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The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija).
The 2024 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called TOPsport A Lyga, was the 35th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 1 March 2024 and ended on 9 November 2024. [1] [2] The winners qualified for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round.
FA Šiauliai later withdrew from licensing process, claiming that the team is not yet ready for top division football. [3] DFK Dainava failed licensing criteria, however after FK Jonava's failure to meet licensing criteria, DFK Dainava were invited to request participation by exception, and were ultimately promoted to the A lyga. [4] [5]
The top division is A Lyga. When one French journalist saw a full basketball arena (where "Lietuvos rytas" fought in ULEB cup semifinals) close to an empty stadium (where a Baltic Football League match took place) he published an article that Lithuania is a land where the beautiful game has to live in basketball's shadow.
Futbolo klubas Kauno Žalgiris (Football club Kauno Žalgiris) is a professional football club based in Kaunas, Lithuania, that competes in the A lyga, the top tier of Lithuania. The club was founded as FM Spyris Kaunas in 2004, became the football section of basketball club Žalgiris Kaunas and moved to their current stadium, the Darius and ...
The 2020 A Lyga was the 31st season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania.The season began on 6 March and was planned to end on 7 November 2020. On 12 March all sports events were postponed for two weeks in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Division Position Year Division Position 1991 A Lyga: 4th 2000 A Lyga: 4th 2010 A Lyga: 1st 1991–92 A Lyga: 5th 2001 A Lyga: 4th 2011 A Lyga: 1st 1992–93 A Lyga: 1st 2002 A Lyga: 3rd 2012 A Lyga: 1st 1993–94 A Lyga: 3rd 2003 A Lyga: 2nd 2013 A Lyga: 3rd 1994–95 A Lyga: 8th 2004 A Lyga: 2nd 2014 A Lyga: 6th 1995–96 A Lyga: 7th 2005 A ...
From 1994 to 2001, they were in the top tier. After the 2001 A Lyga , they were relegated to the I Lyga . The team earned promotion to the A Lyga , Lithuania's top football division, for the 2009 season after FBK Kaunas and Atlantas Klaipėda voluntarily withdrew their participation. [ 3 ]