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Baltic League
Football club tournament held between the top clubs from Baltic states
Football club tournament held between the top clubs from Baltic states
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Baltic League |
| logo | Baltic League logo.svg |
| country | Estonia |
| Latvia | |
| Lithuania | |
| founded | 2007 |
| folded | 2011 |
| champions | LAT Skonto |
| season | 2010–11 |
| most successful club | LAT Metalurgs |
| LIT Kaunas | |
| LAT Ventspils | |
| LAT Skonto (1 title) | |
| teams | 12 (2007–2008) |
| 16 (2009–2011) | |
| tv | Viasat Sport Baltic |
Latvia Lithuania LIT Kaunas LAT Ventspils LAT Skonto (1 title) 16 (2009–2011)
The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinavian tournament Royal League and by the Baltic Basketball League.
History
The first two tournaments were held between top four club sides from each country. For 2009–10 the competition was expanded to 16 teams, with five sides from every Baltic state taking part. One additional slot was allocated to the sixth best team from the country of the previous winner.
A similar competition was the Baltic Champions Cup which featured the league champions of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
The inaugural tournament in 2007 finished as a two legged final. This format was abandoned for the second tournament and subsequent finals were played as a single match at the home of one of the finalists. After this format was introduced, the team hosting the match did not win despite the added home advantage.
The first two tournaments were played from Spring to Summer with 12 entrants but this changed to a longer Winter to Summer tournament with four more clubs taking part.
Finals
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Venue(s) | Referee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Latvia Metalurgs | 8 – 2 (aggregate) | |||
| 3 – 1, 5 – 1 | Latvia Ventspils | Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils | |||
| Daugava Stadium, Liepāja | Estonia Kristo Tohver | ||||
| Lithuania Audrius Žuta | |||||
| 2008 | Lithuania Kaunas | 2 – 1 | |||
| Latvia Skonto | Skonto Stadions, Riga | Estonia Hannes Kaasik | |||
| 2009–10 | Latvia Ventspils | 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) | |||
| 5 – 3 (pen.) | Lithuania Sūduva | Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė | Estonia Sten Kaldma | ||
| 2010–11 | Latvia Skonto | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | |||
| 5 – 4 (pen.) | Latvia Ventspils | Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils | Lithuania Nerijus Dunauskas |
Statistics
Performances by club
| Club | 1st | 2nd | Seasons | Seasons Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAT Ventspils | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2009–10 |
| LAT Skonto | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2010–11 |
| LAT Metalurgs | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2007 |
| LTU Kaunas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2008 |
| LTU Sūduva | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| LTU Ekranas | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| EST Flora | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| EST Levadia | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| EST Trans | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| LAT Dinaburg | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| LTU Žalgiris | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| EST TVMK | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| LTU Vėtra | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| LTU Banga | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| LAT Jūrmala | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| EST Kalju | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| EST Sillamäe Kalev | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| LTU Šiauliai | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| LTU Tauras | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| LAT Rīga | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LAT Olimps | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LAT Blāzma | 0 | 0 | 1 |
By country
All-time top goalscorers
| # | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAT Aleksandrs Cauņa | 10 |
| LAT Ģirts Karlsons | 10 | |
| 3 | LTU Ričardas Beniušis | 8 |
| 4 | BRA Rafael Gaúcho | 7 |
| 5 | LAT Genādijs Soloņicins | 6 |
| LTU Egidijus Varnas | 6 | |
| 7 | LTU Mindaugas Kalonas | 5 |
| LAT Mihails Miholaps | 5 | |
| LAT Andrejs Perepļotkins | 5 | |
| 10 | LAT Viktors Dobrecovs | 4 |
| EST Aleksandr Dubõkin | 4 | |
| GEO Vladimir Dvalishvili | 4 | |
| LAT Oļegs Laizāns | 4 | |
| LAT Vīts Rimkus | 4 | |
| UKR Serhij Sernecki | 4 | |
| EST Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | 4 | |
| LAT Aleksejs Višņakovs | 4 |
References
References
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