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{{Infobox football league

| logo =

| pixels =

| country = Lithuania

| confed = UEFA

| founded = {{start date and age|1991}}

| teams = 10 (2024)

| relegation = I Lyga

| level = 1

| domest_cup = LFF Cup
Lithuanian Supercup

| confed_cup = UEFA Champions League
UEFA Conference League

| champions = FK Žalgiris (11th title)

| season = 2024

| most successful club = FK Žalgiris (11 titles)

| website = {{URL|http://www.alyga.lt}}

| tv = TV3 Lithuania

| current = 2025 A Lyga

}}

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

History

The first football league was established in Lithuania in 1924, and in various forms existed until 1939. Due to the Polish–Lithuanian War, clubs from Vilnius did not take part in early period of the Lithuanian football competitions.

Later 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{{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 }} in UEFA Club Coefficients table.

Clubs

{{main article|2024 A Lyga}}

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Club

! Location

! Position in 2023

! First season
in A Lyga

! Seasons in
top division

! First season
of current spell

! Top division
titles

! Last title

p/z/fs/kz/h/

| style="text-align:left;"| Banga

Gargždai6th1994112020rowspan="5" colspan="2" | —
style="text-align:left;"| DFK DainavaAlytus8th20213c2023
style="text-align:left;"| DžiugasbTelšiai9th202142021
style="text-align:left;"| HegelmannbKaunas District5th202142021
style="text-align:left;"| Kauno ŽalgirisbKaunas4th2015102015
style="text-align:left;"| PanevėžysbPanevėžys1st20196201912023
style="text-align:left;"| SūduvaaMarijampolė7th199023200232019
style="text-align:left;"| FA ŠiauliaibŠiauliai3rd202232022colspan="2" | —
style="text-align:left;"| TransInvestb{{ill|Galinė|lt|Galinė}}LFF I Lyga, 1st202412024colspan="2" | —
style="text-align:left;"| ŽalgirisaVilnius2nd1990332010102022

a Founding member of the A Lyga

b Never been relegated from the A Lyga

c Two former clubs, named FK Dainava have participated in A lyga in 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

{{Location map+ |Lithuania |width=400 |float=right |caption=Locations of the 2024 A Lyga teams|places=

{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=55.9848 |long=22.2426 |label=Džiugas |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=55.9368 |long=23.2954 |label=FA Šiauliai |position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=55.7392 |long=24.3595 |label=Panevėžys |position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=55.7155 |long=21.4043 |label=Banga |position=right}}

{{location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.9149 |long=23.7727 |label=Hegelmann |position=top|link=FC Hegelmann}}

{{location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.8974 |long=23.9374 |label=Kauno Žalgiris |position=bottom|link=FK Kauno Žalgiris}}

{{location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.806 |long=25.166 |label=TransInvest |position=top}}

{{location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.6682 |long=25.2952 |label=Žalgiris |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.5746 |long=23.3647 |label=Sūduva |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |Lithuania |lat=54.3921 |long=24.0548 |label=Dainava |position=bottom}}

}}

Sponsorship

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!Period

!Sponsor

!Name

1991–1999rowspan=5|No sponsorLietuvos Lyga
1999–2000LFF Lyga
2001–2003LFF A Lyga
2004–2008NFKA A Lyga
2009–2011LFF A Lyga
2012General FinancingLFF General Financing A Lyga{{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}}
2013–2016Credit ServiceSMScredit.lt A Lyga{{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}}
2017–2020No sponsorLFF A Lyga
2021–2023Baltic BetOptibet A Lyga{{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}}
2024–TOPsportTOPsport 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 ==

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bgcolor="gold"

