Football Club Jonava, previously (1996–2016) known as Football Club Lietava, is a Lithuanian professional

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club based in

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. The club gained promotion to the

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as champions of the

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, but were relegated from

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in 2018.

History

The club was founded in 1991 as Azotas (after the name of the local Azotas fertilizer factory), the name Lietava was adopted in 1996. For a number of years the club played in the second tier of the Lithuanian football championship. After successful 2015 season, Lietava won the I Lyga in 2015 and were promoted to the

. The 2016 debut season in the

Lietava finished in 5th position. From the beginning of the 2017 season, Lietava changed its name to FK Jonava. On 13 February 2017

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approved the name change. The 2017 season was the best season for the club on record. The team took 6th place in the regular

season, and finished in the 4th position after the championship round. For 2018 season club management had ambitious plans. On 11 January 2018, Felipe Ribeiro from Portugal started in a position of the new head coach. But the club ran into problems and on 15 May 2018, the coach was let go. Soon the head coach changed again. The third coach in one season could not save the team from relegation. After the regular season the team took 8th position and ended its spell in the

. In 2022 was promoted to

Name and logo history

*1991 – Azotas *1994 – Achema-Lietava *1996 – Lietava *2017 – Jonava

Stadium

The Central Stadium of Jonava is the

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used as the club's home ground.

Kit

Seasons

Jonava B

The Jonava B team played in the

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in 2018 season. However, after the main team was relegated, Jonava B was withdrawn.

History

Name and logo history

Stadium

Kit

Seasons

Jonava B

Squad

Staff

Honours

References

Sources

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