FK Žalgiris

This article is about the football club from Vilnius. For the football club from Kaunas, see FK Kauno Žalgiris.

Žalgiris Vilnius

Full name	Vilniaus futbolo klubas "Žalgiris"
Nickname(s)	Žaliai Balti (The Green Whites)
Founded	1947 (1947)
Ground	LFF Stadium
Capacity	5,067
Coordinates	54°40′07″N 25°17′39″E
Chairman	Vilma Venslovaitienė
Head coach	Aurelijus Skarbalius
League	A Lyga
2017	A Lyga, 2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Futbolo Klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris is a Lithuanian professional football club based in Vilnius. The club competes in the A lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club was founded as Dinamo in 1947. They have won the Lithuanian Championship 7 times, the Lithuanian Football Cup 11 times and the Lithuanian Supercup 6 times.

The team's colours are green and white. The club plays at LFF stadium in Vilnius which has a capacity of 5,067.

History

Foundation and Soviet period

The first incarnation of the club played in 1946 as a national team of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic when it competed in USSR Group III Zone 4 championship and it was one of the clubs which represented one of the Soviet republics. The club consisted of Spartakas Kaunas and Dinamo Kaunas players. Their first match was against Stroitel Moscow which ended 1–1 and they were managed by French coach Emil Pastor. That year they finished in fourth place in RSFSR Western Zone championship.

The club is thought to have been founded in 1947 when it was moved from Kaunas to Vilnius and its name was changed to Dinamo Vilnius. First official match of the formed club was played on 16 May 1947 against Lokomotiv Moscow, who managed to defeat local team 1–2. Steponas Petraitis scored the first official goal for the club that day, beating goalkeeper from a penalty spot in 44th minute. The next year club changed its name to Spartakas Vilnius and used this name until the end of 1961 season. In 1962, they changed their name to Žalgiris.

Žalgiris competed in Soviet Union football league system from 1947 to 1989. Team achieved its first promotion to the top tier in 1952, but came last next season. The club's most successful season was in 1987 when they finished third in the Soviet Top League and qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup where they played against Austria Wien, while also for the first time in club's history reaching semi–finals of the 1987/88 Soviet Cup (after being eliminated in quarter-finals of the 1955, 1959/60, 1964 campaigns) and 1987 USSR Federation Cup. The club represented the Soviet Union at 1987 Summer Universiade which they won by defeating the South Korean team. In the following season they finished fifth and again qualified for UEFA Cup where they faced IFK Göteborg in the first round and Red Star Belgrade in the second. In 1989 the club finished in fourth place and for third year in a row qualified for UEFA Cup. They managed to play one game in 1990 at the start of the season before withdrawing due to re-establishment of Lithuania's independence and joined the Baltic League which consisted of clubs from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Therefore, they lost their place in UEFA Cup, which was taken by Chornomorets Odesa.

1990–2007

Following Lithuania‘s declaration of independence in March 11, 1990, Žalgiris has left Soviet Top League with immediate effect. Despite most of the top players leaving the club Žalgiris remained favorites to clinch Lithuanian title and won A lyga regular season having lost just once in 32 games. The championship however was decided by the knock-out competition where Žalgiris lost in the semifinals to Ekranas Panevėžys and only managed to take a third place.

Edgaras Jankauskas scored 41 goals in 93 matched with Žalgiris (1991–1996).

Green and whites took their first A lyga title the following season when they won the regular season, took the revenge against Ekranas beating them in the semifinals and won the final against Lietuvos Makabi Vilnius 3–1 with Ričardas Zdančius scoring a hat-trick. Žalgiris completed the double later that year by winning the Lithuanian cup.

1991 season was followed by two significant changes in league format: the knock-out competition was removed and league was reorganized to be played from autumn till spring. Žalgiris saw off the challenge from Panerys Vilnius to defend their title by a single point. There were no double in this year however: Lietuvos Makabi took revenge for their defeat in last season’s league final and beat Žalgiris in the final 1–0. In the summer of 1992 Žalgiris made their debut in UEFA Champions League. Europe’s elite proved to be merciless: PSV Eindhoven hammered Žalgiris 8–0 on aggregate in the first round.

