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| Season | 2026 |
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| Dates | February 2026 – November 2026 |
← 2025 2027 → | |
The 2026 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, was the 37th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began in February 2026 and ended in November 2026. [1] [2]
The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the LFF I Lyga. Kauno Žalgiris entered the season as defending champions.
The promoted team was the 2025 LFF I Lyga champions TransINVEST (returning to the A Lyga after a single-season absence). They replaced the bottom-placed team of the 2025 A Lyga, Dainava, who were relegated after finishing last. [3]
| Club | Location | Stadium | Surface | Capacity | Seasons in A Lyga | Position in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banga | Gargždai | Gargždai Stadium | Artificial | 2,216 | 12 | 8th |
| Džiugas | Telšiai | Telšiai Central Stadium | Natural | 2,069 | 5 | 7th |
| ? | Artificial | ? | ||||
| Hegelmann | Kaunas | Raudondvaris Stadium | Artificial | 490 | 5 | 2nd |
| Kauno Žalgiris | Kaunas | Darius and Girėnas Stadium | Hybrid | 15,026 | 12 | 1st |
| Akademija | VDU Stadium | Artificial | 1,000 | |||
| Panevėžys | Panevėžys | Aukštaitija Stadium | Natural | 6,600 | 8 | 6th |
| FA Panevėžys stadium | Artificial | 660 | ||||
| FK Riteriai | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 11 | 10|9th |
| FA Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Savivaldybė Stadium | Natural | 3,017 | 5 | 5th |
| Gytariai Stadium | Artificial | 500 | ||||
| Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 | ||||
| Sūduva | Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Arena | Natural | 6,523 | 24 | 4th |
| Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 | ||||
| TransINVEST | Vilnius | Širvintų miesto stadionas | Natural | 1,000 | 2 | 1st in I Lyga |
| Žalgiris | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 25 | 3rd |
| Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 |
| Team | Coach | Appointed | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| FK Banga |  David Afonso | 55 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| TransINVEST |  Marius Stankevičius | 16 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FC Džiugas | Andrius Lipskis | 24 months ago | UEFA A |
| FC Hegelmann | Andrius Skerla | 60 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Kauno Žalgiris | Eivinas Černiauskas | 13 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Panevėžys |  Roland Vrabec | 13 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Riteriai |  Nicolas Vitorović | 11 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FA Šiauliai |  Dainis Kazakevičs | 13 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Sūduva | Donatas Vencevičius | 12 months ago | UEFA Pro |
| FK Žalgiris |  Vladimir Cheburin | 60 months ago | UEFA Pro |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kauno Žalgiris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Hegelmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Žalgiris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Sūduva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Šiauliai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Panevėžys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Džiugas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Banga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Riteriai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the A Lyga play-off |
| 10 | TransINVEST | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to the 2027 I Lyga |
The ninth-placed team of the 2026 A Lyga faced the second-placed team of the 2026 LFF I Lyga in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2027 A Lyga.
| I Lyga runners-up | v | Ninth-placed team of the 2026 A Lyga |
| Ninth-placed team of the 2026 A Lyga | v | I Lyga runners-up |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Player | Club | Assist |
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