2001 A Lyga

A Lyga
Season	2001
Dates	1 April - 11 November
Champions	FBK Kaunas
Relegated	FK Vetra; FK Dainava Alytus
UEFA Champions League	FBK Kaunas
UEFA Cup	FK Atlantas; FK Zalgiris
UEFA Intertoto Cup	FK Ekranas
	← 2000 2002 →

The Lithuanian A Lyga 2001 was the 12th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 1 April 2001 and ended on 11 November 2001.^[1] 10 teams participated, and FBK Kaunas won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FBK Kaunas (C)	36	26	7	3	76	13	+63	85	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Atlantas	36	19	12	5	66	29	+37	69	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Žalgiris	36	20	9	7	64	39	+25	69	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Ekranas	36	15	10	11	58	38	+20	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Inakaras	36	11	12	13	50	44	+6	45
6	Geležinis Vilkas	36	10	6	20	42	69	−27	36
7	Nevėžis	36	8	11	17	33	54	−21	35
8	Sakalas	36	7	13	16	32	61	−29	34
9	Vėtra (R)	36	7	11	18	32	57	−25	32	Relegation to 1 Lyga
10	Dainava (R)	36	7	9	20	34	83	−49	30	Relegation to 1 Lyga

Source: RSSSF.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

First half of season

Home \ Away	ATL	DAI	EKR	FBK	GEL	INK	NEV	SAK	VĖT	ŽAL
Atlantas		2–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	5–2	3–1
Dainava	0–1		1–3	0–4	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–4
Ekranas	1–1	12–0		0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–3
FBK Kaunas	0–1	6–0	2–0		2–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	3–0	2–0
Geležinis Vilkas	1–2	4–1	1–2	1–3		0–0	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–2
Inkaras	1–4	3–2	0–1	0–2	0–2		2–0	4–0	2–0	1–2
Nevėžis	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–0
Sakalas	2–4	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0		2–0	1–1
Vėtra	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–5	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–1		1–3
Žalgiris	1–0	5–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	ATL	DAI	EKR	FBK	GEL	INK	NEV	SAK	VĖT	ŽAL
Atlantas		0–0	0–3	0–0	7–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1
Dainava	0–0		2–0	0–5	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2
Ekranas	4–1	4–2		0–1	5–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0
FBK Kaunas	0–0	1–1	4–0		3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–1
Geležinis Vilkas	0–6	1–0	0–4	1–3		0–3	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–2
Inkaras	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2		3–1	9–0	1–1	2–3
Nevėžis	0–6	5–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1
Sakalas	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–1	3–1
Vėtra	0–0	1–3	4–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0		2–0
Žalgiris	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	4–3	6–0	2–0	2–0	2–0