In 1992–93 season things went the other way round in national competitions: having lost the national title to Ekranas by three points Žalgiris reclaimed the cup, beating Sirijus Klaipėda 1–0 in the final courtesy of the extra time goal by Aurelijus Skarbalius. Similar story happened in 1993–94 season when ROMAR Mažeikiai narrowly beat Vilnius' side to the title while Žalgiris defended the cup by beating Ekranas 4–2 in the final. Darius Maciulevičius was the hero of that day scoring a hat-trick and Aidas Preikšaitis added another from the penalty spot.

1994–95 season delivered a double blow for the side from the capital. Žalgiris and Inkaras Kaunas finished the league locked on points at the top and extra match on neutral ground was set to be played. Inkaras beat Žalgiris 2–0 in Panevėžys and four days later the same two teams met in Klaipėda for cup final. Inkaras once again came out better off as former Žalgiris man Eimantas Poderis scored twice in a 2–1 victory for Kaunas’ side. 1995–96 season didn’t bring silverware either: free scoring Žalgiris side racked up 106 goals in just 28 games in the league yet could only take a third place, six points behind champions Inkaras. Things didn’t go well in the cup as well as Vilnius' side lost to Kareda Šiauliai in the semifinals and failed to advance to the final for the first time in six years.

Žalgiris reclaimed the cup in 1996–97 season as Donatas Vencevičius’ penalty was enough to see off Inkaras in the final but had to settle for second in the league as Kareda coasted to the title with 8 points margin. Green and whites mounted a stronger challenge in 1997–98 yet Kareda proved its success has been no fluke by defending their title.

Deividas Šemberas started his career in Žalgiris (1996–1998).

The elusive title finally came in 1998–99 season, the last one to be played from autumn till spring. Defense was the key to success as Žalgiris conceded just 8 goals in 23 games and did not lose a single league match that season. Things were different in the cup as Kareda dismantled Žalgiris 7–0 on aggregate in the semifinals. The league title allowed Žalgiris to have another try in the UEFA Champions League and this time Vilnius' side eliminated Armenian champions Araks Ararat before succumbing to a defeat to last season’s semifinalists Dynamo Kiev in the second round.

With a turn of the century a new force rose in Lithuanian football: FBK Kaunas. Under the name of Žalgiris Kaunas they won the transitional shortened league season in 1999 and then backed it up by consecutive titles in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Žalgiris on the other hand went into decline and cup final win in 2003 proved to be the sole piece of silverware for the club in the 2000s. In the league Žalgiris started to struggle as well. While in 1999 and 2000 green and whites finished second, 2001 saw them dropping to third, 2002 to fourth and 2005 to the recently unimaginable lows of eighth. Žalgiris was not even the strongest team in the capital as newcomers Vėtra and FC Vilnius were clearly having better time on the pitch.

Despite a constant presence in European competitions the results there were rarely encouraging with the aggregate defeats like 2–7 to Ruch Chorzow and 0–7 to Maccabi Tel Aviv. Budapest Honved and Portadown were the only teams eliminated by Žalgiris between 2000 and 2004. 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup thus stood out as a major success as green and whites went past three teams – Lisburn Distillery, Dinaburg and Egaleo, before being eliminated by CFR Cluj.

2008–present

The struggles of the noughties culminated in 2008. The league finish of fifth could have been seen as adequate for the time (20 points gap to fourth placed Sūduva was harder to take) but as country's economy braced for the inevitable crisis, expenditures were cut and uncertainty rose Žalgiris was dealt a big blow when club owner Vadim Kastujev was arrested in Moscow. Striped of funds club survived till the end of the season but failed to meet licensing requirements for top flight competition in 2009. With old club's future very much in doubt fans of Žalgiris founded a new club called VMFD Žalgiris which had the same players and staff, and following unsuccessful application for A lyga license entered second division.

