 | This article needs to be updated.(January 2024) |
This is a list of football (soccer) clubs in Lithuania.
| This article needs to be updated.(January 2024) |
This is a list of football (soccer) clubs in Lithuania.
| Club name | Location | Place (2020) | League (2020) | Place (2021) | League (2021) | Place (2022) | League (2022) | Place (2023) | League (2023) | Place (2024) | League (2024) | Notes |
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| A Komanda | Vilnius | 1st | III Lyga (VRFS) | 1st | III Lyga (VRFS) | 11th | III Lyga (VRFS) | 8th | SFL (C Div.) | SFL (C Div.) | ||
| ADS Auto | Nemenčinė | 9th | SFL (D Div.) | 7th | SFL (D Div.) | 11th | SFL (D Div.) | 9th | SFL (D Div.) | SFL (D Div.) | ||
| AFK | Vilnius | 9th | III Lyga (VRFS) | 7th | III Lyga (VRFS) | 2nd | III Lyga (VRFS) | 4th | III Lyga (VRFS) | III Lyga (VRFS) | ||
| Anykščiai | Anykščiai | 3rd | (D Div.) | 1st | SFL (C Div.) | 4th | SFL (B Div.) | 4th | SFL (B Div.) | SFL (A Div.) | ||
| Arpas | Maišiagala | 8th | SFL (D Div.) | 10th | SFL (D Div.) | 9th | SFL (D Div.) | 8th | SFL (D Div.) | SFL (D Div.) | ||
| Ataka | Vilnius, Žvėrynas | 1st | SFL (D Div.) | 1st | SFL (B Div.) | 7th | III Lyga (VRFS) | |||||
| Ave. Ko. | Kalveliai | 8th | SFL (A Div.) | 4th | SFL (A Div.) | 2nd | SFL (A Div.) | 11th | SFL (A Div.) | |||
| Baltoji Vokė | Baltoji Vokė | 4th | SFL (D Div.) | 1st | SFL (D Div.) | |||||||
| FK Banga | Gargždai | 4th | A Lyga | 7th | A Lyga | 8th | A Lyga | 6th | A Lyga | A Lyga | ||
| Be1 NFA | Kaunas | 2nd | II Lyga | 4th | I Lyga | 2nd | I Lyga | I Lyga | ||||
| DFK Dainava | Alytus | 6th | I Lyga | 9th | A Lyga | 1st | I Lyga | 8th | A Lyga | A Lyga | ||
| DFK Dainava B | Alytus | 6th | II Lyga (South) | 7th | II Lyga | 12th | II Lyga | 14th | II Lyga | II Lyga | B Team of DFK Dainava | |
| EMD Statyba-Sendvaris | Klaipėda | 2nd | III Lyga (KLFF) | 6th | III Lyga (KLFF) | 6th | III Lyga (KLFF) | 5th | III Lyga (KLFF) | III Lyga (KLFF) | ||
| ESFA-Versmė | Elektrėnai | 5th | III Lyga (VRFS) | 6th | III Lyga (VRFS) | 4th | III Lyga (VRFS) | 10th | III Lyga (VRFS) | III Lyga (VRFS) | ||
| Euforija-Tirola | Vilnius | 11th | SFL (B Div.) | 3rd | SFL (B Div.) | 10th | SFL (A Div.) | 7th | SFL (B Div.) | SFL (B Div.) | ||
| FA Šiauliai | Šiauliai | 5th | I Lyga | 1st | I Lyga | 7th | A Lyga | 3rd | A Lyga | A Lyga | ||
| FA Šiauliai B | Šiauliai | 3rd | II Lyga (West) | 5th | II Lyga | 13th | I Lyga | 12th | I Lyga | I Lyga | The B team of FA Šiauliai | |
| FC Džiugas | Telšiai | 4th | I Lyga | 8th | A Lyga | 9th | A Lyga | 9th | A Lyga | A Lyga | ||
| FC Džiugas B | Telšiai | 19th | II Lyga | 18th | II Lyga | 16th | II Lyga | The B Team of FC Džiugas | ||||
| FC Hegelmann | Kaunas | 2nd | I Lyga | 5th | A Lyga | 4th | A Lyga | 5th | A Lyga | A Lyga | ||
| FC Malanka | 1st | SFL (C Div.) | ||||||||||
| FK Neptūnas | Klaipėda | 2nd | II Lyga | 10th | I Lyga | 2nd | I Lyga | 4th | I Lyga | I Lyga | ||
| FK Neptūnas B | Klaipėda | 1st | III Lyga (KLFF) | 2nd | III Lyga (KLFF) | 1st | III Lyga (KLFF) | 1st | III Lyga (KLFF) | The B team of FK Neptūnas | ||
