| Pixels: | 250 |
| Competition: | A Lyga |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Winners: | Panevėžys |
| Relegated: | Riteriai |
| Matches: | 171 |
| Total Goals: | 403 |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Panevėžys |
| Continentalcup2: | Conference League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Žalgiris Šiauliai |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 A Lyga, for sponsorship reasons also called Optibet A lyga was the 34th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 3 March 2023 and concluded on 12 November 2023.[1]
The winners (Panevėžys) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (Žalgiris) and third-placed team (Šiauliai) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Džiugas) qualified for the A Lyga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (Riteriai) were relegated to the 2024 LFF I Lyga.
The league consisted of ten teams, nine of which remained from the previous season. Žalgiris entered the season as defending champions. Jonava were relegated and replaced by Dainava, returning after one year's absence.[2] [3] Ninth-placed Džiugas remained in A Lyga after winning the playoff against I Lyga's Neptūnas.[4]
| Club | Location | Stadium | Surface | Seasons in A Lyga | Position in 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargždai | Gargždai Stadium | Artificial | 2,323 | 10 | ||
| Alytus | Alytus Stadium | Natural | 3,726 | 12 | ||
| Marijampolė | Artificial | 2,660 | ||||
| Telšiai | Telšiai Central Stadium | Natural | 2,320 | 3 | ||
| Ateitis Progymnasium Stadium | Artificial | 300 | ||||
| Kaunas | LFF Kaunas Training Center Stadium | Artificial | 500 | 3 | ||
| Kaunas | Darius and Girėnas Stadium | Hybrid | 15,315 | 9 | ||
| Akademija | VDU Stadium | Artificial | 1,000 | |||
| Panevėžys | Aukštaitija Stadium | Natural | 6,600 | 5 | ||
| Žemyna Progymnasium Stadium | Artificial | 620 | ||||
| Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 10 | ||
| Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 | ||||
| Marijampolė | Marijampolė Football Arena | Natural | 6,250 | 21 | ||
| Artificial | 2,660 | |||||
| Šiauliai | Savivaldybė Stadium | Natural | 4,000 | 2 | ||
| Gytariai Stadium | Artificial | 500 | ||||
| Vilnius | LFF Stadium | Artificial | 5,067 | 22 | ||
| Sportima Arena | Artificial | 3,157 |
| Team | Coach | Appointed | Licence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FK Banga | David Afonso | UEFA Pro | ||
| DFK Dainava |  Syarhey Kuznyatsow | UEFA A | ||
| FC Džiugas | João Prates | UEFA Pro | ||
| FC Hegelmann |  Andrius Skerla | UEFA Pro | ||
| FK Kauno Žalgiris | Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) | |||
| FK Panevėžys |  Gino Lettieri | UEFA Pro | ||
| FK Riteriai | Matthew Silva | UEFA Pro | ||
| FK Sūduva | Dovydas Lastauskas | |||
| FA Šiauliai | Mindaugas Čepas | UEFA Pro | ||
| FK Žalgiris |  Vladimir Cheburin | UEFA Pro |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Silva | End of caretaker spell | 30 November 2022 | Dovydas Lastauskas | 1 February 2023 | |
 Pablo Villar | Sacked | 24 March 2023 |  Vladimir Janković | 1 April 2023 | |
| Rokas Garastas | 1 May 2023 | 1 May 2023 | |||
| Vladimir Janković | 22 July 2023 | Matthew Silva | 26 July 2023 | ||
| Marius Stankevičius | 5 October 2023 | Nerijus Mačiulis (caretaker) | 5 October 2023 |
The ninth-placed club (Džiugas) faced the second-placed club from the 2023 LFF I Lyga (Be1 NFA) for the final place in the following season's A Lyga.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hegelmann | Banga Gargždai | 5–0 (H) | [5] | ||
| Hegelmann | Sūduva | 6–0 (H) | [6] | |||
| Žalgiris | Kauno Žalgiris | 2–5 (A) | [7] | |||
| | Kauno Žalgiris | Banga Gargždai | 3–1 (H) | [8] |
