1997–98 A Lyga

The Lithuanian A Lyga 1997–98 was the eighth season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 9 August 1997 and ended on 17 June 1998.[1] It was contested by 16 teams, and Kareda Šiauliai won the championship.

A Lyga
Season1997–98
Dates9 August 1997-16 June 1998
ChampionsKareda Siauliai
RelegatedFK Interas
FK Tauras Taurage
FK Vienybe
UEFA Champions LeagueKareda Siauliai
UEFA CupFK Zalgiris
FK Ekranas
UEFA Cup Winner's CupFBK Kaunas
UEFA Intertoto CupFK Inkaras Kaunas

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kareda Šiauliai (C) 30 25 4 1 106 14 +92 79 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Žalgiris 30 24 5 1 84 10 +74 77 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Ekranas 30 22 2 6 53 25 +28 68
4 Inkaras 30 19 4 7 60 22 +38 61 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 FBK Kaunas 30 18 4 8 63 19 +44 58 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
6 Atlantas 30 15 7 8 47 21 +26 52
7 Lokomotyvas 30 14 4 12 35 29 +6 46
8 Ranga-Politechnika (R) 30 12 8 10 42 36 +6 44 Defunct after end of season
9 Panerys (R) 30 10 9 11 36 39 −3 39 Defunct in the next season
10 Nevėžis 30 9 4 17 25 52 −27 31
11 Mastis 30 9 4 17 29 62 −33 31
12 Geležinis Vilkas 30 7 6 17 31 44 −13 27
13 Banga 30 7 3 20 34 57 −23 24
14 Interas-AE (R) 30 5 5 20 28 68 −40 20 Relegation to 1 Lyga
15 Tauras (R) 30 5 4 21 28 93 −65 19
16 Vienybė (R) 30 2 1 27 15 125 −110 7
Source: RSSSF.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ATL BAN EKR FBK GEL INK IAE KAR LOK MAS NEV PAN RAN TAU VIE ŽAL
Atlantas 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 9–0 6–1 0–0
Banga 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–3 0–4 7–0 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 9–0 0–1
Ekranas 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–2
FBK Kaunas 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 7–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 5–0 0–0 5–0 8–0 2–2
Geležinis Vilkas 0–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–3
Inkaras 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 4–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1
Interas-AE 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–5 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 6–0 0–4
Kareda Šiauliai 3–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 6–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 7–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 5–1 8–1 1–1
Lokomotyvas 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 0–1
Mastis 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–5 1–0 1–2 0–1 +:-[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 4–0 0–2
Nevėžis 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–6 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 5–0 0–6
Panerys 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 7–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–2
Ranga-Politechnika 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 0–3 3–5 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1
Tauras 1–2 0–3 2–5 1–2 2–1 0–3 5–1 0–10 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 2–2 5–0 0–4
Vienybė 0–5 1–0 0–4 0–3 0–6 1–8 3–4 0–7 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–4 5–1 0–3
Žalgiris 3–0 6–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 4–1 1–0 7–0 3–1 7–0 7–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between Mastis and Ranga-Politechnika was rated with a goalless win for Mastis.

References
  1. Laužadis, Almantas (24 August 1999). "Lithuania 1997/98". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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