1993 in Lithuanian football

The 1993 season was the third year of competitive football (soccer) in Lithuania as an independent nation since regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. In the Premier League, named A Lyga, fourteen teams competed, with FK Ekranas winning the title.

1993 in Lithuanian football
A Lyga champions
FK Ekranas
1 Lyga champions
Azotas Jonava
Lithuanian Cup winners
FK Žalgiris Vilnius
Lithuanian national team
1993 Baltic Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
Lithuanian Footballer of the Year
Valdas Ivanauskas

National Leagues edit

A Lyga edit

Regular season edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ekranas 13 10 2 1 27 3 +24 22 Qualification to championship round
2 Žalgiris 13 10 2 1 32 6 +26 22
3 Panerys 13 10 1 2 34 14 +20 21
4 Sirijus 13 7 4 2 20 7 +13 18
5 Banga Kaunas 13 7 3 3 24 9 +15 17
6 ROMAR 13 6 2 5 13 13 0 14
7 Aras 13 4 5 4 16 13 +3 13
8 Geležinis Vilkas 13 3 6 4 12 17 −5 12
9 Inkaras 13 4 3 6 16 20 −4 11 Qualification to relegation round
10 Neris 13 3 3 7 15 20 −5 9
11 Snaigė 13 3 2 8 8 27 −19 8
12 Sakalas 13 2 2 9 8 23 −15 6
13 Tauras-Karšuva 13 2 2 9 6 26 −20 6
14 Minija 13 1 1 11 5 38 −33 3
Source: rsssf.com

Championship round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ekranas (C) 27 20 6 1 50 8 +42 46 Qualification to Champions League preliminary round
2 Žalgiris 27 18 7 2 54 13 +41 43 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Panerys 27 16 4 7 53 29 +24 36
4 Sirijus 27 11 9 7 36 29 +7 31
5 Banga Kaunas 27 11 5 11 36 29 +7 27
6 ROMAR 27 11 4 12 27 27 0 26
7 Aras 27 8 8 11 26 33 −7 24
8 Geležinis Vilkas 27 5 8 14 25 43 −18 18
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Relegation round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Inkaras 23 8 6 9 28 28 0 22
10 Sakalas 23 9 3 11 23 30 −7 21
11 Neris (R) 23 7 5 11 27 31 −4 19 Defunct in the next season
12 Tauras-Karšuva 23 6 6 11 14 33 −19 18
13 Snaigė (R) 23 6 3 14 14 36 −22 15 Relegation to 1 Lyga
14 Minija (R) 23 2 4 17 12 56 −44 8
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

1 Lyga edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Azotas Jonava 24 18 2 4 73 24 +49 38
2 FK Mastis Telšiai 24 14 7 3 50 21 +29 35
3 Mūša Ukmergė 23 12 9 2 52 16 +36 33
4 Tauras Šiauliai 23 14 4 5 37 19 +18 32
5 Cementininkas Naujoji Akmenė 24 12 7 5 37 33 +4 31
6 Aidas Panevėžys 23 12 6 5 43 22 +21 30
7 FK Banga Gargždai 24 10 8 6 27 27 0 28
8 Inter Visaginas 24 10 6 8 31 28 +3 26
9 AFK Vilnius 23 8 6 9 33 25 +8 22
10 Chemikas Kedainiai 24 6 8 10 29 27 +2 20
11 Robotas Plunge 24 4 7 13 21 44 −23 15
12 FK Logika Šiauliai 24 4 2 18 32 57 −25 10
13 Sveikata Kybartai 24 4 1 19 16 69 −53 9
14 FK Sūduva Marijampolė 24 1 1 22 13 82 −69 3
Source: rsssf.com

Lithuanian Cup edit

Final edit

FK Žalgiris Vilnius1 – 0FK Sirijus Klaipėda
Zdančius   5'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Birieta (LTU)

National team edit

Senior team edit

Date Venue Opponents Score Comp Lithuania scorers Fixture
1993-02-20 Myyrmäki Indoor Hall
Vantaa
  Latvia 2 - 1 IBC93[1] Mikalajūnas   69'
Suliauskas   74'
1993-02-21 Myyrmäki Indoor Hall
Vantaa
  Finland 3 - 0 IBC93
1993-02-24 Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sevilla
  Spain 5 - 0 WCQ94[2] #109
1993-03-30 DAC Stadion
Dunajská Streda
  Slovakia 2 - 2 F[3] Zdančius   40',   70' #110
1993-03-31 Stadion Górnika Brzeszcze
Brzeszcze
  Poland 1 - 1 F[4] Poderis   41' #111
1993-04-14 Žalgiris Stadium
Vilnius
  Albania 3 - 1 WCQ94 Baltušnikas   20'
Sukristov   25'
Baranauskas   53'
#112
1993-05-18 Žalgiris Stadium
Vilnius
  Ukraine 1 - 2 F Zdančius   4' #113
1993-05-25 Žalgiris Stadium
Vilnius
  Northern Ireland 0 - 1 WCQ94 #114
1993-06-02 Žalgiris Stadium
Vilnius
  Spain 0 - 2 WCQ94 #115
1993-06-16 Žalgiris Stadium
Vilnius
  Republic of Ireland 0 - 1 WCQ94 #116
1993-07-03 Kalevi Stadium
Pärnu
  Latvia 0 - 0 BC93[5] #117
1993-07-04 Kalevi Stadium
Pärnu
  Estonia 2 - 1 [6] BC93 Olsanskis   60' #118
1993-08-25 Parken Stadium
Copenhagen
  Denmark 4 - 0 WCQ94 #119
1993-09-08 Lansdowne Road
Dublin
  Republic of Ireland 2 - 0 WCQ94 #120

Notes edit

  1. ^ IBC93= Indoor Baltic Cup 1993
  2. ^ WCQ94 = Qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.
  3. ^ Unofficial friendly match
  4. ^ Official FIFA friendly match
  5. ^ BC93 = Baltic Cup 1993 match
  6. ^ First win for Estonia in an international FIFA-match since regaining independence in 1991.

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