2009–10 Baltic League
| Season | 2009–10 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 September 2009 – 4 July 2010 |
| Champions | Ventspils (1st title) |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 56 (2 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (4 goals) |
← 2008 2010–11 → | |
The 2009–2010 Baltic League (known as the Triobet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) is a 16-team football tournament held in the Baltic states. Five top teams from each participating country – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – along with the winner of the 2008 season will play a 4 round and 2 legged (excluding final) play-off style knockout tournament. It is held from Autumn 2009 through Summer 2010.
Teams
- Meistriliiga – Levadia (1st), Flora (2nd), Trans (3rd), Kalju (4th), Sillamäe Kalev (5th)
- Although TVMK initially finished 3rd, they were demoted to 10th place at the end of the season due to severe financial difficulties. The team was later disbanded.
- Virslīga – Ventspils (1st), Metalurgs (2nd), Skonto (3rd), Dinaburg (4th), Jūrmala (7th)
- Daugava Daugavpils (5th) merged with Dinaburg FC, with Dinaburg retaining its name. After FK Rīga (6th) went bankrupt Jūrmala were given the freed spot as the next best placed team.
- A Lyga – Ekranas (1st), Vėtra (3rd), Sūduva (4th), Šiauliai (7th), Tauras (1st I Lyga), Banga (3rd I Lyga)
- FBK Kaunas (2nd) and FK Atlantas (6th) withdrew from the top league, citing serious differences with the Lithuanian Football Federation. FK Žalgiris (5th) were denied A Lyga license and were demoted to I Lyga. FK Šilutė (8th) were relegated to I Lyga because of their league position. Eventually two I Lyga sides, Tauras and Banga, were awarded the two remaining spots, as they were both promoted to the A Lyga.
Play-off Table
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Banga | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ventspils | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ventspils | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vėtra | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dinaburg | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| Vėtra | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| Ventspils | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Flora | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jūrmala-VV | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ekranas | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ekranas | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Flora | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Šiauliai | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Flora | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ventspils | 3 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sūduva | 3 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| Tauras | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Levadia | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Levadia | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sūduva | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sūduva | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trans | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sūduva | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Metalurgs | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sillamäe Kalev | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Skonto | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Skonto | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Metalurgs | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kalju | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Metalurgs | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
| 22 September 2009 Leg 1 | Dinaburg FC | 0 – 0 | Vėtra | Daugavpils |
| 16:30 EEST (UTC+03) | Report | Stadium: Daugavas stadions Attendance: 100 Referee: Sten Kaldma |
| 28 October 2009 Leg 2 | Vėtra | Walkover | Dinaburg FC | Vilnius |
| 19:00 EET (UTC+02) | Stadium: Vėtros stadionas |
The second leg match was scratched and Vėtra advanced to the next round as Dinaburg was ejected from the competition for match-fixing.
| 22 September 2009 Leg 1 | Nõmme Kalju | 0 – 1 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | Tallinn |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Report | 76' Deniss Rakels | Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 326 Referee: Audrius Kancleris |
| 28 October 2009 Leg 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 5 – 2 | Nõmme Kalju | Liepāja |
| 19:00 EET (UTC+02) | Viktors Dobrecovs 5', 42', 60' Antons Jemeļins 29' Vladimirs Kamešs 45' |
Report | 59' Felipe Nunes 90+1' Maksim Smirnov |
Stadium: Daugavas stadions Attendance: 250 Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas |
Metalurgs advanced to the next round 6–2 on aggregate.
| 22 September 2009 Leg 1 | Sūduva | 2 – 0 | Narva Trans | Marijampolė |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Andrius Urbšys 50' Ramūnas Radavičius 72' |
Report | Stadium: Sūduvos stadionas Attendance: 980 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko |
| 28 October 2009 Leg 2 | Narva Trans | 1 – 1 | Sūduva | Narva |
| 14:00 EET (UTC+02) | Aleksandr Tarassenkov 39' | Report | 54' Ričardas Beniušis | Stadium: Kreenholmi staadion Attendance: 50 Referee: Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs |
Sūduva advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.
