2025–26 LKL season

Betsson-LKL
Season2025–26
Duration20 September 2025 – 17 May 2026
(Regular season)
Teams9

The 2025–26 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga season, also called Betsson–LKL for sponsorship reasons, will be the 33rd season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). Žalgiris are defending champions.

Teams

9 teams will participate in the 2025–26 season. Two teams dropped out from the league during the summer period - M Basket-Delamode due to financial struggles decided to compete in NKL[1], while Wolves Twinsbet due to failing to meet club's set ambitions and changes in gambling laws in Lithuania decided to suspend basketball activities altogether[2]. Because of dropouts, the league decided to invite Gargždai, a phoenix club of team which last time competed in the 2023–24 season[3][4]. Despite the changed number of teams, the format remained mostly the same as the last season, with 9 teams facing-off each other 4 times with top 8 teams advancing into Playoffs[5].

Location of teams in 2025–26 LKL
Team Location Arena Capacity
Gargždai Gargždai Gargždų Arena 1,000
Jonava Jonava Jonava Arena 2,200
Juventus Utena Utena Arena 2,000
Lietkabelis Panevėžys Kalnapilio Arena 5,950
Neptūnas Klaipėda Švyturys Arena 6,200
Nevėžis Kėdainiai Kėdainiai Arena 2,200
Rytas Vilnius Active Vilnius Arena 2,500
Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena 5,700
Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgiris Arena 15,415

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Žalgiris Italy Andrea Trinchieri Parted ways 23 June 2025[6] Pre-season Lithuania Tomas Masiulis 28 June 2025[7]
Nevėžis Lithuania Gediminas Petrauskas End of contract 3 June 2025[8] Lithuania Laimonas Eglinskas 29 June 2025[9]
Šiauliai — — — Lithuania Darius Songaila 3 July 2025[10]
Neptūnas — — — Lithuania Gediminas Petrauskas 3 June 2025[11]
Jonava Lithuania Mantas Šernius End of contract 28 June 2025[12] Lithuania Paulius Juodis 29 July 2025[13]
Gargždai — — — Lithuania Tomas Rinkevičius 18 July 2025[14]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Gargždai 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to playoffs
2 Jonava 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lietkabelis 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Neptūnas 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Nevėžis 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rytas 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Šiauliai 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Žalgiris 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 September 2025. Source: LKL.lt


Results

Home \ Away GAR JON JUV LIE NEP NEV RYT SIA ZAL
Gargždai — 4 Oct 18 Oct 8 Nov 13 Dec 16 Nov 10 Jan 21 Sep 26 Oct
— 2 May 21 Mar 12 Apr 14 Mar 7 Mar 16 May 22 Apr 15 Feb
Jonava 3 Jan — 3 Nov 16 Nov 7 Dec 12 Oct 22 Nov 25 Jan 20 Sep
17 Feb — 13 May 29 Apr 21 Mar 18 Apr 7 Feb 9 May 22 Apr
Juventus 27 Dec 11 Jan — 25 Oct 15 Nov 24 Sep 28 Sep 12 Oct 14 Dec
18 Apr 11 Apr — 7 Mar 2 May 14 Mar 17 Feb 5 May 29 Mar
Lietkabelis 1 Feb 23 Sep 4 Jan — 20 Sep 28 Sep 11 Oct 6 Dec 23 Nov
12 May 15 Mar 21 Apr — 26 Apr 6 May 3 May 18 Feb 4 Apr
Neptūnas 11 Oct 26 Oct 8 Nov 24 Jan — 10 Jan 31 Jan 28 Dec 27 Sep
29 Apr 17 May 6 Apr 28 Mar — 11 Apr 10 May 19 Apr 14 May
Nevėžis 3 Nov 14 Dec 23 Nov 28 Dec 4 Oct — 21 Sep 19 Oct 9 Nov
26 Apr 14 Feb 9 May 7 Feb 23 Apr — 13 May 28 Mar 18 Feb
Rytas 24 Sep 9 Nov 24 Jan 13 Dec 18 Oct 6 Dec — 25 Oct 27 Dec
29 Mar 6 May 25 Apr 22 Mar 14 Feb 6 Apr — 28 Apr 19 Apr
Šiauliai 22 Nov 27 Sep 31 Jan 5 Oct 2 Nov 3 Jan 15 Nov — 11 Jan
8 Feb 4 Apr 15 Feb 16 May 8 Mar 3 May 12 Apr — 25 Apr
Žalgiris 7 Dec 1 Feb 5 Oct 19 Oct 4 Jan 25 Jan 2 Nov 24 Sep —
5 May 8 Mar 28 Apr 10 May 8 Feb 17 May 15 Mar 22 Mar —
First match(es) will be played: 20 September 2025. Source: LKL.lt
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Statistics

Average attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Žalgiris 5,242 0.0%†
2 Rytas 3,474 0.0%†
3 Neptūnas 2,278 0.0%†
4 Šiauliai 2,253 0.0%†
5 Lietkabelis 1,987 0.0%†
6 Juventus 1,394 0.0%†
7 Jonava 1,279 0.0%†
8 Nevėžis 1,158 0.0%†
9 Gargždai 0 n/a1
League total 2,318 0.0%†

Source: LKL.lt
Notes:
1: Team will make its debut.

Awards

All official awards of the 2025–26 LKL season.

Player of the month

Month Player Team PIR Source
2025
September
October
November
December
2026
January
February
March
April

LKL clubs in international competitions

Euroleague Basketball competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Žalgiris EuroLeague Regular season
Lietkabelis EuroCup Regular season Group B
Neptūnas Regular season Group A
FIBA competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Rytas Champions League Regular season Group A
Juventus Qualifying tournament 3

References

  1. ^ "Pranešimas: dėl 2025/2026 m. sezono". mbasket.lt (in Lithuanian). 11 July 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  2. ^ "„Wolves" prašo laikino LKL licencijos panaikinimo, Žiemelis atsistatydina iš rėmėjų". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 12 June 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  3. ^ "LKL Valdyba suteikė licenciją „Gargždų" komandai". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 10 July 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Gargždų grįžimą į LKL temdo praeities nuoskaudos: apgailėtina ir juokinga". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 17 July 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Naujame LKL sezone dėl trofėjaus kovos devynios komandos". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 12 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Zalgiris and Andrea Trinchieri part ways". zalgiris.lt. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  7. ^ "EuroLeague champion takes Zalgiris helm". zalgiris.lt. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Atsisveikiname su vyr. treneriu Gediminu Petrausku". kknevezis.lt (in Lithuanian). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Kėdainių "Nevėžis" pristato naują vyriausiąjį trenerį – komandą nuo šiol treniruos Laimonas Eglinskas". kknevezis.lt (in Lithuanian). 29 June 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Darius Songaila – naujasis Šiaulių komandos generolas". bcsiauliai.lt (in Lithuanian). 3 July 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Naujasis Klaipėdos "Neptūno" vyriausiasis treneris – Gediminas Petrauskas". bcneptunas.lt (in Lithuanian). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Mantas Šernius keliasi į Lietuvos čempionų gretas". bcjonava.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 June 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Naujajame sezone jonaviečiams vadovaus Paulius Juodis". bcjonava.lt (in Lithuanian). 29 July 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Gargždų klubas pasirašė sutartį su vyr. treneriu". gargzdaibasketball.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 July 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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