Football is one of the top two most popular sports in Lithuania by the quantity of active sportsmen.
In the qualification for Euro 2008 they played away to the 2006 World Cup winners Italy and drew 1–1.
[4] In 1922 in Lithuania first local soccer championships began, largest ones being in Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliai counties.
The fourth tier III Lyga championships are organized by 10 county football federations.
At one stage the SFL expanded country-wide, but then contracted back to Vilnius Region only.
Children and youth football is highly popular and strongly supported by Lithuanian Football Federation with a view to develop more professional players and increase the popularity of the sport.
At the end of the season, the A Lyga winners will be awarded the LFF Championship Cup and the transitional LFF Champions Cup, which will acquire the right to represent Lithuania in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.