The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Aukščiausia lyga also existed during the Soviet period of Lithuania, but was not considered to be a professional league until dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Founded | 1991 |
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Country | Lithuania |
Confederation | UEFA |
Number of teams | 10 (2021) |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | I Lyga |
Domestic cup(s) | Lithuanian Football Cup Lithuanian Supercup |
International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa Conference League |
Current champions | FK Žalgiris (8th title) (2020) |
Most championships | FK Žalgiris, FBK Kaunas (8 titles) |
TV partners | TV3 Lithuania |
Website | Alyga.lt |
Current: 2021 A Lyga |
The league size has varied between 8 and 12 teams in the recent seasons, however 2020 A Lyga the league featured record low of only 6 teams. The final list of participants often does not correlate to the final results of the previous season, as the participation is finalized through the Lithuanian Football Federation league licensing process. The season usually kicks off in late February or early March and ends in November. Because of the harsh climate, there are no games in the winter.
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. Lithuania became affiliated with UEFA in 1992. The A Lyga champion secures the right to play in UEFA Champions League. The runner up and the 3rd place winner secure right to play in UEFA Europa League. A lyga team is yet to play in the group stage of either competition. At the end of 2018, the best performing club in Europe is FK Žalgiris, taking #179[1] in UEFA Club Coefficients table.
Clubs
Ten clubs are competing in the 2021 season. The bottom placed team will be relegated, 9th placed team will contest in a play-off with the 2nd placed team from I lyga.
Club | Location | Position in 2020 | First season in A Lyga | Seasons in top division | First season of current spell | Top division titles | Last title |
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FK Banga | Gargždai | 4th | 1994 | 18 | 2020 | — | |
DFK Dainava | Alytus | 6th in I Lyga | 2021 | 1c | 2021 | — | |
FC Džiugas | Telšiai | 4th in I Lyga | 2021 | 1 | 2021 | — | |
FC Hegelmann Litauen | Kaunas | 2nd in I Lyga | 2021 | 1 | 2021 | — | |
FK Kauno Žalgirisb | Kaunas | 3rd | 2015 | 7 | 2015 | — | |
FK Nevėžis | Kėdainiai | 1st in I Lyga | 2021 | 6 | 2021 | — | |
FK Panevėžysb | Panevėžys | 5th | 2019 | 3 | 2019 | — | |
FK Riteriaib | Vilnius | 6th | 2014 | 8 | 2014 | — | |
FK Sūduvaa | Marijampolė | 2nd | 1990 | 22 | 2002 | 3 | 2019 |
FC Žalgirisa | Vilnius | 1st | 1990 | 32 | 2010 | 8 | 2020 |
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
Format
The season kicks off in early spring, and finishes in late autumn, due to harsh weather no games are played in winter. The teams play 4 rounds in regular season. In some of the past seasons top teams would have played one more championship round after that. The last placed team is relegated, and the team placed one before the last contests a play-off match with the 2nd placed team in I Lyga for a spot in the next year's A lyga.
In the recent years the list of participants often did not correlate to the final results of the previous season due to failures to meet A lyga licensing criteria. The participation is finalized through the Lithuanian Football Federation league licensing process.
Sponsorship
Period | Sponsor | Name |
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1991–1999 | No sponsor | Lietuvos Lyga |
1999–2000 | LFF Lyga | |
2001–2003 | LFF A Lyga | |
2004–2008 | NFKA A Lyga | |
2009–2011 | LFF A Lyga | |
2012 | General Financing | LFF General Financing A Lyga[2] |
2013–2016 | Credit Service | SMScredit.lt A Lyga[3] |
2017–2020 | No sponsor | LFF A Lyga |
2021 | Optibet | Optibet A Lyga[4] |
As well as sponsorship for the league itself, the A Lyga has a number of official partners and suppliers.[5] The official ball supplier for the league is Nike who have had the contract since the 2013 season when they took over from Adidas.[3]
History
Interbellum and WWII
After Lithuania gained independence in 1918, the first ever football tournament was held in 1922.
