Lithuanian Women's A League
Appearance
Founded | 1994 |
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Country | Lithuania |
Confederation | UEFA |
Number of clubs | 7 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League |
Current champions | Gintra Universitetas (2013) |
Most championships | Gintra Universitetas (13) |
Website | saff.lt |
The A Lyga (Lithuanian for A league) is Lithuania's top level women's football league.
The league features 7 teams that play a double round robin to decide the champion, which qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
2014 teams
- FK Gintra-Universitetas (Šiauliai)
- FK TexTiliTe (Ukmergė)
- Akmenės SC (Akmenė)
- Žalgiris (Vilnius)
- FM Žara
- EOS-AUŠRA
- FK Dainava
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]
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: Gintra-Universitetas Siauliai
- 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
References
- ^ "2014 format" (in Lithuanian). futbolinis.lt. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ rsssf.com ; Lithuania - List of Women Champions
External links
- Federation website
- League at futbolinis.lt – scorers, yellow cards, statistics
- League at uefa.com
- women.soccerway.com