2022 A Lyga


The 2022 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called Optibet A lyga 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.

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.
ClubLocationStadiumSurfaceCapacitySeasons
in A Lyga
2021 position
GargždaiGargždai StadiumArtificial2,3239
Gargždai———9
TelšiaiTelšiai Central StadiumNatural2,4002
TelšiaiAteitis Progymnasium Stadium——2
KaunasLFF Kaunas training center stadiumArtificial5002
Kaunas———2
JonavaCentral Stadium of JonavaNatural2,0003
JonavaArtificial Stadium of JonavaArtificial5003
KaunasKauno Žalgiris FA StadiumNatural5008
KaunasNFA StadiumArtificial5008
PanevėžysAukštaitija StadiumNatural6,6004
PanevėžysŽemyna Progymnasium StadiumArtificial5004
VilniusLFF StadiumArtificial5,0679
VilniusSportima ArenaArtificial3,1579
MarijampolėSūduva Stadium
Natural6,25020
MarijampolÄ—MarijampolÄ— Football Indoor Arena
Artificial2,66020
Å iauliaiSavivaldybÄ— StadiumNatural4,0001
Å iauliaiGytariai StadiumArtificial5001
VilniusLFF StadiumArtificial5,06721
VilniusSportima ArenaArtificial3,15721

Regular season

League table


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.