Seasons
Season | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
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Interbellum (Independent Lithuania) | |||
1922 | LFLS Kaunas | LFLS Šančiai | LFLS-2 Kaunas |
1923 | LFLS Kaunas | KSK Kaunas | Kovas Kaunas |
1924 | Kovas Kaunas | Sportverein Klaipėda | LFLS Kaunas / MTV Klaipėda |
1925 | Kovas Kaunas | LFLS Šiauliai | Freya Klaipėda |
1926 | Kovas Kaunas | KSS Klaipėda | LFLS Šiauliai |
1927 | LFLS Kaunas | Sportverein Pagėgiai | LFLS Šiauliai |
1928 | KSS Klaipėda | LFLS Kaunas | LDS Šiauliai |
1929 | KSS Klaipėda | LFLS Kaunas | KSK Kultus Kaunas / Freya Klaipėda |
1930 | KSS Klaipėda | LFLS Kaunas | Sveikata Kybartai / Makabi Šiauliai |
1931 | KSS Klaipėda | Kovas Kaunas | Freya Klaipėda |
1932 | LFLS Kaunas | KSS Klaipėda | LGSF Kaunas |
1933 | Kovas Kaunas | LFLS Kaunas | LGSF Kaunas |
1934 | MSK Kaunas | LFLS Kaunas | LGSF Kaunas |
1935 | Kovas Kaunas | KSS Klaipėda | Sakalas Šiauliai / Šaulys Ukmergė |
1936 | Kovas Kaunas | LFLS Kaunas | LGSF Kaunas |
1937 | KSS Klaipėda | Kovas Kaunas | LFLS Kaunas |
1937–38 | KSS Klaipėda | LGSF Kaunas | Švyturys Klaipėda |
1938–39 | LGSF Kaunas | Kovas Kaunas | KSS Telšiai |
1939–40 | Competition abandoned | ||
World War II (1st Soviet and German Occupations) | |||
1941 | Competition not finished due to World War II (Spartakas Kaunas had the best record) | ||
1942 | LFLS Kaunas | MSK Panevėžys | Gubernija Šiauliai / LFLS Vilnius |
1942–43 | Tauras Kaunas | MSK Panevėžys | Gubernija Šiauliai / LGSF Vilnius |
1943–44 | Competition not finished due to World War II (Tauras Kaunas had the best record) |
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
Club | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd | Winning Seasons |
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Kovas Kaunas | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1924, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1936 |
KSS Klaipėda | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1937, 1937–38 |
LFLS Kaunas | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1922, 1923, 1927, 1932, 1942 |
LGSF Kaunas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1938–39 |
MSK Kaunas | 1 | – | – | 1934 |
Tauras Kaunas | 1 | – | – | 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
Season | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Top scorer (Team) | Goals |
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1945 | Spartakas Kaunas | Dinamo Vilnius | Sodyba Klaipėda / Spartakas Šiauliai | ? | |
1946 | Dinamo Kaunas | Spartakas Kaunas | Lokomotyvas Panevėžys | ? | |
1947 | Lokomotyvas Kaunas | Spartakas Šiauliai | Žalgiris Klaipėda | ? | |
1948 | Elnias Šiauliai | Žalgiris Tauragė | Spartakas Vilnius | ? | |
1949 | Elnias Šiauliai | Inkaras Kaunas | Vėliava Šiauliai | ? | |
1950 | Inkaras Kaunas | Elnias Šiauliai | Audra Klaipėda | ? | |
1951 | Inkaras Kaunas | Elnias Šiauliai | Audiniai Kaunas | ? | |
1952 | Karininkų Namai Vilnius | Inkaras Kaunas | Elnias Šiauliai | ? | |
1953 | Elnias Šiauliai | Inkaras Kaunas | Lima Kaunas | ? | |
1954 | Inkaras Kaunas | Lima Kaunas | Elnias Šiauliai | ? | |
1955 | Lima Kaunas | Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas | Elfa Vilnius | ? | |
1956 | Linų Audiniai Plungė | Elnias Šiauliai | MSK Panevėžys | Algimantas Lucinavičius (MSK Panevėžys) | 28 |
1957 | Elnias Šiauliai | Inkaras Kaunas | Linų Audiniai Plungė | Petras Škėlovas (Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas) | 22 |
1958 | Elnias Šiauliai | Raudonoji Žvaigždė Vilnius | Spartakas Vilnius | Petras Škėlovas (Raudonasis Spalis Kaunas) | 11 |
1958–59 | Raudonoji Žvaigždė Vilnius | KKI Kaunas | Elnias Šiauliai | ? | |
