2023 A Lyga

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.

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.

Teams
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. Ninth-placed Džiugas remained in A Lyga after winning the playoff against I Lyga's Neptūnas.

A Lyga play-off
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.

Red cards

 * 🇷🇸 Nikola Popović - Riteriai vs FA Šiauliai (3 March 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Pijus Srėbalius - Žalgiris vs Banga Gargždai (11 March 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Augustas Dubickas - Žalgiris vs Sūduva (1 April 2023)
 * 🇫🇷 Brahim Konaté - Dainava vs Kauno Žalgiris (2 April 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Vilius Armalas - Hegelmann vs Panevėžys (4 April 2023)
 * 🇦🇹 Srđan Spiridonović - Kauno Žalgiris vs Džiugas Telšiai (5 April 2023)
 * Braima Candé - Kauno Žalgiris vs Džiugas Telšiai (5 April 2023)
 * 🇦🇹 Srđan Spiridonović - Kauno Žalgiris vs Banga Gargždai (28 May 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Karolis Žebrauskas - Kauno Žalgiris vs Banga Gargždai (28 May 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Sigitas Urbys - Banga Gargždai vs Sūduva (6 June 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Tomas Rapalavičius - Džiugas Telšiai vs FA Šiauliai (7 June 2023)
 * Joël Bopesu - Hegelmann vs Žalgiris (7 June 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Gabrielius Micevičius - FA Šiauliai vs Banga Gargždai (10 June 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Tomas Švedkauskas - Hegelmann vs Dainava (24 June 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Pijus Širvys - Panevėžys vs Riteriai (30 June 2023)
 * Abdullahi Ode - Džiugas Telšiai vs Dainava (1 July 2023)
 * Chibuike Nwosu - Džiugas Telšiai vs Dainava (1 July 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Jurgis Jankauskas - Džiugas Telšiai vs Sūduva (29 July 2023)
 * 🇺🇦 Yevhen Smirnov - Džiugas Telšiai vs Sūduva (29 July 2023)
 * 🇻🇪 Francisco La Mantía - Riteriai vs Banga Gargždai (5 August 2023)
 * 🇦🇹 Denis Bošnjak - Panevėžys vs Hegelmann (7 August 2023)
 * 🇷🇸 Nikola Popović - Riteriai vs Sūduva (18 August 2023)
 * 🇦🇹 Denis Bošnjak - Hegelmann vs Kauno Žalgiris (20 August 2023)
 * 🇻🇪 Francisco La Mantía - Riteriai vs FA Šiauliai (25 August 2023)
 * 🇧🇦 Davor Rakić - Dainava vs Riteriai (22 September 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Dominykas Kubilinskas - Džiugas Telšiai vs Banga Gargždai (22 September 2023)
 * 🇧🇾 Yury Kendysh - Žalgiris vs Kauno Žalgiris (24 September 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Karolis Šilkaitis - Žalgiris vs Kauno Žalgiris (24 September 2023)
 * 🇦🇷 Nicolás Gorobsov - Žalgiris vs Kauno Žalgiris (24 September 2023)
 * 🇧🇷 Hugo Figueiredo - Kauno Žalgiris vs Hegelmann (29 October 2023)
 * 🇱🇹 Sigitas Urbys - Džiugas Telšiai vs FA Šiauliai (4 November 2023)