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	The '''A Lyga''' (]: The A League) is the top division of professional ] in ]. It is organized by '''NFKA''' (]: Nacionalinė futbolo klubų asociacija, ]: National Football Club Association). There are 10 teams in the competition. The new season kicks off in April of every year because of the harsh climate there are no games in winter.
			{{Infobox football league
			\| logo =
			\| pixels =
			\| country = Lithuania
			\| confed = ]
			\| founded = {{start date and age\|1991}}
			\| teams = 10 (2024)
			\| relegation = ]
			\| level = 1
			\| domest_cup = ] <br /> ]
			\| confed_cup = ]<br/>]
			\| champions = ] (11th title)
			\| season = ]
			\| most successful club = ] (11 titles)
			\| website = {{URL\|http://www.alyga.lt}}
			\| TV = ]
			\| current = ]
			}}

			The '''A Lyga''' is the top division of professional ] in Lithuania. It is organized by ] '''(LFF)''' ({{langx\|lt\|Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija}}).
	== Winners ==

	*1922 : LFLS ]
			==History==
	*1923 : LFLS Kaunas
			The first ] league was established in Lithuania in 1924, and in various forms existed until 1939. During the period of Soviet occupation, a Lithuanian amateur top division existed, while professional players played in USSR football competitions. The Lithuanian professional top division was restored in 1990. The naming convention changed several times, but since 1999 the league is consistently referred to as A lyga.
	*1924 : Kovas Kaunas

	*1925 : Kovas Kaunas
			===Format===
	*1926 : Kovas Kaunas
			The league system and size have also stabilized since 1999. League size varied mostly between 8 and 10 teams, with the exceptions of ] featuring 12 teams, and ] record low of only 6 teams. The teams play 4 rounds in regular season. The bottom placed team is relegated, while 9th placed team contests in a play-off with the 2nd placed team from the ]. The final list of participants often did not correlate to the final results of the previous season, as the participation were rather finalized through the Lithuanian Football Federation league licensing process.
	*1927 : LFLS Kaunas

	*1928 : KSS ]
			The season usually kicks off in Feabuary/March and ends in November. Because of harsh climate, there are no games in winter until early spring (April/March) and it depends on the weather/temperature. Games are played in indoor arenas on artificial grass. The winter transfer window opens in early January through to mid March, summer transfer window lasts for the most part of July.
	*1929 : KSS Klaipėda

	*1930 : KSS Klaipėda
			===European competitions===
	*1931 : KSS Klaipėda
			Lithuania sought to participate in the UEFA club competitions immediately after regaining the independence. However, due to political reasons, in 1991 ] was banned by UEFA from continental competitions refusing licensing of Žalgiris to compete as a Lithuanian club rather than a Soviet club. Eventually, Lithuania became affiliated with ] in 1992. The A Lyga champion secures the right to play in ] qualification. The runner up and the 3rd-place winner secure right to play in ] qualification.
	*1932 : LFLS Kaunas

	*1933 : Kovas Kaunas
			Best Lithuanian club result in UEFA competitions was achieved in 2022-23 UEFA club competition season by ]. Lithuanian champions reached the group stage in the ]. After the 2022-23 UEFA season, ] was the best performing A lyga club in Europe, taking #130<ref>{{Cite web \|title=UEFA Club Coefficients \|date=July 2018 \|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/#/yr/2023 \|access-date=2023-02-23 \|archive-date=2021-11-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109131431/https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/#/yr/2023 \|url-status=live }}</ref> in ] table.
	*1934 : MSK Kaunas

	*1935 : Kovas Kaunas
			==Clubs==
	*1936 : Kovas Kaunas
			{{main article\|2024 A Lyga}}
	*1937 : KSS Klaipėda

	*1937-38 : KSS Klaipėda
			{\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
	*1938-39 : LGSF Kaunas
			\|-
	*1939-40 : ''tournament abandoned''
			! Club
	*1941-1989 : ''not played''
			! Location
	*1990 : Sirijus Klaipėda
			! Position in ]
	*1991 : ]
			! First season <br /> in A Lyga
	*1991-92 : Žalgiris Vilnius
			! Seasons in <br /> top division
	*1992-93 : ]
			! First season <br /> of current spell
	*1993-94 : ROMAR ]
			! Top division <br /> titles
	*1994-95 : Inkaras Kaunas
			! Last title
	*1995-96 : Inkaras Kaunas
			\|-p/z/fs/kz/h/
	*1996-97 : Kareda ]
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ] \|\| ] \|\| 6th \|\| 1994 \|\| 11 \|\| 2020 \|\| rowspan="5" colspan="2" \| —
	*1997-98 : Kareda Šiauliai
			\|-
	*1998-99 : Žalgiris Vilnius
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ] \|\| ] \|\| 8th \|\| 2021 \|\| 3<sup>c</sup> \|\| 2023
	*1999 : ]
			\|-
	*2000 : FBK Kaunas
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ]<sup>b</sup> \|\| ] \|\| 9th \|\| 2021 \|\| 4 \|\| 2021
	*2001 : FBK Kaunas
			\|-
	*2002 : FBK Kaunas
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ]<sup>b</sup> \|\| ] \|\| 5th \|\| 2021 \|\| 4 \|\| 2021
	*2003 : FBK Kaunas
			\|-
	*2004 : FBK Kaunas
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ]<sup>b</sup> \|\| ] \|\| 4th \|\| 2015 \|\| 10 \|\| 2015
	*]: ]
			\|-
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ]<sup>b</sup> \|\| ] \|\| '''1st''' \|\| 2019 \|\| 6 \|\| 2019 \|\| 1 \|\| ]
			\|-
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ]<sup>a</sup> \|\| ] \|\| 7th \|\| 1990 \|\| 23 \|\| 2002 \|\| 3 \|\| ]
			\|-
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ]<sup>b</sup> \|\| ] \|\| 3rd \|\| 2022 \|\| 3 \|\| 2022 \|\| colspan="2" \| —
			\|-
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ]<sup>b</sup> \|\| {{ill\|Galinė\|lt\|Galinė}} \|\| ], 1st \|\| 2024 \|\| 1 \|\| 2024 \|\| colspan="2" \| —
			\|-
			\| style="text-align:left;"\| ]<sup>a</sup> \|\| ] \|\| 2nd \|\| 1990 \|\| 33 \|\| 2010 \|\| 10 \|\| ]
			\|}

