A Lyga 2008

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A Lyga 2008
master Ekranas Panevėžys
Champions League
qualification		 Ekranas Panevėžys
Europa League
qualification		 FBK Kaunas
Sūduva Marijampolė
Vėtra Vilnius
Cup winners FBK Kaunas
Relegated FK Šilutė
Teams 8th
Games 112
Gates 266  (ø 2.38 per game)
Top scorer Rafael Ledesma
(FBK Kaunas)
← A Lyga 2007

The A Lyga 2008 was the 19th season of the highest Lithuanian league in men's football . It started on March 29, 2008 and ended on November 16, 2008.

The defending champion was FBK Kaunas .

mode

After FC Vilnius was not approved for this season and Interas Visaginas was relegated, but at the same time there was no promoted team, the season was carried out with eight teams. These played against each other four times in the course of a season; twice at home and twice away. So each team played 28 games per season.

societies

Clubs of A Lyga 2008
society city Stadion capacity
FK Žalgiris Vilnius Vilnius Žalgiris Stadium 15,0300
FBK Kaunas Kaunas S.Dariaus and S.Girėno stadiums 8,248
Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė Sūduva Stadium 6,250
FK Vėtra Vilnius Vėtra Stadium 5,422
Atlantas Klaipeda Klaipeda Klaipeda Central Stadium 4,950
Ekranas Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium 4,000
FK Šilutė Šilutė Šilutė stadium 3,000
FK Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Stadium 2,430

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Ekranas Panevėžys  28  20th  5  3 046:120 +34 65
 2. FBK Kaunas (M)  28  16  7th  5 051:170 +34 55
 3. FK Vėtra  28  14th  6th  8th 033:240  +9 48
 4th Sūduva Marijampolė  28  14th  6th  8th 035:250 +10 48
 5. FK Žalgiris Vilnius  28  6th  10  12 027:410 −14 28
 6th Atlantas Klaipeda  28  7th  7th  14th 031:440 −13 28
 7th FK Šiauliai  28  5  9  14th 024:410 −17 24
 8th. FK Šilutė  28  3  4th  21st 019:620 −43 13

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

  • Lithuanian champion and participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the first qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
  • Descent to the 1 Lyga
    • (M) reigning Lithuanian champion
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    Match days 1–14 Ekranas Panevėžys FBK Kaunas FK Vėtra Sūduva Marijampolė FK Žalgiris Vilnius Atlantas Klaipeda FK Šilutė
    Ekranas Panevėžys 1-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 4-0
    FBK Kaunas 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 2-0 4-0 2-0 3-0
    FK Vėtra 0: 1 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 2 2: 1
    Sūduva Marijampolė 2: 1 0-0 3-0 0-0 3: 1 1-0 2: 1
    FK Žalgiris Vilnius 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1
    Atlantas Klaipeda 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 2-0
    FK Šiauliai 0: 2 0-0 0: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3-0
    FK Šilutė 0: 1 0: 6 1: 3 1: 1 0: 2 2: 4 2: 2
    Match days 15–28 Ekranas Panevėžys FBK Kaunas FK Vėtra Sūduva Marijampolė FK Žalgiris Vilnius Atlantas Klaipeda FK Šilutė
    Ekranas Panevėžys 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 5: 1 3-0 1: 1 1-0
    FBK Kaunas 2-0 2: 3 1-0 5-0 2-0 1-0 4-0
    FK Vėtra 0: 2 0: 2 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 4-0
    Sūduva Marijampolė 0-0 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 3-0 4-0
    FK Žalgiris Vilnius 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 3 5: 1 2: 4 0: 2
    Atlantas Klaipeda 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 2 2: 1
    FK Šiauliai 0: 5 0-0 2-0 0: 2 0: 2 4: 4 0: 1
    FK Šilutė 0: 3 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 2-0

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ a b Lithuania 2008 results and tables. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved March 9, 2017 .