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.

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
Founded1 September 2007
GroundSavivaldybė Stadium
Capacity4,000
CoachMindaugas Čepas
LeagueA lyga
20211st in Pirma lyga (promoted)

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.

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) 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 5. [10]
2021 2 I Lyga 1st [11]
2022 1. A lyga . [12]
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 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 27 February 2022[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 (on loan from FK Riteriai)
2 DF  LTU Ernestas Pilypas
3 DF  LTU Vytas Gašpuitis
5 DF  LTU Kristupas Mantinis
6 MF  LTU Grantas Jaseliūnas
7 MF  LTU Justas Petravičius
8 MF  LTU Karolis Mantinis
9 FW  ARM David Arshakyan
10 MF  LTU Dominykas Kubilinskas
11 MF  LTU Deividas Šešplaukis
13 MF  LTU Daniel Romanovskij
16 GK  LTU Evaldas Jurgelis
17 FW  LTU Eligijus Jankauskas
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  LTU Rimvydas Sadauskas
19 MF  LTU Simonas Paulius
22 MF  LTU Sergej Amirzian
23 DF  LTU Dovydas Jansonas
27 MF  LTU Ronaldas Misiūnas
28 MF  LTU Gustas Zabita (on loan from DFK Dainava)
29 MF  LTU Deividas Dovydaitis
30 MF  LTU Emilis Gasiūnas
32 MF  LTU Gabrielius Micevičius
33 MF  LTU Gabijus Micevičius
61 GK  LTU Gustas Baliutavičius
77 DF  LTU Rokas Lekiatas
82 DF  LTU Algis Jankauskas

Famous players

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

References
  1. "Šiaulių Futbolo Akademija | Veikla".
  2. "FA Šiauliai - Lietuvos Futbolas".
  3. ""Sūduva" galingai pradėjo LFF taurės turnyrą | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
  4. "Pirmos lygos licencijavime dalyvaus vienas seniausių Lietuvos futbolo klubų".
  5. "Lithuanian 2017 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West".
  6. "Lithuanian 2018 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West".
  7. "Arkiverade kopian". Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  8. "Pirmos lygos licencijavime dalyvaus vienas seniausių Lietuvos futbolo klubų".
  9. "I lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas".
  10. "Lithuania 2020".
  11. "Lithuania 2021".
  12. "Lithuania 2022". www.rsssf.com.
  13. http://www.fasiauliai.lt/
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