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FK Banga Gargždai is a Lithuanian football club from the city of Gargždai.

FK Banga Gargždai

Full name	Football Club Banga
Nickname(s)	Tigrų ekipa
Founded	1966
Ground	Gargždai Stadium, Gargždai
Capacity	~2,300[1]
Chairman	Rimantas Mikalauskas[2]
Manager	David Afonso
League	A Lyga
2021	7th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

FK Banga was founded in 1966. During the period from 1966 to 1990, the club was in the Soviet Lithuanian football championship. From 1990, they played in the Lithuanian championship. From 1994 to 2001, they were in the top tier. After the 2001 A Lyga, they were relegated to the I Lyga.

The team earned promotion to the A Lyga, Lithuania's top football division, for the 2009 season after FBK Kaunas and Atlantas Klaipėda voluntarily withdrew their participation.[3] Banga were also members of the A Lyga from 1994 to 2000.

In the 2019 LFF I Lyga, FK Banga finished in second position and played in the relegation/promotion match with FK Palanga. Banga won the playoff, passed the licensing process, and returned to the top division after a 5-year break. In the 2020 A Lyga, FK Banga finished in 4th position.[4] It was the best result in FK Banga history in A Lyga.

Achievements

• A Lyga:
  • 4th place (1): 2020
• Lithuanian Cup:
  • Runners-up (3): 2011, 2014, 2019.

Recent seasons

Season	Level	League	Place	Web	Notes
2004	3.	II lyga (West)	3.	[5]
2005	3.	II lyga (West)	5.	[6]	Promoted to Pirma lyga
2006	2.	Pirma lyga	12.	[7]
2007	2.	Pirma lyga	6.	[8]
2008	2.	Pirma lyga	4.	[9]	Promoted to A lyga
2009	1.	A lyga	6.	[10]
2010	1.	A lyga	6.	[11]
2011	1.	A lyga	6.	[12]
2012	1.	A lyga	6.	[13]
2013	1.	A lyga	6.	[14]
2014	1.	A lyga	9.	[15]	Relegated to Pirma lyga
2015	2.	Pirma lyga	3.	[16]
2016	2.	Pirma lyga	6.	[17]
2017	2.	Pirma lyga	2.	[18]
2018	2.	Pirma lyga	3.	[19]
2019	2.	Pirma lyga	2.	[20]	Promotion to A lyga
2020	1.	A lyga	4.	[21]
2021	1.	A lyga	7.	[22]
2022	1.	A lyga	.	[23]

UEFA club competition record

Source: uefa.com
Last updated: 11 July 2014

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa League	4	0	1	3	0	11
Total	4	0	1	3	0	11

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Qarabağ FK	0–4	0–3	0–7
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Sligo Rovers FC	0–0	0–4	0–4

Current squad

As of 19 October, 2022

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 Kornelijus Smilingis 2 DF  LTU Ričardas Šveikauskas 3 DF  BRA Mauricio Pinto 4 DF  LTU Modestas Vainikaitis 5 DF  POR Gonçalo Vieira 7 MF  LTU Dovydas Norvilas 9 FW  LTU Darius Zubauskas 14 MF  LTU Karolis Žebrauskas 15 MF  LTU Benediktas Gailius 17 MF  LTU Klaidas Birgiola 18 MF  LTU Pijus Srėbalius

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  LTU Valdas Antužis 20 MF  LTU Karolis Toleikis 21 DF  LTU Karolis Pliuškys 22 MF  LTU Mantas Petrikas 26 DF  LTU Timūras Beržonskis 27 MF  LTU Justas Kerpė 32 MF  LTU Robertas Vėževičius 37 FW  LTU Ignas Venckus 55 GK  LTU Mantas Bertašius 75 FW  LTU Ernestas Stočkūnas (on loan from DFK Dainava) 79 MF  LTU Valdas Paulauskas (on loan from FK Riteriai) 95 MF  BRA Renan Paulino 22 DF  LTU Erikas Smulkys

Kit evolution

• Kits at home: orange kits, shorts and socks with darkblue signs.

2007

2011

2018

2019

2021

• Away kits: dark blue kits, shorts and socks with orange signs.

2007

2011

2018

2019

2021

Managers

• Fiodoras Finkelis (19??–77)
• Leonardas Lukavičius (1990–95)
• Fabio Lopez (2008)
• Valdas Ivanauskas (2008–09)
• Vytautas Jančiauskas (2009–10)
• Arminas Narbekovas (16 December 2009 – 1 January 2012)
• Vaidas Žutautas (6 January, 2012–2013)
• Vaidas Žutautas (2013–2014)
• Maksim Tishchenko (2014–2015)
• Vaidas Žutautas (2015–2016)
• Tomas Tamošauskas[24] (2017 – 3 June 2021)[25][26]
• David Afonso, (from 3 June 2021)[27]

References

External links

• Official website (in Lithuanian and English)
• alyga.lt (in Lithuanian)
• FK Banga in Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] FK Banga

Der FK Banga Gargždai ist ein litauischer Fußballverein aus Gargždai. Der junge Verein spielt derzeit in der A lyga.

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- [en] FK Banga Gargždai

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[es] FK Banga

El Futbolo Klubas Banga es un equipo de fútbol de la ciudad de Gargždai, en Lituania. Actualmente milita en la A Lyga, correspondiente a la primera división de Lituania.

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[ru] Банга (футбольный клуб)

«Ба́нга» — литовский футбольный клуб. Базируется в городе Гаргждай. Выступает на стадионе «Гаргждай» вместимостью 800 человек. Команда заработала право выступления в А лиге в 2009 году, после того как «Каунас» и «Атлантас» отказались от участия в элитном дивизионе. До этого «Банга» выступала в высшем дивизионе с 1994 по 2000 годы. Финалист Кубка Литвы 2011 и 2014 годов.

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