Futbolo klubas Hegelmann, commonly known as Hegelmann, is a Lithuanian
football
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club located in
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
. They play in the
A Lyga, the first tier of
Lithuanian football.
History
The club was founded at the beginning of 2009 by Hegelmann Transporte, a German-owned freight forwarding and logistics company. ''Hegelmann'' refers to the family name of Anton Hegelmann and ''Litauen'' means Lithuania in German.
After promotion from
II Lyga in 2018, the club took 7th place in
2019 LFF I Lyga
The 2019 LFF I Lyga was the 30th season of the I Lyga, the second tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 22 March 2019 and finished in 27 October 2019.
Licensing process
The Lithuanian Football Federation initially ...
. Despite this fact, the club lodged an application to play in
A Lyga in 2020. The club later withdrew the application. But in 2021, when
I Lyga got promoted into highest Lithuanian division.
In January 2022 club changed logo and official name to Football Club Hegelmann from Football Club Hegelmann Litauen.
After regular season of the
A lyga Hegelmann Club was at 4th position and was qualificated for the Europa Conference League (first qualifying round).
Honours
Domestic
* II Lyga">II Lyga Southern Zone
: winners: 2018
Recent seasons
Kit evolution
Colors
* 2012 – now.
Stadium
Club play their home matches in NFA Stadium. The current capacity of the stadium is 500 seats.
Current squad
Notable and famous players
FC Hegelmann Litauen players who have either appeared for their respective national team at any time or received an individual award while at the club.
Lithuania
*
Ignas Dedura (2020)
*
Mantas Fridrikas
Mantas Fridrikas (born 13 September 1988) is a Lithuanian footballer who plays for FC Hegelmann Litauen as a centre back.
Career
Fridrikas made eight appearances and scored one goal for FBK Kaunas during the 2007 season.
Fridrikas was hoping to ...
(2020–)
*
Vilius Armanavičius
Vilius Armanavičius (born 8 May 1995) is a Lithuanian professional football player. He plays for Kauno Žalgiris.
International career
He made his debut for the Lithuania national football team on 12 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier agains ...
(2020–)
*
Augustinas Klimavičius
Augustinas Klimavicius (born 27 April 2001) is a Lithuanian footballer who plays as a forward for A Lyga club FA Šiauliai and the Lithuania national team.
International career
Klimavičius was called up to the senior national team for the firs ...
(2022–)
*
Tomas Švedkauskas (2023–)
References
External links
Official siteFC Hegelmann in ''Facebook''
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Football clubs in Lithuania
Football clubs in Kaunas
Association football clubs established in 2009