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1996–97 A Lyga

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A Lyga
Season	1996–97
Champions	Kareda Siauliai
Relegated	FK Ukmerge Panerys-2
UEFA Champions League	Kareda Siauliai
UEFA CUP	FK Inkaras Kaunas
UEFA Cup Winner's Cup	FK Zalgiris
UEFA Intertoto Cup	FBK 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:

^ 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	Relegation to 1 Lyga

Source: RSSSF.com
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Retired during the season and relegated
^ 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:

^ The match between Banga and Interas-AE was counted as a goalless win for Banga.

References

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

A Lyga seasons

v t e 1996–97 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '96 '97 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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