1 lyga

1 lyga
Association	Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija
First edition	1991
hierarchy	2nd league
Teams	14 (2020)
master	FC Džiugas Telšiai
Record champions	x
Website	www.pirmalyga.lt
↑ A Lyga (I) ↓ II Lyga (III)

The 1 Lyga is the second highest division in Lithuanian football . In the competition held by the Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija , the national association, the climbers to the A Lyga are determined.

history

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , the 1 Lyga was played for the first time in the 1991 season. At that time, 16 teams took part. Since then, the number of participating clubs has changed several times between eight and sixteen. Today there are 18 teams.

The record champions since the league was founded has been FK Dainava Alytus with a total of three titles (two of them as Alytis Alytus ).

In the 2010 season, the country's record champions, FBK Kaunas , set a new point record after its forced relegation to third division. Kaunas won all 27 games and ended the promotion season with 81 points ahead of second-placed Alytis Alytus , who came in on 51 points.

Current mode

Fourteen teams are currently (as of 2020) represented in 1 Lyga. They play against each other twice, so that each comes to 27 games this season. The league leader after the last matchday is promoted to the A Lyga . The two bottom of the table are automatically relegated to the third class II Lyga .

Master since 1999

1999: Jėgeriai Kaunas 2000: Vėtra Rūdiškės 2001: Polonija Vilnius 2002: Vėtra Rūdiškės 2003: Polonija Vilnius 2004: FC Šiauliai 2005: FK Alytis Alytus 2006: Jėgeriai Kaunas 2007: FK Alytis Alytus 2008: Tauras Tauragė

2009: FK Šilutė 2010: FBK Kaunas 2011: FK REO Vilnius 2012: Lietava Jonava 2013: FK Klaipėdos Granitas 2014: FC Stumbras 2015: Lietava Jonava 2016: FK Šilas 2017: FK Palanga 2018: FK Panevėžys

2019: FC Džiugas Telšiai 2020:

Alytus Jonava Kaunas Kėdainiai Kretinga Kupiškis Mažeikiai Pakruojis Šiauliai Telšiai Vilnius

Location of the clubs of 1 Lyga 2019

Attendees

2020

Football club	License	Comments
FK Atmosfera (2012)	2012
BFA	2007
DFK Dainava Alytus	2016
FC Hegelmann Lithuania	2009
FK Jonava	1991
FC Džiugas	2014
Kauno Žalgiris B.	2017	reserve FK Kauno Žalgiris ; Promoted to the Pirma lyga 2020
FK Minija (2017)	2017
Panevėžys B	2019	reserve FK Panevėžys ; Promoted to the Pirma lyga 2020
Riteriai B	2015	reserve FK Riteriai
FA Šiauliai	2007
Žalgiris B	2015	reserve FK Žalgiris
Nevėžis	(1992)
Vilniaus Vytis	2012

Participants 2019

Football club	License	Comments
Banga
Nevėžis
Pakruojis
Džiugas
Žalgiris B
Stumbras B
Riteriai B
FK Vilnius with license BFA		; Newcomer to the Pirma lyga 2019
FK Minija (2017)
Dainava, DFK
FK Vilniaus Vytis
FC Hegelmann Lithuania
FK Atmosfera (2012)		; Newcomer to the Pirma lyga 2019
FA Šiauliai		Legal criteria not implemented  ; Newcomer to the Pirma lyga 2019
FC Kupiškis		Sports criteria not implemented
FK Jonava		Documentation of financial criteria is not provided  ; Relegated to the Pirma lyga 2019

Participants 2018

Football club	founding	Weblink and info
Banga Gargždai	1966	[1]
DFK Dainava Alytus	2016	[2] (not FK Dainava Alytus )
FC Džiugas Telšiai	(2014)	[3]
FK Koralas Klaipeda	2015	[4]
FC Kupiškis	2018	[5]
Nevėžis Kėdainiai	(1992)	[6]
FK NFA from Kaunas	(2017)	[7]
FC Pakruojis	2016	[8th]
FK Panevėžys	2015	[9]
Stumbras B	(2016)	[10]
Trakai B	(2015)	[11]
FK Utenis Utena	(2014)	[12]
FK Vilniaus Vytis	2012	[13]
Žalgiris B	(2015)	[14]

Web links

• Tables of the 1 Lyga on soccerway.com
• Lithuanian football statistics ( memento of March 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://alyga.lt/naujiena/2020-metu-a-lygoje-zais-sesios-komandos/6489
2. ↑ seasonal statistics. In: lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Retrieved March 22, 2018 . 
3. ↑ https://alyga.lt/naujiena/2020-metu-a-lygoje-zais-sesios-komandos/6489