2026 Toplyga

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Toplyga
Season2026
Dates21 February – November 2026
Relegated FK Riteriai (withdrew)
← 2025
2027 →

The 2026 Toplyga is the 37th season of the Toplyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 21 February 2026 and will end in November 2026. [1] [2] This was first season renamed from A Lyga.

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Teams

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 TOPLYGA after a single-season absence). They replaced the 2025 A Lyga bottom-placed team Dainava (relegated from the TOPLYGA after three seasons). [3]

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Locations of the 2026 TOPLYGA teams
2026 A Lyga competitors
ClubLocationStadiumSurfaceCapacitySeasons
in A Lyga		 Position
in 2025
Banga Gargždai Gargždai Stadium Artificial2,216128th
Džiugas Telšiai Telšiai Central Stadium Natural2,06957th
?Artificial?
Hegelmann Raudondvaris Raudondvaris StadiumArtificial49052nd
Kauno Žalgiris Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid15,026121st
Akademija VDU StadiumArtificial1,000
Panevėžys Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural6,60086th
FA Panevėžys stadiumArtificial660
FK Riteriai Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial5,067119th
FA Šiauliai Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural3,01755th
Gytariai StadiumArtificial500
Sportima Arena Artificial3,157
Sūduva Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural6,523244th
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial2,660
TransINVEST Galinė FK Transinvest stadionasNatural1,00021st in I Lyga
Žalgiris Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial5,067253rd
Sportima Arena Artificial3,157

Managers

TeamCoachAppointedLicence
FK Banga Flag of Portugal (official).svg David Afonso 64 months agoUEFA Pro
FC Džiugas Flag of Lithuania.svg Andrius Lipskis 33 months agoUEFA A
FC Hegelmann Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Aramburu9 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris Flag of Croatia.svg Željko Sopić 3 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Panevėžys Flag of Germany.svg Roland Vrabec 22 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Riteriai Flag of Lithuania.svg Gintautas Vaičiūnas 15 months agoUEFA Pro
FA Šiauliai Flag of Latvia.svg Flag of Lithuania.svg Jurgis Pučinsks 11 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Sūduva Flag of Lithuania.svg Donatas Vencevičius 21 months agoUEFA Pro
TransINVEST Flag of Lithuania.svg Marius Stankevičius 25 months agoUEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Rolandas Džiaukštas 13 months agoUEFA Pro

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Kauno Žalgiris (X)2814955620+3651Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Žalgiris 30155104935+1450Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round [a]
3 Sūduva 29131153929+1050
4 Transinvest 2913794638+846
5 Banga 29118103330+341
6 Džiugas 29109103943−439
7 Panevėžys 29105143144−1335
8 Hegelmann 30414123252−2026
9 Šiauliai (Q)2938182458−3417Qualification for the TOPLYGA play-off
10 Riteriai (D, R)00000000Withdrew and relegated
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2026. Source: TOPLYGA, Soccerway
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.
(D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (X) Guaranteed at least Conference League
Notes:
  1. ↑ Kauno Žalgiris qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round as the 2026 Lithuanian Football Cup winners. If they finish in the top three, the Conference League spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away BAN DZI HEG KAU PAN SIA SUD TRN ZAL
Banga 0–12–12–20–11–12–12–23–0
2–02–00–00–325 Oct0–31–37 Nov
Džiugas 0–13–01–24–01–01–23–20–3
1–02–20–025 Oct4–30–23–30–0
Hegelmann 0–21–11–13–21–12–23–10–0
1–11–131 Oct1–31–11–11–22–3
Kauno Žalgiris 1–02–25–04–00–01–11–20–1
0–15–02–03–04–05–11–124 Oct
Panevėžys 1–00–11–11–13–20–01–22–1
2–11–11–10–17 Nov1–231 Oct2–0
Šiauliai 0–03–40–20–53–12–10–40–2
1–331 Oct0–00–21–01–21–30–3
Sūduva 0–03–20–02–11–00–02–01–1
1 Nov7 Nov5–118 Oct2–02–10–00–0
TransINVEST 1–00–02–11–21–22–21–11–0
1–31–024 Oct7 Nov0–23–01–23–0
Žalgiris 1–12–31–30–34–13–11–01–2
2–32–04–13–23–01–04–03–1
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2026. Source: TOPLYGA, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

TOPLYGA play-off

The ninth-placed team (Šiauliai) will face the second-placed team of the 2026 LFF I Lyga in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2027 TOPLYGA.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Petković FK Žalgiris 10
2 Flag of Morocco.svg Amine Benchaib Kauno Zalgiris 9
Flag of Cameroon.svg Abdel Kader Njoya FC Hegelmann
4 Flag of England.svg Ronald Sobowale FC Džiugas Telšiai 8

Top assist

RankPlayerClubAssist

References

  1. ↑ "A Lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian).
  2. ↑ "2026 metų A lygos klubų tarpsezonio sudėtys". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian).
  3. ↑ "TransINVEST secures I Lyga title and seals top-flight return". Baltic Football News. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
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