A year outside of top flight proved to be difficult. Žalgiris finished sixth in seven team league and were eliminated from the cup in the Round of 16 by Sakuona Plikiai, a team from a town with a population of just 600. Despite this bleak performance the club received promotion to A lyga as the number of teams in top flight was increased and some other clubs refused to join in mainly because of financial burden. Žalgiris finished 2010 season in the third place, their highest since 2001.

The fortunes of Žalgiris went all uphill from there. With FBK Kaunas in complete turmoil and Vėtra bankrupt Ekranas for several years became the undisputed superpower of Lithuanian football. Green and whites were closing in however: Žalgiris took second in 2011, eight points adrift, and closed the gap to a single point a year later. Moreover, in 2012 Vilnius side finally ended their nine-year trophy drought and won Lithuanian cup, beating Ekranas on penalties following a 0–0 draw. The same season saw Žalgiris returning to European competitions but their UEFA Europa League campaign proved to be short: following 1–1 draw in Vilnius, Admira Wacker Modling hammered Žalgiris 5–1 in the second leg of the second qualifying round.

Žalgiris were considered to be strong favorites for the title before the 2013 season and for much of the season it looked that they would cruise to the championship. Žalgiris had eleven points lead over second placed Atlantas with five games remaining but four draws in the row followed and before the final match of the season the gap at the top was reduced to three points. In final match out of form Žalgiris proved to be no match for Sūduva and for much of the day prospect of season decider on neutral venue looked very likely. However, in tense atmosphere it was Atlantas who ultimately let it slip as they could only draw the game with Banga Gargždai and Žalgiris celebrated their first title in fourteen years. Victory in Cup final against Šiauliai meant that the double was won–the first since 1991. The great year was backed up by successful performance in UEFA Europa League where Vilnius' side eliminated St. Patrick’s Athletic, Pyunik Yerevan and Lech Poznan before losing out to Red Bull Salzburg.

Defending the title in 2014 proved to be far more routine task. Žalgiris finished the season 18 points clear of second placed Kruoja Pakruojis (the largest winning margin in the league since 2006) and also claimed the cup for the third time in the row, beating Banga Gargždai 2–1 in the final. The club made return to UEFA Champions League after fourteen-year absence yet it didn’t bring much joy as Dinamo Zagreb beat Žalgiris 4–0 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.

In May 2015 Žalgiris won Lithuanian cup for a record fourth time in the row, beating Atlantas 2–0 in the final. UEFA Champions League campaign was again limited to just two games as Malmo won the return leg in Vilnius 1–0 after goalless first match in Sweden. Žalgiris finished the season top of the league, ten points clear of second placed Trakai thus claiming third successive title.

Žalgiris continued its dominance in Lithuanian football in 2016 with fourth consecutive league title and, remarkably, two cup wins. LFF Cup was rescheduled to be played from spring till autumn that year and therefore two editions of the cup have been played that year. Žalgiris won the first final in May with 1–0 extra time win over Trakai and backed it up with 2–0 final win over Sūduva in September. European experience proved to heartbreaking as following a goalless draw in the first leg in Vilnius Žalgiris was a whisker away from eliminating Astana only to concede an injury time goal to lose the game 2–1.

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Starting line-up for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round home match against PFC Ludogorets Razgrad won by FK Žalgiris 2–1.

Žalgiris failed to progress beyond the Champions League second qualifying round once again in 2017 when impressive first leg win over Ludogorets Razgrad and early goal by Serge Nyuiadzi in the second leg were completely undone by four straight goals by Bulgarian side. In September Žalgiris reached seventh consecutive cup final this year yet following six straight wins in earlier finals had to taste defeat this time around. Stumbras side, appearing in their first major final caused an upset by scoring the only goal in the final and ending Žalgiris’ dominance in the competition. Further problems were highlighted by failure to defend league title. Žalgiris were top of the table until October but late march by Sūduva - which won 13 out of final 14 games - saw side from Marijampolė winning their first ever championship.

