The 2022 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called Optibet A lyga was the 33rd season of the

A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) (). History The first football league was established in Lithuania in 1924, and in various forms existed until 1939. ...

, the top-tier

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league of

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. The season began on 4 March and concluded on 23 November 2022.

Teams

FK Žalgiris Futbolo klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris, is a Lithuanian professional association football, football club based in Vilnius. The club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Football in L ...

started the season as defending champions.

DFK Dainava Dzūkija Futbolo Klubas Dainava, in short, DFK Dainava, is a Lithuanian football club from Alytus. The club was established in 2016 as a phoenix club after FK Dainava Alytus was dissolved in 2014. History The modern DFK Dainava was establishe ...

and

FK Nevėžis FK Nevėžis is a professional association football, football club from the city of Kėdainiai, Lithuania. Achievements *Three times Lithuanian champion (1966, 1972, 1973). *Twice runner-up (1968, 1969). *Three times won Bronze medals (1967, ...

were relegated, and replaced with

FA Šiauliai Football Academy of Šiauliai or FA Šiauliai is a Lithuanian football academy from the city of Šiauliai. The team is simply known as "Šiauliai". The academy train women's and men's teams, as well as children's and underage groups in "U" type ...

and FK Jonava. All teams that were eligible to participate in A lyga based on sporting principle have successfully passed the licensing process for the first time in recent years.

Managers

Current Managers

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Fixtures and results

Rounds 1–18

Rounds 19–36

A Lyga play-off

The 9th-placed team,

Džiugas Džiugas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is derived from the Lithuanian adjective "džiugus" meaning "joyous, cheerful, happy". People bearing the name Džiugas include: *Džiugas Bartkus Džiugas Bartkus (born 7 November 1989) is a ...

, played a play-off against the second-placed team from

I Lyga The LFF Pirma Lyga, TOPsport Pirma Lyga, or Pirma Lyga, is the second tier of professional Lithuanian football championship. Format Organized by the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), I Lyga is contested by 16 teams, with the top team gain ...

, FK Neptūnas, for the remaining spot in the league.

First leg

Second leg

Top scorers

References

External links

* {{2022–23 in European football (UEFA) LFF Lyga seasons 2022 in Lithuanian football