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

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Team changes

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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

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Team Town Stadium Capacity
Babrungas Plungė Plungė Stadium 500
Baltijos Futbolo Akademija Vilnius Širvintų stadionas 500
Be1 NFA Kaunas NFA Stadium 300
Ekranas Panevėžys Žemynos stadionas
Garliava Garliava Stadium of the school of Adomas Mitkus 500
Jonava Jonava Central Stadium of Jonava 2,040
Kauno Žalgiris B Kaunas Kauno Žalgirio FA stadionas 500
Marijampolė City Marijampolė
Minija Kretinga Kretingos miesto stadionas 1,000
Neptūnas Klaipėda Klaipėdos dirbtinės dangos aikštė 1,000
Nevėžis Kėdainiai Kėdainių miesto centrinis stadionas 3,000
Panevėžys B Panevėžys Žemynos progimnazijos stadionas 500
Riteriai B Vilnius LFF Stadium 5,400
Šiauliai B Šiauliai Šiaulių stadionas 9,125
TransINVEST Vilnius
Žalgiris B Vilnius LFF Stadium 5,400

League table

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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[a]
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[b] (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

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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

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

Second leg

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See also

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References

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