2023 A Lyga
Season | 2023 |
---|---|
Dates | 3 March – 12 November 2023 |
Champions | Panevėžys |
Relegated | Riteriai |
Champions League | Panevėžys |
Conference League | Žalgiris Šiauliai Kauno Žalgiris |
Matches played | 171 |
Goals scored | 403 (2.36 per match) |
← 2022 2024 → |
The 2023 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called Optibet A lyga was the 34th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 3 March 2023 and concluded on 12 November 2023.[1]
The winners (Panevėžys) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (Žalgiris) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round, with the third and fourth-placed teams (Šiauliai and Kauno Žalgiris) qualifying for the first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Džiugas) qualified for the A Lyga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (Riteriai) were relegated to the 2024 LFF I Lyga.
Teams
The league consisted of ten teams, nine of which remained from the previous season.
Home towns of the 2023 A Lyga teamsClub | Location | Stadium | Surface | Capacity | Seasons in A Lyga |
Position in 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banga | Gargždai | Gargždai Stadium | Artificial | 2,323 | 10 | 8th |
DFK Dainava | Alytus | Alytus Stadium | Natural | 3,726 | 12 | 1st in I lyga
|
Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 | |||
Džiugas | Telšiai | Telšiai Central Stadium | Natural | 2,320 | 3 | 9th |
Ateitis Progymnasium Stadium | Artificial | 300 | ||||
Hegelmann | Kaunas | LFF Kaunas Training Center Stadium | Artificial | 500 | 3 | 4th |
Kauno Žalgiris | Kaunas | Darius and Girėnas Stadium | Hybrid | 15,315 | 9 | 2nd |
Akademija | VDU Stadium | Artificial | 1,000 | |||
Panevėžys | Panevėžys | Aukštaitija Stadium | Natural | 6,600 | 5 | 3rd |
Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium | Artificial | 620 | ||||
Riteriai | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 10 | 5th |
Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 | ||||
Sūduva | Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Arena | Natural | 6,250 | 21 | 6th |
Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena | Artificial | 2,660 | ||||
FA Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Savivaldybė Stadium | Natural | 4,000 | 2 | 7th |
Gytariai Stadium | Artificial | 500 | ||||
Žalgiris | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 22 | 1st |
Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 |
Managers
Current Managers
Team | Coach | Appointed | Licence |
---|---|---|---|
FK Banga | David Afonso | 34 months ago | UEFA Pro |
DFK Dainava | Syarhey Kuznyatsow | 23 months ago | UEFA A |
FC Džiugas | João Prates | 34 months ago | UEFA Pro |
FC Hegelmann | Andrius Skerla | 39 months ago | UEFA Pro |
FK Kauno Žalgiris | Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) | 6 months ago | |
FK Panevėžys | Gino Lettieri | 19 months ago | UEFA Pro |
FK Riteriai | Matthew Silva | 8 months ago | UEFA Pro |
FK Sūduva | Dovydas Lastauskas | 14 months ago | |
FA Šiauliai | Mindaugas Čepas | 40 months ago | UEFA Pro |
FK Žalgiris | Vladimir Cheburin | 39 months ago | UEFA Pro |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FK Sūduva | Matthew Silva | End of caretaker spell | 30 November 2022 | Dovydas Lastauskas | 1 February 2023 |
FK Riteriai | Pablo Villar | Sacked | 24 March 2023 | Vladimir Janković | 1 April 2023 |
FK Kauno Žalgiris | Rokas Garastas | 1 May 2023 | Marius Stankevičius | 1 May 2023 | |
FK Riteriai | Vladimir Janković | 22 July 2023 | Matthew Silva | 26 July 2023 | |
FK Kauno Žalgiris | Marius Stankevičius | 5 October 2023 | Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) | 5 October 2023 |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Panevėžys (C) | 36 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 14 | +50 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Žalgiris | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 75 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a] |
3 | Šiauliai | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 62 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
4 | Kauno Žalgiris | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 59 | |
5 | Hegelmann | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 59 | |
6 | Banga | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 52 | −30 | 36 | |
7 | Sūduva | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 35 | |
8 | Dainava | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 31 | |
9 | Džiugas (O) | 36 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 57 | −32 | 25 | Qualification for the A Lyga play-off |
10 | Riteriai (R) | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 62 | −36 | 25 | Relegation to I Lyga |
