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 women's and men's teams, as well as children's and underage groups in "U" type championships. The men's team currently play in A Lyga, the top tier of Lithuanian football.

This article is about the football academy established in 2007. For the football club active 2004–2016, see FC Šiauliai.

FA Šiauliai
Full nameFootball Academy of Šiauliai
Nickname(s)šiauliečiai
Founded1 September 2007 (1 September 2007)
GroundSavivaldybė Stadium
Capacity3,030
ChairmanDeivis Kančelskis (chief of team)
CoachMindaugas Čepas
LeagueA Lyga
2023A Lyga, 3rd of 10

History

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

Men's team

Men's 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.

In 2021, FA Šiauliai applied for a license to play in A Lyga (Top tier) for the first time in history from next season.

Women's team
Main article: ŠSG-FA Šiauliai

Futsal team

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

Recent seasons
Lithuanian championship
Season Level League Place Reference
2010 4 III Lyga (Šiauliai) 9th
2016 6th
2017 3 II Lyga (West) 4th [5]
2018 6th [6]
2019 2 I Lyga 6th [7][8][9]
2020 5th [10]
2021 1st [11]
2022 1 A Lyga 7th [12]
2023 3rd
Futsal A Lyga
Season Level League Regular Season Play-off
2019-2020 1. Futsal A Lyga 4. quarterfinal

Stadium
Main article: Savivaldybė Stadium

Savivaldybė Stadium (Municipality 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.

European record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1QR FCI Levadia
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round

FA Šiauliai B

FA Šiauliai 'B' team is currently playing in the I Lyga (second tier).

Current squad
As of 18 June[13]

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 Lukas Paukštė
3 DF  LTU Vytas Gašpuitis
4 DF  LTU Sigitas Olberkis
5 DF  LTU Kristupas Kersys
6 MF  LTU Emilijus Jermolajev
7 MF  LTU Justas Petravičius
8 DF  LTU Egidijus Vaitkūnas
9 FW  LTU Augustinas Klimavičius
10 FW  LVA Dāvis Ikaunieks
11 MF  LTU Deividas Šešplaukis
12 GK  LTU Paulius Linkevicius
14 MF  LTU Karolis Žebrauskas
17 FW  LTU Eligijus Jankauskas
19 MF  LTU Simonas Paulius
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  LTU Simonas Urbys
23 DF  LTU Rolandas Baravykas
28 FW  LTU Nauris Petkevičius
29 MF  LTU Deividas Dovydaitis
31 MF  LTU Gabrielius Micevičius
32 MF  LTU Gabijus Micevicius
33 MF  LTU Domantas Šimkus
35 DF  LTU Matas Gasiūnas
44 DF  LTU Martynas Dapkus
61 GK  LTU Gustas Baliutavičius
80 DF  UKR Yevhen Yefremov
88 MF  LTU Mantas Kuklys
99 MF  LTU Donatas Kazlauskas
— MF  LTU Daniel Romanovskij

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 Dominykas Kubilinskas (at Džiugas)

Famous players

Managers
  • Renatas Vestartas (since 2017 till the end of 2020 season)
  • Mindaugas Čepas (since 2021)

References
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