			<small><sup>a</sup> Founding member of the A Lyga<br/>
			<sup>b</sup> Never been relegated from the A Lyga<br/>
			<sup>c</sup> Two former clubs, named FK Dainava have participated in A lyga in 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
			</small>

			{{Location map+ \|Lithuania \|width=400 \|float=right \|caption=Locations of the ] teams\|places=
			{{Location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=55.9848 \|long=22.2426 \|label=''']''' \|position=left}}
			{{Location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=55.9368 \|long=23.2954 \|label=''']''' \|position=top}}
			{{Location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=55.7392 \|long=24.3595 \|label=''']''' \|position=right}}
			{{Location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=55.7155 \|long=21.4043 \|label=''']''' \|position=right}}
			{{location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=54.9149 \|long=23.7727 \|label=''']''' \|position=top\|link=FC Hegelmann}}
			{{location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=54.8974 \|long=23.9374 \|label=''']''' \|position=bottom\|link=FK Kauno Žalgiris}}
			{{location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=54.806 \|long=25.166 \|label=''']''' \|position=top}}
			{{location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=54.6682 \|long=25.2952 \|label=''']''' \|position=bottom}}
			{{Location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=54.5746 \|long=23.3647 \|label=''']''' \|position=bottom}}
			{{Location map~ \|Lithuania \|lat=54.3921 \|long=24.0548 \|label=''']''' \|position=bottom}}
			}}

			== Sponsorship ==

			{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:center"
			!Period
			!Sponsor
			!Name
			\|-
			\|1991–1999\|\|rowspan=5\|No sponsor \|\|Lietuvos Lyga
			\|-
			\|1999–2000\|\|LFF Lyga
			\|-
			\|2001–2003\|\|LFF A Lyga
			\|-
			\|2004–2008\|\|NFKA A Lyga
			\|-
			\|2009–2011\|\|LFF A Lyga
			\|-
			\|2012\|\|] \|\|LFF General Financing A Lyga<ref>{{cite web\|title="General Financing" - LFF A lygos pagrindinis rėmėjas\|url=http://old.lff.lt/lt/article/general_financing_-_lff_a_lygos_pagrindinis_remejas\|publisher=Lithuanian Football Federation\|access-date=5 March 2017\|language=lt\|date=13 October 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306032918/http://old.lff.lt/lt/article/general_financing_-_lff_a_lygos_pagrindinis_remejas\|archive-date=6 March 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2013–2016\|\|] \|\|SMScredit.lt A Lyga<ref name="2013 lygos pasikeitimai">{{cite web\|title=2013 metų A lygos startas - su naujais partneriais ir didesnėmis ambicijomis\|url=http://old.lff.lt/lt/article/2013_metu_a_lygos_startas_-_su_naujais_partneriais_ir_didesnemis_ambicijomis\|publisher=Lithuanian Football Federation\|access-date=5 March 2017\|language=lt\|date=27 February 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306033927/http://old.lff.lt/lt/article/2013_metu_a_lygos_startas_-_su_naujais_partneriais_ir_didesnemis_ambicijomis\|archive-date=6 March 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2017–2020\|\|No sponsor \|\|LFF A Lyga
			\|-
			\|2021–2023\|\|] \|\|Optibet A Lyga<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://lff.lt/news/11883/generaliniu-a-lygos-remeju-tampa-optibet-pradedama-partneryste-su-tv3-ziniasklaidos-grupe/\|title=Generaliniu a lygos rėmėju tampa "Optibet", pradedama partnerystė su TV3 žiniasklaidos grupe\|access-date=2021-03-03\|archive-date=2022-04-01\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401120038/https://lff.lt/news/11883/generaliniu-a-lygos-remeju-tampa-optibet-pradedama-partneryste-su-tv3-ziniasklaidos-grupe/\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2024–\|\|TOPsport \|\|TOPsport A Lyga
			\|}
			The official ball supplier for the A lyga games in 2023 is ]. ] held this contract between 2013 and 2022, when they took over from ].<ref name="2013 lygos pasikeitimai"/>

			==Hall of Fame==

			=== Interbellum and WWII ===
			After ] in 1918, the first ever football tournament was held in 1922.
			==== Seasons ====
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			!width="240"\|Third place
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			\|-
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			\|colspan=3\|''Competition abandoned''
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			\|colspan=4\|'''World War II''' ''(1st Soviet and German Occupations)''
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|colspan=3\|''Competition not finished due to World War II'' (] had the best record)
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|}

			'''Note''': In 1924–1930, 1935, 1942, 1942–1943 and 1945 seasons there was no unified league and winners were decided using either a play–off format or a single game between winners of separate divisions.

			==== Performance by club ====
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			!width="200"\|Club
			!width="80"\|Winner
			!width="80"\|Runner-up
			!width="80"\|3rd
			!Winning Seasons
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align=center\|6
			\|align=center\|4
			\|align=center\|1
			\|], ], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align=center\|6
			\|align=center\|3
			\|align=center\|1
			\|], ], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align=center\|5
			\|align=center\|6
			\|align=center\|2
			\|], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|4
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			\|align=center\|1
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			\|align=center\|–
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|–
			\|align=center\|–
			\|]
			\|}
			All champions from this period are defunct.