Name history

Name history
Year	Name
1947	Dinamo Vilnius
1948	Spartakas Vilnius
1962	Žalgiris Vilnius
1993	Žalgiris-EBSW Vilnius
1995	Žalgiris Vilnius
2009	VMFD Žalgiris
2015	Žalgiris Vilnius

Stadium

Main article: LFF Stadium

LFF stadium.

For the majority of the time Žalgiris played in Žalgiris Stadium. This stadium was the biggest in Lithuania and had a capacity of 15,029.

Since 2011 Žalgiris plays in LFF Stadium (Lithuanian Football Federation stadium). This arena, formerly known as Vėtra Stadium, was built in 2004 and holds up 5,500 people.

After the bankruptcy of FK Vėtra football club, LFF took control of the stadium.

It is situated 400 metres up the Aušros vartų and Liepkalnio streets from the Gate of Dawn (Lithuanian: Aušros vartai)

Kit

From the establishment of the club, Žalgiris colours are green and white, therefore the kit is green and white striped jersey and green/white variation of shorts and socks. In the past there have also been checkered green-white jersey designs. Away kits are usually plain white or green.

1988

1991

1996

2016 home

2016 away

2017 home

2017 away

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1947–1972	—	—
1973–1979	unknown
1980–1987	Adidas	—
1988–1989		DANIELI
1990–1991	unknown
1992	Umbro	FINPLAN
1993	unknown
1994	Adidas	EBSW
1995	Umbro
1996	Diadora
1997		—
1998		—
1999	Adidas
2000	unknown
2001–2002	Hummel	Ūkio Bankas
2003–2005	Adidas	—
2006–2009	Hummel
2010–2012		Unibet
2013–2015	Kappa	Top Sport
2016–present	Nike

Logos

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  2009–2012
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  2012–

Supporters

Pietų IV

The official club of Žalgiris' fans is named Pietų IV. The members of Pietų IV support the team during every game in Lithuania and in Europe and never leave the team alone. This community is united by their love and loyalty to Žalgiris. Pietų IV is the leader of organised supporting in Baltic states.

The establishment date of Pietų IV is considered October 1985. Since that time fans have been supporting the team while singing, waving flags and creating impressive choreography. Fans helped Žalgiris to survive the financial crisis. During hard periods they organized various events and collected enough money to remain. Pietų IV and the managers of the club together are the founders of Žalgiris Vilnius.

Žalgiris supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of Atlantas and Utenis. Internationally, there are close historical ties with supporters of Dynamo Kyiv, Karpaty Lviv and Dinamo Tbilisi.

Achievements

Domestic

Lithuanian Championship:

• Champions - 7

1991, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

• Runners-up - 9

1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2017

• 3rd place - 4

1990, 1995–96, 2001, 2010

Lithuanian Cup:

• Winners - 11

1991, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 2003, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016

• Finalists - 5

1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2017

Lithuanian Super Cup:

• Winners - 6

2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Soviet Championship:

Soviet Top League:

• 3rd place - 1

1987

Soviet First League:

• Champions - 1

1982

• Runners-up - 3

1952, 1954, 1966

• 3rd place - 1

1950

Soviet Second League:

• Runners-up - 1

1977

Baltic League:

• Champions - 1

1990

International

Summer Universiade:

• Champions - 1

1987

Intertoto Cup:

• Semi-finalists - 1

2005

Club ranking

UEFA coefficient

Further information: UEFA coefficient

Correct as of 3 June 2017. The table shows the position of FK Žalgiris (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking, and four clubs, which are closest to Žalgiris position (the two clubs with the higher coefficient and the two with the lower coefficient).