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ The 2023 Lithuanian Football Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (TransINVEST of I Lyga) were ineligible for a UEFA license, the Conference League spot was passed to the second-placed team of the A Lyga, and the second Conference League first qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
Fixtures and results
A Lyga play-off
The ninth-placed club (
First leg
18 November 2023 | Be1 NFA | 1–1 | Džiugas | Kaunas |
11:00 BST | Wouter 19' | Jezdimirović 73' | Stadium: NFA Stadium |
Second leg
25 November 2023 | Be1 NFA | Gargždai | ||
11:00 BST | Nuno Pereira 69' (pen) | Stadium: Gargždai Central Stadium[5] |
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of match played 12 November 2023
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mathias Oyewusi | Žalgiris | 19 |
2 | Filip Dangubić | Hegelmann | 18 |
3 | Eligijus Jankauskas | FA Šiauliai | 14 |
Ariagner Smith | Panevėžys | ||
5 | Edvinas Girdvainis | Kauno Žalgiris | 10 |
6 | Daniel Romanovskij | FA Šiauliai | 9 |
Gratas Sirgėdas | Kauno Žalgiris | ||
8 | Patrick Popescu | Hegelmann | 8 |
9 | Xabi Auzmendi | Kauno Žalgiris | 7 |
Florian David | Kauno Žalgiris | ||
Oleksiy Shchebetun | FA Šiauliai | ||
Pijus Širvys | Panevėžys |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cesinha | Hegelmann | Banga Gargždai | 5–0 (H) | 31 March 2023 | [6] |
Filip Dangubić | Hegelmann | Sūduva | 6–0 (H) | 28 April 2023 | [7] |
Mathias Oyewusi | Žalgiris | Kauno Žalgiris | 2–5 (A) | 27 June 2023 | [8] |
Gratas Sirgėdas | Kauno Žalgiris | Banga Gargždai | 3–1 (H) | 7 October 2023 | [9] |
Discipline
Red cards
- As of match played 12 November 2023
- Nikola Popović - Riteriai vs FA Šiauliai (3 March 2023)
- Pijus Srėbalius - Žalgiris vs Banga Gargždai (11 March 2023)
- Augustas Dubickas - Žalgiris vs Sūduva (1 April 2023)
- Brahim Konaté - Dainava vs Kauno Žalgiris (2 April 2023)
- Vilius Armalas - Hegelmann vs Panevėžys (4 April 2023)
- Srđan Spiridonović - Kauno Žalgiris vs Džiugas Telšiai (5 April 2023)
- Braima Candé - Kauno Žalgiris vs Džiugas Telšiai (5 April 2023)
- Srđan Spiridonović - Kauno Žalgiris vs Banga Gargždai (28 May 2023)
- Karolis Žebrauskas - Kauno Žalgiris vs Banga Gargždai (28 May 2023)
- Sigitas Urbys - Banga Gargždai vs Sūduva (6 June 2023)
- Tomas Rapalavičius - Džiugas Telšiai vs FA Šiauliai (7 June 2023)
- Joël Bopesu - Hegelmann vs Žalgiris (7 June 2023)
- Gabrielius Micevičius - FA Šiauliai vs Banga Gargždai (10 June 2023)
- Tomas Švedkauskas - Hegelmann vs Dainava (24 June 2023)
- Pijus Širvys - Panevėžys vs Riteriai (30 June 2023)
- Abdullahi Ode - Džiugas Telšiai vs Dainava (1 July 2023)
- Chibuike Nwosu - Džiugas Telšiai vs Dainava (1 July 2023)
- Jurgis Jankauskas - Džiugas Telšiai vs Sūduva (29 July 2023)
- Yevhen Smirnov - Džiugas Telšiai vs Sūduva (29 July 2023)
- Francisco La Mantía - Riteriai vs Banga Gargždai (5 August 2023)
- Denis Bošnjak - Panevėžys vs Hegelmann (7 August 2023)
- Nikola Popović - Riteriai vs Sūduva (18 August 2023)
- Denis Bošnjak - Hegelmann vs Kauno Žalgiris (20 August 2023)
- Francisco La Mantía - Riteriai vs FA Šiauliai (25 August 2023)
- Davor Rakić - Dainava vs Riteriai (22 September 2023)
- Dominykas Kubilinskas - Džiugas Telšiai vs Banga Gargždai (22 September 2023)
- Yury Kendysh - Žalgiris vs Kauno Žalgiris (24 September 2023)
- Karolis Šilkaitis - Žalgiris vs Kauno Žalgiris (24 September 2023)
- Nicolás Gorobsov - Žalgiris vs Kauno Žalgiris (24 September 2023)
- Hugo Figueiredo - Kauno Žalgiris vs Hegelmann (29 October 2023)
- Sigitas Urbys - Džiugas Telšiai vs FA Šiauliai (4 November 2023)
See also
References
- ^ "Optibet A lyga 2023". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian). 2023-02-19. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Licencijavimo komitetas A lygos licencijas išdavė 8 klubams". sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Apeliacinis licencijavimo komitetas priėmė sprendimus dėl A lygos licencijos pareiškėjų apeliacijų". LFF.lt (in Lithuanian). 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Pereinamosiose rungtynėse "Džiugas" buvo solidesnis". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian). A Lyga. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ https://alyga.lt/naujiena/atsakomaji-susitikima-dziugas-ir-be1-nfa-zais-gargzduose/8413
- ^ "Hegelmann 0-5 Banga Gargždai". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Hegelmann 6-0 Sūduva". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Žalgiris 2-5 Kauno Žalgiris". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Kauno Žalgiris 3-1 Banga Gargždai". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Lithuanian and English)