			=== Post-War period and the Lithuanian SSR Championship ===

			During the ], each soviet republic ran their separate football championship. The clubs could either participate in the competition of the soviet republic, or in the ].

			==== Seasons ====
			{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
			\|-bgcolor="gold"
			!width="50"\|Season
			!width="210"\|Winner
			!width="210"\|Runner-up
			!width="230"\|Third place
			!width="300"\|Top scorer (Team)
			!width="30"\|Goals
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|] / ]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Algimantas Lucinavičius (])
			\|28
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Škėlovas (])
			\|22
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Škėlovas (])
			\|11
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Raimondas Prikockis (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} A. Stankevičius (])
			\|15
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Algimantas Lucinavičius (])
			\|22
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Romualdas Kazlauskas (])
			\|22
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Vytautas Juknys (])
			\|23
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Siniakovas (])
			\|26
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Siniakovas (])
			\|26
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Siniakovas (])
			\|19
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} S. Kuncevičius (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} J. Mėlinauskas (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Kornelijus Skeivys (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Romas Skeivys (])
			\|13
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Romas Jokubaitis (])
			\|18
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} V. Paura (])
			\|17
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Vytautas Dirmeikis (])
			\|20
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Daunoravičius (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} E. Milius (])
			\|13
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Balčiūnas (])
			\|13
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Daunoravičius (])
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			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Eugenijus Kurguznikovas (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} V. Ščerbakovas (])
			\|17
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
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			\|]
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Daunoravičius (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Romas Šiaulys (])
			\|15
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
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			\|]
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			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Nausėda (])
			\|13
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			\|]
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			\|?
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			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Edvardas Maliauskas (])
			\|16
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Vitalijus Stankevičius (])
			\|21
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Edvardas Maliauskas (])
			\|17
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Rimantas Viktoravičius (])
			\|21
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Jurijus Gordejevas (])
			\|17
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} K. Valantiejus (])
			\|16
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} G. Anilionis (])
			\|17
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Jurijus Gordejevas (])
			\|23
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Remigijus Bubliauskas (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Jurijus Gordejevas (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} Saulius Vertelis (])
			\|20
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Lithuanian SSR}} A. Vertelis (])
			\|17
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|colspan=6\|Transitional competitions in 1990 included "Baltic League"
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|22
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|}

			'''Note''': The biggest and most notable clubs, such as ] played in ] ] instead of Lithuanian SSR Divisions.

			==== Performance by club ====
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			!width="350"\|Club
			!width="80"\|Winner
			!width="80"\|Runner-up
			!width="80"\|3rd
			!Winning Seasons
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|7
			\|align=center\|3
			\|align=center\|3
			\|], ], ], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|5
			\|align=center\|6
			\|align=center\|5
			\|], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align=center\|4
			\|align=center\|7
			\|align=center\|-
			\|], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|3
			\|align=center\|3
			\|align=center\|1
			\|], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align=center\|3
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|3
			\|], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|3
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|2
			\|], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|1
			\|], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|3
			\|], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|2
			\|], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|1
			\|], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|2
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|2
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|2
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|1
			\|\|]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|2
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|2
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|-
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|-
			\|]
			\|}
			Clubs currently playing in '''A Lyga''' are written in '''Bold'''. <br />
			<sup>†</sup> - Defunct clubs.

			=== Regained Independence and the A Lyga - present ===

			As ] in 1991,<ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409015826/http://lfe.lt/content/league/3/lt \|date=2022-04-09 }}. lfe.lt.</ref> the ] (LFF) was re-established, and A Lyga was shaped same year. The Soviet football divisions dissolved, and the teams that participated in them returned to the Lithuania's national championship.

			== List of champions (1991–present)==

			=== Seasons ===
			{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
			\|-bgcolor="gold"
			!width="60"\|Season
			!width="170"\|Winner
			!width="170"\|Runner-up
			!width="170"\|Third place
			!width="360"\|Top scorer (Team)
			!width="20"\|Goals
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|13
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (] & ]) <br /> {{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|14
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|16
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (]) <br /> {{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|16
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (] & ])
			\|24
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|25
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|14
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|26
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|14
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|10
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|26
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|22
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|19
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (] & ])
			\|16
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|19
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|27
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|UKR}} ] (])
			\|18
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|26
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} ] (])
			\|14
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|20
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|16
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|19
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|35
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|27
			\|-bgcolor="#efefef"
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|HRV}} ] (])
			\|19
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|28
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SRB}} ] (])
			\|20
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ] (])
			\|18
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ROM}} ] (])
			\|23
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|HRV}} ] (])
			\|27
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} ] (])
			\|13
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} ] (])
			\|17
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} ] (])
			\|17
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|NGA}} ] (])
			\|19
			\|-
			\|]
			\|''']'''
			\|]
			\|]
			\|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ROM}} ] (])
			\| 20
			\|}

