2013 A Lyga

The 2013 A Lyga, also known as SMSCredit.lt A Lyga for sponsoring purposes,^{[citation needed]} is the 24th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season started on 9 March 2013 and ended on 10 November 2013. FK Ekranas were the defending champions.

A Lyga

Season	2013
Champions	VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius
Relegated	Tauras
Champions League	VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius (second qualifying round)
Europa League	FK Atlantas, FK Ekranas (first qualifying round)
Matches played	144
Goals scored	443 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nerijus Valskis (FK Sūduva – 27 goals)
Biggest home win	VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius 7-0 FK Dainava
Biggest away win	FK Tauras 0-7 VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius
Highest scoring	FK Ekranas 6-2 FK Kruoja
Total attendance	99,140
Average attendance	688
← 2012 2014 →

Changes from 2012

The league changed its number of teams for the fourth time in a row, reducing it from ten teams in 2012 A Lyga to nine sides. As a consequence, the schedule reduced from 36 to 32 matches per team, with each team playing every other team four times in total, twice at home and twice away.

Stadiums and locations

Atlantas

Banga

Dainava

Ekranas

Kruoja

Žalgiris

Šiauliai

Sūduva

Tauras

Location of teams in the 2013 A Lyga

Club	Location	Stadium	2012 season
FK Atlantas	Klaipėda	Žalgiris Stadium (Klaipėda)	8th
FK Banga Gargždai	Gargždai	Gargždai Stadium	6th
FK Dainava Alytus	Alytus	Alytus Stadium	7th
FK Ekranas	Panevėžys	Aukštaitija Stadium	1st
FK Kruoja Pakruojis	Pakruojis	Pakruojis Stadium	4th
FK Sūduva Marijampolė	Marijampolė	ARVI Football Arena	3rd
FK Šiauliai	Šiauliai	Savivaldybė Stadium	5th
FK Tauras Tauragė	Tauragė	Vytauto Stadium	9th
VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius	Vilnius	LFF Stadium	2nd

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris (C)	32	22	7	3	77	19	+58	73	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Atlantas	32	22	5	5	64	23	+41	71	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Ekranas	32	20	4	8	58	34	+24	64
4	Sūduva	32	18	8	6	73	33	+40	62
5	Kruoja	32	13	9	10	46	47	−1	48
6	Banga	32	10	5	17	39	56	−17	35	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7	Šiauliai	32	6	7	19	34	65	−31	25
8	Dainava	32	4	5	23	27	74	−47	17
9	Tauras (R)	32	3	2	27	25	92	−67	11	Relegation to I Lyga

Source: UEFA.com LFF.lt
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The runners-up of the 2013–14 Lithuanian Football Cup competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Results

First half of season Home \ Away ATL BAN DAI EKR KRU SŪD ŠIA TAU ŽAL Atlantas 3–0 6–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 4–0 0–1 Banga 0–1 4–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–5 FK Dainava 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 Ekranas 1–2 4–1 2–1 6–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 Kruoja 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 Sūduva 0–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–5 Šiauliai 0–1 1–4 1–5 1–4 3–4 1–1 4–2 1–1 Tauras 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–6 0–2 0–7 Žalgiris 1–2 4–2 7–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 Source: UEFA.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away ATL BAN DAI EKR KRU SŪD ŠIA TAU ŽAL Atlantas 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 Banga 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 3–0 5–0 1–1 FK Dainava 0–5 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–5 0–1 1–3 0–1 Ekranas 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 5–0 1–1 Kruoja 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–4 0–0 2–1 0–0 Sūduva 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 Šiauliai 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–5 1–5 3–1 2–4 Tauras 0–5 1–2 0–4 0–1 2–3 3–3 3–1 0–3 Žalgiris 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 3–0 Source: UEFA.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Nerijus Valskis	FK Sūduva	27
2	Kamil Biliński	VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius	21
	Evaldas Razulis	FK Atlantas
3	Aurelijus Staponka	FK Banga Gargždai	14
4	Arsenij Buinickij	Ekranas	13
	Ričardas Beniušis	FK Kruoja Pakruojis
5	Mantas Kuklys	VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius	11

References

1. "A Lyga". Soccerway.