The Lithuanian Women's A League (Lithuanian: Moterų A lyga) is Lithuania's top level
women's football (soccer)
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league. The champion of the league qualifies for a spot in the
UEFA Women's Champions League
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The ...
. The league is above the Lithuanian women football association's (LMFA) First League.
2022 teams
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Banga Gargždai (
Gargždai
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Vilnius
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Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
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FC Gintra
FC Gintra is a Lithuanian women's association football, women's football club from Šiauliai. It is the team of the local Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy, Šiauliai University.
History
The club plays in the highest Lithuanian league, the A L ...
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Šiauliai
Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County.
Names
Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different la ...
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Hegelmann (
Kaunas)
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MFA Žalgiris-MRU (
Vilnius
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Saned (new)
Format
The championship consists of 20 matchdays. The teams are playing each other 4 times. 2018 A league season started on 29 March and the last matchday will be 11 November.
Champions
A list of all champions.
*1994: Olimpija-Centras Kaunas
*1994/95: Politechnika Kaunas
*1995/96: Vilnius FM
*1996/97: Gabija-Politechnika Kaunas
*1997/98: Kristina Vilnius
*1998/99: Politechnika-Sika Kaunas
*1999:
Gintra Šiauliai
*2000:
Gintra Šiauliai
*2001: Šventupė Ukmergė
*2002: TexTilitė Ukmergė
*2003:
Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2004: TexTilitė Ukmergė
*2005: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2006: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2007: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2008: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2009: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
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2010: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2011: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2012: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2013: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2014: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2015: Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
*2016: Gintra-Universitetas
*2017: Gintra-Universitetas
*2018: Gintra-Universitetas (17)
*2019:
Gintra Universitetas
FC Gintra is a Lithuanian women's football club from Šiauliai. It is the team of the local Šiauliai University.
History
The club plays in the highest Lithuanian league, the A Lyga and has won 13 championships so far. The fourth one in 2005 a ...
(18)
*2020: Gintra-Univesitetas (19)
*2021:
FC Gintra
FC Gintra is a Lithuanian women's association football, women's football club from Šiauliai. It is the team of the local Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy, Šiauliai University.
History
The club plays in the highest Lithuanian league, the A L ...
(20)
*2022:
FC Gintra
FC Gintra is a Lithuanian women's association football, women's football club from Šiauliai. It is the team of the local Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy, Šiauliai University.
History
The club plays in the highest Lithuanian league, the A L ...
(21)
*2023:
FC Gintra
FC Gintra is a Lithuanian women's association football, women's football club from Šiauliai. It is the team of the local Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy, Šiauliai University.
History
The club plays in the highest Lithuanian league, the A L ...
(22)
References
External links
Federation websiteLeague
at futbolinis.lt – scorers, yellow cards, statistics
women.soccerway.com
{{Top level women's association football leagues around the world
Women's football competitions in Lithuania
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Professional sports leagues in Lithuania