2023 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season2023
Dates3 March – 12 November 2023
Champions Panevėžys
Relegated Riteriai
Champions League Panevėžys
Conference League Žalgiris
Šiauliai
Kauno Žalgiris
Matches played171
Goals scored403 (2.36 per match)
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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]

Contents

The winners (Panevėžys) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (Žalgiris) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round, with the third and fourth-placed teams (Šiauliai and Kauno Žalgiris) qualifying for the 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]

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Vilnius teams
Riteriai
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Home towns of the 2023 A Lyga teams
2023 A Lyga competitors
ClubLocationStadiumSurfaceCapacitySeasons
in A Lyga		 Position
in 2022
Banga Gargždai Gargždai Stadium Artificial2,323108th
DFK Dainava Alytus Alytus Stadium Natural3,726121st in I lyga
Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial2,660
Džiugas Telšiai Telšiai Central StadiumNatural2,32039th
Ateitis Progymnasium StadiumArtificial300
Hegelmann Kaunas LFF Kaunas Training Center StadiumArtificial50034th
Kauno Žalgiris Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid15,31592nd
Akademija VDU StadiumArtificial1,000
Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural6,60053rd
Žemyna Progymnasium StadiumArtificial620
Riteriai Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial5,067105th
Sportima Arena Artificial3,157
Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural6,250216th
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial2,660
FA Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural4,00027th
Gytariai StadiumArtificial500
Žalgiris Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial5,067221st
Sportima Arena Artificial3,157

Managers

Current Managers

TeamCoachAppointedLicence
FK Banga Flag of Portugal.svg David Afonso 32 months agoUEFA Pro
DFK Dainava Flag of Belarus.svg Syarhey Kuznyatsow 21 months agoUEFA A
FC Džiugas Flag of Portugal.svg João Prates 32 months agoUEFA Pro
FC Hegelmann Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Skerla 38 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker)4 months ago
FK Panevėžys Flag of Italy.svg Gino Lettieri 17 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Riteriai Flag of Portugal.svg Matthew Silva 7 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Flag of Lithuania.svg Dovydas Lastauskas 13 months ago
FA Šiauliai Flag of Lithuania.svg Mindaugas Čepas 39 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Cheburin 37 months agoUEFA Pro

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment
FK Sūduva Flag of Portugal.svg Matthew Silva End of caretaker spell30 November 2022 Flag of Lithuania.svg Dovydas Lastauskas 1 February 2023
FK Riteriai Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Villar Sacked24 March 2023 Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Janković 1 April 2023
FK Kauno Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Rokas Garastas 1 May 2023 Flag of Lithuania.svg Marius Stankevičius 1 May 2023
FK Riteriai Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Janković 22 July 2023 Flag of Portugal.svg Matthew Silva 26 July 2023
FK Kauno Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Marius Stankevičius 5 October 2023 Flag of Lithuania.svg Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker)5 October 2023

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Panevėžys (C)3626916414+5087Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Žalgiris 3623676728+3975Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
3 Šiauliai 36161465135+1662Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4 Kauno Žalgiris 36151476140+2159
5 Hegelmann 36185136243+1959
6 Banga 36106202252−3036
7 Sūduva 36105212860−3235
8 Dainava 36710192540−1531
9 Džiugas (O)36413192557−3225Qualification for the A Lyga play-off
10 Riteriai (R)36510212662−3625Relegation to I Lyga
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
Notes:
  1. ↑ The 2023 Lithuanian Football Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (TransINVEST of I Lyga) were ineligible for a UEFA license, the Conference League spot was passed to the second-placed team of the A Lyga, and the second Conference League first qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

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 2–12–00–50–20–41–10–11–00–21–00–10–31–10–11–21–11–01–4
Dainava 2–12–21–00–00–15–00–02–10–20–11–01–21–11–20–11–21–20–2
Džiugas 1–20–12–00–00–31–11–10–20–20–12–11–20–20–32–23–31–11–2
Hegelmann 5–03–02–03–22–40–12–36–00–11–00–01–11–10–01–03–12–02–0
Kauno Žalgiris 0–01–03–14–00–13–10–03–01–13–11–10–04–21–13–23–21–12–5
Panevėžys 2–00–04–01–02–13–13–10–00–02–02–00–02–23–01–02–02–12–0
Riteriai 0–00–01–10–41–10–40–11–00–20–11–30–02–31–30–20–11–22–6
Šiauliai 1–12–02–03–11–00–01–13–01–03–00–03–0 [lower-alpha 1] 1–31–11–12–03–20–0
Sūduva 0–22–01–02–02–40–20–00–22–11–02–00–00–12–60–10–32–00–2
Žalgiris 1–00–02–31–02–12–11–02–24–01–01–04–14–00–21–23–02–24–0
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 (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

18 November 2023 Be1 NFA 1–1 Džiugas Kaunas
11:00 BST Wouter Soccerball shade.svg19'Jezdimirović Soccerball shade.svg73'Stadium: NFA Stadium

Second leg

25 November 2023 Džiugas 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Be1 NFA Gargždai
11:00 BST Nuno Pereira Soccerball shade.svg69' (pen)Stadium: Gargždai Central Stadium [5]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 12 November 2023
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Mathias Oyewusi Žalgiris 19
2 Flag of Croatia.svg Filip Dangubić Hegelmann 18
3 Flag of Lithuania.svg Eligijus Jankauskas FA Šiauliai 14
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Ariagner Smith Panevėžys
5 Flag of Lithuania.svg Edvinas Girdvainis Kauno Žalgiris 10
6 Flag of Lithuania.svg Daniel Romanovskij FA Šiauliai 9
Flag of Lithuania.svg Gratas Sirgėdas Kauno Žalgiris
8 Flag of Romania.svg Patrick Popescu Hegelmann 8
9 Flag of Spain.svg Xabi Auzmendi Kauno Žalgiris 7
Flag of France.svg Florian David Kauno Žalgiris
Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksiy Shchebetun FA Šiauliai
Flag of Lithuania.svg Pijus Širvys Panevėžys

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Flag of Brazil.svg Cesinha Hegelmann Banga Gargždai 5–0 (H)31 March 2023 [6]
Flag of Croatia.svg Filip Dangubić Hegelmann Sūduva 6–0 (H)28 April 2023 [7]
Flag of Nigeria.svg Mathias Oyewusi Žalgiris Kauno Žalgiris 2–5 (A)27 June 2023 [8]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Gratas Sirgėdas Kauno Žalgiris Banga Gargždai 3–1 (H)7 October 2023 [9]

Discipline

Red cards

As of match played 12 November 2023

See also

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  7. ↑ "Hegelmann 6-0 Sūduva". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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  9. ↑ "Kauno Žalgiris 3-1 Banga Gargždai". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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