!width="50"|Season

!width="240"|Winner

!width="240"|Runner-up

!width="240"|Third place

colspan=4|Interbellum (Independent Lithuania)
1922

|LFLS Kaunas

|LFLS Šančiai

|LFLS-2 Kaunas

bgcolor="#efefef"
1923

|LFLS Kaunas

|KSK Kaunas

|Kovas Kaunas

bgcolor="#efefef"
1924

|Kovas Kaunas

|Sportverein Klaipėda

|LFLS Kaunas / MTV Klaipėda

bgcolor="#efefef"
1925

|Kovas Kaunas

|LFLS Šiauliai

|Freya Klaipėda

bgcolor="#efefef"
1926

|Kovas Kaunas

|KSS Klaipėda

|LFLS Šiauliai

bgcolor="#efefef"
1927

|LFLS Kaunas

|Sportverein Pagėgiai

|LFLS Šiauliai

bgcolor="#efefef"
1928

|KSS Klaipėda

|LFLS Kaunas

|LDS Šiauliai

bgcolor="#efefef"
1929

|KSS Klaipėda

|LFLS Kaunas

|KSK Kultus Kaunas / Freya Klaipėda

bgcolor="#efefef"
1930

|KSS Klaipėda

|LFLS Kaunas

|Sveikata Kybartai / Makabi Šiauliai

bgcolor="#efefef"
1931

|KSS Klaipėda

|Kovas Kaunas

|Freya Klaipėda

bgcolor="#efefef"
1932

|LFLS Kaunas

|KSS Klaipėda

|LGSF Kaunas

bgcolor="#efefef"
1933

|Kovas Kaunas

|LFLS Kaunas

|LGSF Kaunas

bgcolor="#efefef"
1934

|MSK Kaunas

|LFLS Kaunas

|LGSF Kaunas

bgcolor="#efefef"
1935

|Kovas Kaunas

|KSS Klaipėda

|Sakalas Šiauliai / Šaulys Ukmergė

bgcolor="#efefef"
1936

|Kovas Kaunas

|LFLS Kaunas

|LGSF Kaunas

bgcolor="#efefef"
1937

|KSS Klaipėda

|Kovas Kaunas

|LFLS Kaunas

bgcolor="#efefef"
1937–38

|KSS Klaipėda

|LGSF Kaunas

|Švyturys Klaipėda

bgcolor="#efefef"
{{nowrap|1938–39}}

|LGSF Kaunas

|Kovas Kaunas

|KSS Telšiai

bgcolor="#efefef"
1939–40

|colspan=3|Competition abandoned

bgcolor="#efefef"
colspan=4|World War II (1st Soviet and German Occupations)
bgcolor="#efefef"
1941

|colspan=3|Competition not finished due to World War II (Spartakas Kaunas had the best record)

bgcolor="#efefef"
1942

|LFLS Kaunas

|MSK Panevėžys

|Gubernija Šiauliai / LFLS Vilnius

bgcolor="#efefef"
1942–43

|Tauras Kaunas

|MSK Panevėžys

|Gubernija Šiauliai / LGSF Vilnius

bgcolor="#efefef"
1943–44

|colspan=3|Competition not finished due to World War II (Tauras Kaunas 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 ==

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!width="200"|Club

!width="80"|Winner

!width="80"|Runner-up

!width="80"|3rd

!Winning Seasons

Kovas Kaunas

|align=center|6

|align=center|4

|align=center|1

|1924, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1936

KSS Klaipėda

|align=center|6

|align=center|3

|align=center|1

|1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1937–38

LFLS Kaunas

|align=center|5

|align=center|6

|align=center|2

|1922, 1923, 1927, 1932, 1942

LGSF Kaunas

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center|4

|1938–39

MSK Kaunas

|align=center|1

|align=center|–

|align=center|–

|1934

Tauras Kaunas

|align=center|1

|align=center|–

|align=center|–

|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 ==

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

1945

|Spartakas Kaunas

|Dinamo Vilnius

|Sodyba Klaipėda / Spartakas Šiauliai

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1946

|Dinamo Kaunas

|Spartakas Kaunas

|Lokomotyvas Panevėžys

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1947

|Lokomotyvas Kaunas

|Spartakas Šiauliai

|Žalgiris Klaipėda

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1948

|Elnias Šiauliai

|Žalgiris Tauragė

|Spartakas Vilnius

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1949

|Elnias Šiauliai

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Vėliava Šiauliai

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1950

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Elnias Šiauliai

|Audra Klaipėda

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1951

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Elnias Šiauliai

|Audiniai Kaunas

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1952

|Karininkų Namai Vilnius

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Elnias Šiauliai

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1953

|Elnias Šiauliai

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Lima Kaunas

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1954

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Lima Kaunas

|Elnias Šiauliai

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1955

|Lima Kaunas

|Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas

|Elfa Vilnius

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1956

|Linų Audiniai Plungė

|Elnias Šiauliai

|MSK Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Algimantas Lucinavičius (MSK Panevėžys)