1959–60 | Elnias Šiauliai | Raudonoji Žvaigždė Vilnius | Linų Audiniai Plungė | Raimondas Prikockis (Elnias Šiauliai) A. Stankevičius (Spartakas-2 Vilnius) | 15 |
1960–61 | Elnias Šiauliai | Baltija Klaipėda | Inkaras Kaunas | Algimantas Lucinavičius (Laisvė Kretinga) | 22 |
1961–62 | FK Atletas Kaunas | Granitas Klaipėda | Inkaras Kaunas | Romualdas Kazlauskas (MSK Panevėžys) | 22 |
1962–63 | Statyba Panevėžys | Politechnika Kaunas | Inkaras Kaunas | Vytautas Juknys (Politechnika Kaunas) | 23 |
1964 | Inkaras Kaunas | Statyba Panevėžys | FK Minija Kretinga | Petras Siniakovas (Inkaras Kaunas) | 26 |
1965 | Inkaras Kaunas | Saliutas Vilnius | Statyba Panevėžys | Petras Siniakovas (Inkaras Kaunas) | 26 |
1966 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | Statybininkas Šiauliai | Saliutas Vilnius | Petras Siniakovas (Inkaras Kaunas) | 19 |
1967 | Saliutas Vilnius | Inkaras Kaunas | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | S. Kuncevičius (Žalgiris Naujoji Vilnia) J. Mėlinauskas (Inkaras Kaunas) Kornelijus Skeivys (Statybininkas Šiauliai) Romas Skeivys (Statybininkas Šiauliai) | 13 |
1968 | Statyba Panevėžys | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | Statybininkas Šiauliai | Romas Jokubaitis (Statyba Panevėžys) | 18 |
1969 | Statybininkas Šiauliai | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | Inkaras Kaunas | V. Paura (Nevėžis Kėdainiai) | 17 |
1970 | FK Atletas Kaunas | Politechnika Kaunas | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | Vytautas Dirmeikis (FK Atletas Kaunas) | 20 |
1971 | Pažanga Vilnius | Atlantas Klaipėda | Vienybė Ukmergė | R. Daunoravičius (Vienybė Ukmergė) E. Milius (FK Minija Kretinga) | 13 |
1972 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | Pažanga Vilnius | Dainava Alytus | R. Balčiūnas (Pažanga Vilnius) | 13 |
1973 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | Atlantas Klaipėda | Dainava Alytus | ? | |
1974 | Tauras Šiauliai | Vienybė Ukmergė | Atmosfera Mažeikiai | R. Daunoravičius (Vienybė Ukmergė) | 20 |
1975 | Dainava Alytus | Pažanga Vilnius | Sūduva Kapsukas | Eugenijus Kurguznikovas (Sūduva Kapsukas) V. Ščerbakovas (Atletas Kaunas) | 17 |
1976 | Atmosfera Mažeikiai | Vienybė Ukmergė | Pažanga Vilnius | ? | |
1977 | Statybininkas Šiauliai | Kelininkas Kaunas | Atmosfera Mažeikiai | R. Daunoravičius (Vienybė Ukmergė) Romas Šiaulys (Atmosfera Mažeikiai) | 15 |
1978 | Atlantas Klaipėda | Statybininkas Šiauliai | Banga Kaunas | R. Nausėda (Atletas Kaunas) | 13 |
1979 | Atmosfera Mažeikiai | Kelininkas Kaunas | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | ? | |
1980 | Atlantas Klaipėda | Tauras Šiauliai | Politechnika Kaunas | Edvardas Maliauskas (Atlantas Klaipėda) | 16 |
1981 | Atlantas Klaipėda | Kelininkas Kaunas | Pažanga Vilnius | Vitalijus Stankevičius (Inkaras Kaunas) | 21 |
1982 | Pažanga Vilnius | Atlantas Klaipėda | Tauras Šiauliai | Edvardas Maliauskas (Atlantas Klaipėda) | 17 |
1983 | Pažanga Vilnius | Atlantas Klaipėda | Tauras Šiauliai | Rimantas Viktoravičius (Tauras Šiauliai) | 21 |
1984 | Atlantas Klaipėda | Ekranas Panevėžys | SRT Vilnius | Jurijus Gordejevas (Atlantas Klaipėda) | 17 |
1985 | Ekranas Panevėžys | Atlantas Klaipėda | SRT Vilnius | K. Valantiejus (SRT Vilnius) | 16 |
1986 | Banga Kaunas | Atlantas Klaipėda | Ekranas Panevėžys | G. Anilionis (Banga Kaunas) | 17 |
1987 | Tauras Tauragė | SRT Vilnius | Inkaras Kaunas | Jurijus Gordejevas (SRT Vilnius) | 23 |
1988 | SRT Vilnius | Inkaras Kaunas | Ekranas Panevėžys | Remigijus Bubliauskas (Tauras Tauragė) Jurijus Gordejevas (SRT Vilnius) Saulius Vertelis (Atmosfera Mažeikiai) | 20 |
