FC Hegelmann

Futbolo klubas Hegelmann, commonly known as Hegelmann, is a Lithuanian football club located in Kaunas. Before January 2022, the club was named FC Hegelmann Litauen. They play in the A Lyga, the first tier of Lithuanian football.

FC Hegelmann
Full nameFutbolo klubas "Hegelmann"
FoundedJanuary 2009 (2009-01)
GroundLFF Kaunas Training Centre
Capacity500
Coordinates56°18′40″N 22°20′10″E
ChairmanDainius Šumauskas
ManagerAndrius Skerla
LeagueA Lyga
2023A Lyga, 5th of 10
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded under the name FC Hegelmann Litauen at the beginning of 2009 by Hegelmann Transporte, a German-owned freight forwarding and logistics company. Hegelmann refers to the family name of Anton Hegelmann and Litauen means Lithuania in German. In January 2022, the club changed its logo and official name to FC Hegelmann, dropping and dropped the word Litauen.[1]

FC Hegelmann started in the lower Lithuanian divisions but reached first place in the 2018 II Lyga and got promoted to the I Lyga, the second-highest league. The club reached 7th place in 2019 LFF I Lyga. Despite this fact, the club lodged an application to play in A Lyga in 2020. The club later withdrew the application and remained in the second division. In the 2020 season, the club reached second place in the I Lyga and got promoted to the A Lyga.

In January 2021, Andrius Skerla was introduced as the new head coach, replacing Artūras Ramoška.[2] Hegelmann finished their debut season in the Lithuanian top division in fifth place.[1]

In the 2022 Lithuanian Football Cup, the club beat FK Panevėžys in the semi-finals to reach the cup final for the first time. The final was lost 1–2 after extra time against FK Žalgiris.[3] In the 2022 A Lyga season, Hegelmann Club finished in fourth place and qualified for the first qualification round for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. In the first European game in its history, the club played against Macedonian club KF Shkupi. The away game resulted in a goalless draw, but Hegelmann lost the home game 0–5 and dropped out of the competition.[4] They finished the 2023 A Lyga in fifth position.

Honours

Recent seasons
Season Level Division Position Web
2016 2. Pirma lyga 10. [5]
2017 3. Antra lyga 6. [6]
2018 3. Antra lyga 1. [7]
2019 2. Pirma lyga 7. [8]
2020 2. Pirma lyga 2. [9]
2021 1. A lyga 5. [10]
2022 1. A lyga 4. [11]
2023 1. A lyga 5. [12]
2024 1. A lyga .

Kit evolution
2009—2010
2010—2017
2018
2019
Since 2021

Colors
  • 2012 – now.
Hegelmann Hegelmann

Stadium

Club play their home matches in NFA Stadium. The current capacity of the stadium is 500 seats.

Current squad
As of 2 March 2024[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 Emilis Urbonas
3 DF  NGA Samuel Odeyobo
4 DF  BRA Douglas Cruz
5 MF  LTU Domantas Antanavičius
6 DF  BRA Hugo Figueiredo
7 MF  LTU Matas Vareika
8 MF  AUT Denis Bošnjak
9 DF  LTU Klaudijus Upstas
10 MF  ROU Patrick Popescu
11 FW  CMR Abdel Kader Njoya
13 MF  LTU Kipras Olsauskas
14 DF  CMR Steve Kingue
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  BRA Léo Ribeiro
16 GK  LTU Vincentas Šarkauskas
20 FW  LTU Lukas Jonaitis
21 MF  LTU Esmilis Kaušinis
22 GK  LTU Arijus Bražinskas
24 MF  LTU Titas Buzas
25 MF  LTU Simas Gedziunas
45 MF  UKR Artem Shchedryi
66 DF  LTU Vilius Armalas
77 MF  GEO Levan Matcharashvili
99 FW  BRA Michael Thuíque

European record
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Shkupi 0−5 0−0 0−5

Notable and famous players

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

Lithuania

References
  1. ""Hegelmann Litauen" pakeitė pavadinimą". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. "Skerla tapo Kauno klubo treneriu". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 2 January 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. "Naujasis Kauno stadionas pergalingas Vilniui: "Žalgiris" iškovojo LFF taurę". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ""Hegelmann" futbolininkai garbingai atsisveikino su europine scena". sportas24.lt (in Lithuanian). 21 July 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. "Lithuanian 2016 LFF 1 Lyga". almis.sritis.lt.
  6. "Lithuanian 2017 LFF 2 Lyga Zone South". almis.sritis.lt.
  7. "Lithuanian 2018 LFF 2 Lyga Zone South". almis.sritis.lt.
  8. "Lithuania 2019". RSSSF.
  9. "Lithuania 2020". RSSSF.
  10. "Lithuania 2021". RSSSF.
  11. "Lithuania 2022". RSSSF.
  12. "Lithuania 2023". RSSSF.
  13. "A Komanda". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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