# 1997–98 A Lyga

The Lithuanian A Lyga 1997–98 was the eighth season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 9 August 1997 and ended on 17 June 1998. It was contested by 16 teams, and Kareda Šiauliai won the championship.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kareda Šiauliai (C) | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 106 | 14 | +92 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 84 | 10 | +74 | 77 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Ekranas | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 68 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Inkaras | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 61 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | FBK Kaunas | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 19 | +44 | 58 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 6 | Atlantas | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 52 | |
| 7 | Lokomotyvas | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 46 | |
| 8 | Ranga-Politechnika (R) | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 44 | Defunct after end of season |
| 9 | Panerys (R) | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 39 | Defunct in the next season |
| 10 | Nevėžis | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 31 | |
| 11 | Mastis | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 62 | −33 | 31 | |
| 12 | Geležinis Vilkas | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 27 | |
| 13 | Banga | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 24 | |
| 14 | Interas-AE (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 68 | −40 | 20 | Relegation to 1 Lyga |
| 15 | Tauras (R) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 28 | 93 | −65 | 19 | Relegation to 1 Lyga |
| 16 | Vienybė (R) | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 125 | −110 | 7 | Relegation to 1 Lyga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATL | BAN | EKR | FBK | GEL | INK | IAE | KAR | LOK | MAS | NEV | PAN | RAN | TAU | VIE | ŽAL |
| Atlantas | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 9–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 |
| Banga | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 7–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 9–0 | 0–1 |
| Ekranas | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| FBK Kaunas | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 8–0 | 2–2 |
| Geležinis Vilkas | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Inkaras | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Interas-AE | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–4 |
| Kareda Šiauliai | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 8–1 | 1–1 |
| Lokomotyvas | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Mastis | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | +:- | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Nevėžis | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–6 |
| Panerys | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Ranga-Politechnika | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Tauras | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 0–10 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 5–0 | 0–4 |
| Vienybė | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 1–8 | 3–4 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 5–1 | | 0–3 |
| Žalgiris | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 7–0 | |
* ↑ The match between Mastis and Ranga-Politechnika was rated with a goalless win for Mastis.