|28

bgcolor="#efefef"
1957

|Elnias Šiauliai

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Linų Audiniai Plungė

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Škėlovas (Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas)

|22

bgcolor="#efefef"
1958

|Elnias Šiauliai

|Raudonoji Žvaigždė Vilnius

|Spartakas Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Škėlovas (Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas)

|11

bgcolor="#efefef"
{{nowrap|1958–59}}

|Raudonoji Žvaigždė Vilnius

|KKI Kaunas

|Elnias Šiauliai

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1959–60

|Elnias Šiauliai

|Raudonoji Žvaigždė Vilnius

|Linų Audiniai Plungė

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Raimondas Prikockis (Elnias Šiauliai)
{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} A. Stankevičius (Spartakas-2 Vilnius)

|15

bgcolor="#efefef"
1960–61

|Elnias Šiauliai

|Baltija Klaipėda

|Inkaras Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Algimantas Lucinavičius (Laisvė Kretinga)

|22

bgcolor="#efefef"
1961–62

|FK Atletas Kaunas

|Granitas Klaipėda

|Inkaras Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Romualdas Kazlauskas (MSK Panevėžys)

|22

bgcolor="#efefef"
1962–63

|Statyba Panevėžys

|Politechnika Kaunas

|Inkaras Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Vytautas Juknys (Politechnika Kaunas)

|23

bgcolor="#efefef"
1964

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Statyba Panevėžys

|FK Minija Kretinga

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Siniakovas (Inkaras Kaunas)

|26

bgcolor="#efefef"
1965

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Saliutas Vilnius

|Statyba Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Siniakovas (Inkaras Kaunas)

|26

bgcolor="#efefef"
1966

|Nevėžis Kėdainiai

|Statybininkas Šiauliai

|Saliutas Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Siniakovas (Inkaras Kaunas)

|19

bgcolor="#efefef"
1967

|Saliutas Vilnius

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Nevėžis Kėdainiai

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} S. Kuncevičius (Žalgiris Naujoji Vilnia)
{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} J. Mėlinauskas (Inkaras Kaunas)
{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Kornelijus Skeivys (Statybininkas Šiauliai)
{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Romas Skeivys (Statybininkas Šiauliai)

|13

bgcolor="#efefef"
1968

|Statyba Panevėžys

|Nevėžis Kėdainiai

|Statybininkas Šiauliai

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Romas Jokubaitis (Statyba Panevėžys)

|18

bgcolor="#efefef"
1969

|Statybininkas Šiauliai

|Nevėžis Kėdainiai

|Inkaras Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} V. Paura (Nevėžis Kėdainiai)

|17

bgcolor="#efefef"
1970

|FK Atletas Kaunas

|Politechnika Kaunas

|Nevėžis Kėdainiai

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Vytautas Dirmeikis (FK Atletas Kaunas)

|20

bgcolor="#efefef"
1971

|Pažanga Vilnius

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Vienybė Ukmergė

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Daunoravičius (Vienybė Ukmergė)
{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} E. Milius (FK Minija Kretinga)

|13

bgcolor="#efefef"
1972

|Nevėžis Kėdainiai

|Pažanga Vilnius

|Dainava Alytus

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Balčiūnas (Pažanga Vilnius)

|13

bgcolor="#efefef"
1973

|Nevėžis Kėdainiai

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Dainava Alytus

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1974

|Tauras Šiauliai

|Vienybė Ukmergė

|Atmosfera Mažeikiai

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Daunoravičius (Vienybė Ukmergė)

