2017 A Lyga
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Kauno Žalgiris Laimis Bičkauskas Resigned 26 October 2016 Pre-season Vitalijus Stankevičius 3 January 2017
Jonava Robertas Poškus Sacked 14 December 2016 Pre-season Donatas Vencevičius 14 December 2016
Trakai Serhiy Kovalets End of contract 16 December 2016 Pre-season Oleg Vasilenko 19 January 2017
Utenis Oleh Boychyshyn End of caretaker spell 9 January 2017 Pre-season Zvezdan Milošević 9 January 2017
Utenis Zvezdan Milošević Sacked 26 April 2017 5th Oleh Boychyshyn ( caretaker ) 26 April 2017
Kauno Žalgiris Vitalijus Stankevičius Mutual consent 2 May 2017 8th Laimis Bičkauskas ( caretaker ) 2 May 2017
Utenis Oleh Boychyshyn End of caretaker spell 15 May 2017 5th David Campaña Piquer 15 May 2017
Atlantas Konstantin Sarsania Signed by Zenit Saint Petersburg 27 May 2017 4th Sergej Savchenkov ( caretaker ) Rimantas Žvingilas ( caretaker ) 28 May 2017
Atlantas Rimantas Žvingilas Sergej Savchenkov End of caretaker spell 21 July 2017 4th Igoris Pankratjevas 23 July 2017
Kauno Žalgiris Laimis Bičkauskas End of caretaker spell 21 July 2017 8th Johnny McKinstry 21 July 2017
Jonava Donatas Vencevičius Sacked 1 August 2017 6th Mindaugas Čepas 2 August 2017
Žalgiris Valdas Dambrauskas Resigned 23 October 2017 2nd Aleksandr Brazevich ( interim ) 24 October 2017
Teams -- Managerial changes
The 2017 A Lyga was the 28th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 3 March 2017 and ended on 19 November 2017. All eight teams from the previous season remained and competed in the league, while Žalgiris Vilnius began the season as defending champions having won fourth consecutive league title last year. Sūduva Marijampolė won the championship for the first time in their 96-year history, becoming the eighth club to win the league since its creation in 1991.