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FK Riteriai
Futbolo Klubas Riteriai, also known as FK Riteriai or as Riteriai, is a Lithuanian professional association football, football club based in Vilnius. Until 21 February 2019, the club was based in Trakai and was known as FK Trakai. The team won the 2024 I Lyga and earned promotion to the A Lyga after a one-year absence. ''Riteriai,'' meaning "Knights" in Lithuanian, has volt green and dark blue as its team colors, previously yellow and blue before 2019. The club plays at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius, which has a capacity of 5,067. History 2005–2013 The club was established in 2005 as a way to promote physical activity to children and the general society. In 2006, the club laid an artificial coverage stadium in Trakai and started to play in the III Lyga, III Lyga Vilnius County. In 2008, they also played in the Sunday Football League (Lithuania), Sunday Football League. In 2010, they were admitted to the II Lyga, II Lyga South Zone, and in 2011, they were already in the I Lyga ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LFF Stadium
FK Žalgiris' Home Stadium (), formerly known as Vėtra Stadium and LFF Stadium, is a Soccer-specific stadium, football stadium in Vilnius, Lithuania. The stadium succeeded the Žalgiris Stadium as the main venue of FK Žalgiris, the city's primary football club, and was home of the Lithuanian national football team between 2005 and 2022. It can accommodate 5,067 people. History The Stadium was built in 1957 and was first named Lokomotyvas. The Stadium was rebuilt in 2004 and renamed to Vėtra Stadium as the home ground of FK Vėtra. In 2005, the Stadium hosted its first national team matches. National stadium Following the insolvency of Vėtra in 2010, the Stadium was taken over by the Lithuanian Football Federation for 2.2 million litas () and was renamed as the LFF Stadium. The Stadium has undergone various improvements to meet the UEFA stadium categories, UEFA Category 3 stadium requirements. Following the renovation, the Stadium also includes the new headquarters of the LFF, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulius Grybauskas
Paulius Grybauskas (born 2 June 1984) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Honours Ekranas *A Lyga: 2005 *Lithuanian Supercup: 2006 Oțelul Galați *UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007 Neftchi Baku *Azerbaijan Premier League: 2011–12 Lithuania * Baltic Cup: 2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ... References External links * at otelul-galati.ro * * * * 1984 births Living people Footballers from Vilnius Lithuanian men's footballers 21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Lithuania men's under-21 international footballers Lithuania men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Vilnius players FK Ekranas players ASC Oțelul Galați players Neftçi PFK players Wigry Suwałki players FC Shakhtyor Sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havnar Bóltfelag
Havnar Bóltfelag (HB, Literal translation, lit. 'Harbour Football Club') is a Faroe Islands, Faroese professional association football, football club, and is one of the oldest in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 1904, and is based in the city of Tórshavn. Home matches are played in Gundadalur and they compete in the Faroe Islands Premier League. The full name of the club is "Havnar Bóltfelag Tórshavn", which means "Port Football Club". The club was founded by port workers. History HB Tórshavn was founded in October 1904. The club's first board was elected in a meeting, on 14 November 1904. The board consisted of three people: Mads Andrias Winther, Joan Pauli Joensen and Jakup Mouritsen. The future mayor of Tórshavn (1909–12), Mads Andrias Winther, was HB's first chairman. HB's first match against TB Tvøroyri took place on 23 May 1909, in Tvøroyri. The match ended in a 2–2 draw. Two months later, on 18 July 1909, a second match was organized against TB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the second-tier competition of UEFA competitions, European club football, ranking below the UEFA Champions League and above the UEFA Conference League. Introduced in 1971 as the UEFA Cup, it replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. From the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, 2004–05 season a group stage was added before the knockout phase. The competition took on its current name in 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, 2009, following a change in format. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and a change in qualifying criteria. In the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, 2024–25 season, the group stage was replaced with an expanded league phase of 36 te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdas Urbonas
Valdas Urbonas (born 29 November 1967) is a Lithuanian professional association football, football manager and former player who currently is the manager of the Lithuania national football team, Lithuania national team. Club career Urbonas began his career at Mokslas Vilnius, before moving to FK Neris Vilnius, Neris Vilnius in 1990. In 1991, Urbonas briefly played for :lt:SM Vienybė Ukmergė, Vienybė Ukmergė, before moving to Lithuanian Sports Club Makabi, Vilnius Makabi. In 1992, after a spell with FK Minija Kretinga, Minija Kretinga, Urbonas joined FK Geležinis Vilkas, Geležinis Vilkas. In 1993, Urbonas signed for FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris, making 41 A Lyga appearances over the course of four years, scoring twice. In 1997, Urbonas joined Hungary, Hungarian club MOL Fehérvár FC, Videoton. Urbonas made 51 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, NB I appearances in three seasons for the club, scoring five times. In 1999, Urbonas joined fellow Hungarian club Gázszer FC, Gázszer, before return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Ekranas