			=== Performance by club ===
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			!width="200"\|Club
			!width="90"\|Winner
			!width="90"\|Runner-up
			!width="90"\|3rd
			!Winning Seasons
			\|-
			\|''']'''
			\|align=center\|11
			\|align=center\|13
			\|align=center\|4
			\|], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|8
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|2
			\|], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|7
			\|align=center\|4
			\|align=center\|5
			\|], ], ], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|''']'''
			\|align=center\|3
			\|align=center\|4
			\|align=center\|5
			\|], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|-
			\|], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|2
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|1
			\|], ]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|1
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]<sup>†</sup>
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|1
			\|]
			\|-
			\|''']'''
			\|align=center\|1
			\|align=center\|-
			\|align=center\|1
			\|]
			\|}
			Clubs currently playing in '''A Lyga''' are highlighted in '''Bold'''. <br />
			<sup>†</sup> - Defunct clubs.
			<!--== Spectators ==
			The average number of spectators per match remains very low in recent years.
			<ref>{{cite web
			\|url=https://ve.lt/naujienos/sportas/nauji-futbolo-vejai-1418836
			\|website=Vakarų Ekspresas
			\|title=Nauji futbolo vėjai
			\|date=2015-12-08
			\|accessdate=2021-11-30
			\|language=lt
			\|archive-date=2021-11-30
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			\|url-status=live
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			<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://lff.lt/files/documents/730/2020%20m.%20licencijavimo%20sezonas%20-%20pagrindiniai%20skai%C4%8Diai.pdf
			\|website=LFF.lt
			\|title=LFF klubų licencijavimas. Pagrindiniai skaičiai – 2020 m.
			\|date=
			\|accessdate=2021-11-30
			\|language=lt
			\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126064247/https://lff.lt/files/documents/730/2020%20m.%20licencijavimo%20sezonas%20-%20pagrindiniai%20skai%C4%8Diai.pdf
			\|archive-date=2020-11-26
			\|url-status=live
			}}</ref>
			<ref>{{cite web
			\|url=https://lff.lt/files/documents/702/10%20klausimas%20LFF%202019met%C5%B3%20veiklos%20ataskaita.pdf
			\|website=LFF.lt
			\|title=Lietuvos Futbolo Federacijos veiklos ataskaita, 2019 metai
			\|date=
			\|accessdate=2021-11-30
			\|language=lt
			\|archive-date=2021-11-30
			\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130221912/https://lff.lt/files/documents/702/10%20klausimas%20LFF%202019met%C5%B3%20veiklos%20ataskaita.pdf
			\|url-status=live
			}}</ref>
			<ref>{{cite web
			\|url=https://alyga.lt/naujiena/a-lygos-lankomumas-augo-nepaisant-apribojimu/6794
			\|website=Alyga.lt
			\|title=A lygos lankomumas augo nepaisant apribojimų
			\|date=2020-11-12
			\|accessdate=2021-11-30
			\|language=lt
			\|archive-date=2021-11-30
			\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130221910/https://alyga.lt/naujiena/a-lygos-lankomumas-augo-nepaisant-apribojimu/6794
			\|url-status=live
			}}</ref>
			<ref>{{cite web
			\|url=https://alyga.lt/statistika
			\|website=Alyga.lt
			\|title=Statistika
			\|date=
			\|accessdate=2021-11-30
			\|language=lt
			\|archive-date=2019-11-04
			\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104172112/https://www.alyga.lt/statistika
			\|url-status=live
			}}</ref>

			{{Graph:Chart
			\| width=800
			\| height=250
			\| xGrid=
			\| yGrid=
			\| xAxisTitle=
			\| yAxisTitle=Spectators
			\| type=rect
			\| showvalues=
			\| x=2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022
			\| y=740,686,508,501,462,398,457,589,240,371
			}}-->

			==Top scorers==
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			\|-
			! width="180px"\| Player name
			! Goals
			! Clubs
			\|-
			\|]
			\|192
			\|Alsa Vilnius, ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|171
			\|], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|163
			\|], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|136
			\|], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|120
			\|]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|114
			\|], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|109
			\|], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|Eimanatas Poderis
			\|108
			\|], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|104
			\|], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|103
			\|]
			\|}

			==Most appearances==
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			\|-
			! width="180px"\| Player name
			! Appearances
			! Clubs
			\|-
			\|]
			\|412
			\|], ], ], ], ], ], ]
			\|-
			\|]
			\|381
			\|], ]
			\|}

			==References==
			{{reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	*		* {{in lang\|lt}}
			* - A lyga streaming and video center {{in lang\|lt}}
			* - List of Champions
			* - Championship statistics

	{{Football in Lithuania}}		{{Football in Lithuania}}
	{{Lithuanian Premier League}}		{{Lithuanian Premier League}}
			{{A Lyga seasons}}
			{{UEFA leagues}}

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Latest revision as of 11:35, 11 January 2025

For the volleyball league, see A Lyga (volleyball). Football league

A Lyga
Founded	1991; 34 years ago (1991)
Country	Lithuania
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	10 (2024)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	I Lyga
Domestic cup(s)	Lithuanian Football Cup Lithuanian Supercup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Conference League
Current champions	FK Žalgiris (11th title) (2024)
Most championships	FK Žalgiris (11 titles)
Website	www.alyga.lt
Current: 2024 A Lyga

The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija).

History

The first football league was established in Lithuania in 1924, and in various forms existed until 1939. During the period of Soviet occupation, a Lithuanian amateur top division existed, while professional players played in USSR football competitions. The Lithuanian professional top division was restored in 1990. The naming convention changed several times, but since 1999 the league is consistently referred to as A lyga.

Format

The league system and size have also stabilized since 1999. League size varied mostly between 8 and 10 teams, with the exceptions of 2011 A Lyga featuring 12 teams, and 2020 A Lyga record low of only 6 teams. The teams play 4 rounds in regular season. The bottom placed team is relegated, while 9th placed team contests in a play-off with the 2nd placed team from the I lyga. The final list of participants often did not correlate to the final results of the previous season, as the participation were rather finalized through the Lithuanian Football Federation league licensing process.