|20

bgcolor="#efefef"
1975

|Dainava Alytus

|Pažanga Vilnius

|Sūduva Kapsukas

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Eugenijus Kurguznikovas (Sūduva Kapsukas)
{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} V. Ščerbakovas (Atletas Kaunas)

|17

bgcolor="#efefef"
1976

|Atmosfera Mažeikiai

|Vienybė Ukmergė

|Pažanga Vilnius

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1977

|Statybininkas Šiauliai

|Kelininkas Kaunas

|Atmosfera Mažeikiai

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Daunoravičius (Vienybė Ukmergė)
{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Romas Šiaulys (Atmosfera Mažeikiai)

|15

bgcolor="#efefef"
1978

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Statybininkas Šiauliai

|Banga Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} R. Nausėda (Atletas Kaunas)

|13

bgcolor="#efefef"
1979

|Atmosfera Mažeikiai

|Kelininkas Kaunas

|Nevėžis Kėdainiai

|?

|

bgcolor="#efefef"
1980

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Tauras Šiauliai

|Politechnika Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Edvardas Maliauskas (Atlantas Klaipėda)

|16

bgcolor="#efefef"
1981

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Kelininkas Kaunas

|Pažanga Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Vitalijus Stankevičius (Inkaras Kaunas)

|21

bgcolor="#efefef"
1982

|Pažanga Vilnius

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Tauras Šiauliai

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Edvardas Maliauskas (Atlantas Klaipėda)

|17

bgcolor="#efefef"
1983

|Pažanga Vilnius

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Tauras Šiauliai

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Rimantas Viktoravičius (Tauras Šiauliai)

|21

bgcolor="#efefef"
1984

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|SRT Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Jurijus Gordejevas (Atlantas Klaipėda)

|17

bgcolor="#efefef"
1985

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|SRT Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} K. Valantiejus (SRT Vilnius)

|16

bgcolor="#efefef"
1986

|Banga Kaunas

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} G. Anilionis (Banga Kaunas)

|17

bgcolor="#efefef"
1987

|Tauras Tauragė

|SRT Vilnius

|Inkaras Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Jurijus Gordejevas (SRT Vilnius)

|23

bgcolor="#efefef"
1988

|SRT Vilnius

|Inkaras Kaunas

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Remigijus Bubliauskas (Tauras Tauragė)
{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Jurijus Gordejevas (SRT Vilnius)
{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Saulius Vertelis (Atmosfera Mažeikiai)

|20

bgcolor="#efefef"
1989

|Banga Kaunas

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Sirijus Klaipėda

|align=left|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} A. Vertelis (Atmosfera Mažeikiai)

|17

bgcolor="#efefef"
colspan=6|Transitional competitions in 1990 included "Baltic League"
bgcolor="#efefef"
1990

|Sirijus Klaipėda

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Dalius Bajorūnas (Tauras Šiauliai)

|22

bgcolor="#efefef"

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 ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!width="350"|Club

