FK Palanga

FK Palanga
Full namePalangos Futbolo Klubas
Founded1957
Dissolved2019
GroundPalanga Stadium
Capacity1,400
ChairmanMindaugas Gobikas
2019A Lyga, 7th of 8 (dissolved)
Websitehttp://fkpalanga.lt

FK Palanga was a professional football club based in Palanga, Lithuania. The team competes in the A Lyga, the top division of Lithuanian football in 2018 and 2019 seasons.[1]

History

FK Palanga was founded in 2010 and introduced its first team to the third tier Antra Lyga in 2011.

FK Palanga started off strong and won this championship in the first year with no defeats.  As a result of their victory, they were promoted in 2012 to the Primera Lyga (second tier).

FK Palanga plateaued for the next three years, sitting at the bottom of each standing.

This changed in 2015 as they went from strength to strength. The club changed ownership and their scores started to improve. In the Lithuanian Football League I (made up of 18 teams), they came fifth.

The club came in second in 2016.

In 2017, they won the I Lyga and earned a promotion to the A Lyga, the top division in Lithuania. To celebrate their promotion, the club was re-branded including a new logo and new colors of blue and white. The new logo features "1957", which was when the first football club in Palanga was founded.

In 2019, the team was in 7th position in the A Lyga and faced the Pirma Lyga runners-up DFK Dainava in the playoff series. They won promotion play-offs on aggregate 5–0 and saved their place in A Lyga.

Preparation for the 2019 season was started by signing Russian managers Artyom Gorlov and Aleksandr Ushakhin, who replaced the previously resigned Valdas Trakys.

In summer 2019, Vyacheslav Geraschenko became the new head coach, with Algimantas Briaunys joining as an assistant coach on 21 July 2019.

On 5 December 2019, the Lithuanian Football Federation announce that two A Lyga clubs, FK Atlantas Klaipėda and FK Palanga have been excluded from the A Lyga due to manipulation of the match results, fined 42,000 euros and relegated to the II Lyga. Ten players and one staff were punished with fines and a ban from all football activity ranging from 6 to 12 months.[2]

Honors

League

Kit evolution

2011–2014 Home kit
2011–2014 Away kit
Home kit in 2015 season
Away kit in 2015 season
Alternative kit 2015
2016–2017 Home kit
2016–2017 Away kit
Currently 2018 Home
Currently 2018 Home
Goalkeeper`s kit in 2018

Club colors

FK PALANGA FK PALANGA

Last squad

As of 16 September 2019 [3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
31 GK Lithuania LTU Marius Paukštė
2 DF Lithuania LTU Aurimas Tručinskas
3 DF Latvia LVA Vladislavs Kuzmins
6 DF Russia RUS Matvey Guyganov
14 DF Canada CAN Andrew Lebre
34 DF Lithuania LTU Klimas Gusočenko
7 MF Lithuania LTU Klaudijus Upstas
11 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Diakvnishvili
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Brazil BRA Alan Facundo Torres
26 MF Croatia CRO Josip Jurjević
30 MF Latvia LVA Andrejs Kiriļins
88 MF Latvia LVA Vladimirs Stepanovs
90 MF Lithuania LTU Tadas Eliošius
20 FW England ENG Sam Shaban
27 FW Ivory Coast CIV Kouakou Privat Yao
33 FW Lithuania LTU Dominykas Jakočiūnas

Staff

Position Name
Chairman Lithuania Mindaugas Gobikas
Director of football Lithuania Edgaras Barkus
Head coach
Assistant coach

Notable players

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

Coaches

References

  1. ^ "Lithuania – FK Palanga – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  2. ^ "FK "Atlantas" ir FK "Palanga" dėl manipuliavimo rezultatais yra šalinami iš A lygos". LFF. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  3. ^ ""Palanga" | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
  4. ^ ""Palanga" pristatė naują strategą ir sužaidė rungtynes Lenkijoje | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga". alyga.lt. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  5. ^ ""Palangos" trenerių štabe įvyko pokyčiai | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga". alyga.lt. Retrieved 2019-11-08.