The season usually kicks off in Feabuary/March and ends in November. Because of harsh climate, there are no games in winter until early spring (April/March) and it depends on the weather/temperature. Games are played in indoor arenas on artificial grass. The winter transfer window opens in early January through to mid March, summer transfer window lasts for the most part of July.

European competitions

Lithuania sought to participate in the UEFA club competitions immediately after regaining the independence. However, due to political reasons, in 1991 Lithuania was banned by UEFA from continental competitions refusing licensing of Žalgiris to compete as a Lithuanian club rather than a Soviet club. Eventually, Lithuania became affiliated with UEFA in 1992. The A Lyga champion secures the right to play in UEFA Champions League qualification. The runner up and the 3rd-place winner secure right to play in UEFA Europa Conference League qualification.

Best Lithuanian club result in UEFA competitions was achieved in 2022-23 UEFA club competition season by FK Žalgiris. Lithuanian champions reached the group stage in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. After the 2022-23 UEFA season, FK Žalgiris was the best performing A lyga club in Europe, taking #130 in UEFA Club Coefficients table.

Clubs

Main article: 2024 A Lyga

Club	Location	Position in 2023	First season in A Lyga	Seasons in top division	First season of current spell	Top division titles	Last title
Banga	Gargždai	6th	1994	11	2020	—
DFK Dainava	Alytus	8th	2021	3	2023
Džiugas	Telšiai	9th	2021	4	2021
Hegelmann	Kaunas District	5th	2021	4	2021
Kauno Žalgiris	Kaunas	4th	2015	10	2015
Panevėžys	Panevėžys	1st	2019	6	2019	1	2023
Sūduva	Marijampolė	7th	1990	23	2002	3	2019
FA Šiauliai	Šiauliai	3rd	2022	3	2022	—
TransInvest	Galinė [lt]	LFF I Lyga, 1st	2024	1	2024	—
Žalgiris	Vilnius	2nd	1990	33	2010	10	2022

Founding member of the A Lyga
Never been relegated from the A Lyga
Two former clubs, named FK Dainava have participated in A lyga in 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Džiugas

FA Šiauliai

Panevėžys

Banga

Hegelmann

Kauno Žalgiris

TransInvest

Žalgiris

Sūduva

Dainavaclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024 A Lyga teams

Sponsorship

Period	Sponsor	Name
1991–1999	No sponsor	Lietuvos Lyga
1999–2000		LFF Lyga
2001–2003		LFF A Lyga
2004–2008		NFKA A Lyga
2009–2011		LFF A Lyga
2012	General Financing	LFF General Financing A Lyga
2013–2016	Credit Service	SMScredit.lt A Lyga
2017–2020	No sponsor	LFF A Lyga
2021–2023	Baltic Bet	Optibet A Lyga
2024–	TOPsport	TOPsport A Lyga

The official ball supplier for the A lyga games in 2023 is Adidas. Nike held this contract between 2013 and 2022, when they took over from Adidas.

Hall of Fame

Interbellum and WWII

After Lithuania gained independence in 1918, the first ever football tournament was held in 1922.

Seasons

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
Interbellum (Independent Lithuania)
1922	LFLS Kaunas	LFLS Šančiai	LFLS-2 Kaunas
1923	LFLS Kaunas	KSK Kaunas	Kovas Kaunas
1924	Kovas Kaunas	Sportverein Klaipėda	LFLS Kaunas / MTV Klaipėda
1925	Kovas Kaunas	LFLS Šiauliai	Freya Klaipėda
1926	Kovas Kaunas	KSS Klaipėda	LFLS Šiauliai
1927	LFLS Kaunas	Sportverein Pagėgiai	LFLS Šiauliai
1928	KSS Klaipėda	LFLS Kaunas	LDS Šiauliai
1929	KSS Klaipėda	LFLS Kaunas	KSK Kultus Kaunas / Freya Klaipėda
1930	KSS Klaipėda	LFLS Kaunas	Sveikata Kybartai / Makabi Šiauliai
1931	KSS Klaipėda	Kovas Kaunas	Freya Klaipėda
1932	LFLS Kaunas	KSS Klaipėda	LGSF Kaunas
1933	Kovas Kaunas	LFLS Kaunas	LGSF Kaunas
1934	MSK Kaunas	LFLS Kaunas	LGSF Kaunas
1935	Kovas Kaunas	KSS Klaipėda	Sakalas Šiauliai / Šaulys Ukmergė
1936	Kovas Kaunas	LFLS Kaunas	LGSF Kaunas
1937	KSS Klaipėda	Kovas Kaunas	LFLS Kaunas
1937–38	KSS Klaipėda	LGSF Kaunas	Švyturys Klaipėda
1938–39	LGSF Kaunas	Kovas Kaunas	KSS Telšiai
1939–40	Competition abandoned
World War II (1st Soviet and German Occupations)
1941	Competition not finished due to World War II (Spartakas Kaunas had the best record)
1942	LFLS Kaunas	MSK Panevėžys	Gubernija Šiauliai / LFLS Vilnius
1942–43	Tauras Kaunas	MSK Panevėžys	Gubernija Šiauliai / LGSF Vilnius
1943–44	Competition not finished due to World War II (Tauras Kaunas had the best record)

Note: In 1924–1930, 1935, 1942, 1942–1943 and 1945 seasons there was no unified league and winners were decided using either a play–off format or a single game between winners of separate divisions.

Performance by club

Club	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	Winning Seasons
Kovas Kaunas	6	4	1	1924, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1936
KSS Klaipėda	6	3	1	1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1937–38
LFLS Kaunas	5	6	2	1922, 1923, 1927, 1932, 1942
LGSF Kaunas	1	1	4	1938–39
MSK Kaunas	1	–	–	1934
Tauras Kaunas	1	–	–	1942–43

All champions from this period are defunct.

