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2023 A Lyga

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]

A Lyga
Season2023
Dates3 March – 12 November 2023
ChampionsPanevėžys
RelegatedRiteriai
Champions LeaguePanevėžys
Conference LeagueŽalgiris
Šiauliai
Matches played171
Goals scored403 (2.36 per match)
← 2022
2024 →

The winners (Panevėžys) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (Žalgiris) and third-placed team (Šiauliai) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League 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

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The league consisted of ten teams, nine of which remained from the previous season. Žalgiris entered the season as defending champions. Jonava were relegated and replaced by Dainava, returning after one year's absence.[2][3] Ninth-placed Džiugas remained in A Lyga after winning the playoff against I Lyga's Neptūnas.[4]

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Home towns of the 2023 A Lyga teams
2023 A Lyga competitors
Club 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

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Current Managers

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Team Coach Appointed Licence
FK Banga   David Afonso 41 months ago UEFA Pro
DFK Dainava   Syarhey Kuznyatsow 30 months ago UEFA A
FC Džiugas   João Prates 40 months ago UEFA Pro
FC Hegelmann   Andrius Skerla 46 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Kauno Žalgiris   Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) 13 months ago
FK Panevėžys   Gino Lettieri 25 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Riteriai   Matthew Silva 15 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Sūduva   Dovydas Lastauskas 21 months ago
FA Šiauliai   Mindaugas Čepas 47 months ago UEFA Pro
FK Žalgiris   Vladimir Cheburin 46 months ago UEFA Pro

Managerial changes

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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

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League table

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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 first qualifying round
3 Šiauliai 36 16 14 6 51 35 16 62
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
Source: A 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


Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN RIT SIA SUD ZAL BAN DAI DZI HEG KAU PAN RIT SIA SUD ZAL
Banga 2–1 2–0 0–5 0–2 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–4
Dainava 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 5–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2
Džiugas 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–2
Hegelmann 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–4 0–1 2–3 6–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0
Kauno Žalgiris 0–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–5
Panevėžys 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0
Riteriai 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–4 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–6
Šiauliai 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0[a] 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–0
Sūduva 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–6 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–2
Žalgiris 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 4–0
Source: A Lyga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Originally a 0–1 win for Džiugas; later overturned to a 3–0 win for Siauliai.

A Lyga play-off

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The ninth-placed club (Džiugas) faced the second-placed club from the 2023 LFF I Lyga (Be1 NFA) for the final place in the following season's A Lyga.

First leg

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18 November 2023 Be1 NFA 1–1 Džiugas Kaunas
11:00 BST Wouter   19' Jezdimirović   73' Stadium: NFA Stadium

Second leg

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25 November 2023 Džiugas 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		Be1 NFAGargždai
11:00 BST Nuno Pereira   69' (pen) Stadium: Gargždai Central Stadium[5]

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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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

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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

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Red cards

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As of match played 12 November 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Optibet A lyga 2023". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian). 2023-02-19. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  2. ^ "Licencijavimo komitetas A lygos licencijas išdavė 8 klubams". sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. ^ "Apeliacinis licencijavimo komitetas priėmė sprendimus dėl A lygos licencijos pareiškėjų apeliacijų". LFF.lt (in Lithuanian). 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  4. ^ "Pereinamosiose rungtynėse "Džiugas" buvo solidesnis". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian). A Lyga. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  5. ^ ""Džiugas" dramatiškai išsaugojo vietą Lietuvos čempionate | TOPsport a lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
  6. ^ "Hegelmann 0-5 Banga Gargždai". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Hegelmann 6-0 Sūduva". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Žalgiris 2-5 Kauno Žalgiris". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Kauno Žalgiris 3-1 Banga Gargždai". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Lietuvos Futbolas. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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