2023 LFF I Lyga
| Season | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Champions | TransINVEST |
| Promoted | TransINVEST |
| Relegated | Jonava Marijampolė City Riteriai B Žalgiris B |
| Conference League | TransINVEST |
← 2022 2024 → | |
The 2023 LFF I Lyga was the 34th season of I Lyga, the second tier football league of Lithuania.[1][2]
The champions (TransINVEST) were promoted to A Lyga, and also qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023 Lithuanian Football Cup. The runners-up (Be1 NFA) qualified for the A Lyga play-off. The fourteenth-placed team (Panevėžys B) qualified for the I Lyga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom two teams (Jonava and Žalgiris B) were relegated to the 2024 LF II Lyga, alongside Marijampolė City (who withdrew from the league) and Riteriai B (after Riteriai were relegated from the 2023 A Lyga.)
Teams[edit]
Team changes[edit]
| Promoted from 2022 II Lyga |
Promoted to 2023 A Lyga |
Relegated from 2022 A Lyga |
Relegated to 2023 II Lyga |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kauno Žalgiris B TransINVEST |
Dainava | Jonava | Atmosfera Banga B |
Participants[edit]
| Team | Town | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babrungas | Plungė | Plungė Stadium | 500 |
| Baltijos Futbolo Akademija | Vilnius | Širvintų stadionas | 500 |
| Be1 NFA | Kaunas | NFA Stadium | 300 |
| Ekranas | Panevėžys | Žemynos stadionas | |
| Garliava | Garliava | Stadium of the school of Adomas Mitkus | 500 |
| Jonava | Jonava | Central Stadium of Jonava | 2,040 |
| Kauno Žalgiris B | Kaunas | Kauno Žalgirio FA stadionas | 500 |
| Marijampolė City | Marijampolė | ||
| Minija | Kretinga | Kretingos miesto stadionas | 1,000 |
| Neptūnas | Klaipėda | Klaipėdos dirbtinės dangos aikštė | 1,000 |
| Nevėžis | Kėdainiai | Kėdainių miesto centrinis stadionas | 3,000 |
| Panevėžys B | Panevėžys | Žemynos progimnazijos stadionas | 500 |
| Riteriai B | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | 5,400 |
| Šiauliai B | Šiauliai | Šiaulių stadionas | 9,125 |
| TransINVEST | Vilnius | ||
| Žalgiris B | Vilnius | LFF Stadium | 5,400 |
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TransINVEST (C, P) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 83 | 29 | +54 | 70 | Promotion to A Lyga and qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a] |
| 2 | Be1 NFA | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 56 | Qualification for the A Lyga play-off |
| 3 | Nevėžis | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 51 | |
| 4 | Neptūnas | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 51 | |
| 5 | Babrungas | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 51 | |
| 6 | Minija | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 51 | |
| 7 | Riteriai B[b] (R) | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 46 | Relegation to II Lyga |
| 8 | Garliava | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Ekranas | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 39 | |
| 10 | Baltijos Futbolo Akademija | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Marijampolė City | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 64 | −37 | 35 | Club withdrew |
| 12 | Šiauliai B | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 47 | 66 | −19 | 33 | |
| 13 | Kauno Žalgiris B | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 32 | |
| 14 | Panevėžys B (O) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 31 | Qualification for the I Lyga play-off |
| 15 | Žalgiris B (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 28 | Relegation to II Lyga |
| 16 | Jonava (R) | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 28 | 76 | −48 | 15 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only for deciding promotion); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ TransINVEST qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023 Lithuanian Football Cup.
- ^ Riterai B were relegated after their main team, Riteriai, were relegated to I Lyga from the 2023 A Lyga.
I Lyga play-off[edit]
The fourteenth-placed club (Panevėžys B) faced the third-placed club from the 2023 LFF II Lyga (Hegelmann B) for the final place in the following season's I Lyga.
First leg[edit]
| 15 November 2023 | Hegelmann B | 2–1 | Panevėžys B | Kaunas |
| 17:00 BST | Stadium: LFF Kaunas Training Centre |
Second leg[edit]
| 21 November 2023 | Panevėžys B | 4–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 agg.) | Hegelmann B | Panevėžys |
| 17:00 BST | Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "I League - Lithuanian Football". Lietuvos Futbolas.
- ^ "Leagues - Lithuanian Football Federation". Ifff.It.
External links[edit]
- Official I Lyga results (in Lithuanian)