Post-War period and the Lithuanian SSR Championship

During the Lithuania's Soviet occupation, each soviet republic ran their separate football championship. The clubs could either participate in the competition of the soviet republic, or in the Soviet Union football league system.

Seasons

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Top scorer (Team)	Goals
1945	Spartakas Kaunas	Dinamo Vilnius	Sodyba Klaipėda / Spartakas Šiauliai	?
1946	Dinamo Kaunas	Spartakas Kaunas	Lokomotyvas Panevėžys	?
1947	Lokomotyvas Kaunas	Spartakas Šiauliai	Žalgiris Klaipėda	?
1948	Elnias Šiauliai	Žalgiris Tauragė	Spartakas Vilnius	?
1949	Elnias Šiauliai	Inkaras Kaunas	Vėliava Šiauliai	?
1950	Inkaras Kaunas	Elnias Šiauliai	Audra Klaipėda	?
1951	Inkaras Kaunas	Elnias Šiauliai	Audiniai Kaunas	?
1952	Karininkų Namai Vilnius	Inkaras Kaunas	Elnias Šiauliai	?
1953	Elnias Šiauliai	Inkaras Kaunas	Lima Kaunas	?
1954	Inkaras Kaunas	Lima Kaunas	Elnias Šiauliai	?
1955	Lima Kaunas	Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas	Elfa Vilnius	?
1956	Linų Audiniai Plungė	Elnias Šiauliai	MSK Panevėžys	Algimantas Lucinavičius (MSK Panevėžys)	28
1957	Elnias Šiauliai	Inkaras Kaunas	Linų Audiniai Plungė	Petras Škėlovas (Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas)	22
1958	Elnias Šiauliai	Raudonoji Žvaigždė Vilnius	Spartakas Vilnius	Petras Škėlovas (Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas)	11
1958–59	Raudonoji Žvaigždė Vilnius	KKI Kaunas	Elnias Šiauliai	?
1959–60	Elnias Šiauliai	Raudonoji Žvaigždė Vilnius	Linų Audiniai Plungė	Raimondas Prikockis (Elnias Šiauliai) A. Stankevičius (Spartakas-2 Vilnius)	15
1960–61	Elnias Šiauliai	Baltija Klaipėda	Inkaras Kaunas	Algimantas Lucinavičius (Laisvė Kretinga)	22
1961–62	FK Atletas Kaunas	Granitas Klaipėda	Inkaras Kaunas	Romualdas Kazlauskas (MSK Panevėžys)	22
1962–63	Statyba Panevėžys	Politechnika Kaunas	Inkaras Kaunas	Vytautas Juknys (Politechnika Kaunas)	23
1964	Inkaras Kaunas	Statyba Panevėžys	FK Minija Kretinga	Petras Siniakovas (Inkaras Kaunas)	26
1965	Inkaras Kaunas	Saliutas Vilnius	Statyba Panevėžys	Petras Siniakovas (Inkaras Kaunas)	26
1966	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	Statybininkas Šiauliai	Saliutas Vilnius	Petras Siniakovas (Inkaras Kaunas)	19
1967	Saliutas Vilnius	Inkaras Kaunas	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	S. Kuncevičius (Žalgiris Naujoji Vilnia) J. Mėlinauskas (Inkaras Kaunas) Kornelijus Skeivys (Statybininkas Šiauliai) Romas Skeivys (Statybininkas Šiauliai)	13
1968	Statyba Panevėžys	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	Statybininkas Šiauliai	Romas Jokubaitis (Statyba Panevėžys)	18
1969	Statybininkas Šiauliai	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	Inkaras Kaunas	V. Paura (Nevėžis Kėdainiai)	17
1970	FK Atletas Kaunas	Politechnika Kaunas	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	Vytautas Dirmeikis (FK Atletas Kaunas)	20
1971	Pažanga Vilnius	Atlantas Klaipėda	Vienybė Ukmergė	R. Daunoravičius (Vienybė Ukmergė) E. Milius (FK Minija Kretinga)	13
1972	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	Pažanga Vilnius	Dainava Alytus	R. Balčiūnas (Pažanga Vilnius)	13
1973	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	Atlantas Klaipėda	Dainava Alytus	?
1974	Tauras Šiauliai	Vienybė Ukmergė	Atmosfera Mažeikiai	R. Daunoravičius (Vienybė Ukmergė)	20
1975	Dainava Alytus	Pažanga Vilnius	Sūduva Kapsukas	Eugenijus Kurguznikovas (Sūduva Kapsukas) V. Ščerbakovas (Atletas Kaunas)	17
1976	Atmosfera Mažeikiai	Vienybė Ukmergė	Pažanga Vilnius	?
1977	Statybininkas Šiauliai	Kelininkas Kaunas	Atmosfera Mažeikiai	R. Daunoravičius (Vienybė Ukmergė) Romas Šiaulys (Atmosfera Mažeikiai)	15
1978	Atlantas Klaipėda	Statybininkas Šiauliai	Banga Kaunas	R. Nausėda (Atletas Kaunas)	13
1979	Atmosfera Mažeikiai	Kelininkas Kaunas	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	?
1980	Atlantas Klaipėda	Tauras Šiauliai	Politechnika Kaunas	Edvardas Maliauskas (Atlantas Klaipėda)	16
1981	Atlantas Klaipėda	Kelininkas Kaunas	Pažanga Vilnius	Vitalijus Stankevičius (Inkaras Kaunas)	21
1982	Pažanga Vilnius	Atlantas Klaipėda	Tauras Šiauliai	Edvardas Maliauskas (Atlantas Klaipėda)	17
1983	Pažanga Vilnius	Atlantas Klaipėda	Tauras Šiauliai	Rimantas Viktoravičius (Tauras Šiauliai)	21
1984	Atlantas Klaipėda	Ekranas Panevėžys	SRT Vilnius	Jurijus Gordejevas (Atlantas Klaipėda)	17
1985	Ekranas Panevėžys	Atlantas Klaipėda	SRT Vilnius	K. Valantiejus (SRT Vilnius)	16
1986	Banga Kaunas	Atlantas Klaipėda	Ekranas Panevėžys	G. Anilionis (Banga Kaunas)	17
1987	Tauras Tauragė	SRT Vilnius	Inkaras Kaunas	Jurijus Gordejevas (SRT Vilnius)	23
1988	SRT Vilnius	Inkaras Kaunas	Ekranas Panevėžys	Remigijus Bubliauskas (Tauras Tauragė) Jurijus Gordejevas (SRT Vilnius) Saulius Vertelis (Atmosfera Mažeikiai)	20
1989	Banga Kaunas	Ekranas Panevėžys	Sirijus Klaipėda	A. Vertelis (Atmosfera Mažeikiai)	17
Transitional competitions in 1990 included "Baltic League"
1990	Sirijus Klaipėda	Ekranas Panevėžys	Žalgiris Vilnius	Dalius Bajorūnas (Tauras Šiauliai)	22

