2023 A Lyga


The 2023 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called Optibet A lyga was the 34th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 3 March 2023 and concluded on 12 November 2023.
The winners qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed team qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team qualified for the A Lyga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom-placed team were relegated to the 2024 LFF I Lyga.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams, nine of which remained from the previous season. Žalgiris entered the season as defending champions. Jonava were relegated and replaced by Dainava, returning after one year's absence. Ninth-placed Džiugas remained in A Lyga after winning the playoff against I Lyga's Neptūnas.
ClubLocationStadiumSurfaceSeasons
in A Lyga		Position
in 2022
GargždaiGargždai StadiumArtificial2,32310
AlytusAlytus StadiumNatural3,72612
MarijampolėMarijampolė Football Indoor ArenaArtificial2,66012
TelšiaiTelšiai Central StadiumNatural2,3203
TelšiaiAteitis Progymnasium StadiumArtificial3003
KaunasLFF Kaunas Training Center StadiumArtificial5003
KaunasDarius and Girėnas StadiumHybrid15,3159
AkademijaVDU StadiumArtificial1,0009
PanevėžysAukštaitija StadiumNatural6,6005
PanevėžysŽemyna Progymnasium StadiumArtificial6205
VilniusLFF StadiumArtificial5,06710
VilniusSportima ArenaArtificial3,15710
MarijampolėMarijampolė Football ArenaNatural6,25021
MarijampolėMarijampolė Football Indoor ArenaArtificial2,66021
ŠiauliaiSavivaldybė StadiumNatural4,0002
ŠiauliaiGytariai StadiumArtificial5002
VilniusLFF StadiumArtificial5,06722
VilniusSportima ArenaArtificial3,15722

Regular season

League table



A Lyga play-off

The ninth-placed club faced the second-placed club from the 2023 LFF I Lyga for the final place in the following season's A Lyga.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
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Discipline

Red cards

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