A Lyga (women)

A Lyga
Country	Lithuania
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1994
Number of teams	6
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	I lyga
Domestic cup(s)	Lithuanian Women's Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	Gintra Universitetas (2016)
Most championships	Gintra Universitetas (15 titles)

The A Lyga (Lithuanian for A league) is Lithuania's top level women's football league.

The champion qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The league is above the two divisional I lyga.

2015 teams

FK Gintra-Universitetas (Šiauliai)
FM-JL Stars (Vilnius)
Žalgiris (Vilnius)
LSU Žara (Kaunas)
EOS-AUŠRA (Jonava)
Alytaus SRC-MFK (Alytus)

Format

Up until the 2013 all teams just played each other twice. In 2014 the format was changed, after playing each other twice, the top four teams and the bottom ones play another championship/relegation group.^[1] Points are added to the points of the first stage.

The league below is the I lyga, which plays in A zona and B zona.

Champions

A list of all champions.^[2]

1994: Olimpija-Centras Kaunas
1994/95: Politechnika Kaunas
1995/96: Vilnius
1996/97: Gabija-Politechnika Kaunas
1997/98: Kristina Vilnius
1998/99: Politechnika-Sika Kaunas
1999: Gintra Siauliai
2000: Gintra Siauliai
2001: Sventupe Ukmerge
2002: TexTilite Ukmerge
2003: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2004: TexTilite Ukmerge^[3]
2005: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2006: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2007: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2008: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2009: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2010: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2011: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2012: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2013: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
2014: Gintra-Universitetas^[4]
2015: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai^[5]
2016 Gintra-Universitetas^[6]

References

↑ "2014 format" (in Lithuanian). futbolinis.lt. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
↑ rsssf.com ; Lithuania - List of Women Champions Archived May 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "2014 final standings (see final result)" (in Lithuanian). futbolinis.lt. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
↑ "Gintra win tenth consecutive title" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
↑ ""Gintros-Universiteto" komanda 11 kartą iš eilės užsitikrino Lietuvos čempionių titulą (11th consecutive title for Gintra)" (in Lithuanian). lff.lt. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ "Šiaulių "Gintros-Universiteto" komanda likus trims turams iki 2016 -ųjų metų moterų futbolo A lygos pirmenybių pabaigos užsitikrino jau penkioliktą čempionių titulą klubo istorijoje, kuris iškovojamas dvyliktą sezoną iš eilės. (Gintra is champion)" (in Lithianian). fkgintra.lt. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

External links

Federation website
League at futbolinis.lt – scorers, yellow cards, statistics
League at uefa.com
women.soccerway.com

Football in Lithuania

Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF)

National Teams

Men
- U-21
- U-19
- U-17
Women
- U-19
- U-17

League system

men	A Lyga 1 Lyga II Lyga (East South West)

women	A Lyga

Domestic cups

Seasons

1992 1993

List of clubs
List of venues

Top level women's football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct leagues	Azerbaijan Belgium & Netherlands Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union

Top level women's association football leagues around the world

Africa (clubs)

Asia (clubs)

West Asia	Jordan Women's Football League (Jordan)

Central Asia	Kowsar Women Football League (Iran) Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship (Kyrgyzstan) Uzbek women's football championship (Uzbekistan)

South Asia	Indian Women's League (India) National Women Football Championship (Pakistan)

East Asia	Chinese Women's Super League (China PR) Chinese Taipei women's football championship (Chinese Taipei) Hong Kong Women League (Hong Kong) Nadeshiko League (Japan) WK League (Korea Republic)

Southeast Asia	W-League (Australia/New Zealand) Pertiwi Cup (Indonesia) PFF Women's League (Philippines) Thai Women's Premier League (Thailand) Vietnam women's football championship (Vietnam)

Europe (clubs)

North & Central America,
and the Caribbean (clubs)

North America	National Women's Soccer League (USA/Canada)

Caribbean	JFF/SDF Women’s League (Jamaica)

Oceania (clubs)

National Women's League (New Zealand)

South America (clubs)

Geography of women's association football

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