2000 A Lyga

A Lyga

Season	2000
Dates	25 May - 4 November
Champions	FBK Kaunas
Relegated	FK Kareda Kaunas KS Polonia Vilnius FK Banga Gargzdai
UEFA Champions League	FBK Kaunas
UEFA Cup	FK Zalgiris FK Atlantas
UEFA Intertoto Cup	FK Ekranas
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 A Lyga was the 11th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season ran from 25 March to 4 November 2000.[1] Ten teams participated, with FBK Kaunas winning the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FBK Kaunas (C)	36	26	8	2	115	24	+91	86	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Žalgiris	36	25	8	3	108	28	+80	83	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Atlantas	36	21	4	11	70	45	+25	67
4	Ekranas	36	18	8	10	57	31	+26	62	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Kareda (R)	36	17	9	10	56	49	+7	60	Relegation to 1 Lyga[a]
6	Nevėžis	36	11	14	11	31	44	−13	47
7	Dainava	36	8	9	19	34	66	−32	33
8	Polonija[b] (R)	36	6	7	23	27	82	−55	25	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9	Atletas-Inkaras (O)	36	5	6	25	28	95	−67	21
10	Banga (R)	36	3	7	26	19	81	−62	16	Relegation to 1 Lyga

Source: RSSSF.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Kareda were demoted to the lower league due to the regulations of LFF, as were a reserve team of FBK Kaunas.
2. Polonija were won the play-off, but were demoted to the lower league due to the regulations of LFF, as were a reserve team of Žalgiris.

Results

First half of season Home \ Away ATL AIK BAN DAI EKR FBK KAR NEV POL ŽAL Atlantas 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 Atletas-Inkaras 1–4 2–1 0–4 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–5 0–3 0–1 Banga 0–5 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 Dainava 1–3 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 Ekranas 3–1 1–1 5–0 2–3 0–4 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–2 FBK Kaunas 5–1 0–0 7–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 Kareda 1–0 1–0 4–2 5–1 0–0 1–5 1–1 2–1 2–1 Nevėžis 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–7 Polonija 1–3 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–4 0–5 0–0 0–1 0–4 Žalgiris 1–0 4–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 3–0 Source: ^[citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away ATL AIK BAN DAI EKR FBK KAR NEV POL ŽAL Atlantas 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 2–0 5–1 2–2 Atletas-Inkaras 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–8 Banga Gargždai 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–7 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 Dainava 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 Ekranas 0–0 6–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 7–1 1–2 FBK Kaunas 5–3 8–0 8–1 0–2 2–0 6–1 2–0 4–0 3–3 Kareda 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–5 2–3 0–2 2–2 Nevėžis 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 0–5 0–0 0–0 0–0 Polonija 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–6 Žalgiris 3–1 6–1 2–0 8–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 9–0 Source: ^[citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Laisvė Šilutė	1–3	Atletas-Inkaras	0–1	1–2
Klevas Šiauliai	3–4	Polonija	3–3	0–1

References

1. Laužadis, Almantas (16 March 2001). "Lithuania 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 December 2020.