I Lyga

LFF I Lyga

Country	Lithuania
Founded	1991
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	A Lyga
Relegation to	II Lyga
Current champions	Lietava Jonava (2015)
TV partners	Futbolo.tv, Init
Website	http://www.pirmalyga.lt
2016 LFF I Lyga

The I Lyga, commonly known as First League(Lithuanian: Pirma Lyga), is the second level of Lithuanian football league system. Administrated by the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), I Lyga is contested by 16 teams, with the top team promoted to A Lyga and replaced by the lowest-placed team in that division and the bottom clubs being relegated to the II Lyga. From 2016 season the second-placed team qualifies to direct promotion play-offs with A Lyga seventh-placed team.

2016 Member Clubs

Club
F.B.K. Kaunas
Hegelmann Litauen
Lokomotyvas
Vytis
Nevėžis
Palanga
Šilas
Šilutė
DFK Dainava
Panevėžys
Žalgiris B
Trakai B
Minija
Kražantė
Banga
Džiugas

League tables

2015

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lietava (C, P)	30	21	5	4	84	23	+61	68	Promotion to 2016 A Lyga
2	Žalgiris B	30	20	4	6	89	36	+53	64
3	Banga	30	20	5	5	59	25	+34	65	*Actually has 59pts
4	Šilas	30	18	4	8	64	40	+24	58
5	Panevėžys	30	18	7	5	76	41	+35	61	*Actually has 55pts
6	Palanga	31	16	7	8	76	34	+42	55
7	Trakai-2	30	17	3	10	70	46	+24	54
8	Nevėžis	30	17	3	10	68	50	+18	54
9	Šilutė	30	13	5	12	55	38	+17	44
10	F.B.K. Kaunas	30	10	7	13	47	46	+1	37
11	Lokomotyvas	30	11	3	16	44	58	−14	36
12	Džiugas	30	9	5	16	36	49	−13	32
13	Kražantė	30	8	5	17	40	88	−48	29
14	Auska	31	9	6	16	36	61	−25	33
15	MRU	30	7	7	16	38	61	−23	28
16	Minija	30	6	7	17	41	57	−16	25
17	Tauras (R)	30	6	1	23	35	121	−86	19	Relegation to II Lyga
18	Kruoja-2 (D)	30	3	0	27	17	99	−82	9	Withdrawn[lower-alpha 1]

Source: PirmaLyga Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Highest placed Reserves-team in the Reserve league.
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. On 25 August 2015, Kruoja Pakruojis withdrew from the 2015 A Lyga after repeated accusations of match-fixing and breach of fairplay regulations.^[1] Since more than half of the matches had been played at the time of the withdrawal, the results from played matches are maintained and matches scheduled to take place after the withdrawal will be decided as 3–0 losses.^[2]

2012

Plc	Team	Pld	W	D	L	G	GA	Pts
1.	Lietava Jonava	27	19	5	3	68	18	62
2.	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	27	18	4	5	65	23	58
3.	Granitas Vilnius	27	15	7	5	56	33	52
4.	FK Trakai	27	14	6	7	57	29	48
5.	Polonija Vilnius	27	12	1	14	50	48	37
6.	NFA	27	10	3	14	66	61	33
7.	FK Šilutė	27	8	8	11	39	33	32
8.	FK Palanga	27	8	6	13	38	55	30
9.	Venta Kuršėnai	27	8	1	18	44	70	25
10.	FK Kėdainiai	27	1	3	23	15	128	6

2011

Plc	Team	Pld	W	D	L	G	GA	Pts
1.	FK REO	24	17	3	4	56	13	54
2.	Nevėžis Kėdainiai	24	16	1	7	64	21	49
3.	Atletas Kaunas	24	12	6	6	57	38	42
4.	FK Trakai	24	12	6	6	48	33	42
5.	Lietava Jonava	24	7	8	9	40	29	29
6.	Lifosa Kėdainiai	24	7	7	10	46	73	28
7.	Venta Kuršėnai	24	7	4	13	43	59	25
8.	FK Šilutė	24	6	4	14	22	50	22
9.	FK Minija Kretinga	24	3	3	18	17	77	12

