2023 LFF I Lyga

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I Lyga
Season2023
Champions TransINVEST
Promoted TransINVEST
Relegated Jonava
Marijampolė City
Riteriai B
Žalgiris B
Conference League TransINVEST
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The 2023 LFF I Lyga was the 34th season of I Lyga, the second tier football league of Lithuania. [1] [2]

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The champions (TransINVEST) were promoted to A Lyga, and also qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023 Lithuanian Football Cup. The runners-up (Be1 NFA) qualified for the A Lyga play-off. The fourteenth-placed team (Panevėžys B) qualified for the I Lyga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom two teams (Jonava and Žalgiris B) were relegated to the 2024 LF II Lyga, alongside Marijampolė City (who withdrew from the league) and Riteriai B (after Riteriai were relegated from the 2023 A Lyga.)

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2022 II Lyga 		Promoted to
2023 A Lyga 		Relegated from
2022 A Lyga 		Relegated to
2023 II Lyga
Kauno Žalgiris B
TransINVEST 		Dainava Jonava Atmosfera
Banga B

Participants

TeamTownStadiumCapacity
Babrungas Plungė Plungė Stadium500
Baltijos Futbolo Akademija Vilnius Širvintų stadionas500
Be1 NFA Kaunas NFA Stadium300
Ekranas Panevėžys Žemynos stadionas
Garliava Garliava Stadium of the school of Adomas Mitkus500
Jonava Jonava Central Stadium of Jonava 2,040
Kauno Žalgiris B Kaunas Kauno Žalgirio FA stadionas 500
Marijampolė City Marijampolė
Minija Kretinga Kretingos miesto stadionas1,000
Neptūnas Klaipėda Klaipėdos dirbtinės dangos aikštė1,000
Nevėžis Kėdainiai Kėdainių miesto centrinis stadionas3,000
Panevėžys B Panevėžys Žemynos progimnazijos stadionas500
Riteriai B Vilnius LFF Stadium 5,400
Šiauliai B Šiauliai Šiaulių stadionas 9,125
TransINVEST Vilnius
Žalgiris B Vilnius LFF Stadium 5,400

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 TransINVEST (C, P)3022448329+5470Promotion to A Lyga and qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
2 Be1 NFA 3017585130+2156Qualification for A Lyga play-off
3 Nevėžis 3014974732+1551
4 Neptūnas 3014975733+2451
5 Babrungas 3015696049+1151
6 Minija 3015694537+851
7 Riteriai B [lower-alpha 2] (R)30137104933+1646Relegation to II Lyga
8 Garliava 3091384337+640
9 Ekranas 30116134249−739
10 Baltijos Futbolo Akademija 30108124041−138
11 Marijampolė City 30112172764−3735Club withdrew
12 Šiauliai B 3096154766−1933
13 Kauno Žalgiris B 3088144049−932
14 Panevėžys B (O)3087154559−1431Qualification for I Lyga play-off
15 Žalgiris B (R)3077164666−2028Relegation to II Lyga
16 Jonava (R)3043232876−4815
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only for deciding promotion); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ TransINVEST qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023 Lithuanian Football Cup.
  2. ↑ Riterai B were relegated after their main team, Riteriai, were relegated to I Lyga from the 2023 A Lyga.

I Lyga play-off

The fourteenth-placed club (Panevėžys B) faced the third-placed club from the 2023 LFF II Lyga (Hegelmann B) for the final place in the following season's I Lyga.

First leg

15 November 2023 Hegelmann B 2–1 Panevėžys B Kaunas
17:00 BST Stadium: LFF Kaunas Training Centre

Second leg

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "I League - Lithuanian Football". Lietuvos Futbolas.
  2. ↑ "Leagues - Lithuanian Football Federation". Ifff.It.
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