2008 A Lyga

The Lithuanian A Lyga 2008 was the 19th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 29 March 2008 and ended on 16 November 2008.

The league had to reduce the number of its teams from ten to nine prior to this season due to lacking of team able to earn promotion (see below). Shortly before the start of the season, Vilnius withdrew from participating in the league because of unknown reasons, leaving the league with 8 competing teams.

Clubs

Location of teams in the A Lyga 2008
Club Location Stadium Capacity
AtlantasKlaipėda Žalgiris Stadium 5,000
EkranasPanevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium 9,940
FBK KaunasKaunas S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium 8,500
SūduvaMarijampolė Sūduva Stadium 4,000
ŠiauliaiŠiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium 2,430
ŠilutėŠilutė Šilutė Stadium 3,000
VėtraVilnius Vėtra Stadium 5,900
ŽalgirisVilnius Žalgiris Stadium 15,030

Promotion and relegation

Interas-AE Visaginas were relegated to the Lithuanian First League after finishing the 2007 season in last place with only 8 points. Šilutė were originally scheduled to play the 2nd placed team of the First League, Rodiklis Kaunas, in a relegation play-off, but Rodiklis declined promotion due to lacking financial capabilities.

First League champions Alytis Alytus also had to forfeit their place in this year's league because their ground was not suitable for top-tier football, so no team was promoted.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Ekranas (C) 28 20 5 3 46 12+34 65 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 FBK Kaunas 28 16 7 5 51 17+34 55 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Vėtra 28 14 6 8 33 24+9 48 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round VET: 7 pts, 5–3
SUD: 4 pts, 3–5
4 Sūduva 28 14 6 8 35 25+10 48 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
5 Žalgiris 28 6 10 12 27 4114 28 ŽAL: 5 pts, 7–6
ATL: 5 pts, 6–7
6 Atlantas 28 7 7 14 31 4413 28
7 Šiauliai 28 5 9 14 24 4117 24
8 Šilutė (R) 28 3 4 21 19 6243 13 Relegation to 2009 1 Lyga

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
1Sūduva won the Lithuanian Football Cup 2008–09 and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(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 played each other four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 28 games.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away ATL EKR FBKSŪDŠIAŠILVĖTŽAL
Atlantas 11 11 01 01 20 10 22
Ekranas 10 10 10 10 40 11 10
FBK Kaunas 40 03 30 20 30 12 20
Sūduva 31 21 00 10 21 30 00
Šiauliai 11 02 00 01 30 02 11
Šilutė 24 01 06 11 22 13 02
Vėtra 00 01 11 30 22 21 11
Žalgiris 00 11 02 01 11 11 10

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.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away ATL EKR FBKSŪDŠIAŠILVĖTŽAL
Atlantas 01 12 10 12 21 01 302
Ekranas 30 21 21 11 10 01 51
FBK Kaunas 20 20 10 10 40 23 50
Sūduva 32 00 12 30 40 00 11
Šiauliai 44 05 00 02 01 20 02
Šilutė 12 03 11 12 20 01 12
Vėtra 21 02 02 20 10 40 10
Žalgiris 51 01 11 23 24 02 10

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.

2The game from Round 25 was awarded to Atlantas with a score of 3–0 because Žalgiris did not field a team for the match.

References

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