2017	2016	Mvmt.	Club	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017 Coeff.
232	259,5	+28	Viitorul Constanța	1.3600	1.3750	1.0250	0.4500	1.6600	5.870
	227	-5	ASA Târgu Mureș	1.3600	1.3750	1.0250	1.4500	0.6600
	188	-44	Rapid București	2.3600	1.3750	1.0250	0.4500	0.6600
235	224	-11	MŠK Žilina	1.3000	1.3250	0.5500	2.2500	0.4250	5.850
236	269	+33	FK Žalgiris	0.7250	1.7500	1.1000	1.1500	1.1000	5.825
237	359	+122	Dundalk	0.2000	0.0500	0.9000	1.1400	3.5250	5.815
238	221	-17	Heart of Midlothian	2.3600	0.6500	0.8000	0.6000	1.3750	5.785

Participation in European cups

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score	Agg.
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1/32		Austria Wien	2–0, 2–5	4–5
1989–90	UEFA Cup	1R		IFK Göteborg	2–0, 0–1	2–1
		2R		Red Star Belgrade	1–4, 0–1	1–5
1992–93	UEFA Champions League	1R		PSV Eindhoven	0–6, 0–2	0–8
1993–94	Cup Winners' Cup	1Q		MFK Košice	0–2, 0–1	0–3
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	1Q		Barry Town	1–0, 6–0	7–0
		1R		Feyenoord	1–1, 1–2	2–3
1995–96	Cup Winners' Cup	1Q		NK Mura	2–0, 1–2	3–2
		1R		Trabzonspor	2–2, 0–1	2–3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	PR		Crusaders	2–0, 1–2	3–2
		1R		Aberdeen	1–4, 3–1	4–5
1997–98	Cup Winners' Cup	1Q		Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0, 1–2	1–2
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1Q		ÍA	2–3, 1–0	3–3 (a)
		2Q		Brann	0–1, 0–0	0–1
1999–00	UEFA Champions League	1Q		Araks Ararat	2–0, 3–0	5–0
		2Q		Dynamo Kyiv	0–2, 0–1	0–3
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1Q		Ruch Chorzów	2–1, 0–6	2–7
2001–02	UEFA Cup	1Q		Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–6, 0–1	0–7
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Budapest Honvéd	1–0, 0–0	1–0
		2R		Sochaux	0–2, 1–2	1–4
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Örgryte IS	1–1, 0–3	1–4
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q		Portadown	2–2, 2–0	4–2
		2Q		Aalborg BK	1–3, 0–0	1–3
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Lisburn Distillery	1–0, 1–0	2–0
		2R		Dinaburg	2–0, 1–2	3–2
		3R		Egaleo	3–1, 2–3	5–4
		1/2		CFR Ecomax	1–2, 1–5	2–7
2012–13	Europa League	2Q		Admira Wacker Mödling	1–1, 1–5	2–6
2013–14	Europa League	1Q		St Patrick's Athletic	2–2, 2–1	4–3
		2Q		Pyunik	2–0, 1–1	3–1
		3Q		Lech Poznań	1–0, 1–2	2–2 (a)
		PO		Red Bull Salzburg	0–5, 0–2	0–7
2014–15	Champions League	2Q		Dinamo Zagreb	0–2, 0–2	0-4
2015–16	Champions League	2Q		Malmö FF	0–0, 0–1	0–1
2016–17	Champions League	2Q		Astana	0–0, 1–2	1–2
2017–18	Champions League	2Q		Ludogorets	2–1, 1–4	3–5

Participation in Lithuanian championships

• 1990 Lithuanian football championship – 3rd
• 1991 Lithuanian football championship – 1st
• 1991–92 LFF Lyga – 1st
• 1992–93 LFF Lyga – 2nd
• 1993–94 LFF Lyga – 2nd
• 1994–95 LFF Lyga – 2nd
• 1995–96 LFF Lyga – 3rd
• 1996–97 LFF Lyga – 2nd
• 1997–98 LFF Lyga – 2nd
• 1998–99 LFF Lyga – 1st
• 1999 A Lyga – 2nd
• 2000 A Lyga – 2nd
• 2001 A Lyga – 3rd
• 2002 A Lyga – 4th
• 2003 A Lyga – 4th
• 2004 A Lyga – 4th
• 2005 A Lyga – 8th
• 2006 A Lyga – 4th
• 2007 A Lyga – 4th
• 2008 A Lyga – 5th
• 2009 I Lyga – 6th
• 2010 A Lyga – 3rd
• 2011 A Lyga – 2nd
• 2012 A Lyga – 2nd
• 2013 A Lyga – 1st
• 2014 A Lyga – 1st
• 2015 A Lyga – 1st
• 2016 A Lyga – 1st
• 2017 A Lyga – 2nd

Staff

As of October 24, 2017.

