1990 Lithuanian Top League

The Lithuanian A Lyga 1990 was the first season of top-tier football in Lithuania since it broke off from the Soviet Union.[1]

A Lyga
Season1990
ChampionsPanerys Vilnius (league)
Sirijus Klaipėda (playoffs)
1989
1991

The competition consisted of two stages: the first stage with double round robin tournaments (this league as well as Lithuanian teams of the 1990 Baltic League) and second stage championship title playoffs among the best Lithuanian teams from both leagues. The league competitions started on 7 April 1990 and ended on 9 October 1994.[2] The championship title playoffs kicked off on 20 October with quarter-finals and ended with a final match on 4 November 1990.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Panerys Vilnius 30 20 6 4 48 18 +30 46 Qualification to Lithuanian championship play-off and qualification to the 1991 LFF Lyga
2 Granitas Klaipėda 30 20 6 4 57 16 +41 46
3 Sirijietis Klaipėda 30 14 9 7 38 27 +11 37
4 Elektronas Tauragė 30 15 6 9 35 29 +6 36
5 Vienybe Ukmerge 30 14 8 8 51 32 +19 36 Qualification to the 1991 LFF Lyga
6 Vilija Kaunas 30 14 7 9 64 39 +25 35
7 Atletas Kaunas 30 11 11 8 30 22 +8 33
8 Tauras Šiauliai 30 13 6 11 53 41 +12 32
9 Viltis Vilnius 30 10 10 10 50 32 +18 30
10 Dainava Alytus 30 11 7 12 33 46 −13 29
11 Nevėžis Kėdainiai 30 10 7 13 40 40 0 27
12 Gel.Vilkas Vilnius 30 10 7 13 39 41 −2 27
13 Poli Kaunas 30 8 6 16 27 56 −29 22
14 Mastis Telšiai 30 5 10 15 28 55 −27 20
15 Sveikata Kybartai 30 5 6 19 20 61 −41 16
16 Sirvinta Vilkaviskis 30 2 4 24 19 77 −58 8
Source: rsssf.com

Play-offs for the football champion title of Lithuania

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Play-offs were organized between the Lithuanian clubs of all-Union Soviet professional competitions and competitions of the Lithuanian SSR.

Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
Quarterfinals
Elektronas Tauragė 0–9 Žalgiris Vilnius 0–6 0–3
Panerys Vilnius 2–1 Yovaras Mazeikiai 1–0 1–1
Granitas Klaipėda 1–3 Ekranas Panevėžys 1–1 0–2
Sirijietis Klaipėda 2–3 Sirijus Klaipėda 0–2 2–1
Semifinals
Ekranas Panevėžys 2–1 Žalgiris Vilnius 2–0 0–1
Panerys Vilnius 3–5 Sirijus Klaipėda 2–3 1–2
Third place
Žalgiris Vilnius 1–0 Panerys Vilnius
Final
Sirijus Klaipėda 0–0 Ekranas Panevėžys penalty kicks 3–2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Laužadis, Almantas (8 November 1999). "Lithuania 1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Lithuania 1993/94, Lietuvos lyga, all matches". Wildstat.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.