!width="80"|Winner

!width="80"|Runner-up

!width="80"|3rd

!Winning Seasons

Elnias Šiauliai†

|align=center|7

|align=center|3

|align=center|3

|1948, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959–60, 1960–61

Inkaras Kaunas†

|align=center|5

|align=center|6

|align=center|5

|1950, 1951, 1954, 1964, 1965

Atlantas Klaipėda

|align=center|4

|align=center|7

|align=center

1978, 1980, 1981, 1984
Karininkų Namai / Raudonoji Žvaigždė / Saliutas Vilnius†

|align=center|3

|align=center|3

|align=center|1

|1952, 1958–59, 1967

Nevėžis Kėdainiai

|align=center|3

|align=center|2

|align=center|3

|1966, 1972, 1973

Pažanga Vilnius†

|align=center|3

|align=center|2

|align=center|2

|1971, 1982, 1983

Statybininkas Šiauliai†

|align=center|2

|align=center|2

|align=center|1

|1969, 1977

Statyba Panevėžys†

|align=center|2

|align=center|1

|align=center|3

|1962–63, 1968

FK Atletas Kaunas†

|align=center|2

|align=center|1

|align=center

1961–62, 1970
Atmosfera Mažeikiai†

|align=center|2

|align=center

align=center|2

|1976, 1979

Banga Kaunas†

|align=center|2

|align=center

align=center|1

|1986, 1989

Ekranas Panevėžys†

|align=center|1

|align=center|2

|align=center|2

|1985

Tauras Šiauliai†

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center|2

|1974

SRT Vilnius†

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center|2

|1988

Lima Kaunas†

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

1955
Spartakas Kaunas†

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center

1945
Tauras Tauragė†

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center

1987
Linų Audiniai Plungė

|align=center|1

|align=center

align=center|2

|1956

Dainava Alytus

|align=center|1

|align=center

align=center|2

|1975

Dinamo Kaunas†

|align=center|1

|align=center

align=center
1946
Lokomotyvas Kaunas†

|align=center|1

|align=center

align=center
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,[http://lfe.lt/content/league/3/lt A lyga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409015826/http://lfe.lt/content/league/3/lt |date=2022-04-09 }}. lfe.lt. 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 =

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

1991

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Lietuvos Makabi Vilnius

|Banga Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Egidijus Meidus (Vilija Kaunas)

|13

bgcolor="#efefef"
1991–92

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Panerys Vilnius

|Sirijus Klaipėda

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Remigijus Pocius (Granitas Klaipėda & Sakalas Šiauliai)
{{flagicon|LTU}} Vaidotas Šlekys (Ekranas Panevėžys)

|14

bgcolor="#efefef"
1992–93

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Panerys Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Vaidotas Šlekys (Ekranas Panevėžys)

|16

bgcolor="#efefef"
1993–94

|ROMAR

|Žalgiris-EBSW Vilnius

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Vaidotas Šlekys (Ekranas Panevėžys)
{{flagicon|LTU}} Robertas Žalys (FBK Kaunas)

|16

bgcolor="#efefef"
1994–95

|Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas

|Žalgiris-EBSW Vilnius

|ROMAR Mažeikiai

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Eimantas Poderis (Žalgiris Vilnius & Inkaras Kaunas)

|24

bgcolor="#efefef"
1995–96

|Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas

|Kareda-Sakalas Šiauliai

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Edgaras Jankauskas (Žalgiris Vilnius)

|25

bgcolor="#efefef"
1996–97

|Kareda Šiauliai

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Remigijus Pocius (Kareda Šiauliai)

|14

bgcolor="#efefef"
1997–98

|Kareda Šiauliai

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Vidas Dančenka (Kareda Šiauliai)

|26

bgcolor="#efefef"
1998–99

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Kareda Šiauliai

|FBK Kaunas

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Artūras Fomenka (Kareda Šiauliai)

|14

bgcolor="#efefef"
1999

|Žalgiris Kaunas

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Nerijus Vasiliauskas (Žalgiris Vilnius)

|10

bgcolor="#efefef"
2000

|FBK Kaunas

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Andrius Velička (FBK Kaunas)

|26

bgcolor="#efefef"
2001

|FBK Kaunas

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Remigijus Pocius (FBK Kaunas)

|22

bgcolor="#efefef"
2002

|FBK Kaunas

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Audrius Šlekys (FBK Kaunas)

|19

bgcolor="#efefef"
2003

|FBK Kaunas

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Vėtra Rūdiškės

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Ričardas Beniušis (Atlantas Klaipėda & FBK Kaunas)

|16

bgcolor="#efefef"
2004

|FBK Kaunas

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Povilas Lukšys (Ekranas Panevėžys)

|19

bgcolor="#efefef"
2005

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|FBK Kaunas

|Sūduva Marijampolė

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Mantas Savėnas (Ekranas Panevėžys)

|27

bgcolor="#efefef"
2006

|FBK Kaunas

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Vėtra Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|UKR}} Serhiy Kuznetsov (Vėtra Vilnius)

|18

bgcolor="#efefef"
2007

|FBK Kaunas

|Sūduva Marijampolė

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Povilas Lukšys (Ekranas Panevėžys)

