FK Banga Gargždai

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

Banga Gargždai

Full name	Futbolo klubas Banga
Nickname(s)	Tigrų ekipa
Founded	1966; 59 years ago (1966)
Ground	Gargždai Stadium, Gargždai
Capacity	~2,300[1]
Chairman	Rimantas Mikalauskas[2]
Manager	David Afonso
League	A Lyga
2024	A Lyga, 5th of 10
Website	https://www.fkbanga.lt/
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
  • Winners (1): 2024
  • 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	5.	[25]

UEFA club competition record

Source: uefa.com
Last updated: 31 July 2025

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa League	6	0	1	5	0	18
Total	5	0	1	5	0	18

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Qarabağ	0–4	0–3	0–7
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Sligo Rovers	0–0	0–4	0–4
2025–26	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Rosenborg	0–5	0–2	0–7

Current squad

As of 12 July, 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  LTU Armantas Vitkauskas 3 DF  LTU Deividas Malžinskas 4 DF  GNB Simão Júnior 5 DF  NGA Akpe Victory 6 MF  LTU Matas Ramanauskas 7 MF  LTU Dovydas Norvilas 8 DF  BRA Hugo Figueredo 9 FW  LVA Aivars Emsis 10 MF  LTU Vaidas Magdusauskas 11 MF  LTU Rokas Filipavičius 12 GK  LTU Lukas Grinkevičius 13 DF  LTU Natanas Zebrauskas

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  BRA Anderson 17 DF  LTU Maksim Andrejev 18 FW  LTU Pijus Srėbalius 19 DF  LTU Valdas Antužis 20 MF  LTU Karolis Toleikis 21 MF  LTU Sidas Praleika 24 DF  LTU Armandas Razvadauskas 30 MF  POR Helder Martins 55 GK  LTU Mantas Bertašius 57 MF  LTU Matas Ambrazaitis 77 FW  LTU Ignas Venckus 99 MF  NGA Aaron Olugbogi

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^[26] (2017 – 3 June 2021)^[27][28]
• David Afonso, (from 3 June 2021)^[29]