Season 2010 End date November 14, 2010 Goals scored 370 | Champions Ekranas6th title Start date 2010 Location Lithuania Matches played 135 | |
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Baltic League EkranasSūduva MarijampolėŽalgiris VilniusTauras TauragėŠiauliai Top goalscorer Povilas Lukšys (16 goals) | ||
The 2010 Lithuanian A Lyga was the 21st season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season began on 20 March 2010 and ended on 14 November 2010. Ekranas were the defending champions and retained the title. This was their sixth league title and third in a row.
Contents
League table
Source: www2.omnitel.net
Rules for classification: 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
1Žalgiris were denied a licence for UEFA competitions, so Tauras inherited their UEFA Europa League spot.
2Banga were the runners-up of the 2010–11 Lithuanian Football Cup competition to Ekranas. Since Ekranas is qualified for Champions League, Banga entered the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League as cup runners-up.
3Atletas were docked 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process.
4Vėtra were docked 6 points at the start of the season due to irregularities in the licensing process together with Atletas. They were later docked 3 more points due to debt to former player Almir Sulejmanovič. After round 17 Vėtra were expelled from championship due to financial troubles. All their results were annulled.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Results
Every team will play each other three times for a total of 30 games.
Note: All Vėtra results listed below were annulled after the club was expelled from championship. They are listed here for information purposes. Matches which were to be competed after Vėtra's exemption have been shaded.
First and second rounds
Source: www2.omnitel.net
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Third round
Updated to games played on 7 November 2010.
Source: www2.omnitel.net
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Goalscorers
Including matches played on 14 November 2010; Source: Lietuvos futbolo statistika