1998–99 A Lyga

Football league season
A Lyga
Season1998–99
ChampionsFK Zalgiris
RelegatedZalgiris-2 Vilnius
Kauno Jegarai
FK Lokomotyvas
Mastis Telsiai
UEFA Champions LeagueFK Zalgiris
UEFA CupKareda Siauliai
FBK Kaunas
UEFA Intertoto CupFK Ekranas
← 1997–98
1999 →

The Lithuanian A Lyga 1998–99 was the ninth season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 10 July 1998 and ended on 13 June 1999.[1] 13 teams participated and FK Žalgiris Vilnius won the championship.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Žalgiris (C) 23 18 5 0 68 8 +60 59 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Kareda Šiauliai 23 18 4 1 67 11 +56 58 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 FBK Kaunas 23 18 3 2 57 14 +43 57
4 Ekranas 23 12 5 6 45 20 +25 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 Inkaras 23 11 4 8 34 27 +7 37
6 Atlantas 23 8 4 11 34 33 +1 28
7 Banga 23 7 5 11 18 30 −12 26
8 Nevėžis 23 7 4 12 17 36 −19 25
9 Dainava 23 8 1 14 24 53 −29 25
10 Žalgiris-2[a] (R) 23 6 3 14 25 60 −35 21 Relegation to 1 Lyga
11 Jėgeriai[b] (R) 23 6 2 15 22 48 −26 20
12 Lokomotyvas[c] (R) 23 4 0 19 12 47 −35 12 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13 Mastis (R) 12 1 0 11 4 40 −36 3 Withdrawn and relegation to lower league[d]
Source: RSSSF.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Žalgiris-2 were demoted to the lower league due to the regulations of LFF, as were a reserve team of Žalgiris.
  2. ^ Jėgeriai were demoted to the lower league due to the regulations of LFF, as were a reserve team of FBK Kaunas.
  3. ^ Lokomotyvas were won the play-off, but later were withdrew from the league and dissolved.
  4. ^ Mastis were withdrew from the league after twelve rounds.

Results

Home \ Away ATL BAN DAI EKR FBK INK JĖG KAR LOK MAS NEV ŽAL ŽL2
Atlantas 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 7–1 0–3 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0
Banga 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–1
Dainava 2–1 0–0 0–5 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–3 2–1
Ekranas 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 -:+[a] 4–0
FBK Kaunas 1–0 1–0 12–0 2–1 4–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 5–1
Inkaras 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 5–1 3–0 0–2 3–0
Jėgeriai 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–5 0–4 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–2
Kareda Šiauliai 6–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 7–0 9–0 2–0 0–0 3–1
Lokomotyvas 1–5 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–3
Mastis 0–1 0–1 0–8 0–1 0–6 2–1
Nevėžis 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0
Žalgiris 2–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 6–0 8–0
Žalgiris-2 2–2 1–0 4–2 3–0 0–3 1–2 2–4 0–4 0–2 2–1 0–10
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between Ekranas and Žalgiris was rated with a goalless win for Žalgiris.

Relegation play-off

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lietava Jonava 4–5 Lokomotyvas 3–0 1–5

References

  1. ^ Laužadis, Almantas (17 August 1999). "Lithuania 1998/99". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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