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2025 A Lyga
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.
| Season |
|---|
| 28 February 2025 – 8 November 2025 |
| Kauno Žalgiris (1st title) |
| Dainava |
| Kauno Žalgiris |
| HegelmannPanevėžysŽalgiris |
| 180 |
| 479 (2.66 per match) |
| Eligijus Jankauskas (18 goals) |
| Banga 6–0 Dainava(2 November 2025) |
| Banga 0–5 Dainava(24 August 2025) |
| Riteriai 3–4 Sūduva(1 March 2025)Hegelmann 5–2 Šiauliai(5 July 2025)Kauno Žalgiris 6–1 Riteriai(14 September 2025) |
| 7 matchesKauno Žalgiris |
| 14 matchesKauno ŽalgirisŽalgiris |
| 16 matchesDainava |
| 6 matchesRiteriaiDainava |
| 6,675Kauno Žalgiris 0–0 Sūduva(12 April 2025) |
| 40Riteriai 1–0 Šiauliai(19 June 2025) |
| 122,253 |
| 679 |
| ← 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.
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).
| 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 |
| 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 | 15 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Riteriai | Nicolas Vitorović | 13 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FA Šiauliai | Dainis Kazakevičs | 15 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Sūduva | Donatas Vencevičius | 15 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Žalgiris | Vladimir Cheburin | 63 months ago | UEFA Pro |
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.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eligijus Jankauskas | Šiauliai | 18 |
| 2 | Abdel Kader Njoya | Hegelmann | 15 |
| Amine Benchaib | Kauno Žalgiris | ||
| 4 | Milan Đokić | Šiauliai | 13 |
| Liviu Antal | Žalgiris | ||
| 6 | Dejan Georgijević | Kauno Žalgiris | 11 |
| Oleksandr Kurtsev | Džiugas | ||
| 8 | Meinardas Mikulėnas | Riteriai | 9 |
| 9 | Nauris Petkevičius | Sūduva | 8 |
| Ignas Venckus | Banga | ||
| Ariagner Smith | Panevėžys | ||
| Lucas Vega |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Đokić | Šiauliai | Džiugas | 5–0 (H) | 29 June 2025 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mantas Bertašius | Banga | 12 |
| Ignas Plūkas | Sūduva | ||
| 3 | Marius Paukštė | Džiugas | 11 |
| Tomas Švedkauskas | Kauno Žalgiris | ||
| 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 |
| Antonio Tuta | Riteriai |
Source:
- Most yellow cards: 12
- Karolis Žebrauskas (Šiauliai)
- Most red cards: 2
- Andriy Karvatskyi (Panevėžys)
- Eduardas Jurjonas (Kauno Žalgiris)
Source:
- Most red cards: 5
- Kauno Žalgiris
- Most yellow cards: 87
- Riteriai
| # | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 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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