FA Šiauliai

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.

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

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

Famous players

  • Deividas Lunskis (2017, 2018)

Managers

  • Renatas Vestartas (since 2017)

References

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