2009–10 Baltic League

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.

Baltic League
Season2009–10
Dates22 September 2009 – 4 July 2010
ChampionsLatvia Ventspils (1st title)
Matches played28
Goals scored56 (2 per match)
Top goalscorerEstonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (4 goals)
2008

Teams

Play-off Table

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
           
Lithuania Banga 0 1
Latvia Ventspils 0 2
Latvia Ventspils 2 1
Lithuania Vėtra 1 0
Latvia Dinaburg 0
Lithuania Vėtra 0
Latvia Ventspils 2 0
Estonia Flora 0 0
Latvia Jūrmala-VV 1 1
Lithuania Ekranas 3 0
Lithuania Ekranas 0 1
Estonia Flora 0 2
Lithuania Šiauliai 1 1
Estonia Flora 1 3
Latvia Ventspils 3 (5)
Lithuania Sūduva 3 (3)
Lithuania Tauras 1 0
Estonia Levadia 0 3
Estonia Levadia 0 0
Lithuania Sūduva 0 1
Lithuania Sūduva 2 1
Estonia Trans 0 1
Lithuania Sūduva 3 1
Latvia Metalurgs 0 2
Estonia Sillamäe Kalev 1 0
Latvia Skonto 3 1
Latvia Skonto 0 0
Latvia Metalurgs 1 1
Estonia Kalju 0 2
Latvia Metalurgs 1 5

Round of 16

22 September 2009 Leg 1 Dinaburg FC Latvia 0 – 0 Lithuania Vėtra Daugavpils
16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Daugavas stadions
Attendance: 100
Referee: Estonia Sten Kaldma

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 Estonia 0 – 1 Latvia SK Liepājas Metalurgs Tallinn
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report 76' Deniss Rakels Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 326
Referee: Lithuania Audrius Kancleris
28 October 2009 Leg 2 SK Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 5 – 2 Estonia 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: Lithuania Edmundas Gaigalas

Metalurgs advanced to the next round 6–2 on aggregate.

22 September 2009 Leg 1 Sūduva Lithuania 2 – 0 Estonia Narva Trans Marijampolė
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Andrius Urbšys 50'
Ramūnas Radavičius 72'
Report Stadium: Sūduvos stadionas
Attendance: 980
Referee: Latvia Vadims Direktorenko
28 October 2009 Leg 2 Narva Trans Estonia 1 – 1 Lithuania Sūduva Narva
14:00 EET (UTC+02) Aleksandr Tarassenkov 39' Report 54' Ričardas Beniušis Stadium: Kreenholmi staadion
Attendance: 50
Referee: Latvia Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs

Sūduva advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.

23 September 2009 Leg 1 FK Jūrmala Latvia 1 – 3 Lithuania Ekranas Jūrmala
16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Jurģis Kalns 35' Report 66' Egidijus Varnas
77', 90' Dominykas Galkevičius
Stadium: Slokas stadions
Attendance: 80
Referee: Estonia Hannes Kaasik
27 October 2009 Leg 2 Ekranas Lithuania 0 – 1 Latvia FK Jūrmala Panevėžys
19:00 EET (UTC+02) Report 73' Gatis Kalniņš Stadium: Aukštaitija stadionas
Attendance: 550
Referee: Estonia Eiko Saar

Ekranas advanced to the next round 3–2 on aggregate.

23 September 2009 Leg 1 Tauras Lithuania 1 – 0 Estonia Levadia Tauragė
16:30 EEST (UTC+03) Vytautas Dragūnevičius 1' Report Stadium: Vytauto stadionas
Attendance: 700
Referee: Estonia Kristo Tohver
27 October 2009 Leg 2 Levadia Estonia 3 – 0 Lithuania Tauras Tallinn
14:00 EET (UTC+02) Deniss Malov 26'
Vitali Leitan 39'
Konstantin Nahk 69' (pen)
Report Stadium: Maarjamäe staadion
Attendance: 200
Referee: Latvia Andrejs Sipailo

Levadia advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.

23 September 2009 Leg 1 Sillamäe Kalev Estonia 1 – 3 Latvia 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: Lithuania Paulius Malžinskas
28 October 2009 Leg 2 Skonto FC Latvia 1 – 0 Estonia Sillamäe Kalev Riga
19:00 EET (UTC+02) Aleksandrs Fertovs 75' Report Stadium: Skonto stadions
Attendance: 60
Referee: Lithuania Sergejus Slyva

Skonto advanced to the next round 4–1 on aggregate.

