FK Žalgiris Vilnius

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FK Žalgiris

Full name	Vilniaus Futbolo Klubas Žalgiris
Nickname(s)	-
Founded	May 16, 1947
Ground	Žalgiris Stadium Vilnius (Capacity: 15,030)
Chairman	Mindaugas Kasperūnas
Manager	Mindaugas Čepas
League	NFKA 1 Lyga
2008	5th
Home colours Away colours

FK Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white. The club plays at the Žalgiris stadium (capacity 15,030). Recently the club celebrated its 60th anniversary.

Contents 1 Name history 2 Notable Chairmans 3 Soviet times 4 Notable Coaches 5 Achievements 6 Famous Players 7 Participation in Lithuanian Championships 8 Season-by-season 9 Staff 10 Current squad 11 Notable Players 12 References 13 External links

[edit] Name history

• 1947 - Dinamo
• 1948-1961 - Spartakas
• 1962 - Žalgiris

[edit] Notable Chairmans

• Vadim Kastujev

[edit] Soviet times

During the Soviet era, Žalgiris, a part of the republican VSS with the same name, was by far the best Lithuanian team. Their best finish in the Soviet Elite League was third in 1987, the year they made their first appearance in the UEFA Cup. That year, Žalgiris represented the Soviet Union at the World University Games in Yugoslavia, and won the tournament, beating South Korea in the final 5-0.

[edit] Notable Coaches

• Stasys Paberžis
• Benjaminas Zelkevičius, 1977–1982, 1985–1991
• Algimantas Liubinskas, 1983–1985
• Eugenijus Riabovas
• Kęstutis Latoža
• Arminas Narbekovas, 2006–2007
• Mindaugas Čepas, 2008–

[edit] Achievements

• Lithuanian Championship: 3

1991, 1992, 1999

• Lithuanian Cup: 5

1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003

• Lithuanian Super Cup: 1

2003

• Soviet First League: 1

1982

[edit] Famous Players

• Virginijus Baltušnikas, 1991
• Šenderis Giršovičius, 1970
• Valdas Ivanauskas, 1984, 1986–1989
• Edgaras Jankauskas, 1991–1996
• Žydrūnas Karčemarskas, 1998, 2001
• Arminas Narbekovas, 1983–1990
• Stasys Paberžis, 1947–1951
• Vytautas Saunoris
• Robertas Poškus, 1999
• Deividas Šemberas 1996-1998
• Ričardas Zdančius

[edit] Participation in Lithuanian Championships

• 2008 - 5th
• 2007 - 4th
• 2006 - 4th
• 2005 - 8th
• 2004 - 4th
• 2003 - 4th
• 2002 - 4th
• 2001 - 3rd
• 2000 - 2nd

[edit] Season-by-season

Lithuania

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	Goals	P	Top Scorer	Cup	Europe
1991	1st	1	14	11	2	1	31-8	24

[edit] Staff

• Chairman - Mindaugas Kasperūnas
• General Manager - Kęstutis Gimbutas
• Director of Sport - Artūras Steško
• Head Coach - Mindaugas Čepas
• Assistant Coach - Igoris Morinas
• Club Doctor - Dainius Pavilonis

[edit] Current squad

As of October 08, 2009.^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Mantas Kulevičius 2 DF Rolandas Džiaukštas 3 MF Andrius Miliškevičius 4 DF Tomas Statkevičius 5 DF Laurynas Juknys 7 MF Ervinas Kvitkauskas 8 DF Tadas Gražiūnas 9 FW Gediminas Butavičius 10 MF Mindaugas Zurza 11 FW Andrej Kostevič 12 GK Piotr Dubrovskij 15 MF Lech Pečuro

No. Position Player 17 MF Egidijus Juška 18 MF Roman Romanchuk 19 MF Arvydas Veikutis 20 MF Andrius Starta 24 MF Arminas Vaskela 28 DF Gediminas Saldys 29 DF Igoris Steško 33 FW Daumantas Žukauskas 34 MF Dainius Komarovas 35 MF Edgaras Mastianica 40 MF Valdas Saulėnas 44 DF Daniel Gunevič

[edit] Notable Players

Aleksej Dubina Nikolaj Misiuk Georgi Kalaydzhiev Gerdas Aleksa Nerijus Budraitis Rokas Janilionis Julius Kalenda Marijuš Krukovski Andrius Miliškevičius Andrius Puotkalis Ramūnas Radavičius Donatas Remeza Edgaras Rukštelė Artur Semež

Ernestas Šetkus Erlandas Šiaulys Gintautas Sidorovas Artūras Simakovas Algirdas Surgautas Darius Tamašauskas Egidijus Vaitkūnas Nerijus Vasiliauskas Audrius Veikutis Mantas Zagreckas Iulian Bursuc Denis Arkhipov Jevgenij Rybakov

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website

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