# 2024 A Lyga

The 2024 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, was the 35th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 1 March 2024 and ended on 9 November 2024.
The winners (Žalgiris) qualified for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (Hegelmann), third-placed team (Kauno Žalgiris), and 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup winners (Banga) qualified for the 2025–26 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Sūduva) qualified for the A Lyga play-off, winning and retaining their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (TransINVEST) were relegated to the 2025 LFF I Lyga.

## Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the LFF I Lyga. Panevėžys entered the season as defending champions.
TransINVEST were promoted as champions of the 2023 LFF I Lyga, replacing the 2023 A Lyga bottom-placed team (Riteriai).
2024 A Lyga competitors :
| Club | Location | Stadium | Surface | Capacity | Seasons in A Lyga | Position in 2023 |
| Banga | Gargždai | Gargždai Stadium | Artificial | 2,323 | 11 | 6th |
| DFK Dainava | Alytus | Alytus Stadium | Natural | 3,726 | 13 | 8th |
| DFK Dainava | Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 | 13 | 8th |
| Džiugas | Telšiai | Telšiai Central Stadium | Natural | 2,320 | 4 | 9th |
| Džiugas | Telšiai | Ateitis Progymnasium Stadium | Artificial | 300 | 4 | 9th |
| Hegelmann | Kaunas | LFF Kaunas Training Center Stadium | Artificial | 500 | 4 | 5th |
| Kauno Žalgiris | Kaunas | Darius and Girėnas Stadium | Hybrid | 15,315 | 10 | 4th |
| Kauno Žalgiris | Akademija | VDU Stadium | Artificial | 1,000 | 10 | 4th |
| Panevėžys | Panevėžys | Aukštaitija Stadium | Natural | 6,600 | 6 | 1st |
| Panevėžys | Panevėžys | Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium | Artificial | 620 | 6 | 1st |
| FA Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Savivaldybė Stadium | Natural | 4,000 | 3 | 3rd |
| FA Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Gytariai Stadium | Artificial | 500 | 3 | 3rd |
| Sūduva | Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Arena | Natural | 6,250 | 22 | 7th |
| Sūduva | Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 | 22 | 7th |
| TransINVEST | Vilnius | Širvintų miesto stadionas | | 1,000 | 0 | 1st in I Lyga |
| Žalgiris | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 23 | 2nd |
| Žalgiris | Vilnius | Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 | 23 | 2nd |

### Managers

| Team | Coach | Appointed | Licence |
| FK Banga | David Afonso | 44 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| DFK Dainava | Syarhey Kuznyatsow | 33 months ago | UEFA A |
| FC Džiugas | Andrius Lipskis | 13 months ago | UEFA A |
| FC Hegelmann | Andrius Skerla | 49 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Kauno Žalgiris | Saulius Širmelis | 8 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Panevėžys | Stijn Vreven | 8 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FA Šiauliai | Mindaugas Čepas | 50 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Sūduva | Dovydas Lastauskas | 24 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK TransINVEST | Marius Stankevičius | 5 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Žalgiris | Vladimir Cheburin | 49 months ago | UEFA Pro |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Žalgiris (C) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Hegelmann | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 67 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Kauno Žalgiris | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 54 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Dainava | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 45 | |
| 5 | Banga | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 43 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Džiugas | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 42 | |
| 7 | Šiauliai | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 42 | |
| 8 | Panevėžys | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 41 | |
| 9 | Sūduva (O) | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 39 | Qualification for the A Lyga play-off |
| 10 | TransINVEST (R) | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 38 | Relegation to the I Lyga |
* ↑ Banga qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2024 Lithuanian Football Cup.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Džiugas 8, Šiauliai 2.

## Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | BAN | DAI | DZI | HEG | KAU | PAN | SIA | SUD | TRA | ZAL | BAN | DAI | DZI | HEG | KAU | PAN | SIA | SUD | TRA | ZAL |
| Banga | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Dainava | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Džiugas | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Hegelmann | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Kauno Žalgiris | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Panevėžys | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Šiauliai | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Sūduva | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| TransINVEST | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 0–1 |
| Žalgiris | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |

## A Lyga play-off

The ninth-placed club (Sūduva) faced the second-placed club from the 2024 LFF I Lyga (Be1 NFA) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 A Lyga.