FA Šiauliai

This article is about the football academy established in 2007. For the football club active 2004–2016, see FC 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. The men's team currently play in A Lyga, the top tier of Lithuanian football.

FA Šiauliai

Full name	Football Academy of Šiauliai
Nickname(s)	šiauliečiai
Founded	1 September 2007; 17 years ago (1 September 2007)
Ground	Savivaldybė Stadium
Capacity	3,030
Chairman	Deivis Kančelskis (chief of team)
Head coach	vacant
League	A Lyga
2023	A Lyga, 3rd of 10
Home colours Away colours

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.

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

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)	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			TBA	[14]

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 (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

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

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

Current squad

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

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

• Deividas Lunskis (2017, 2018)
• Daniel Romanovskij (December 2021– 22 November 2023)

Managers

• Renatas Vestartas (since 2017 till the end of 2020 season)
• Mindaugas Čepas (2021–2024);^[16]

References

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.
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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.
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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
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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

External links

• Official site