Summary
The Lithuanain A Lyga (LTU1) is the top professional division of Lithuania's football system. At the end of the 2022 season, the LTU1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:
- 2023 - 2024 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2022 LTU1 team
- 2023 - 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2022 LTU1 teams
The winner of the 2022 Lietuvos futbolo federacijos taurė (Lithuanian Football Federation Cup), typically a LTU1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2023 - 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Leagues Pyramid - Lithuania
| Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
|---|---|---|
| LTU1 | A Lyga | 10 |
| LTU2 | I Lyga | 16 |
| LTU3A | II Lyga (Southern Zone) | - |
| LTU3B | II Lyga (Western Zone) | - |
| LTU4 | III Lyga | - |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
| Regular 4 Mar 2022 - 23 Nov 2022 | 10: LTU1 (8), LTU2 (2) | ||
Season Format
During the 2022 LTU1 Regular season, each team plays Home-Away matches with the other 9 LTU1 clubs twice for a total of 36 league matches. Table rankings ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) head-to-head goals scored, (4) head-to-head matches won, (5) goal difference, (6) goals scored, then (7) matches won.
Playoffs
Not applicable.
Relegation
At the end of the 2022 LTU1 season, the 10th place LTU1 team was relegated to the LTU2 and the 9th place LTU1 team had a Home/Away Relegation/Promotion Playoff with the 2nd place LTU2 team.
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Relegation Playoff
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | FC Neptūną (LTU2) | 05 | FK Džiugas Telšiai (LTU1) |
| 27.11.22 |  | 04 | FK Džiugas Telšiai | Klaipėda Central Stadium (turf) |
| 30.11.22 | | 10 | FC Neptūną | Telšių dirbtinės dangos stadionas | ||
| FK Džiugas Telšiai remains in LTU1 | ||||||
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius | 36 | 26 -6-4 | 84 | - | 85 | 27 | 58 | 18 | 12 -3-3 | 39 | 39 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 14 -3-1 | 45 | 46 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | FK Kauno Žalgiris | 36 | 18 -9-9 | 63 | - | 55 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 8 -6-4 | 30 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 10 -3-5 | 33 | 27 | 18 | 9 |
| 3 | FK Panevėžys | 36 | 18 -8-10 | 62 | - | 50 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 12 -1-5 | 37 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 6 -7-5 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
| 4 | FC Hegelmann Litauen | 36 | 16 -13-7 | 61 | - | 62 | 32 | 30 | 18 | 10 -6-2 | 36 | 41 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 6 -7-5 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 5 |
| 5 | FK Riteriai | 36 | 17 -8-11 | 59 | - | 53 | 41 | 12 | 18 | 9 -5-4 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 8 -3-7 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 3 |
| 6 | FK Sūduva Marijampolė | 36 | 15 -10-11 | 55 | - | 48 | 40 | 8 | 18 | 10 -4-4 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 5 -6-7 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 7 | FA Šiauliai | 36 | 13 -11-12 | 50 | - | 39 | 39 | 0 | 18 | 8 -6-4 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 5 -5-8 | 20 | 17 | 23 | -6 |
| 8 | FK Banga Gargšdai | 36 | 6 -12-18 | 30 | - | 33 | 54 | -21 | 18 | 3 -7-8 | 16 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 18 | 3 -5-10 | 14 | 17 | 30 | -13 |
| 9 | FK Džiugas Telšiai | 36 | 5 -12-19 | 27 | - | 34 | 67 | -33 | 18 | 3 -7-8 | 16 | 16 | 25 | -9 | 18 | 2 -5-11 | 11 | 18 | 42 | -24 |
| 10 | FK Jonava | 36 | 0 -3-33 | 3 | - | 12 | 103 | -91 | 18 | 0 -1-17 | 1 | 5 | 50 | -45 | 18 | 0 -2-16 | 2 | 7 | 53 | -46 |
2023-2024 UEFACL 2023-2024 UEFAECL Relegation Playoff Relegation to LTU2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Results
 | 23 | FK Kauno Žalgiris | LFF Stadium |
 | 23 | FA Šiauliai | Gargždų miesto stadionas |
 | 22 | FK Riteriai | LFF Kauno treniruočių centras |
 | 21 | FK Jonava | Aukštaitija Stadium |
 | 11 | FK Džiugas Telšiai | Hikvision arena |
| 50 | FA Šiauliai | LFF Stadium |
| 02 | VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius | Gargždų miesto stadionas |
| 21 | FK Panevėžys | Vilniaus Sportimos maniežas |
| 30 | VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius | Savivaldybė |
| 20 | FK Sūduva Marijampolė | LFF Kauno treniruočių centras |
| 03 | FK Kauno Žalgiris | Telšių centrinis stadionas |
| 20 | FK Jonava | Gargždų miesto stadionas |
| 01 | FK Panevėžys | LFF Stadium |
| 20 | FK Kauno Žalgiris | LFF Stadium |
| 12 | VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius | Hikvision arena |
| 00 | FK Panevėžys | SM Tauras Stadionas |
| 31 | FC Hegelmann Litauen | Aukštaitija Stadium |
| 60 | FK Džiugas Telšiai | LFF Stadium |
| 20 | FK Sūduva Marijampolė | Šiaulių Gytarių stadionas |
| 03 | FK Riteriai | Jonavos dirbtinės dangos stadionas |