23 September 2009 Leg 1 Šiauliai Lithuania 1 – 1 Estonia Flora Šiauliai
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Tadas Špukas 6' Report 83' Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Stadium: Savivaldybė stadionas
Attendance: 2400
Referee: Latvia Andris Treimanis
27 October 2009 Leg 2 Flora Estonia 3 – 1 (a.e.t) Lithuania Šiauliai Tallinn
19:00 EET (UTC+02) Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 78', 93', 117' Report 9' Mantas Kuklys Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 120
Referee: Latvia Sergejs Braga

Flora advanced to the next round 4–2 on aggregate.

8 October 2009 Leg 1 Banga Lithuania 0 – 0 Latvia Ventspils Klaipėda
14:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Miesto stadions
Attendance: 250
Referee: Estonia Kristo Tohver
10 November 2009 Leg 2 Ventspils Latvia 2 – 1 Lithuania Banga Ventspils
14:00 EET (UTC+02) Aleksandrs Solovjovs 59'
João Martins 86'
Report 79' Israel Awenayeri Douglas Stadium: Olimpiskais stadions
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Estonia Aivar Israel

Ventspils advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

6 April 2010 Leg 1 Vėtra Lithuania 1 – 2 Latvia Ventspils Vilnius
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Artūras Žulpa 48' Report 25' Ivan Shpakov
68' Sergey Shumilin
Stadium: Sportima indoor hall
Referee: Estonia Hannes Kaasik
5 May 2010 Leg 2 Ventspils Latvia 1 – 0 Lithuania Vėtra Ventspils
17:30 EEST (UTC+03) Sergey Shumilin 42' Report Stadium: Olimpiskais Stadions
Attendance: 300
Referee: Estonia Kristo Tohver

Ventspils advanced to the next round 3–1 on aggregate.

6 April 2010 Leg 1 Flora Estonia 0 – 0 Lithuania Ekranas Tallinn
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Sportland Arena
Attendance: 88
Referee: Latvia Vadims Direktorenko
5 May 2010 Leg 2 Ekranas Lithuania 1 – 2 Estonia Flora Panevėžys
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Vīts Rimkus 51' Report 62' Alo Dupikov
77' (pen.) Valeri Minkenen
Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium
Attendance: 650
Referee: Latvia Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

Flora advanced to the next round 2–1 on aggregate.

7 April 2010 Leg 1 Sūduva Lithuania 0 – 0 Estonia Levadia Marijampolė
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Sūduvos stadionas
Attendance: 800
Referee: Latvia Vadims Cernikovs
4 May 2010 Leg 2 Levadia Estonia 0 – 1 Lithuania Sūduva Tallinn
17:30 EEST (UTC+03) Report 36' Povilas Lukšys Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena 1st grass pitch
Referee: Latvia Aleksandr Golubevs

Sūduva advanced to the next round 1–0 on aggregate.

7 April 2010 Leg 1 SK Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 1 – 0 Latvia Skonto FC Liepāja
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Oskars Kļava 58' Report Stadium: Daugavas stadions
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lithuania Nerijus Dunauskas

Metalurgs advanced to the next round 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

26 May 2010 Leg 1 Ventspils Latvia 2 – 0 Estonia Flora Ventspils
17:00 EEST (UTC+03) Aleksejs Višņakovs 17'
Eduards Višņakovs 72'
Report Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lithuania Gediminas Mažeika
8 June 2010 Leg 2 Flora Estonia 0 – 0 Latvia Ventspils Tallinn
19:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 780
Referee: Lithuania Audrius Žuta

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

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

Final

4 July 2010 Final Sūduva Lithuania 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 5 p)
Latvia 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: Estonia Sten Kaldma
Penalties
Esau Garcia Alvarez soccer ball with check mark
Sandro Grande soccer ball with check mark
Ričardas Beniušis soccer ball with check mark
Andrius Urbšys soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark Jurijs Žigajevs
soccer ball with check mark Ivan Shpakov
soccer ball with check mark Alexandru Dedov
soccer ball with check mark Michael Tukura
soccer ball with check mark Grigori Chirkin

Goalscorers

As of 4 July 2010.

4 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

References

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