1989 | Banga Kaunas | Ekranas Panevėžys | Sirijus Klaipėda | A. Vertelis (Atmosfera Mažeikiai) | 17 |
Transitional competitions in 1990 included "Baltic League" | |||||
1990 | Sirijus Klaipėda | Ekranas Panevėžys | Žalgiris Vilnius | Dalius Bajorūnas (Tauras Šiauliai) | 22 |
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
Club | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd | Winning Seasons |
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Elnias Šiauliai† | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1948, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959–60, 1960–61 |
Inkaras Kaunas† | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1950, 1951, 1954, 1964, 1965 |
Atlantas Klaipėda | 4 | 7 | - | 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984 |
Karininkų Namai / Raudonoji Žvaigždė / Saliutas Vilnius† | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1952, 1958–59, 1967 |
Nevėžis Kėdainiai | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1966, 1972, 1973 |
Pažanga Vilnius† | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1971, 1982, 1983 |
Statybininkas Šiauliai† | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1969, 1977 |
Statyba Panevėžys† | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1962–63, 1968 |
FK Atletas Kaunas† | 2 | 1 | - | 1961–62, 1970 |
Atmosfera Mažeikiai† | 2 | - | 2 | 1976, 1979 |
Banga Kaunas† | 2 | - | 1 | 1986, 1989 |
Ekranas Panevėžys† | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1985 |
Tauras Šiauliai† | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1974 |
SRT Vilnius† | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1988 |
Lima Kaunas† | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1955 |
Spartakas Kaunas† | 1 | 1 | - | 1945 |
Tauras Tauragė† | 1 | 1 | - | 1987 |
Linų Audiniai Plungė | 1 | - | 2 | 1956 |
Dainava Alytus | 1 | - | 2 | 1975 |
Dinamo Kaunas† | 1 | - | - | 1946 |
Lokomotyvas Kaunas† | 1 | - | - | 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,[6] 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–)
Seasons
Season | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Top scorer (Team) | Goals |
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1991 | Žalgiris Vilnius | Lietuvos Makabi Vilnius | Banga Kaunas | Egidijus Meidus (Vilija Kaunas) | 13 |
1991–92 | Žalgiris Vilnius | Panerys Vilnius | Sirijus Klaipėda | Remigijus Pocius (Granitas Klaipėda & Sakalas Šiauliai) Vaidotas Šlekys (Ekranas Panevėžys) | 14 |
1992–93 | Ekranas Panevėžys | Žalgiris Vilnius | Panerys Vilnius | Vaidotas Šlekys (Ekranas Panevėžys) | 16 |
1993–94 | ROMAR | Žalgiris-EBSW Vilnius | Ekranas Panevėžys | Vaidotas Šlekys (Ekranas Panevėžys) Robertas Žalys (FBK Kaunas) | 16 |
1994–95 | Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas | Žalgiris-EBSW Vilnius | ROMAR Mažeikiai | Eimantas Poderis (Žalgiris Vilnius & Inkaras Kaunas) | 24 |
1995–96 | Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas | Kareda-Sakalas Šiauliai | Žalgiris Vilnius | Edgaras Jankauskas (Žalgiris Vilnius) | 25 |
1996–97 | Kareda Šiauliai | Žalgiris Vilnius | Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas | Remigijus Pocius (Kareda Šiauliai) | 14 |
1997–98 | Kareda Šiauliai | Žalgiris Vilnius | Ekranas Panevėžys | Vidas Dančenka (Kareda Šiauliai) | 26 |
1998–99 | Žalgiris Vilnius | Kareda Šiauliai | FBK Kaunas | Artūras Fomenka (Kareda Šiauliai) | 14 |
1999 | Žalgiris Kaunas | Žalgiris Vilnius | Atlantas Klaipėda | Nerijus Vasiliauskas (Žalgiris Vilnius) | 10 |
2000 | FBK Kaunas | Žalgiris Vilnius | Atlantas Klaipėda | Andrius Velička (FBK Kaunas) | 26 |
2001 | FBK Kaunas | Atlantas Klaipėda | Žalgiris Vilnius | Remigijus Pocius (FBK Kaunas) | 22 |