Position	Name
Chairman	Vilma Venslovaitienė
Director of sport	Vacant
Commercial-technical director	Andriejus Ovčinikovas
Head coach	Aurelijus Skarbalius
Coach	Rolandas Džiaukštas
Coach	Vaidas Sabaliauskas
Goalkeeping coach	Audrius Paškevičius
Club doctor	Tomas Jonaitis
Head physio	Dainius Pavilonis
Physio	Andrius Lukoševičius
Physio	Giedrius Mačėnas

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	LTU	Linas Klimavičius
3	DF	LTU	Georgas Freidgeimas (captain)
4	DF	CHI	Diego Oyarzún
5	DF	NED	Donovan Slijngard
6	DF	SEN	Mamadou Mbodj
7	MF	CRO	Slavko Blagojević
8	MF	ROU	Liviu Antal
9	FW	SVK	Tomáš Malec
10	MF	BRA	Marquinhos
13	MF	LTU	Saulius Mikoliūnas
14	MF	FRA	Jérémy Manzorro

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	SRB	Marko Tomić
19	MF	LTU	Daniel Romanovskij
20	DF	LTU	Dominykas Barauskas
23	DF	LTU	Rolandas Baravykas
29	GK	LTU	Džiugas Bartkus
30	GK	LTU	Airidas Mickevičius
35	GK	LTU	Pijus Petkevičius
44	FW	FRA	Serge Nyuiadzi
77	MF	LTU	Karolis Uzela
81	MF	AUT	Tomáš Šimkovič
99	FW	NGA	Ogana Louis

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	LTU	Justas Lasickas (at Zemun until 30 June 2018)

Youth squad

Žalgiris B

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	LTU	Karolis Čirba
18	DF	LTU	Aldas Korsakas
30	DF	LTU	Oskaras Lukošiūnas
37	DF	LTU	Artūras Lukša
45	DF	UKR	Gleb Khrushchev
50	DF	LTU	Arminas Čivilis
98	DF	LTU	Arnas Valvonis
32	MF	LTU	Martin Moroz
44	MF	LTU	Lukas Vaičiūnas

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
87	MF	LTU	Donatas Jokubauskas
89	MF	LTU	Erik Motuz
19	FW	LTU	Edvinas Baniulis
31	FW	LTU	Edgar Kudzin
41	FW	LTU	Osvaldas Čipkus
85	FW	LTU	Ignas Kružikas
87	FW	LTU	Artūr Dolžnikov
91	MF	LTU	Artiom Gončarenko

Player of the Year

Lists of the winners of Žalgiris Player of the Year Award instituted from 2004 as voted by the official members of Žalgiris supporters club - Pietų IV:

Year Winner 2004 Mindaugas Malinauskas 2005 Virmantas Lemežis 2006 Igoris Morinas 2007 Igoris Morinas 2008 Igoris Morinas 2009 Edgaras Mastianica 2010 Pavel Komolov 2011 Marius Rapalis

Year Winner 2012 Kamil Biliński 2013 Mantas Kuklys 2014 Deividas Šemberas 2015 Andro Švrljuga 2016 Andrija Kaluđerović 2017 Mamadou Mbodj 2018 2019

Famous players

FK Žalgiris players famous internationally and legends from the club or Lithuania.

