The Lithuanian A Lyga 1999 was the tenth season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 5 July 1999 and ended on 6 November 1999.[1] 10 teams participated, 3 fewer than the previous season, and Žalgiris Kaunas won the championship.

A Lyga
Season1999
ChampionsFBK Kaunas
UEFA Champions LeagueFBK Kaunas
UEFA CupFK Zalgiris
FK Ekranas
UEFA Intertoto CupFK Atlantas
2000

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FBK Kaunas (C) 18 12 5 1 36 10 +26 41 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Žalgiris 18 10 6 2 33 9 +24 36 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Atlantas 18 9 6 3 34 24 +10 33 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Kareda Šiauliai 18 9 3 6 31 18 +13 30
5 Ekranas 18 7 8 3 22 11 +11 29 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
6 Inkaras 18 8 5 5 25 18 +7 29
7 Nevėžis 18 3 7 8 10 22 −12 16
8 Banga (O) 18 2 6 10 12 40 −28 12 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9 Ardena (O) 18 2 5 11 10 26 −16 11
10 Dainava[a] 18 1 3 14 9 44 −35 6 Relegation to 1 Lyga
Source: RSSSF.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Dainava were initially relegated, but were later readmitted by LFF.

Results

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

Relegation play-off

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tauras 1–8 Banga 0–3 1–5
Geležinis Vilkas 1–1 (a) Ardena 1–1 0–0

References

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  1. ^ Laužadis, Almantas (30 April 2000). "Lithuania 1999 (transitional fall season)". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 December 2020.