2002 | FBK Kaunas | Atlantas Klaipėda | Ekranas Panevėžys | Audrius Šlekys (FBK Kaunas) | 19 |
2003 | FBK Kaunas | Ekranas Panevėžys | Vėtra Rūdiškės | Ričardas Beniušis (Atlantas Klaipėda & FBK Kaunas) | 16 |
2004 | FBK Kaunas | Ekranas Panevėžys | Atlantas Klaipėda | Povilas Lukšys (Ekranas Panevėžys) | 19 |
2005 | Ekranas Panevėžys | FBK Kaunas | Sūduva Marijampolė | Mantas Savėnas (Ekranas Panevėžys) | 27 |
2006 | FBK Kaunas | Ekranas Panevėžys | Vėtra Vilnius | Serhiy Kuznetsov (Vėtra Vilnius) | 18 |
2007 | FBK Kaunas | Sūduva Marijampolė | Ekranas Panevėžys | Povilas Lukšys (Ekranas Panevėžys) | 26 |
2008 | Ekranas Panevėžys | FBK Kaunas | Vėtra Vilnius | Rafael Ledesma (FBK Kaunas) | 14 |
2009 | Ekranas Panevėžys | Vėtra Vilnius | Sūduva Marijampolė | Valdas Trakys (Ekranas Panevėžys) | 20 |
2010 | Ekranas Panevėžys | Sūduva Marijampolė | Žalgiris Vilnius | Povilas Lukšys (Sūduva Marijampolė) | 16 |
2011 | Ekranas Panevėžys | Žalgiris Vilnius | Sūduva Marijampolė | Deivydas Matulevičius (Žalgiris Vilnius) | 19 |
2012 | Ekranas Panevėžys | Žalgiris Vilnius | Sūduva Marijampolė | Artūras Rimkevičius (Šiauliai) | 35 |
2013 | Žalgiris Vilnius | Atlantas Klaipėda | Ekranas Panevėžys | Nerijus Valskis (Sūduva Marijampolė) | 27 |
2014 | Žalgiris Vilnius | Kruoja Pakruojis | Atlantas Klaipėda | Niko Tokić (Šiauliai) | 19 |
2015 | Žalgiris Vilnius | Trakai | Atlantas Klaipėda | Tomas Radzinevičius (Sūduva Marijampolė) | 28 |
2016 | Žalgiris Vilnius | Trakai | Sūduva Marijampolė | Andrija Kaluđerović (Žalgiris Vilnius) | 20 |
2017 | Sūduva Marijampolė | Žalgiris Vilnius | Trakai | Darvydas Šernas (Žalgiris Vilnius) | 18 |
2018 | Sūduva Marijampolė | Žalgiris Vilnius | Trakai | Liviu Antal (Žalgiris Vilnius) | 23 |
2019 | Sūduva Marijampolė | Žalgiris Vilnius | Riteriai | Tomislav Kiš (Žalgiris Vilnius) | 27 |
2020 | Žalgiris Vilnius | Sūduva Marijampolė | Kauno Žalgiris | Hugo Videmont (Žalgiris Vilnius) | 13 |
Performance by club
Club | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd | Winning Seasons |
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Žalgiris Vilnius | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1991, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020 |
FBK Kaunas† | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 |
Ekranas Panevėžys† | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1992–93, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
Sūduva Marijampolė | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Kareda Šiauliai† | 2 | 2 | - | 1996–97, 1997–98 |
Inkaras Kaunas† | 2 | - | 1 | 1994–95, 1995–96 |
Sirijus Klaipėda† | 1 | - | 1 | 1990 |
ROMAR Mažeikiai† | 1 | - | 1 | 1993–94 |
Clubs currently playing in A Lyga are highlighted in Bold.
† - Defunct clubs.
References
- ^ https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/#/yr/2019
- ^ ""General Financing" - LFF A lygos pagrindinis rėmėjas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ a b "2013 metų A lygos startas - su naujais partneriais ir didesnėmis ambicijomis" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 27 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ https://lff.lt/news/11883/generaliniu-a-lygos-remeju-tampa-optibet-pradedama-partneryste-su-tv3-ziniasklaidos-grupe/
- ^ "Oficialūs partneriai". A Lyga. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ A lyga. lfe.lt.
External links
- Official website (in Lithuanian)
- Futbolo.TV - A lyga streaming and video center (in Lithuanian)
- One Nil Up - Digital Magazine focusing on football in the Baltic States
- RSSSF.com - List of Champions
- Lithuanian Football: History & Statistics by Almis - Championship statistics