| 23 September 2009 Leg 1 | FK Jūrmala | 1 – 3 | Ekranas | Jūrmala |
| 16:30 EEST (UTC+03) | Jurģis Kalns 35' | Report | 66' Egidijus Varnas 77', 90' Dominykas Galkevičius |
Stadium: Slokas stadions Attendance: 80 Referee: Hannes Kaasik |
| 27 October 2009 Leg 2 | Ekranas | 0 – 1 | FK Jūrmala | Panevėžys |
| 19:00 EET (UTC+02) | Report | 73' Gatis Kalniņš | Stadium: Aukštaitija stadionas Attendance: 550 Referee: Eiko Saar |
Ekranas advanced to the next round 3–2 on aggregate.
| 23 September 2009 Leg 1 | Tauras | 1 – 0 | Levadia | Tauragė |
| 16:30 EEST (UTC+03) | Vytautas Dragūnevičius 1' | Report | Stadium: Vytauto stadionas Attendance: 700 Referee: Kristo Tohver |
| 27 October 2009 Leg 2 | Levadia | 3 – 0 | Tauras | Tallinn |
| 14:00 EET (UTC+02) | Deniss Malov 26' Vitali Leitan 39' Konstantin Nahk 69' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Maarjamäe staadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo |
Levadia advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.
| 23 September 2009 Leg 1 | Sillamäe Kalev | 1 – 3 | Skonto FC | Sillamäe |
| 16:30 EEST (UTC+03) | Aleksey Naumov 40' | Report | 23' Andrei Agafonov 59' Nathan Júnior 83' Aleksandrs Cauņa |
Stadium: Kalevi staadion Attendance: 260 Referee: Paulius Malžinskas |
| 28 October 2009 Leg 2 | Skonto FC | 1 – 0 | Sillamäe Kalev | Riga |
| 19:00 EET (UTC+02) | Aleksandrs Fertovs 75' | Report | Stadium: Skonto stadions Attendance: 60 Referee: Sergejus Slyva |
Skonto advanced to the next round 4–1 on aggregate.
| 23 September 2009 Leg 1 | Šiauliai | 1 – 1 | Flora | Šiauliai |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Tadas Špukas 6' | Report | 83' Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | Stadium: Savivaldybė stadionas Attendance: 2400 Referee: Andris Treimanis |
| 27 October 2009 Leg 2 | Flora | 3 – 1 (a.e.t) | Šiauliai | Tallinn |
| 19:00 EET (UTC+02) | Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 78', 93', 117' | Report | 9' Mantas Kuklys | Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 120 Referee: Sergejs Braga |
Flora advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate.
| 8 October 2009 Leg 1 | Banga | 0 – 0 | Ventspils | Klaipėda |
| 14:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Report | Stadium: Miesto stadions Attendance: 250 Referee: Kristo Tohver |
| 10 November 2009 Leg 2 | Ventspils | 2 – 1 | Banga | Ventspils |
| 14:00 EET (UTC+02) | Aleksandrs Solovjovs 59' João Martins 86' |
Report | 79' Israel Awenayeri Douglas | Stadium: Olimpiskais stadions Attendance: 1500 Referee: Aivar Israel |
Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
| 6 April 2010 Leg 1 | Vėtra | 1 – 2 | Ventspils | Vilnius |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Artūras Žulpa 48' | Report | 25' Ivan Shpakov 68' Sergey Shumilin |
Stadium: Sportima indoor hall Referee: Hannes Kaasik |
| 5 May 2010 Leg 2 | Ventspils | 1 – 0 | Vėtra | Ventspils |
| 17:30 EEST (UTC+03) | Sergey Shumilin 42' | Report | Stadium: Olimpiskais Stadions Attendance: 300 Referee: Kristo Tohver |
Ventspils advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.
| 6 April 2010 Leg 1 | Flora | 0 – 0 | Ekranas | Tallinn |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Report | Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 88 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko |
| 5 May 2010 Leg 2 | Ekranas | 1 – 2 | Flora | Panevėžys |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Vīts Rimkus 51' | Report | 62' Alo Dupikov 77' (pen.) Valeri Minkenen |
Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs |
Flora advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate.
