2023 A Lyga

The 2023 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called Optibet A lyga is the 34th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 3 March 2023 and will conclude on 12 November 2023.[1]

A Lyga
Season2023
Dates3 March – 12 November 2023
ChampionsPanevėžys
Champions LeaguePanevėžys
Conference LeagueŽalgiris
Matches played300
Goals scored177 (0.59 per match)
← 2022

The winners (Panevėžys) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed team (Žalgiris and one other) qualify for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team qualify for the A Lyga play-off against the runners-up of the 2023 LFF I Lyga. The bottom-placed team are relegated to the 2024 LFF I Lyga.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams, nine of which remained from the previous season. FK Jonava were relegated and replaced by DFK Dainava, returning after one year's absence.[2][3] Ninth-placed FC Džiugas remained in A Lyga after winning the playoff against I Lyga's FK Neptūnas.[4] FK Žalgiris started the season as defending champions.

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

Current Managers
Team Coach Appointed Licence
FK Banga Portugal David Afonso 28 months ago UEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Belarus Syarhey Kuznyatsow 17 months ago UEFA A
FC Džiugas Portugal João Prates 28 months ago UEFA Pro
FC Hegelmann Lithuania Andrius Skerla 33 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) 0 months ago
FK Panevėžys Italy Gino Lettieri 13 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Riteriai Portugal Matthew Silva 3 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Lithuania Dovydas Lastauskas 8 months ago
FA Šiauliai Lithuania Mindaugas Čepas 34 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Kazakhstan Vladimir Cheburin 33 months ago UEFA Pro

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
FK Sūduva Portugal Matthew Silva End of caretaker spell 30 November 2022 Lithuania Dovydas Lastauskas 1 February 2023
FK Riteriai Spain Pablo Villar Sacked 24 March 2023 Serbia Vladimir Janković 1 April 2023
FK Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania Rokas Garastas 1 May 2023 Lithuania Marius Stankevičius 1 May 2023
FK Riteriai Serbia Vladimir Janković 22 July 2023 Portugal Matthew Silva 26 July 2023
FK Kauno Žalgiris Lithuania Marius Stankevičius 5 October 2023 Lithuania Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) 5 October 2023

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panevėžys (C, Q) 33 25 7 1 61 12 +49 82 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Žalgiris (Q) 34 22 6 6 66 26 +40 72 Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round
3 Šiauliai 33 15 12 6 44 31 +13 57
4 Hegelmann 33 17 5 11 58 35 +23 56
5 Kauno Žalgiris 33 12 14 7 50 37 +13 50
6 Sūduva 34 10 5 19 28 56 −28 35
7 Banga 34 9 6 19 21 49 −28 33
8 Dainava 34 7 10 17 24 37 −13 31
9 Džiugas (Y) 34 4 11 19 22 54 −32 23 Qualification for A Lyga play-off
10 Riteriai (Y) 34 4 10 20 22 59 −37 22 Relegation to I Lyga
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. 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; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (Y) Assured of A Lyga play-off at best

Fixtures and results
Home \ Away BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN RIT SIA SUD ZAL BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN RIT SIA SUD ZAL
Banga 2–1 2–0 0–5 0–2 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3 Nov 1–4
Dainava 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 5–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 5 Nov 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2
Džiugas 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–2 4 Nov 1–1 1–2
Hegelmann 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–4 0–1 2–3 6–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 4 Nov
Kauno Žalgiris 0–0 1–0 3–1 29 Oct 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 12 Nov 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–5
Panevėžys 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 12 Nov 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0
Riteriai 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–4 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–3 5 Nov 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–6
Šiauliai 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 12 Nov 0–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 1–1 30 Oct 2–0 3–2 0–0
Sūduva 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–6 0–1 12 Nov 2–0 0–2
Žalgiris 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 12 Nov 4–1 4–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 4–0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. Source: A Lyga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Originally a 0–1 win for Džiugas; later overturned to a 3–0 win for Siauliai.

A Lyga play-off

The ninth-placed club will face the second-placed club from the 2023 LFF I Lyga for the final place in the following season's A Lyga.

Top scorers
As of 2 October 2023[5]
Goals Assists Player Club
196Nigeria Mathias OyewusiFK Žalgiris
164Croatia Filip DangubićFC Hegelmann
137Nicaragua Ariagner SmithFK Panevėžys
122Lithuania Eligijus JankauskasFA Šiauliai
80Lithuania Edvinas GirdvainisFK Kauno Žalgiris
73Romania Patrick PopescuFC Hegelmann

Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainstResultDateNotes
Brazil CesinhaFC HegelmannFK Banga5:031 March 2023[6]
Croatia Filip DangubićFC HegelmannFK Sūduva6:028 April 2023[7]
Nigeria Mathias OyewusiFK ŽalgirisFK Kauno Žalgiris5:227 June 2023[8]
Lithuania Gratas SirgėdasFK Kauno ŽalgirisFK Banga3:17 October 2023[9]

See also

References
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  2. "Licencijavimo komitetas A lygos licencijas išdavė 8 klubams". sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. "Apeliacinis licencijavimo komitetas priėmė sprendimus dėl A lygos licencijos pareiškėjų apeliacijų". LFF.lt (in Lithuanian). 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  4. "Pereinamosiose rungtynėse "Džiugas" buvo solidesnis". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian). A Lyga. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  5. "A Liga 2023 live scores, results, Football Lithuania". Flashscore.
  6. "Banga - FC Hegelmann - Lietuvos Futbolas".
  7. "Hegelmann - Sūduva | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
  8. "K. Žalgiris - Žalgiris | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
  9. https://lietuvosfutbolas.lt/rungtynes/kauno-zalgiris-banga-15498378/
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