|26

bgcolor="#efefef"
2008

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|FBK Kaunas

|Vėtra Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Ledesma (FBK Kaunas)

|14

bgcolor="#efefef"
2009

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Vėtra Vilnius

|Sūduva Marijampolė

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Valdas Trakys (Ekranas Panevėžys)

|20

bgcolor="#efefef"
2010

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Sūduva Marijampolė

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Povilas Lukšys (Sūduva Marijampolė)

|16

bgcolor="#efefef"
2011

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Sūduva Marijampolė

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Deivydas Matulevičius (Žalgiris Vilnius)

|19

bgcolor="#efefef"
2012

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Sūduva Marijampolė

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Artūras Rimkevičius (Šiauliai)

|35

bgcolor="#efefef"
2013

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|Ekranas Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Nerijus Valskis (Sūduva Marijampolė)

|27

bgcolor="#efefef"
2014

|Žalgiris

|Kruoja

|Atlantas

|align=left|{{flagicon|HRV}} Niko Tokić (Šiauliai)

|19

2015

|Žalgiris

|Trakai

|Atlantas Klaipėda

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Tomas Radzinevičius (Sūduva)

|28

2016

|Žalgiris

|Trakai

|Sūduva

|align=left|{{flagicon|SRB}} Andrija Kaluđerović (Žalgiris)

|20

2017

|Sūduva

|Žalgiris

|Trakai

|align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Darvydas Šernas (Žalgiris)

|18

2018

|Sūduva Marijampolė

|Žalgiris Vilnius

|Trakai

|align=left|{{flagicon|ROM}} Liviu Antal (Žalgiris)

|23

2019

|Sūduva

|Žalgiris

|Riteriai

|align=left|{{flagicon|HRV}} Tomislav Kiš (Žalgiris)

|27

2020

|Žalgiris

|Sūduva

|Kauno Žalgiris

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Videmont (Žalgiris)

|13

2021

|Žalgiris

|Sūduva

|Kauno Žalgiris

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Videmont (Žalgiris)

|17

2022

|Žalgiris

|Kauno Žalgiris

|FK Panevėžys

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Renan Oliveira (Žalgiris)

|17

2023

|FK Panevėžys

|Žalgiris

|FA Šiauliai

|align=left|{{flagicon|NGA}} Mathias Oyewusi (Žalgiris)

|19

2024

|Žalgiris

|FC Hegelmann

|FK Kauno Žalgiris

|align=left|{{flagicon|ROM}} Liviu Antal (Žalgiris)

| 20

= Performance by club =

class="wikitable sortable"

!width="200"|Club

!width="90"|Winner

!width="90"|Runner-up

!width="90"|3rd

!Winning Seasons

Žalgiris Vilnius

|align=center|11

|align=center|13

|align=center|4

|1991, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024

FBK Kaunas†

|align=center|8

|align=center|2

|align=center|2

|1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Ekranas Panevėžys†

|align=center|7

|align=center|4

|align=center|5

|1992–93, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Sūduva Marijampolė

|align=center|3

|align=center|4

|align=center|5

|2017, 2018, 2019

Kareda Šiauliai†

|align=center|2

|align=center|2

|align=center

1996–97, 1997–98
Inkaras Kaunas†

|align=center|2

|align=center

align=center|1

|1994–95, 1995–96

Sirijus Klaipėda†

|align=center|1

|align=center

align=center|1

|1990

ROMAR Mažeikiai†

|align=center|1

|align=center

align=center|1

|1993–94

FK Panevėžys

|align=center|1

|align=center

align=center|1

|2023

Clubs currently playing in A Lyga are highlighted in Bold.

† - Defunct clubs.

Top scorers

class="wikitable sortable"
width="180px"| 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

class="wikitable sortable"
width="180px"| 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

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.alyga.lt/ Official website] {{in lang|lt}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130718210806/http://www.futbolo.tv/ Futbolo.TV] - A lyga streaming and video center {{in lang|lt}}
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/litochamp.html RSSSF.com] - List of Champions
  • [http://almis.sritis.lt/#champ Lithuanian Football: History & Statistics by Almis] - Championship statistics

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