Lyga football
Football league season
The 2023 A Lyga , for sponsorship reasons also called Optibet A lyga was the 34th season of the A Lyga , the top-tier football league of Lithuania . The season began on 3 March 2023 and concluded on 12 November 2023.[ 1]
The winners (Panevėžys ) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round . The runners-up (Žalgiris ) and third-placed team (Šiauliai ) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round . The ninth-placed team (Džiugas ) qualified for the A Lyga play-off , winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (Riteriai ) were relegated to the 2024 LFF I Lyga .
Teams
The league consisted of ten teams, nine of which remained from the previous season. Žalgiris entered the season as defending champions. Jonava were relegated and replaced by Dainava , returning after one year's absence.[ 2] [ 3] Ninth-placed Džiugas remained in A Lyga after winning the playoff against I Lyga's Neptūnas .[ 4]
Home towns of the 2023 A Lyga teams
2023 A Lyga competitors
Club
Location
Stadium
Surface
Capacity
Seasons in A Lyga
Position in 2022
Banga
Gargždai
Gargždai Stadium
Artificial
2,323
10
8th
DFK Dainava
Alytus
Alytus Stadium
Natural
3,726
12
1st in I lyga
Marijampolė
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena
Artificial
2,660
Džiugas
Telšiai
Telšiai Central Stadium
Natural
2,320
3
9th
Ateitis Progymnasium Stadium
Artificial
300
Hegelmann
Kaunas
LFF Kaunas Training Center Stadium
Artificial
500
3
4th
Kauno Žalgiris
Kaunas
Darius and Girėnas Stadium
Hybrid
15,315
9
2nd
Akademija
VDU Stadium
Artificial
1,000
Panevėžys
Panevėžys
Aukštaitija Stadium
Natural
6,600
5
3rd
Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium
Artificial
620
Riteriai
Vilnius
LFF Stadium
Artificial
5,067
10
5th
Sportima Arena
Artificial
3,157
Sūduva
Marijampolė
Marijampolė Football Arena
Natural
6,250
21
6th
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena
Artificial
2,660
FA Šiauliai
Šiauliai
Savivaldybė Stadium
Natural
4,000
2
7th
Gytariai Stadium
Artificial
500
Žalgiris
Vilnius
LFF Stadium
Artificial
5,067
22
1st
Sportima Arena
Artificial
3,157
Managers
Current Managers
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Source:
A Lyga Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (for champion only) 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw.
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated
Fixtures and results
Source:
A Lyga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
^ Originally a 0–1 win for Džiugas; later overturned to a 3–0 win for Siauliai.
A Lyga play-off
The ninth-placed club (Džiugas ) faced the second-placed club from the 2023 LFF I Lyga (Be1 NFA ) for the final place in the following season's A Lyga.
First leg
Second leg
Season statistics
Top scorers
As of match played 12 November 2023
Hat-tricks
Discipline
Red cards
As of match played 12 November 2023
See also
References
External links
League competitions Cup competitions European competitions
Champions League
Europa League
Europa Conference League
Related to National team Clubs seasons
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