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. The men's team currently play in A Lyga, the top tier of Lithuanian football.

FA Šiauliai
Full nameFootball Academy of Šiauliai
Nickname(s)šiauliečiai
Founded1 September 2007; 17 years ago (1 September 2007)
GroundSavivaldybė Stadium
Capacity3,030
ChairmanDeivis Kančelskis (chief of team)
Head coachvacant
LeagueA Lyga
2024A Lyga, 7th of 10

History

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Football Academy of Šiauliai was established in 2007, after a merger between Napolis Šiauliai and "Klevas" school of sport.[1]

Men's team

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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.

In 2021, FA Šiauliai applied for a license to play in A Lyga (Top tier) for the first time in history from next season.

Women's team

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Futsal team

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FA Šiauliai men's futsal team joined the top division Futsal A Lyga in 2019-2020 season.

Recent seasons

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Lithuanian championship
Season Level League Place Reference
2010 4 III Lyga (Šiauliai) 9th
2016 6th
2017 3 II Lyga (West) 4th [5]
2018 6th [6]
2019 2 I Lyga 6th [7][8][9]
2020 5th [10]
2021 1st [11]
2022 1 A Lyga 7th [12]
2023 3rd [13]
2024 7th [14]
Futsal A Lyga
Season Level League Regular Season Play-off
2019-2020 1. Futsal A Lyga 4. quarterfinal

Stadium

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Savivaldybė Stadium (Municipality 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.

European record

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1QR   FCI Levadia 0–2 0−0 0–2
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round

FA Šiauliai B

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FA Šiauliai 'B' team is currently playing in the I Lyga (second tier).

Current squad

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As of 30 July, 2024[15]

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
3 DF   LTU Vytas Gašpuitis
4 DF   LTU Sigitas Olberkis
5 DF   LTU Kristupas Keršys (on loan from FK Metta)
6 FW   LTU Emilijus Jermolajev
7 MF   LTU Justas Petravičius
8 DF   LTU Egidijus Vaitkūnas
9 FW   LTU Augustinas Klimavičius
10 FW   LVA Dāvis Ikaunieks
11 MF   LTU Deividas Šešplaukis
12 GK   LTU Paulius Linkevicius
13 MF   LTU Daniel Romanovskij
14 MF   LTU Karolis Žebrauskas
17 FW   LTU Eligijus Jankauskas
19 MF   LTU Simonas Paulius
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   LTU Simonas Urbys
23 DF   LTU Rolandas Baravykas
26 MF   LTU Vilius Jucys
28 FW   LTU Nauris Petkevičius
29 MF   LTU Deividas Dovydaitis
31 MF   LTU Gabrielius Micevičius
32 MF   LTU Gabijus Micevicius
33 MF   LTU Domantas Šimkus
35 DF   LTU Matas Gasiūnas
44 DF   LTU Martynas Dapkus
61 GK   LTU Gustas Baliutavičius
80 DF   UKR Yevhen Yefremov
88 MF   LTU Mantas Kuklys
99 MF   LTU Donatas Kazlauskas

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   LTU Emilis Gasiunas (at Džiugas until 31 December 2024)

Famous players

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Managers

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References

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  1. ^ "Šiaulių Futbolo Akademija | Veikla". Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. ^ "FA Šiauliai - Lietuvos Futbolas". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. ^ ""Sūduva" galingai pradėjo LFF taurės turnyrą | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga". Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Pirmos lygos licencijavime dalyvaus vienas seniausių Lietuvos futbolo klubų". Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Lithuanian 2017 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West". Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Lithuanian 2018 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West". Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  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". Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  9. ^ "I lyga - Lietuvos Futbolas". Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Lithuania 2020". Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Lithuania 2021". Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Lithuania 2022". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  13. ^ https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lito2023.html
  14. ^ https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lito2024.html
  15. ^ "FA Šiauliai". siauliufa.lt. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  16. ^ FA „Šiauliai“ ir M. Čepas pasuko skirtingais keliais
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