2019 A Lyga

A Lyga 2019
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Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
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The 2019 A Lyga is the 30th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 2 March 2019 and is scheduled to end on 27 November 2019.

Sūduva Marijampolė began the season as defending champions having won their second consecutive league title last year.

Teams

The following teams are competing in the 2019 championship:

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2018 position
Atlantas !Atlantas	Klaipėda	Central Stadium of Klaipėda	Natural	4,428	6th
		Klaipėda Artificial Football Pitch	Artificial	1,000
Kauno Zalgiris !Kauno Žalgiris	Kaunas	SM Tauras Stadium	Natural	500	5th
		NFA Stadium	Artificial	500
Palanga !Palanga	Palanga	Palanga Stadium	Natural	1,212	7th
	Klaipėda	Klaipėda Artificial Football Pitch	Artificial	1,000
Panevezys !Panevėžys	Panevėžys	Aukštaitija Stadium	Natural	6,600	9I Lyga, 1st
		Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium	Artificial	500
Riteriai !Riteriai	Vilnius	LFF Stadium	Artificial	5,067	3rd
		Sportima Arena	Artificial	3,157
Stumbras !Stumbras	Kaunas	NFA Stadium	Artificial	500	4th
Suduva !Sūduva	Marijampolė	ARVI Football Arena	Natural	6,250	1st
		ARVI Football Indoor Arena	Artificial	2,660
Zalgiris !Žalgiris	Vilnius	LFF Stadium	Artificial	5,067	2nd
		Sportima Arena	Artificial	3,157

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atlantas	Viktors Dobrecovs	Darvydas Šernas	Nike	—
Kauno Žalgiris	Mindaugas Čepas	Linas Pilibaitis	Hummel	BC Žalgiris
Palanga	Artyom Gorlov	Gvidas Juška	Nike	011
Panevėžys	Alexandru Curteian	Paulius Janušauskas	Hummel	Kalnapilis
Riteriai	Aurelijus Skarbalius	Valdemaras Borovskis	Nike	Ecoil
Stumbras	João Luís Martins	Rimvydas Sadauskas	Joma	—
Sūduva	Vladimir Cheburin	Algis Jankauskas	Joma	Sumeda
Žalgiris	Marek Zub	Saulius Mikoliūnas	Nike	Top Sport

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Atlantas	Vacys Lekevičius	End of caretaker spell	11 November 2018	Pre-season	Viktors Dobrecovs	16 February 2019
Riteriai	Albert Rybak		21 December 2018		Aurelijus Skarbalius	21 December 2018
Palanga	Valdas Trakys	Mutual consent	2 January 2019		Artyom Gorlov	29 January 2019
Stumbras	Mariano Barreto		31 January 2019		João Luís Martins	22 February 2019
Žalgiris	Valdas Urbonas	Signed by Lithuania national team	2 February 2019		Marek Zub	13 February 2019

Regular season

Regular season table

Template:2019 A Lyga Regular Season table

Championship round

Championship round table

Template:2019 A Lyga Championship Round table

External links

• Official website

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