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 Lithuanian A Lyga 2000 was the 11th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 25 March 2000 and ended on 4 November 2000.^[1] 10 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	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
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	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
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:

^ Kareda were demoted to the lower league due to the regulations of LFF, as were a reserve team of FBK Kaunas.
^ 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

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

[table_note_res_R10.34929323492073-2] Kareda were demoted to the lower league due to the regulations of LFF, as were a reserve team of FBK Kaunas.

[table_note_POL0.34929323492073-3] 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.

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

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