| FK Atmosfera | Mažeikiai | 12th | I Lyga | 7th | I Lyga | 15th | I Lyga | 1st | II Lyga | I Lyga | ||
| FK Babrungas | Plungė | 6th | II Lyga (West) | 8th | I Lyga | 6th | I Lyga | 5th | I Lyga | I Lyga | ||
| FK Banga B | Gargždai | 1st | II Lyga (West) | 6th | I Lyga | 16th | I Lyga | 2nd | II Lyga | A Lyga | The B team of Banga | |
| FK Danspin - KKSC | Raseiniai | 9th | III Lyga (KAFF - MAFF) | 8th | III Lyga (KAFF) | 8th | III Lyga (KAFF) | |||||
| FK Dembava | Panevėžys | 2nd | III Lyga (PAFF) | 1st | III Lyga (PAFF) | 9th | II Lyga | II Lyga | ||||
| FK Dembava B | Panevėžys | 6th | III Lyga (PAFF-ŠAFF | III Lyga (PAFF-ŠAFF) | The B team of FK Dembava | |||||||
| FK Ekranas | Panevėžys | 4 | L2W | 1 | L2W | 2 | L2W | 1 | L2W | 6 | FT | |
| FK Ekranas B | Panevėžys | 11 | L2W | The B team of FK Ekranas | ||||||||
| FK Ekranas C | Panevėžys | 7 | LA | 8 | LA | 5 | LA | 7 | LA | 7 | LA | The C team of FK Ekranas |
| FK Garliava | Garliava | 1 | L2E | 17 | L1 | 15 | L1 | 10 | L1 | 7 | FT | |
| FK Jonava | Jonava | 2 | L2E | |||||||||
| FK Jonušai | Klaipėda | 2 | L1 | 4 | L1 | 5 | L1 | 17 | L1 | 1 | L2S | |
| FK Kaišiadorys-Baltai | Kaišiadorys | 10 | L2W | 10 | L2W | |||||||
| FK Kazlų Rūda | Kazlų Rūda | 4 | L2W | 5 | L2W | 9 | L1 | |||||
| FK Medžiai | Vilnius | 9 | L2N | |||||||||
| FK Medžiai 2 | Vilnius | 6 | L2W | The 2nd team of FK Medžiai | ||||||||
| FK Minija | Kretinga | 6 | L2E | |||||||||
| FK Minija B | Kretinga | 3 | L2E | 2 | L2S | 2 | L2S | 8 | L1 | 10 | LA | The B team of FK Minija |
| FK Nadruvis | Kaunas | 10 | FT | Used to be in Šakiai | ||||||||
| FK Nemunas | Prienai | 2 | L2N | 4 | L2N | 3 | L2N | 5 | L2N | 1 | L2N | |
| FK Nevėžis | Kėdainiai | 5 | L2E | |||||||||
| FK Nevėžis B | Kėdainiai | 14 | L1 | The B team of FK Nevėžis | ||||||||
| FK Panevėžys | Panevėžys | 7 | L1 | 2 | L1 | 2 | L1 | 1 | L1 | 8 | L1 | |
| FK Panevėžys B | Kelmė | 9 | L2N | 2 | L2N | 1 | L2N | 2 | L2N | The B team of FK Panevėys | ||
| FK Pozityvūs | Veiveriai | 6 | L2N | 1 | L2N | 10 | L1 | 4 | L1 | 4 | L1 | |
| FK Riteriai | Vilnius | 6 | L1 | 3 | L2S | Used to be FK Trakai | ||||||
| FK Saned | Joniškis | 11 | L1 | 7 | L1 | 9 | L1 | 14 | L1 | 5 | L1 | |
| FK Saned B | Joniškis | 1 | L2E | The B team of FK Saned | ||||||||
| FK Sirijus | Klaipėda | 3 | L2S | |||||||||
| FK Skorbutas | 12 | L1 | 7 | L1 | 6 | L1 | 7 | L1 | ||||
| FK Sūduva B | Marijampolė | 9 | L2S | The B team of Sūduva | ||||||||
| FK Tera | Vilnius | 5 | L2N | 5 | L2N | 7 | L2N | 7 | L2N | 5 | L2N | |
| FK TransINVEST | Vilnius | 6 | L2W | 7 | L2W | 3 | L2W | 1st | I Lyga | A Lyga | ||
| FK Venta | Kuršėnai | 10 | L2S | |||||||||
| FK Viltis | Vilnius | 13 | L2E | |||||||||
| FK Šilutė | Šilutė | 3 | L2S | 10 | L2S | 7 | L2S | |||||
| FK Šturmas | Kaunas | 13 | L1 | 3 | L1 | 10 | LA | 10 | LA | 3 | L1 | |
| FK Žalgiris | Vilnius | 2 | L2S | 8 | L2S | 10 | L2S | 7 | L2S | 13 | L2S | |
| FK Žalgiris B | Vilnius | 7 | L2E | |||||||||
| FK Žalgiris C | Vilnius | 12 | L2E | |||||||||