• Algirdas Kulikauskas (1953–1965)
• Šenderis Giršovičius (1974)
• Igoris Pankratjevas (1983–1989)
• Arminas Narbekovas (1983–1990)
• Valdas Ivanauskas (1984, 1986–1989)
• Robertas Fridrikas (1985–1989)
• Virginijus Baltušnikas (1985–1990, 1991–1992, 1994–1995, 1997–1998)
• Gintaras Staučė (1987)
• Andrėjus Tereškinas (1990–1996, 2005)
• Ričardas Zdančius (1991–1994)
• Edgaras Jankauskas (1991–1996)
• Aurelijus Skarbalius (1992–1994)
• Andrius Skerla (1995–1996, 2012–2014)
• Igoris Morinas (1996–1998, 2003–2009, 2010–2011)
• Deividas Šemberas (1996–1998, 2013–2015)
• Žydrūnas Karčemarskas (1998, 2001)
• Robertas Poškus (1999)
• Mindaugas Kalonas (2001)
• Ernestas Šetkus (2005–2008)
• Darvydas Šernas (2015, 2017)
• Marius Žaliūkas (2016)
• Saulius Mikoliūnas (2016–)
• Mahamane Traoré (2017)

Notable players

FK Žalgiris players who have either appeared for their respective national team at any time or received an individual award while at the club.

• Yury Kendysh
• Mario Grgurović
• Andro Švrljuga
• Georgas Freidgeimas
• Mantas Kuklys
• Deivydas Matulevičius
• Linas Pilibaitis
• Egidijus Vaitkūnas
• Donatas Vencevičius
• Tomas Žvirgždauskas
• Raimondas Vilėniškis
• Armantas Vitkauskas
• Romas Mažeikis
• Tomas Mikuckis
• Vyacheslav Sukristov
• Vytautas Lukša
• Andrius Velička
• Valdemaras Martinkėnas
• Algis Jankauskas
• Romualdas Juška
• Arvydas Janonis
• Darius Žutautas
• Benjaminas Zelkevičius
• Rolandas Džiaukštas
• Kamil Biliński
• Jakub Wilk
• Pavel Komolov
• Andrey Nagumanov
• Liviu Antal
• Calum Elliot
• Andrija Kaluđerović

Coaches

Marek Zub coached the team to 2013 and 2014 A Lyga championships

• Voldemaras Jaškevičius (1947)
• Jaroslavas Citavičius (1947–1948)
• Georgy Glazkov (1948–1951)
• Andrejus Protasovas (1951)
• Jurijus Chodotovas (1952–1953)
• Stasys Paberžis (1953–1957)
• Vytautas Saunoris (1958–1960)
• Zenonas Ganusauskas (1961–1962)
• Serafimas Cholodkovas (1963–1965)
• Juozas Vaškelis (1966–1967)
• Algirdas Vosylius (1968–1971)
• Serafimas Cholodkovas (1971–1973)
• Algirdas Klimkevičius (1974–1976)
• Benjaminas Zelkevičius (Jan 1, 1977–May 1, 1983)
• Algimantas Liubinskas (Jan 1, 1983–Dec 31, 1985)
• Benjaminas Zelkevičius (April 1, 1985–Oct 1, 1991)
• Vytautas Jančiauskas (1991–92)
• Benjaminas Zelkevičius (Oct 1, 1992–June 30, 1995)
• Eugenijus Riabovas (1996–2001)
• Kęstutis Latoža (2002)
• Eugenijus Riabovas (2003–2004)
• Kęstutis Latoža (2004–2005)
• Saulius Širmelis (2005)
• Arminas Narbekovas (Nov 30, 2005–Nov 30, 2006)
• Igoris Pankratjevas (2006)
• Viatscheslav Mogilniy (2008)
• Mindaugas Čepas (2008–2009)
• Igoris Pankratjevas (Jul 1, 2009–Dec 31, 2010)
• Vitalijus Stankevičius (Jan 1, 2011–Dec 31, 2011)
• Damir Petravić (Jan 4, 2012–Aug 8, 2012)
• Marek Zub (Aug 8, 2012–Dec,2014)
• Valdas Dambrauskas (Dec 17, 2014–Oct 23, 2017)
• Aleksandr Brazevich (Oct 24, 2017–Nov 24, 2017)
• Aurelijus Skarbalius (Nov 27, 2017–present)

External links

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