Note: The biggest and most notable clubs, such as Žalgiris Vilnius played in Soviet Union's Football Premier League instead of Lithuanian SSR Divisions.

Performance by club

Club	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	Winning Seasons
Elnias Šiauliai	7	3	3	1948, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959–60, 1960–61
Inkaras Kaunas	5	6	5	1950, 1951, 1954, 1964, 1965
Atlantas Klaipėda	4	7	-	1978, 1980, 1981, 1984
Karininkų Namai / Raudonoji Žvaigždė / Saliutas Vilnius	3	3	1	1952, 1958–59, 1967
Nevėžis Kėdainiai	3	2	3	1966, 1972, 1973
Pažanga Vilnius	3	2	2	1971, 1982, 1983
Statybininkas Šiauliai	2	2	1	1969, 1977
Statyba Panevėžys	2	1	3	1962–63, 1968
FK Atletas Kaunas	2	1	-	1961–62, 1970
Atmosfera Mažeikiai	2	-	2	1976, 1979
Banga Kaunas	2	-	1	1986, 1989
Ekranas Panevėžys	1	2	2	1985
Tauras Šiauliai	1	1	2	1974
SRT Vilnius	1	1	2	1988
Lima Kaunas	1	1	1	1955
Spartakas Kaunas	1	1	-	1945
Tauras Tauragė	1	1	-	1987
Linų Audiniai Plungė	1	-	2	1956
Dainava Alytus	1	-	2	1975
Dinamo Kaunas	1	-	-	1946
Lokomotyvas Kaunas	1	-	-	1947

Clubs currently playing in A Lyga are written in Bold.
- Defunct clubs.

Regained Independence and the A Lyga - present

As Lithuania regained the independence in 1991, the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) was re-established, and A Lyga was shaped same year. The Soviet football divisions dissolved, and the teams that participated in them returned to the Lithuania's national championship.

List of champions (1991–present)

