2009–10 Baltic League

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)
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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

Goalscorers

As of 4 July 2010.

4 goals:

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

References

External links

Official website

v t e Baltic League
2010–11 teams	Banga Blāzma Ekranas Flora Jūrmala Narva Trans Nõmme Kalju Levadia Metalurgs Olimps Šiauliai Sillamäe Kalev Skonto Sūduva Tauras Ventspils
Former teams	Kaunas Rīga Žalgiris TVMK Vėtra
Seasons	2007 2008 2009–10 2010–11
Finals	2007 2008 2010 2011