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FA Šiauliai
Full nameFootball Academy of Šiauliai
Founded1 September 2007
GroundSavivaldybė Stadium
Capacity4,000
CoachRenatas Vestartas
LeagueI lyga
20196th
Current season

Football Academy of Šiauliai or FA Šiauliai is a Lithuanian football academy from the city of Šiauliai. The team is simply known as "Šiauliai". The academy train womens and mens teams, as well as childrens and underage groups in "U" type championships.

History

Football Academy of Šiauliai was established in 2007, after a merger between Napolis Šiauliai and "Klevas" school of sport.[1]

Mens team

Mens football team participates under name FA Šiauliai.

In 2010 and 2016 the team played in Šiauliai region championship of the III Lyga (4th tier).

In 2017 and 2018 team played in II Lyga (3rd tier). In 2017 the team achieved 4th position and 6th in 2018.[2]

In 2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, FA Šiauliai lost to FK Sūduva Marijampolė 0:7 in 1/32 round.[3]

In 2019 FA Šiauliai applied for a license to play in I Lyga (2nd tier), despite the fact that they finished 6th in 2018 II Lyga. The club failed to satisfy licensing criteria, and I Lyga license was not issued.[4] However, the club was granted an exception, the club played in 2019 LFF I Lyga and finished in 6th position.

Womens team

Futsal team

FA Šiauliai mens futsal team joined the top division Futsal A Lyga in 2019-2020 season.

Recent seasons

A Lyga
Season Level League Place Reference
2010 4. III Lyga (Šiauliai) 9.
2016 4. III Lyga (Šiauliai) 6.
2017 3. II Lyga (West) 4. [5]
2018 3. II Lyga (West) 6. [6]
2019 2. I Lyga 6. [7][8][9]
2020 2. I Lyga .
Futsal A Lyga
Season Level League Regular Season Play-off
2019-2020 1. Futsal A Lyga 4. quarterfinal

Stadium

Savivaldybė Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Šiauliai, Lithuania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FA Šiauliai. The stadium capacity is 4,000. The stadium is located at: S. Daukanto g. 23, Šiauliai.

Current squad

As of 12 March 2020[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Lithuania LTU Evaldas Jurgelis
28 GK Lithuania LTU Povilas Mickevičius
61 GK Lithuania LTU Gustas Baliutavičius
2 DF Lithuania LTU Ernestas Pilypas
4 DF Lithuania LTU Simonas Jurgilas
5 MF Lithuania LTU Kristupas Mantinis
18 DF Lithuania LTU Ugnius Selvenis
23 DF Lithuania LTU Dovydas Jansonas
27 DF Lithuania LTU Darius Jankauskas [11]
77 DF Lithuania LTU Rokas Lekiatas
3 MF Lithuania LTU Kildras Kavaliukas
7 MF Lithuania LTU Justas Petravičius
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Lithuania LTU Karolis Mantinis
9 MF Lithuania LTU Gabrielius Micevičius
10 MF Lithuania LTU Dominykas Kubilinskas
20 MF Lithuania LTU Emilis Gasiūnas
22 MF Lithuania LTU Sergejus Amirzianas
25 MF Lithuania LTU Marius Baziulis [12]
29 MF Lithuania LTU Deividas Dovydaitis
11 FW Lithuania LTU Vaidas Viktoravičius
13 FW Lithuania LTU Rokas Gedminas [13]
19 FW Lithuania LTU Gabijus Micevičius
20 FW Lithuania LTU Deividas Puodžiūnas
21 FW Lithuania LTU Ignas Paulius

Famous players

Managers

  • Lithuania Renatas Vestartas (since 2017)

References

  1. ^ http://www.siauliufa.lt/lt/siauliu_fa/7/
  2. ^ http://lietuvosfutbolas.lt/klubai/fa-siauliai-13540/?cid=1893917
  3. ^ https://alyga.lt/naujiena/suduva-galingai-pradejo-lff-taures-turnyra/5257
  4. ^ https://lff.lt/news/5498/pirmos-lygos-licencijavime-dalyvaus-vienas-seniausiu-lietuvos-futbolo-klubu/
  5. ^ http://almis.sritis.lt/ltu17lyga2w.html
  6. ^ http://almis.sritis.lt/ltu18lyga2w.html
  7. ^ "Arkiverade kopian". Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  8. ^ https://lff.lt/news/5498/pirmos-lygos-licencijavime-dalyvaus-vienas-seniausiu-lietuvos-futbolo-klubu/
  9. ^ http://lietuvosfutbolas.lt/varzybos/vyru/i-lyga/
  10. ^ http://www.fasiauliai.lt/
  11. ^ http://www.fasiauliai.lt/lt/naujienos/6/article/1267
  12. ^ http://pirmalyga.lt/naujiena/-FA-Siauliai-sulauke-pirmojo-sezono-naujoko/1339
  13. ^ http://pirmalyga.lt/naujiena/Rokas-Gedminas-grizta-rungtyniauti-i-Siaulius/1345