FK Žalgiris Vilnius

FK Žalgiris
Basic data
Surname	Futbolo Klubas "Žalgiris"
Seat	Vilnius
founding	May 16, 1947
Colours	green white
president	Vilma Venslovaitienė
Website	zalgiris-vilnius.lt
First soccer team
Head coach	Aliaksei Baga
Venue	LFF stadium
Places	5,422
league	A lyga
2019	2nd place
home Away

The FK Žalgiris is a football club from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and currently plays in the A lyga .

history

Žalgiris Vilnius was founded on January 3, 1947 when Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union. The club spent a total of eleven seasons, the first time in 1953, in the highest Soviet league , making it the most successful club from the Lithuanian Union Republic of the USSR.

Žalgiris Vilnius has played in its own Lithuanian league since 1990 . The club colors are traditionally green and white. So far, the club has won the Lithuanian championship three times (1991, 1992, 1999), compared to six cup wins (1966, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003). Until some time ago Žalgiris Vilnius played in the Žalgiris Stadium , which was built in 1950 and has a capacity of 15,030. The club is currently located in the LFF stadium, which was renovated from 2011 to 2012 and has 5,422 seats.

The club has been renamed three times so far. In the year it was founded it was called "Dinamo", from 1948 to 1961 it was nicknamed "Spartakas". Since 1962 the association has been called "Žalgiris" in memory of the Battle of Tannenberg (1410) .

Žalgiris Vilnius was able to win the first two editions of the Baltic League . In 1990 the club conceded only one defeat in 32 games in the competition, which was played entirely in league mode, in 1993/94 Žalgiris won the final 10: 9 on penalties against Skonto Riga .

After the 2008 season, the Žalgiris finished fifth, the club was denied the license for the first division and decided to downgrade to the second division after fans had re-established the club under the name VMFD Žalgiris . In the next season, the direct rise succeeded. In 2012 they secured the Lithuanian Cup on penalties against last year's winner Ekranas Panevėžys . In addition, they finished second in the league and will play again internationally in the Europa League in 2012/13 , albeit only in qualifying. In the second qualifying round, the team was eliminated by Admira Wacker Mödling . In the following year the Lithuanian Cup was won again.

successes

• Lithuanian champion (7): 1991 , 1992 , 1999 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016
• Lithuanian Cup Winner (13)
  • after the independence of Lithuania (12): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (2 ×), 2018
  • before Lithuania's independence (1): 1966
• Lithuanian Super Cup winner (7): 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
• Baltic League winner (2): 1990 , 1993/94

Old logo, used during the Soviet era

Seasons (2009-2020)

VMFD Žalgiris (2009-2014)

Seasons	Div.	League	space	web
2009	2.	Pirma lyga	6th
2010	1.	A lyga	3.
2011	1.	A lyga	2.
2012	1.	A lyga	2.
2013	1.	A lyga	1.
2014	1.	A lyga	1.

FK Žalgiris (2015-2020)

Seasons	Div.	League	space	web
2015	1.	A lyga	1.
2016	1.	A lyga	1.
2017	1.	A lyga	2.
2018	1.	A lyga	2.
2019	1.	A lyga	2.
2020	1.	A lyga	.

Club names

• 1947: FK Dinamo
• 1948–1962: FK Spartakas
• 1962–1993: FK Žalgiris
• 1993–1995: FK Žalgiris-EBSW
• 1995-2009: FK Žalgiris
• 2009–2014: VMFD Žalgiris
• November 26, 2014 – today: FK Žalgiris

The first team

Since 2020

Status: August 10, 2020 (alyga.lt)

No. position Surname 1 TW Edvinas Gertmonas 12 TW Martin Berkovec 95 TW Gaudentas Ralys 5 FROM Donovan Slijngard 15th FROM Ivan Tatomirović 19th MF Klemen Bolha 26th FROM Nemanja Ljubisavljević 31 FROM Marko Karamarko 4th MF Modestas Vorobjovas 8th MF Liviu Antal 9 MF Hugo Videmont

No. position Surname 13 MF Saulius Mikoliūnas 14th MF Karolis Uzėla 17th MF Matas Vareika 20th MF Higor Vidal 33 MF Domantas Simkus 81 MF Meinardas Mikulėnas 88 MF Mantas Kuklys 77 MF Francis Kyeremeh MF Karlo Kamenar 7th ST Richlord Ennin 96 ST Gustas Jarusevičius 99 ST Andrija Kaludžerovič

The second team

The second team is "Žalgiris B". The team plays in the 1 Lyga , the third highest division in Lithuanian football.

Well-known former players

• Igoris Pankratjevas (1983-1989)
• Arminas Narbekovas (1983–1990)
• Valdas Ivanauskas (1984, 1986-1989)
• Robertas Fridrikas (1985-1989)
• Virginijus Baltušnikas 1985–1995
• Gintaras Staučė (1987)
• Donatas Vencevičius (1991–1996)
• Tomas Žvirgždauskas (1991–1995)
• Edgaras Jankauskas (1991–1996)
• Aurelijus Skarbalius (1992–1994)
• Andrius Skerla (1995–1996, 2012–2014)
• Igoris Morinas (1996-1998, 2003-2009, 2010-2011)
• Deividas Šemberas (1996–1998, 2013–2015)
• Žydrūnas Karčemarskas (1998, 2001)
• Robertas Poškus (1999)
• Ernestas Šetkus (2005-2008)
• Pavel Komolov (2010-2015)
• Jakub Wilk (2013, 2014-2015)
• Darvydas Šernas (2015, 2017)
• Marius Žaliūkas (2016)
• Andrija Kaluđerović (2016)
• Saulius Mikoliūnas (2016–)
• Mahamane Traoré (2017)
• Liviu Antal (2017–2018; 2019–)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7815.html
2. ↑ Legendiniam klubui išimtis nepadaryta ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Lithuanian), March 7, 2009. Retrieved March 8, 2011. 
3. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito09.html#1lyga
4. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2010.html#alyga
5. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2011.html#alyga
6. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2012.html#alyga
7. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2013.html#alyga
8. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2014.html#alyga
9. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2015.html#alyga
10. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2016.html#alyga
11. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2017.html#alyga
12. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2018.html#alyga
13. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2019.html#alyga
14. ↑ http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7814.html

Web links

• Official website
• alyga.lt (FK Žalgiris)