Panevėžio Ekranas is a Lithuanian football club, from the city of Panevėžys. It won 7 top-tier champion and 5 national cup titles throughout its existence. History The club was founded in 1964 and for 24 years competed in the top tier of Lithuanian football. However, at the end of 2014 season the club ran into financial difficulties, failed to meet admission criteria to A Lyga for the 2015 season and was subsequently declared bankrupt. A new club FK Panevėžys was formed to represent the city of Panevėžys, which managed to pass licensing criteria for the 2015 I Lyga season. FK Ekranas was declared bankrupt in 2016. In 2020 FK Ekranas was restored. They're currently at the 2nd tier of Lithuanian football. FK Ekranas won Lithuanian championships in 1985 ( Soviet Lithuania), 1993, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Lithuanian Cup in 1985 ( Soviet Lithuania), 1998, 2000, 2010 and 2011 and the Lithuanian Super Cup in 1998, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012. On 5 November 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 UEFA Europa League
The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League was the 45th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the seventh season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played between Liverpool and Sevilla at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, and won by Sevilla, their fifth title (extending their own record) and third win in a row (also a tournament record). Sevilla initially started the 2015–16 European club season in the Champions League as the Europa League title holders, but qualified for the Europa League by finishing third in the Champions League group stage, and successfully defended their title. As the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, they qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup. Format changes The UEFA Executive Committee held in May and September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda
FK Šilas is a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kazlų Rūda. The team competes in the I Lyga, in second tier of Lithuanian football since 2021. In 2022, after a merger, the club was renamed to Marijampolė City, and moved to Marijampolė. History Šilas was founded in 1940 as FK Ąžuolas. The club has been renamed several times in the following years. In 2016 Šilas won I Lyga and hoped for promotion to A Lyga, but after a match fixing scandal were relegated to II Lyga. The club was officially declared entering administration, and therefore were not allowed to play in A Lyga or I Lyga. As FK Šilas lost place in A Lyga, FK Kauno Žalgiris got saved from the relegation to I Lyga. The club finished in 10th position in II lyga in 2017, but recovered the next year and became one of the leaders of the II Lyga. In 2020 Šilas won II Lyga Southern zone championship and was promoted to 2021 I Lyga. Šilas successfully obtained 2021 I Lyga licence and reached the thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Lithuanian Football Cup
The 2014–15 Lithuanian Football Cup is the twenty-six season of the Lithuanian annual football knock-out tournament. The competition started on 15 June 2014 with the matches of the first round and is scheduled to end in May 2015. Žalgiris are the defending champions. The winners will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. First round The matches started on 15 June 2014 and ended on 2 August 2014. !colspan="3" align="center", 15 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 16 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 17 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 18 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 24 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 26 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 29 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 10 July , - !colspan="3" align="center", 30 July , - !colspan="3" align="center", 1 August , - !colspan="3" align="center", 2 August Second round The matches started on 8 August 2014 and ended on 14 September 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deividas Česnauskis
Deividas Česnauskis (born 30 June 1981) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He made 63 FIFA-official appearances for the Lithuanian national team scoring four goals. Club career Early career Česnauskis was born in Kuršėnai, Lithuanian SSR. He started his career as a teenage prodigy with Ekranas Panevėžys. In Russia Česnauskis earned a move to the Russian Premier League before his nineteenth birthday, when he joined Dynamo Moscow in 2000. In three years playing for Dynamo, he earned 80 caps across all competitions and scored six goals for the club. Česnauskis then joined city rivals Lokomotiv Moscow for the 2004 Russian Premier League. At the end of the season, he won the Russian championship title with Lokomotiv. Heart of Midlothian Česnauskis agreed a transfer to Scotland with Heart of Midlothian in 2005. The terms of this deal involved him signing for FBK Kaunas and being immediately loaned to the Edinburgh side for three seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Klaipėdos Granitas
FK Klaipėdos Granitas was a Lithuanian football club based in Klaipėda Klaipėda ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capi .... Association football clubs established in 2012 Football clubs in Klaipėda Defunct football clubs in Lithuania 2016 disestablishments in Lithuania Association football clubs disestablished in 2016 2012 establishments in Lithuania {{Lithuania-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgaras Jankauskas
Edgaras Jankauskas (born 12 March 1975) is a Lithuanian football manager and former professional player. He is the manager of the Lithuania national team. A powerful forward during his playing career, Jankauskas excelled in the physical side of the game. Other than in his native Lithuania, he played professionally in nine countries, and represented the Lithuania national team for almost 20 years. Whilst with Porto, Jankauskas made history as the first Lithuanian footballer to win the Champions League, in 2004. Ten years later, he began working as a full-time manager, leading his nation in two spells. Club career Early years and Brugge Born in Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Jankauskas moved to local FK Žalgiris' youth ranks at 16, from neighbouring FK Panerys. In 1996 he joined CSKA Moscow, and later spent a further year in the Russian capital with Torpedo Moscow. Jankauskas signed with Club Brugge in 1997, and helped the club win the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
