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The 2015 A Lyga, also known as ''SMSCredit.lt A Lyga'' for sponsoring purposes was the 26th season of the
A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF ( lt, Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Auk ...
, the top-tier
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
league of Lithuania. The season started in February 2015 and ended in November 2015. Žalgiris Vilnius are the defending champions.


Teams

FK Ekranas Panevėžio Ekranas is a Lithuanian football club, from the city of Panevėžys. It won 7 top-tier champion and 5 national cup titles throughout its existence. The club was founded in 1964 and for 44 years competed in the top tier of Lithuanian ...
and FK Banga failed to obtain a license to play in the
A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF ( lt, Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Auk ...
and were relegated alongside FK Dainava, which finished last in the
2014 A Lyga The 2014 A Lyga, also known as ''SMSCredit.lt A Lyga'' for sponsoring purposes, is the 25th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season starts on 8 March 2014 and ends on 29 November 2014. VMFD Žalgi ...
. They were replaced by
FC Stumbras Football Club Stumbras was a professional football club, based in Kaunas, Lithuania, which played in A Lyga, the top tier of Lithuanian football. Founded in 2013 on the basis of the NFA, the club has reached the heights of Lithuanian football in ...
and FK Spyris from Kaunas, giving the city two football teams in the highest league for the first time since 2002, and FK Utenis from
Utena Utena () is a city in north-east Lithuania. It is the administrative center of Utena district and Utena County. Utena is one of the oldest settlements of Lithuania. The name of the city is most probably derived from a hydronym. The name of the s ...
. All three teams make their debut at the top level.


Stadiums and locations


Kit manufacturer and sponsors


League table


Results


First half of season


Second half of season


Top goalscorers


Top assists


References

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