The 2016 A Lyga, also known as SMSCredit.lt A Lyga for sponsoring purposes is the 27th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 2 March and will end on 27 November 2016. Žalgiris Vilnius are the defending champions.
FK Šiauliai failed to obtain a license to play in the A Lyga and were relegated alongside FK Kruoja, which withdrew andFK Klaipedos Granitas, which was disqualified. They were replaced by FK Lietava Jonava, which will make its debut at the top level. FK Spyris Kaunas changed its name to FK Kauno Žalgiris.
The league reduced its number of teams from ten sides down to eight. As a consequence, each team will play every other four times, twice at home and twice away with the top six then playing an additional round against each other.
