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Saulius Širmelis
Saulius Širmelis (born 31 May 1956) is a Lithuanian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... coach. Career On 2 June 2017, Širmelis was appointed as the new manager of Shakhter Karagandy. Širmelis was appointed manager of Swedish club AFC Eskilstuna on 5 September 2019. On 4 November 2019, he left the club again. On 23 May 2020, Širmelis was appointed as the head coach of the Lithuanian defending champions FK Sūduva. References External links * 1956 births Living people Lithuanian football managers FK Panerys Vilnius managers FBK Kaunas managers FK Ventspils managers FK Žalgiris managers 1. FC Tatran Prešov managers FK Ekranas managers Atlantis FC managers FK Atlantas managers FC Akzhayik managers FC Ordabasy managers FC Shakhter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biržai
Biržai (, also known by several alternative names) is a city in northern Lithuania. Famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle manor, the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries. Name The exact origin of the city name is not known, but it is derived from the Lithuanian word (which means ''birch''). The name of the city in other languages includes ; , (and pre-1917 ); . It is simplified to ''Birzai'' in English. History The city's first written mention dates to 1455. The construction of Biržai Castle began in 1586, and the town was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1589. In 1575, as preparation for the castle's construction, a dam was built at the confluence of the Agluona and Apaščia Rivers, and the artificial Lake Širvėna, covering about , was created. It is the oldest surviving artificial lake in Lithuania. The town's history is closely associated with the Radziwiłł family (Lithuanian: Radvila). Jerzy Radziwiłł was the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Shakhter Karagandy
Football Club Shakhter (), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( ), is a professional football club based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, but fell of to the first division league in 2024. They have won the championship 3 times. History After reaching third place in 1995 and 2007, their first championship was won in 2011. Before this they were one of the leading Kazakh teams in the football of the Soviet Union. On 18 September 2006, Brazilian forward Nilton Pereira Mendes died after collapsing during a training session with the club. On 19 September 2008, Shakhter and Vostok were disqualified from the Kazakhstan Premier League for playing a fixed match, club coaches and management involved were banned from football for 60 months. On 2 October 2008, the FFK revisited their decisions. Shakhter were deducted nine points, Vostok were immediately expelled from the competition. The result of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
