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

Dinaburg FC v Vėtra

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

Vėtra v Dinaburg FC

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.

Nõmme Kalju v SK Liepājas Metalurgs

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

SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Nõmme Kalju

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.

Sūduva v Narva Trans

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

Narva Trans v Sūduva

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.

FK Jūrmala v Ekranas

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

Ekranas v FK Jūrmala

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.

Tauras v Levadia

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

Levadia v Tauras

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.

Sillamäe Kalev v Skonto FC

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

Skonto FC v Sillamäe Kalev

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.

Šiauliai v Flora

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

Flora v Šiauliai

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.

Banga v Ventspils

8 October 2009 Leg 1	Banga	0 – 0	Ventspils	Klaipėda
14:00 EEST ( UTC+03)		Report		Stadium: Miesto stadions Attendance: 250 Referee: Kristo Tohver

Ventspils v Banga

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

Vėtra v Ventspils

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

Ventspils v Vėtra

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.

Flora v Ekranas

6 April 2010 Leg 1	Flora	0 – 0	Ekranas	Tallinn
19:00 EEST ( UTC+03)		Report		Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 88 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko

Ekranas v Flora

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.

Sūduva v Levadia

7 April 2010 Leg 1	Sūduva	0 – 0	Levadia	Marijampolė
19:00 EEST ( UTC+03)		Report		Stadium: Sūduvos stadionas Attendance: 800 Referee: Vadims Cernikovs

Levadia v Sūduva

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.

SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Skonto FC

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

Skonto FC v SK Liepājas Metalurgs

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

Ventspils v Flora

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

Flora v Ventspils

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.

Sūduva v SK Liepājas Metalurgs

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

SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Sūduva

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

Sūduva v Ventspils

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