The 2009–2010 Baltic League (known as the ''Triobet Baltic League'' for sponsorship reasons) is a 16-team

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tournament held in the

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. Five top teams from each participating country –

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, and

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– 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

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(1st),

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(3rd), Kalju (4th),

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(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. *

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– Ventspils (1st), Metalurgs (2nd), Skonto (3rd), Dinaburg (4th), Jūrmala (7th) ** Daugava Daugavpils (5th) merged with Dinaburg FC, with Dinaburg retaining its name. After

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(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),

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(3rd I Lyga) ** FBK Kaunas (2nd) and

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(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.

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(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

''The second leg match was scratched and Vėtra advanced to the next round as Dinaburg was ejected from the competition for match-fixing.'' ''Metalurgs advanced to the next round 6–2 on aggregate.'' ''Sūduva advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.'' ''Ekranas advanced to the next round 3–2 on aggregate.'' ''Levadia advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.'' ''Skonto advanced to the next round 4–1 on aggregate.'' ''Flora advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate.'' ''Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

''Ventspils advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.'' ''Flora advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate.'' ''Sūduva advanced to the next round 1–0 on aggregate.'' ''Metalurgs advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

''Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate.'' ''Sūduva advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate.''

Final

Goalscorers

''As of 4 July 2010.'' 4 goals: *

Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (born 29 December 1981) is an Estonian football coach and former player who currently manages Gambian side Real de Banjul. Zahovaiko played for several professional clubs and was also a member of the Estonian national team ...

3 goals: * Viktors Dobrecovs * Povilas Lukšys *

Ričardas Beniušis Ricardas Beniušis (born 23 April 1980) is a Lithuanian footballer. Beniušis started his career with Inkaras Kaunas in his homeland, returning there after short spells with Russian clubs Baltika Kaliningrad and Krylya Sovetov Samara. He spent ...

2 goals: * Andrius Urbšys *

Dominykas Galkevičius Dominykas Galkevičius (born 16 October 1986, in Jonava) is a Lithuanian retired football midfielder and current head coach of Kauno Žalgiris' B-team. Career Club In November 2010, he came on trial to Serbian side Red Star Belgrade. In 2011, h ...

Oskars Kļava Oskars Kļava (born 8 August 1983) is a Latvian football coach and a former defender. He is the manager of Spartaks Jūrmala. Career Club Kļava was born in Liepāja. As a youth player he played for his local club Liepājas Metalurgs, makin ...

* Sergey Shumilin 1 goal: * Andrey Agafonov * Aleksandrs Cauņa * Karolis Chvedukas * Alexandru Dedov * Israel Awenayeri Douglas * Vytautas Dragūnevičius *

Alo Dupikov Alo Dupikov (born 5 November 1985 in Kehtna) is a former Estonian professional footballer, who played as a striker. During his career he earned five caps for Estonia national team in friendlies. Club career On 1 July 2010 in Europa League qua ...

* Aleksandrs Fertovs *

Antons Jemeļins Antons Jemeļins (born 19 February 1984 in Liepāja) is a Latvian footballer, who played as a centre-back. Club career Jemeļins started his career with Liepājas Metalurgs in 2004. He scored one goal in the 2005 Virslīga season when the club ...

* Nathan Júnior *

Gatis Kalniņš Gatis Kalniņš (born 12 August 1981) is a Latvian football striker, currently playing for FK Valmiera in the Latvian Higher League. Club career As a youth player Gatis Kalniņš played for his local club FK Valmiera, being taken to the firs ...

* Jurģis Kalns * Vladimirs Kamešs *

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Mantas Kuklys Mantas Kuklys (born 10 June 1987) is a Lithuanian footballer who plays for Žalgiris and the Lithuania national football team as a midfielder. Professional career He started his professional career at FK Šiauliai (Šiauliai Club). On 26 Novem ...

* Vitali Leitan * Deniss Malov * João Martins * Valeri Minkenen *

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* Aleksey Naumov * Felipe Nunes *

Ramūnas Radavičius Ramūnas Radavičius (born 20 January 1981) is a Lithuanian former international footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Radavičius has played club football for FC Vilnius, FK Žalgiris Vilnius, FK Sūduva Marijampolė and FK Ekranas. ...

* Nerijus Radžius *

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Vīts Rimkus Vīts Rimkus (born 21 June 1973) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Rimkus is of Lithuanian descent. Club career Born in Riga, Vīts Rimkus started his career in 1993 with Pārdaugava Rīga, scoring twice i ...

Ivan Shpakov Ivan Vladimirovich Shpakov (russian: Иван Владимирович Шпаков; born 8 June 1986) is a Russian former professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2002 for FC Mostran ...

Maksim Smirnov Maksim Smirnov (born 28 December 1979 in Tallinn) is a retired Estonian professional footballer. He played the position of midfielder. Club career On 7 March 2010, he joined FC Narva Trans on loan for the first half of the season. Internatio ...

Genādijs Soloņicins Genādijs Soloņicins (born 3 January 1980 in Liepāja) is a retired Latvian football midfielder. His last professional club was Liepājas Metalurgs in the Latvian Higher League, the club where he spent most of his professional career. Soloņic ...

* Aleksandrs Solovjovs * Tadas Špukas *

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Michael Tukura Michael Tukura (born 19 october 1988 in Abuja) is a Nigerian footballer, who currently plays for the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Petah Tikva. Career Tukura began his career with dynamite f.c in Nigeria. In 2007, he signed with Wikki To ...

Egidijus Varnas Egidijus Varnas (born 31 July 1975) is a Lithuanian football forward currently playing for FK Ekranas. Varnas made two appearances for the Lithuania national football team The Lithuania national football team ( lt, Lietuvos nacionalinė f ...

* Aleksejs Višņakovs * Eduards Višņakovs *

Jurijs Žigajevs Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985) is a Latvian former football player who made 31 appearances for the Latvia national team. Club career Born in the then Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at a young age. In his youth he played ...

Artūras Žulpa Artūras Žulpa (born 10 June 1990) is a Lithuanian footballer who plays for FC Aktobe as a midfielder. Career Club On 27 December 2014, Žulpa signed a three-year contract with FC Aktobe. Following the conclusion of the 2015 season, Žulpa was ...

References

External links

Official website
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