| 7 April 2010 Leg 1 | Sūduva | 0 – 0 | Levadia | Marijampolė |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Report | Stadium: Sūduvos stadionas Attendance: 800 Referee: Vadims Cernikovs |
| 4 May 2010 Leg 2 | Levadia | 0 – 1 | Sūduva | Tallinn |
| 17:30 EEST (UTC+03) | Report | 36' Povilas Lukšys | Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena 1st grass pitch Referee: Aleksandr Golubevs |
Sūduva advanced to the next round 1–0 on aggregate.
| 7 April 2010 Leg 1 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 1 – 0 | Skonto FC | Liepāja |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Oskars Kļava 58' | Report | Stadium: Daugavas stadions Attendance: 500 Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas |
| 4 May 2010 Leg 2 | Skonto FC | 0 – 1 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | Riga |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Report | Vitalijus Kavaliauskas 24' | Stadium: Skonto Stadions Referee: Audrius Žuta |
Metalurgs advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
| 26 May 2010 Leg 1 | Ventspils | 2 – 0 | Flora | Ventspils |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Aleksejs Višņakovs 17' Eduards Višņakovs 72' |
Report | Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Attendance: 300 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika |
| 8 June 2010 Leg 2 | Flora | 0 – 0 | Ventspils | Tallinn |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Report | Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 780 Referee: Audrius Žuta |
Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate.
| 26 May 2010 Leg 1 | Sūduva | 3 – 0 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | Marijampolė |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Nerijus Radžius 36' Karolis Chvedukas 42' Povilas Lukšys 80' |
Report | Stadium: Sūduva Stadium Referee: Eiko Saar |
| 9 June 2010 Leg 2 | SK Liepājas Metalurgs | 2 – 1 | Sūduva | Liepāja |
| 19:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Oskars Kļava 16' Genādijs Soloņicins 90' |
Report | 80' Povilas Lukšys | Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Hannes Kaasik |
Sūduva advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate.
Final
| 4 July 2010 Final | Sūduva | 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p) | Ventspils | Marijampolė |
| 17:00 EEST (UTC+03) | Ričardas Beniušis 90+3', 114' Andrius Urbšys 120+1' |
Report | 82' Alexandru Dedov 99' (pen.) Jurijs Žigajevs 105' Michael Tukura |
Stadium: Sūduva Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sten Kaldma |
| Penalties | ||||
| Esau Garcia Alvarez Sandro Grande Ričardas Beniušis Andrius Urbšys |
Jurijs Žigajevs Ivan Shpakov Alexandru Dedov Michael Tukura Grigori Chirkin |
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Goalscorers
As of 4 July 2010.
4 goals:
3 goals:
2 goals:
- Andrius Urbšys
- Dominykas Galkevičius
- Oskars Kļava
- Sergey Shumilin
1 goal:
- Andrey Agafonov
- Aleksandrs Cauņa
- Karolis Chvedukas
- Alexandru Dedov
- Israel Awenayeri Douglas
- Vytautas Dragūnevičius
- Alo Dupikov
- Aleksandrs Fertovs
- Antons Jemeļins
- Nathan Júnior
- Gatis Kalniņš
- Jurģis Kalns
- Vladimirs Kamešs
- Vitalijus Kavaliauskas
- Mantas Kuklys
- Vitali Leitan
- Deniss Malov
- João Martins
- Valeri Minkenen
- Konstantin Nahk
- Aleksey Naumov
- Felipe Nunes
- Ramūnas Radavičius
- Nerijus Radžius
- Deniss Rakels
- Vīts Rimkus
- Ivan Shpakov
- Maksim Smirnov
- Genādijs Soloņicins
- Aleksandrs Solovjovs
- Tadas Špukas
- Aleksandr Tarassenkov
- Michael Tukura
- Egidijus Varnas
- Aleksejs Višņakovs
- Eduards Višņakovs
- Jurijs Žigajevs
- Artūras Žulpa