1993 in Lithuanian football

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

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.

National Leagues

A Lyga

Main article: 1992–93 LFF Lyga

Regular season

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

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

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

Main article: 1 Lyga 1992-93
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

Final

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

National team

Senior team

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

  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.