2010

Plc	Team	Pld	W	D	L	G	GA	Ptst

2009

Plc	Team	Town	Pld	W	D	L	G	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Šilutė	Šilutė	24	17	5	2	55	14	41	56
2.	Alytis	Alytus	24	14	2	8	41	27	14	44
3.	Mažeikiai	Mažeikiai	24	12	4	8	40	32	8	40
4.	Nevėžis	Kėdainiai	24	10	7	7	41	34	7	37
5.	Glestum	Klaipėda	24	8	3	13	31	40	−9	27
6.	Žalgiris	Vilnius	24	7	5	12	27	35	−8	26
7.	Lietava	Jonava	24	2	2	20	20	73	−53	8

2008

Plc	Team	Town	Pld	W	D	L	G	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Tauras	Tauragė	31	24	3	4	76	21	55	75
2.	Alytis	Alytus	31	23	3	5	78	24	54	72
3.	Banga	Gargždai	31	19	7	5	61	27	34	64
4.	Rodiklis	Kaunas	31	16	8	7	45	23	22	56
5.	Vilniaus FC	Vilnius	31	17	7	7	61	38	23	55
6.	Kauno Jėgeriai	Kaunas	31	11	7	13	49	42	7	40
7.	LKKA ir Teledema	Kaunas	31	12	2	17	59	59	0	38
8.	Lietava	Jonava	31	11	3	17	50	61	−11	36
9.	Nevėžis	Kėdainiai	28	10	7	11	48	38	10	37
10.	Kruoja	Pakruojis	28	9	2	17	50	56	−6	29
11.	Utenis	Utena	28	8	2	18	31	71	−40	26
12.	Glestum	Klaipėda	28	6	2	20	35	94	−59	20
13.	Anykščių FK	Anykščiai	28	1	1	26	14	103	−89	4

History

Season	Champion	Topscorer
1991	Žalgiris-2 Vilnius
1991–92	Žalgiris-2 Vilnius
1992–93	Azotas Jonava
1993–94	Mūša Ukmergė
1994–95	Geležinis Vilkas Vilnius	Igoris Verbovikas (Lokomotyvas Vilnius, 13)
1995–96	Ranga-Politechnika Kaunas	Svajūnas Česnulis (Laisvė Šilutė, 19)
1996–97	Klevas Šiauliai	Svajūnas Česnulis (Laisvė Šilutė, 23)
1997–98	Dainava Alytus	E. Medvedevas (Lietava Jonava, 17)
1998–99	Lietava Jonava	Marijus Kursevičius (Atletas Kaunas, 20)
1999	Kauno Jėgeriai	R. Kirsanovas (Geležinis Vilkas Vilnius), 15)
2000	Vėtra Rūdiškės	Šarūnas Litvinas (Pieno Cechas Kalvarija, 32)
2001	Polonija Vilnius	Tomas Radzinevičius (Sūduva Marijampolė, 33)
2002	Vėtra Rūdiškės	Denisas Vasilkovas (Interas Visaginas, Vėtra Rūdiškės, 27)
2003	Polonija Vilnius	Vytautas Zaboras (Polonija Vilnius, 27)
2004	KFK Šiauliai	Gvidas Juška (Babrungas Plungė, Kauno Jėgeriai, 21)
2005	Alytis Alytus	Karolis Nepas (Vėtra-2 Vilnius, Alytis Alytus, 22)
2006	Kauno Jėgeriai	Ramūnas Timinskas (Kruoja Pakruojis, 22)
2007	Alytis Alytus	Rimantas Cepovas (Rodiklis Kaunas, 25)
2008	FK Tauras Tauragė	Martynas Karalius (Glestum Klaipėda, 19)
2009	FK Šilutė	Gvidas Juška (FK Šilutė, 21)
2010	FBK Kaunas	Arsenijus Buinickis (Lietava Jonava, 28)
2011	FK REO	Aivaras Lyberis (Nevėžis Kėdainiai, 24)
2012	Lietava Jonava	Aivaras Lyberis (Nevėžis Kėdainiai, 24)
2013	FK Granitas
2014	FK Stumbras
2015	Lietava Jonava

References

1. "Kruojos" klubo komandos traukiasi iš varžybų" [Kruoja club teams withdrawing from the race] (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
2. ""Kruojai" skirtos sankcijos už komandų pasitraukimą" [Kruoja for infringement of the command's withdrawal] (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

External links

• Lithuanian football history and statistics by Almantas Lauzadis
• League321.com – Lithuanian football league tables, records & statistics database.