FK Banga Gargždai

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

FK Banga Gargždai

Full name	Futbolo klubas Banga
Nickname(s)	Tigrų ekipa
Founded	1966; 58 years ago (1966)
Ground	Gargždai Stadium, Gargždai
Capacity	~2,300[1]
Chairman	Rimantas Mikalauskas[2]
Manager	David Afonso
League	A Lyga
2023	A Lyga, 6th of 10
Home colours Away colours

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
  • Fourth 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	8.	[23]
2023	1.	A lyga	6.	[24]
2024	1.	A lyga	.

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 20 July, 2024

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 4 DF  BRA António Lara 5 DF  LTU Benas Šatkus 6 MF  LTU Matas Ramanauskas 7 MF  LTU Dovydas Norvilas 8 MF  BRA Gabriel Fernandes 10 MF  LTU Vaidas Magdusauskas 11 MF  LTU Erikas Smulkys 12 GK  LTU Lukas Grinkevičius 13 DF  LTU Natanas Zebrauskas 14 MF  LTU Erik Kirjanov 15 DF  LTU Justinas Januševskij 17 DF  LTU Maksim Andrejev

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  LTU Pijus Srėbalius 19 DF  LTU Valdas Antužis 20 MF  LTU Karolis Toleikis 21 DF  LTU Karolis Pliuškys 22 MF  POR Carlos Lomba 23 MF  LTU Vilius Piliukaitis 24 DF  UKR Kostyantyn Shults 32 FW  LTU Robertas Vėževičius 37 MF  LTU Ignas Venckus 49 FW  BRA Cesinha 55 GK  LTU Mantas Bertašius 57 MF  LTU Matas Ambrazaitis 79 MF  LTU Valdas Paulauskas

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^[25] (2017 – 3 June 2021)^[26][27]
• David Afonso, (from 3 June 2021)^[28]

References

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4. "Panevėžys – Banga | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga". alyga.lt.
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25. "Bangos vyrų komandos naujienos" (in Lithuanian). FK Banga. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
26. ""Banga" – lauktas sugrįžimas su tvirtu užnugariu | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga". Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
27. ""Banga" atsisveikino su T.Tamošausku". Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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External links

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