Lyga football
Football league season
The 2022 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called Optibet A lyga[1] was the 33rd season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 4 March and concluded on 23 November 2022.[2]
Teams
FK Žalgiris started the season as defending champions. DFK Dainava and FK Nevėžis were relegated, and replaced with FA Šiauliai 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.[3][4][5]
Home towns of the 2022 A Lyga teams
Managers
Current Managers
Managerial changes
- ^ Team's goalkeeper and U-19 youth coach, also playing as goalkeeper and the captain for the first team
Regular season
League table
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
Rounds 1–18
Source: A Lyga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rounds 19–36
Source: A Lyga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
A Lyga play-off
The 9th-placed team, Džiugas, played a play-off against the second-placed team from I Lyga, FK Neptūnas, for the remaining spot in the league.[6]
First leg
Second leg
Top scorers
See also
References
- ^ "Pratęstas bendradarbiavimas su "Optibet" | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
- ^ "2022 metų "Optibet a lygos" sezono startas – kovo 4 dieną".
- ^ "Informacija apie licencijų pareiškėjus 2022-ųjų sezonui".
- ^ "Licencijavimo komitetas a lygos licencijas išdavė 8 klubams".
- ^ "Apeliacinis licencijavimo komitetas priėmė sprendimus dėl a lygos licencijos pareiškėjų apeliacijų".
- ^ "Pereinamosiose rungtynėse "Džiugas" buvo solidesnis". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian). A Lyga. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Lithuanian and English)