FK Atlantas

FK Atlantas

Full name	Football Club Atlantas
Founded	1962 (1962)
Ground	Central Stadium of Klaipėda
Capacity	4,428
Chairman	Romualdas Jonaitis
Manager	Igoris Pankratjevas
League	A Lyga
2016	4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FK Atlantas is a Lithuanian football team from the port city of Klaipėda. The team currently plays on the first level of the Lithuanian football league pyramid.

The club's name has changed several times. It was established in 1962 as Granitas, and became PSK Aras in 1993. Since 1996, when FK Sirijus Klaipėda was absorbed into the club, it has had the name Atlantas, which in Lithuanian language means Atlantic Ocean.

Atlantas were Lithuanian champions in 1978, 1980, 1981, and 1984.

Name history

• 1962 – Granitas Klaipėda
• 1970 – Atlantas Klaipėda
• 1996 – FK Atlantas Klaipėda

Honours

Domestic

Lithuanian Championship:

• Runners-up - 3

2001, 2002, 2013

• 3rd place - 5

1999, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2015

• Lithuanian Cup:

• Winners - 2

2001, 2003

• Finalists - 2

2004, 2014–15

Soviet Championship::

• Lithuanian SSR Championship:

• Champions - 4

1978, 1980, 1981, 1984

• Soviet Second League:

• Winners - 2

1964, 1985

• Lithuanian SSR cup:

• Winners - 4

1977, 1981, 1983, 1986

Other Tournaments

• Turkmenistan President's Cup:

• 3rd place - 1

2003

Stadium

Klaipėdos centrinis stadionas

Central Stadium of Klaipėda is a multi-purpose stadium in Klaipėda, Lithuania. It is currently used mostly for football matches by FK Atlantas competing in A Lyga. In the past the stadium had a capacity of 9,000 and now holds only 5,000.

Supporters

FK Atlantas supporters are called Vakarų Frontas. FK Atlantas supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of Žalgiris Vilnius.

Crest and colours

The crest features a yellow seahorse with a football on the background. In the middle of the crest there is a white text saying Atlantas at the top and Klaipėda in smaller text under it. The logo contained some white.

Since the beginning the club has used the colors yellow and blue on their kits.

File:2016logoatlantas.png

Crest used since 2016

Tradicinė apranga

Tradicinė apranga

Apranga svečiuose

2007/2008; 2015 m.

Puma nuo 2017 m.

Puma nuo 2017 m.

Kit manufacturers

• 2013–2016 Jako
• 2017–present Puma

Season-by-season

Lithuania

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	Goals	Top Scorer	Cup	Europe
1999	1st	3	18	9	6	3	34–24
2000	1st	3	36	21	4	11	70–45
2001	1st	2	36	19	12	5	66–29
2002	1st	2	32	20	7	5	58–23
2003	1st	5	28	9	6	13	27–30
2004	1st	3	28	15	5	8	36–29
2005	1st	7	36	11	8	17	40–52
2006	1st	6	36	14	10	12	46–41
2007	1st	6	36	13	6	17	54–45
2008	1st	6	28	7	7	14	31–44
2009	3rd	1	20	18	2	0	101–11	Gintas Podelis
2010	2nd	7	27	9	6	12	35–33	Žilvinas Kymantas
2011	1st	11	33	3	2	28	28–121	Karolis Laukžemis
2012	1st	8	36	7	6	23	33–92	Tino Lagator
2013	1st	2	32	22	5	5	64–23	Evaldas Razulis
2014	1st	3	36	19	8	9	76–36	Evaldas Razulis
2015	1st	3	36	21	7	8	65–34	Andrey Panyukov
2016	1st	4	33	16	8	9	42–32	Maksim Maksimov

Current squad

As of 24 June 2017

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	LTU	Deividas Mikelionis (on loan from Kauno Žalgiris)
3	DF	LTU	Vytas Gašpuitis
4	DF	LTU	Robertas Freidgeimas
5	DF	BUL	Nemanja Ivanov
6	DF	LTU	Andrius Bartkus (Captain)
7	FW	UKR	Yuriy Vereshchak
8	MF	LTU	Skirmantas Rakauskas
9	MF	LTU	Donatas Kazlauskas
10	MF	LTU	Rokas Gedminas
11	MF	LTU	Domantas Šimkus
14	MF	BLR	Mikhail Kolyadko
15	DF	LTU	Deividas Šiuša
17	DF	LTU	Markas Beneta
18	FW	BLR	Dzmitry Mazalewski
19	MF	LTU	Rokas Filipavičius

