2023 LFF I Lyga

The 2023 LFF I Lyga was the 34th season of I Lyga, the second tier football league of Lithuania.[1][2]

I Lyga
Season2023
ChampionsTransINVEST
PromotedTransINVEST
RelegatedJonava
Marijampolė City
Riteriai B
Žalgiris B
Conference LeagueTransINVEST
← 2022
2024 →

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

Team changes
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
TeamTownStadiumCapacity
BabrungasPlungėPlungė Stadium500
Baltijos Futbolo AkademijaVilniusŠirvintų stadionas500
Be1 NFAKaunasNFA Stadium300
EkranasPanevėžysŽemynos stadionas
GarliavaGarliavaStadium of the school of Adomas Mitkus500
JonavaJonavaCentral Stadium of Jonava2,040
Kauno Žalgiris BKaunasKauno Žalgirio FA stadionas500
Marijampolė CityMarijampolė
MinijaKretingaKretingos miesto stadionas1,000
NeptūnasKlaipėdaKlaipėdos dirbtinės dangos aikštė1,000
NevėžisKėdainiaiKėdainių miesto centrinis stadionas3,000
Panevėžys BPanevėžysŽemynos progimnazijos stadionas500
Riteriai BVilniusLFF Stadium5,400
Šiauliai BŠiauliaiŠiaulių stadionas9,125
TransINVESTVilnius
Žalgiris BVilniusLFF Stadium5,400

League table
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] (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
Source: Soccerway
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:
  1. TransINVEST qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023 Lithuanian Football Cup.
  2. Riterai B were relegated after their main team, Riteriai, were relegated to I Lyga from the 2023 A Lyga.

I Lyga play-off

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
15 November 2023 Hegelmann B 2–1 Panevėžys B Kaunas
17:00 BST Stadium: LFF Kaunas Training Centre

Second leg
21 November 2023 Panevėžys B 4–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 agg.)		Hegelmann BPanevėžys
17:00 BST Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium

See also

References
  1. "I League - Lithuanian Football". Lietuvos Futbolas.
  2. "Leagues - Lithuanian Football Federation". Ifff.It.
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