2008 A Lyga


The Lithuanian A Lyga 2008 was the 19th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 29 March 2008 and ended on 16 November 2008.
The league had to reduce the number of its teams from ten to nine prior to this season due to lacking of team able to earn promotion. Shortly before the start of the season, Vilnius withdrew from participating in the league because of unknown reasons, leaving the league with 8 competing teams.

Clubs

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
AtlantasKlaipėdaŽalgiris Stadium5,000
EkranasPanevėžysAukštaitija Stadium9,940
FBK KaunasKaunasS.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium8,500
SūduvaMarijampolėSūduva Stadium4,000
ŠiauliaiŠiauliaiSavivaldybė Stadium2,430
ŠilutėŠilutėŠilutė Stadium3,000
VėtraVilniusVėtra Stadium5,900
ŽalgirisVilniusŽalgiris Stadium15,030

Promotion and relegation

were relegated to the Lithuanian First League after finishing the 2007 season in last place with only 8 points. Šilutė were originally scheduled to play the 2nd placed team of the First League, Rodiklis Kaunas, in a relegation play-off, but Rodiklis declined promotion due to lacking financial capabilities.
First League champions Alytis Alytus also had to forfeit their place in this year's league because their ground was not suitable for top-tier football, so no team was promoted.

Standings

Results

Every team played each other four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 28 games.

First half of season

Second half of season

Top goalscorers

Source: ''
Pos.PlayerClubGoals
1 Rafael GaúchoFBK Kaunas14
2 Mindaugas GrigalevičiusFBK Kaunas12
3 Povilas LukšysSūduva11
4 Vitalijus KavaliauskasEkranas8
5 Darius MaciulevičiusSūduva7
6 Egidijus VarnasEkranas6
6 Valdas TrakysEkranas6
6 Ivans LukjanovsŠiauliai / Sūduva6