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	LTU	Justas Raziūnas
22	DF	LTU	Simonas Juška
23	GK	AUS	Evan Alexandrow-Ridley
24	GK	LTU	Vincentas Šarkauskas
25	DF	LTU	Mantas Fridrikas
27	MF	MDA	Andrei Ciofu
33	DF	UKR	Kostyantyn Shults
34	MF	MDA	David Andronic
35	DF	LTU	Edgaras Žarskis
59	DF	BLR	Illya Kalpachuk
73	MF	LTU	Vladislavas Kučerovas
84	FW	LTU	Tadas Labukas
99	MF	BLR	Maksim Chizh (on loan from Dinamo Brest)
—	MF	LTU	Dovydas Virkšas
—	MF	BLR	Dmitry German (on loan from Dinamo Brest)

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
—	GK	RUS	Arkadiy Zhelnin (at Džiugas until 31 December 2017)
—	FW	LTU	Jonas Bičkus (at Koralas until 31 December 2017)
—	MF	LTU	Neilas Urba (at Koralas until 31 December 2017)
—	DF	LTU	Ričardas Šveikauskas (at Palanga until 31 December 2017)

Notable and famous players

• Adebayo Akinfenwa (2001–2002)
• Robertas Poškus (1996–1997)
• Tomas Danilevičius (1995–1996)
• Raimondas Žutautas (1995)
• Pascal Feindouno (2016)
• Linas Pilibaitis
• Kęstutis Ivaškevičius
• Andrei Panyukov
• Andrius Jokšas
• Valdas Trakys
• Jalen Pokorn
• Audrius Kšanavičius
• Rimantas Žvingilas
• Edvinas Gertmonas
• Nerijus Barasa
• Tadas Labukas
• Arūnas Šuika
• Remigijus Pocius
• Vidas Alunderis
• Andrius Gedgaudas
• Saulius Mikalajūnas
• Valdemaras Martinkėnas
• Darius Žutautas
• Audrius Žuta

• 
  Robertas Poškus
• 
  Adebayo Akinfenwa
• 
  Pascal Feindouno
• 
  Edvinas Gertmonas
• 
  Andrei Panyukov
• 
  Linas Pilibaitis

European Cups History

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Kocaelispor	1–0	0–1	1–1 (5–3 p)
		2R	Bradford City	1–4	1–3	2–7
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Rapid Bucureşti	0–4	0–8	0–12
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Litex Lovech	0–5	1–3	1–8
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Dyskobolia Grodzisk	0–2	1–4	1–6
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Spartak Moscow	1–0	0–2	1–2
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	Rhyl	3–2	1–2	4–4 (a)
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FC Differdange 03	0–1	3–1	3–2
		2Q	Shakhter Karagandy	0–0	0–3	0–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Beroe Stara Zagora	0–2	1–3	1–5
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	HJK	0–2	1–1	1–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Kairat	0–6	1–2	1–8

Staff

Position	Name
President	Romualdas Jonaitis
Director	Vacys Lekevičius
Director of Football	Arnas Lekevičius
Head Coach	Igoris Pankratjevas
Assistant Coach	Algimantas Briaunys

Managers

• Algirdas Klimkevičius (19??–66)
• Algirdas Vosylius (1967–??)
• Romualdas Dambrauskas (19??–70)
• Henrikas Markevičius (1976–78)
• Fiodoras Finkelis (1978)
• Vladas Ulinauskas (1980)
• Romas Lavrinavičius (1981)
• Algirdas Mitigaila (1982–83)
• Česlovas Urbonavičius (1984–86)
• Vytautas Gedgaudas (1986–89)
• Česlovas Urbonavičius (1984)
• Vytautas Gedgaudas (1992–March 95)
• Algirdas Mitigaila (March 1995–00)
• Arūnas Šuika (2000)
• Vacys Lekevičius (2001–04)

• Šenderis Giršovičius (2002)
• Igoris Pankratjevas (2003–05)
• Vacys Lekevičius (2005)
• Igoris Pankratjevas (2006)
• Arminas Narbekovas (2006–07)
• Mindaugas Čepas (2008–09)
• Šenderis Giršovičius (2009–10)
• Saulius Mikalajūnas (Dec 23, 2009–May 20, 2010)
• Igoris Pankratjevas (2010)
• Vitalijus Stankevičius (2011)
• Romualdas Norkus (March 1, 2012–June 30, 2012)
• Sébastien Roques (July 2012–Nov 12)
• Konstantin Sarsania (Jan 1, 2013–May 27, 2017)
• Sergej Savchenkov (May 28, 2017–Jun 13, 2017)
• Rimantas Žvingilas (Jun 13, 2017–Jul 23, 2017)
• Igoris Pankratjevas (Jul 23, 2017–present)

External links

• Official website