Victory in the penultimate round of the Topo centras Euronics Women's A League secured Gintra's 20th consecutive Lithuanian title, an outstanding achievement both nationally and across Europe.
In round 19, Gintra 5:0 (2–0 at half-time) comfortably defeated Banga Gargždai away, adding three points and becoming impossible to catch.
Only Bosnia and Herzegovina's multiple champions SFK 2000 Sarajevo have recorded a comparable period of domestic dominance.
It is Gintra's 23rd Lithuanian women's championship overall. Their first title came in 1999, and the uninterrupted run of dominance began in 2005.
The yellow-and-blacks close the 2024 season next weekend at home to Saned Joniškis. The match takes place at Gytariai's artificial-turf stadium on Sunday, 10 November, at 13:00, followed by the championship awards ceremony.
Starting lineup: L. Tuomi, A. Mikutaitė, R. Beal, A. Baltrušaitytė, T. Romanovskaja (76' U. Bujokaitė), M. Hagstrom, L. Kubiliūtė (46' K. Hawkinson), S. Jaatinen, E. Šupelytė, E. Partikaitė (67' M. Proscevičiūtė), T. Seara (76' D. Misiūnaitė).
Goals:
Gintra: S. Jaatinen (34', 64' min.) - 2, M. Hagstrom (7' min.) - 1. E. Šupelytė (pen. 52' min.) - 1, T. Seara (58' min.) - 1.
Youth-team player Augustė Baltrušaitytė made her first-team debut in the starting lineup in Gargždai.
Gintra took an early lead in the seventh minute, when Monica Hagstrom converted Laura Kubiliūtė's pass for 1–0.
Dominating and controlling the game, Gintra created several first-half opportunities but did not score again until the 34th minute, when Silja Jaatinen finished from Trista Seara's pass for 2–0.
Immediately after the break, Hagstrom won a penalty which Erika Šupelytė converted for 3–0. In the 58th minute, striker Seara finished another move to make it four. Jaatinen completed her brace with the final goal for 5–0.
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