2025 A Lyga

A Lyga
Season	2025
Dates	28 February 2025 – 8 November 2025
Champions	Kauno Žalgiris (1st title)
Relegated	Dainava
Champions League	Kauno Žalgiris
Conference League	Hegelmann; Panevėžys; Žalgiris
Matches	180
Goals	479 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eligijus Jankauskas (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Banga 6–0 Dainava; (2 November 2025)
Biggest away win	Banga 0–5 Dainava; (24 August 2025)
Highest scoring	Riteriai 3–4 Sūduva; (1 March 2025); Hegelmann 5–2 Šiauliai; (5 July 2025); Kauno Žalgiris 6–1 Riteriai; (14 September 2025)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Kauno Žalgiris
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches; Kauno Žalgiris; Žalgiris
Longest winless run	16 matches; Dainava
Longest losing run	6 matches; Riteriai; Dainava
Highest attendance	6,675; Kauno Žalgiris 0–0 Sūduva; (12 April 2025)
Lowest attendance	40; Riteriai 1–0 Šiauliai; (19 June 2025)
Total attendance	122,253
Average attendance	679
	← 2024 2026 →

Season2025

Dates28 February 2025 – 8 November 2025

ChampionsKauno Žalgiris (1st title)

RelegatedDainava

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.^[2]^[3]

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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
DFK Dainava	Marijampolė	Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena	Artificial	2,660	14	4th
Džiugas	Telšiai	Telšiai Central Stadium	Natural	2,069	5	6th
Džiugas	Telšiai	?	Artificial	?	5	6th
Hegelmann	Kaunas	Raudondvaris Stadium	Artificial	490	5	2nd
Kauno Žalgiris	Kaunas	Darius and Girėnas Stadium	Hybrid	15,026	11	3rd
Kauno Žalgiris	Akademija	VDU Stadium	Artificial	1,000	11	3rd
Panevėžys	Panevėžys	Aukštaitija Stadium	Natural	6,600	7	8th
Panevėžys	Panevėžys	FA Panevėžys stadium	Artificial	660	7	8th
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
Sūduva	Marijampolė	Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena	Artificial	2,660	23	9th
Žalgiris	Vilnius	LFF Stadium	Artificial	5,067	24	1st
Žalgiris	Vilnius	Sportima Arena	Artificial	3,157	24	1st

Team	Coach	Appointed	Licence
FK Banga	David Afonso	58 months ago	UEFA Pro
DFK Dainava	Mergen Orazov	9 months ago	UEFA Pro
FC Džiugas	Andrius Lipskis	27 months ago	UEFA A
FC Hegelmann	Andrius Skerla	63 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris	Eivinas Černiauskas	16 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys	Roland Vrabec	16 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK Riteriai	Nicolas Vitorović	14 months ago	UEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai	Dainis Kazakevičs	16 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK Sūduva	Donatas Vencevičius	15 months ago	UEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris	Vladimir Cheburin	63 months ago	UEFA Pro

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

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

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

2025 A Lyga

Managers

League table

Fixtures and results

A Lyga play-off

First leg

Second leg

Statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Attendances

See also

References

External links

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[5]
1	Eligijus Jankauskas	Šiauliai	18
2	Abdel Kader Njoya	Hegelmann	15
2	Amine Benchaib	Kauno Žalgiris	15
4	Milan Đokić	Šiauliai	13
4	Liviu Antal	Žalgiris	13
6	Dejan Georgijević	Kauno Žalgiris	11
6	Oleksandr Kurtsev	Džiugas	11
8	Meinardas Mikulėnas	Riteriai	9
9	Nauris Petkevičius	Sūduva	8
	Ignas Venckus	Banga
	Ariagner Smith	Panevėžys
	Lucas Vega	Panevėžys

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[7]
1	Mantas Bertašius	Banga	12
1	Ignas Plūkas	Sūduva	12
3	Marius Paukštė	Džiugas	11
3	Tomas Švedkauskas	Kauno Žalgiris	11
5	Vincentas Šarkauskas	Hegelmann	10
6	Vytautas Černiauskas	Panevėžys	9
7	Carlos Olses	Žalgiris	8
8	Gustas Baliutavičius	Šiauliai	7
9	Deividas Mikelionis	Kauno Žalgiris	4
9	Antonio Tuta	Riteriai	4

#	Club	Average^[1]
1	Kauno Žalgiris	1,841
2	Žalgiris	880
3	Sūduva	821
4	Džiugas	661
5	Šiauliai	616
6	Banga	526
7	Hegelmann	413
8	Dainava	412
9	Panevėžys	383
10	Riteriai	238

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