1996–97 A Lyga

Football league season
A Lyga
Season1996–97
ChampionsKareda Siauliai
RelegatedFK Ukmerge
Panerys-2
UEFA Champions LeagueKareda Siauliai
UEFA CUPFK Inkaras Kaunas
UEFA Cup Winner's CupFK Zalgiris
UEFA Intertoto CupFBK Kaunas
← 1995–96
1997–98 →

The Lithuanian A Lyga 1996–97 was the seventh season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 13 July 1996 and ended on 22 June 1997.[1] It was contested by 16 teams, and Kareda Šiauliai won the championship.

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kareda Šiauliai (C) 28 19 7 2 61 12 +49 64 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Žalgiris 28 17 5 6 56 19 +37 56 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Inkaras 28 15 8 5 41 19 +22 53 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 FBK Kaunas 28 12 5 11 33 31 +2 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
5 Ekranas 28 8 10 10 28 32 −4 34
6 Panerys 28 6 8 14 20 40 −20 26
7 Atlantas 28 4 6 18 21 66 −45 18
8 Žalgiris-Volmeta 28 3 7 18 19 60 −41 16
Source: RSSSF.com
(C) Champions

Results

First half of season

Home \ Away ATL EKR FBK INK KAR PAN ŽAL ŽVL
Atlantas 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 0–1 1–7 2–1
Ekranas 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–3 0–2 0–0
FBK Kaunas 3–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 4–1 1–0 4–1
Inkaras 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0
Kareda Šiauliai 6–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 5–0
Panerys 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–5 1–0
Žalgiris 6–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 4–0
Zalgiris-Volmeta 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–5
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away ATL EKR FBK INK KAR PAN ŽAL ŽVL
Atlantas 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–5 0–3 0–3 2–2
Ekranas 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0
FBK Kaunas 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1
Inkaras 1–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 7–1
Kareda Šiauliai 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–0
Panerys 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0
Žalgiris 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0
Žalgiris-Volmeta 0–1 2–0 2–0 -:+[a] 1–1 1–1 0–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between Žalgiris-Volmeta and Inkaras was counted as a goalless win for Inkaras-Grifas.

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Lokomotyvas 26 15 8 3 44 13 +31 53
10 Ranga-Politechnika 26 14 8 4 27 9 +18 50
11 Mastis 26 13 4 9 29 24 +5 43
12 Banga 26 12 6 8 35 22 +13 42
13 Tauras 26 10 2 14 24 33 −9 32
14 Interas-AE 26 7 4 15 26 37 −11 25
15 Ukmergė[a] (R) 14 5 3 6 13 13 0 18 Relegation to 1 Lyga
16 Panerys-2[b] (R) 26 3 3 20 14 61 −47 12
Source: RSSSF.com
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Retired during the season and relegated
  2. ^ Relegated

Results

First half of season

Home \ Away BAN IAE LOK MAS PN2 RAN TAU UKM
Banga 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–0
Interas-AE 2–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Lokomotyvas 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0
Mastis 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2
Panerys-2 0–1 4–2 1–6 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–0
Ranga-Politechnika 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0
Tauras 0–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–0
Ukmergė 0–1 1–4 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away BAN IAE LOK MAS PN2 RAN TAU
Banga +:-[a] 1–2 2–0 5–2 0–1 2–1
Interas-AE 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0
Lokomotyvas 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 5–1
Mastis 2–1 0–0 0–2 4–0 0–0 1–0
Panerys-2 1–4 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–2
Ranga-Politechnika 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0
Tauras 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between Banga and Interas-AE was counted as a goalless win for Banga.

References

  1. ^ Laužadis, Almantas (8 November 1999). "Lithuania 1996/97". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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