6 52
6 Panevėžys 36 14 7 15 56 49 +7 49 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a]
7 Džiugas 36 13 7 16 37 45 −8 46
8 Banga 36 11 9 16 38 36 +2 42
9 Riteriai (O) 36 6 8 22 37 74 −37 26 Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 Dainava (R) 36 3 9 24 27 76 −49 18 Relegation to the 2026 I Lyga
Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (for champion only) 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Panevėžys qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round as the 2025 Lithuanian Football Cup winners.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN RIT SIA SUD ZAL BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN RIT SIA SUD ZAL
Banga 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 6–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2
Dainava 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1
Džiugas 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 4–1 1–3 0–0 1–2
Hegelmann 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 5–2 2–1 2–2
Kauno Žalgiris 0–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 6–1 3–1 1–1 1–2
Panevėžys 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–4 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–1
Riteriai 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–4 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–4 3–3 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–5 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–2
Šiauliai 3–0 2–2 5–0 0–3 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–3 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–2
Sūduva 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–3
Žalgiris 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Source: A Lyga, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

A Lyga play-off

The ninth-placed team (Riteriai) faced the second-placed team of the 2025 LFF I Lyga (Neptūnas) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 A Lyga.

First leg

15 November 2025 Neptūnas 0–0 Riteriai Klaipėda
12:00 BST Report Stadium: Klaipėdos dirbtinės dangos aikštė
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

Second leg

22 November 2025 Riteriai 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		NeptūnasVilnius
12:00 BST Bulatović 13'
Usavičius 65'		 Report Zubauskas 31' Stadium: LFF Stadium
Referee: Vilius Paulauskas

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 3 November 2025
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Eligijus Jankauskas Šiauliai 15
2 Abdel Kader Njoya Hegelmann 12
Milan Đokić Šiauliai
Amine Benchaib Kauno Žalgiris
Liviu Antal Žalgiris
6 Dejan Georgijević Kauno Žalgiris 11
7 Oleksandr Kurcev Džiugas 10
8 Nauris Petkevičius Sūduva 8
9 Meinardas Mikulėnas Riteriai 7
10 Krystian Okoniewski Dainava 6

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian).
  2. ^ "2025 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian).
  3. ^ "TransINVEST fail to avoid relegation in an end-of-season thriller". 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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