Seasons

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Top scorer (Team)	Goals
1991	Žalgiris Vilnius	Lietuvos Makabi Vilnius	Banga Kaunas	Egidijus Meidus (Vilija Kaunas)	13
1991–92	Žalgiris Vilnius	Panerys Vilnius	Sirijus Klaipėda	Remigijus Pocius (Granitas Klaipėda & Sakalas Šiauliai) Vaidotas Šlekys (Ekranas Panevėžys)	14
1992–93	Ekranas Panevėžys	Žalgiris Vilnius	Panerys Vilnius	Vaidotas Šlekys (Ekranas Panevėžys)	16
1993–94	ROMAR	Žalgiris-EBSW Vilnius	Ekranas Panevėžys	Vaidotas Šlekys (Ekranas Panevėžys) Robertas Žalys (FBK Kaunas)	16
1994–95	Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas	Žalgiris-EBSW Vilnius	ROMAR Mažeikiai	Eimantas Poderis (Žalgiris Vilnius & Inkaras Kaunas)	24
1995–96	Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas	Kareda-Sakalas Šiauliai	Žalgiris Vilnius	Edgaras Jankauskas (Žalgiris Vilnius)	25
1996–97	Kareda Šiauliai	Žalgiris Vilnius	Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas	Remigijus Pocius (Kareda Šiauliai)	14
1997–98	Kareda Šiauliai	Žalgiris Vilnius	Ekranas Panevėžys	Vidas Dančenka (Kareda Šiauliai)	26
1998–99	Žalgiris Vilnius	Kareda Šiauliai	FBK Kaunas	Artūras Fomenka (Kareda Šiauliai)	14
1999	Žalgiris Kaunas	Žalgiris Vilnius	Atlantas Klaipėda	Nerijus Vasiliauskas (Žalgiris Vilnius)	10
2000	FBK Kaunas	Žalgiris Vilnius	Atlantas Klaipėda	Andrius Velička (FBK Kaunas)	26
2001	FBK Kaunas	Atlantas Klaipėda	Žalgiris Vilnius	Remigijus Pocius (FBK Kaunas)	22
2002	FBK Kaunas	Atlantas Klaipėda	Ekranas Panevėžys	Audrius Šlekys (FBK Kaunas)	19
2003	FBK Kaunas	Ekranas Panevėžys	Vėtra Rūdiškės	Ričardas Beniušis (Atlantas Klaipėda & FBK Kaunas)	16
2004	FBK Kaunas	Ekranas Panevėžys	Atlantas Klaipėda	Povilas Lukšys (Ekranas Panevėžys)	19
2005	Ekranas Panevėžys	FBK Kaunas	Sūduva Marijampolė	Mantas Savėnas (Ekranas Panevėžys)	27
2006	FBK Kaunas	Ekranas Panevėžys	Vėtra Vilnius	Serhiy Kuznetsov (Vėtra Vilnius)	18
2007	FBK Kaunas	Sūduva Marijampolė	Ekranas Panevėžys	Povilas Lukšys (Ekranas Panevėžys)	26
2008	Ekranas Panevėžys	FBK Kaunas	Vėtra Vilnius	Rafael Ledesma (FBK Kaunas)	14
2009	Ekranas Panevėžys	Vėtra Vilnius	Sūduva Marijampolė	Valdas Trakys (Ekranas Panevėžys)	20
2010	Ekranas Panevėžys	Sūduva Marijampolė	Žalgiris Vilnius	Povilas Lukšys (Sūduva Marijampolė)	16
2011	Ekranas Panevėžys	Žalgiris Vilnius	Sūduva Marijampolė	Deivydas Matulevičius (Žalgiris Vilnius)	19
2012	Ekranas Panevėžys	Žalgiris Vilnius	Sūduva Marijampolė	Artūras Rimkevičius (Šiauliai)	35
2013	Žalgiris Vilnius	Atlantas Klaipėda	Ekranas Panevėžys	Nerijus Valskis (Sūduva Marijampolė)	27
2014	Žalgiris	Kruoja	Atlantas	Niko Tokić (Šiauliai)	19
2015	Žalgiris	Trakai	Atlantas Klaipėda	Tomas Radzinevičius (Sūduva)	28
2016	Žalgiris	Trakai	Sūduva	Andrija Kaluđerović (Žalgiris)	20
2017	Sūduva	Žalgiris	Trakai	Darvydas Šernas (Žalgiris)	18
2018	Sūduva Marijampolė	Žalgiris Vilnius	Trakai	Liviu Antal (Žalgiris)	23
2019	Sūduva	Žalgiris	Riteriai	Tomislav Kiš (Žalgiris)	27
2020	Žalgiris	Sūduva	Kauno Žalgiris	Hugo Videmont (Žalgiris)	13
2021	Žalgiris	Sūduva	Kauno Žalgiris	Hugo Videmont (Žalgiris)	17
2022	Žalgiris	Kauno Žalgiris	FK Panevėžys	Renan Oliveira (Žalgiris)	17
2023	FK Panevėžys	Žalgiris	FA Šiauliai	Mathias Oyewusi (Žalgiris)	19
2024	Žalgiris	FC Hegelmann	FK Kauno Žalgiris	Liviu Antal (Žalgiris)	20

Performance by club

Club	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	Winning Seasons
Žalgiris Vilnius	11	13	4	1991, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
FBK Kaunas	8	2	2	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Ekranas Panevėžys	7	4	5	1992–93, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Sūduva Marijampolė	3	4	5	2017, 2018, 2019
Kareda Šiauliai	2	2	-	1996–97, 1997–98
Inkaras Kaunas	2	-	1	1994–95, 1995–96
Sirijus Klaipėda	1	-	1	1990
ROMAR Mažeikiai	1	-	1	1993–94
FK Panevėžys	1	-	1	2023

Clubs currently playing in A Lyga are highlighted in Bold.
- Defunct clubs.

Top scorers

Player name	Goals	Clubs
Povilas Luksys	192	Alsa Vilnius, FK Ekranas, FK Sūduva
Ricardas Beniusis	171	Inkaras Kaunas, Atlantas Klaipeda, FBK Kaunas, FK Sūduva, FK Kruoja Pakruojis
Remigijus Pocius	163	ROMAR Mažeikiai, FK Kareda, FBK Kaunas
Andrius Velicka	136	FBK Kaunas, FK Ekranas, FK Žalgiris, FK Kauno Žalgiris
Tomas Radzinevicius	120	FK Sūduva
Darius Maciulevicius	114	FK Inkaras Kaunas, FBK Kaunas, FC Vilnius, FK Sūduva
Arturas Rimkevicius	109	FBK Kaunas, FK Silute, FK Ekranas, FK Šiauliai, FC Stumbras
Eimanatas Poderis	108	Inkaras Kaunas, FBK Kaunas
Igoris Morinas	104	FK Panerys Vilnius, FK Žalgiris, FK Kruoja Pakruojis
Mantas Savenas	103	FK Ekranas

Most appearances

Player name	Appearances	Clubs
Robertas Vėževičius	412	FK Vėtra, FC Šiauliai, FK Kruoja, FC Stumbras, FK Atlantas, FK Suduva, FK Banga
Vaidas Slavickas	381	FK Ekranas, FK Suduva

References

"UEFA Club Coefficients". July 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
""General Financing" - LFF A lygos pagrindinis rėmėjas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ "2013 metų A lygos startas - su naujais partneriais ir didesnėmis ambicijomis" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 27 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
"Generaliniu a lygos rėmėju tampa "Optibet", pradedama partnerystė su TV3 žiniasklaidos grupe". Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
A lyga Archived 2022-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. lfe.lt.

External links

Official website (in Lithuanian)
Futbolo.TV - A lyga streaming and video center (in Lithuanian)
RSSSF.com - List of Champions
Lithuanian Football: History & Statistics by Almis - Championship statistics

Football in Lithuania

Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF)

National teams

League system

men	A Lyga I Lyga II Lyga III Lyga IV Lyga
women	A Lyga LMFA I Lyga

Domestic cups

History

Seasons
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v t e Clubs of the 2024 A Lyga season
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