| FKS Ukmergė | Ukmergė | 4 | L1 | 9 | L1 | 18 | L1 | 9 | L2W | |||
| FKS Ukmergė B | Ukmergė | 1 | L1 | 5 | L1 | 4 | L1 | |||||
| Futboliukas | Vilnius | 3 | L2E | |||||||||
| Gariūnai | Vilnius | 15 | L2E | |||||||||
| FK Geležinis Vilkas | Vilnius | 4 | L2N | 7 | L2N | 9 | L2N | 4 | L2N | |||
| Granitas | Naujoji Vilnia | 6 | L2S | 1 | L2S | 5 | L1 | 2 | L1 | |||
| Granitas B | Naujoji Vilnia | 7 | L2W | 6 | L2W | 7 | L2W | 2 | L2W | 2 | L2N | The B team of Granitas |
| Hegelmann B | Kaunas | 9 | L2W | 9 | L2W | 9 | L2W | 8 | L2W | 11 | L2N | |
| Imperialas | Vilnius | 7 | L2S | 9 | L2S | 4 | L2S | 8 | L2S | 4 | L2S | |
| Katastrofa | Vilnius | 5 | L2S | 14 | L2S | 9 | L2S | |||||
| Kauno Žalgiris | Kaunas | 4 | L2E | 11 | L2E | |||||||
| Kauno Žalgiris B | Kaunas | 7 | L2S | |||||||||
| Ketera | Šalčininkai | 9 | L2E | |||||||||
| Klaipėdos FM | Klaipėda | 4 | L2E | |||||||||
| Klaipėdos FM B | Klaipėda | 6 | L2S | 4 | L2S | 11 | L2S | |||||
| Kupiškio FC ''Narjanta'' | Kupiškis | 6 | LA | 7 | LA | 3 | LA | 5 | LA | 2 | LA | |
| Lentvaris | Lentvaris | 4 | L2S | 1 | L2S | 8 | L1 | 11 | L1 | 3 | FT | |
| Marijampolės MML City | Marijampolė | 8 | L2S | 5 | L2S | 5 | L2S | 3 | L2S | 10 | L2S | Forfeit (2023 09 23) |
| Modulis | Pabradė | 2 | L2W | 2 | L2W | 13 | L1 | 4 | L2W | |||
| Molėtai | Molėtai | 18 | L1 | 16 | L1 | 17 | L1 | 3 | L2W | 11 | L1 | |
| Navigatoriai | Vilnius | 5 | L2W | |||||||||
| Olandai | Vilnius | 10 | L2E | |||||||||
| Ozas | Vilnius | 7 | L2N | |||||||||
| PILK | Vilnius | 15 | L1 | 13 | L1 | 16 | L1 | 5 | L2S | 12 | L2S | |
| PSSK Atomas | Panevėžys | 5 | L2W | |||||||||
| Pakruojo SC-Kruoja | Pakruojis | 3 | L2N | 3 | L2N | 6 | L2N | 6 | L2N | 3 | L2N | |
| Pasvalio FC | Pasvalys | 3 | LA | 5 | LA | 4 | LA | 3 | LA | 5 | LA | |
| Problema | 5 | L1 | 10 | L1 | 3 | L1 | 7 | L1 | 2 | FT | ||
| Reaktyvas | Vilnius | 5 | L2S | |||||||||
| Rokiškis | Rokiškis | 8 | L2S | 2 | L2S | 6 | L2S | |||||
| SK Nemenčinė-Hegvita | Nemenčinė | 5 | L2E | 14 | L2S | |||||||
| Sakuona-Rūgpienių kaimas | Plikiai | 14 | L1 | 15 | L1 | 10 | L1 | |||||
| Salininkai | Vilnius | 7 | L2S | |||||||||
| Sveikata | Kybartai | 14 | L2S | Oldest team in Lithuania that still exists | ||||||||
| Sviedinys | Vilnius | 4 | LA | 4 | LA | 8 | LA | 4 | LA | 4 | LA | |
| FK Sūduva | Marijampolė | 12 | L1 | 9 | L1 | 1 | FT | |||||
| TEC | Vilnius | 14 | L2E | |||||||||
| Tauras | Tauragė | |||||||||||
| Top Kickers | Vilnius | |||||||||||
| Trivartis | Vilnius | |||||||||||
| Tėvynės Sąjunga | Vilnius | |||||||||||
| Užgiris | ||||||||||||
| VJFK Trakai | Trakai | |||||||||||
| VJFM Fortūna | Eiguliai | |||||||||||
| Viesulas | Vilnius | |||||||||||
| Vilniaus BFA | Vilnius | |||||||||||
| Viltis B | Vilnius | The B team of FK Viltis | ||||||||||
| Vova | Vilnius | |||||||||||
| Vėtra | Vilnius | |||||||||||
| ŠSPC-Radviliškis | Radviliškis | |||||||||||
| Širvintos-VGTU-Vilkai | Širvintos | |||||||||||
| Širvėna | Biržai |
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