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FC Džiugas Telšiai

Football Club Džiugas Telšiai, commonly known as Džiugas Telšiai, or simply as Džiugas, is a Lithuanian association football club based in Telšiai, that competes in the A Lyga, top tier of Lithuanian football.

Džiugas Telšiai
Full nameTelšių "Džiugas"
Founded1923 SA Džiugas
1991 FK Džiugas
2014 FC Džiugas
GroundTelšiai Central Stadium
Capacity2,400
ChairmanMartynas Armalis
ManagerAndrius Lipskis
LeagueA Lyga
2024A Lyga, 6th of 10
Websitehttp://www.fcdziugas.lt/

History

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On the 2 November 1923, sport association Džiugas was established in Telšiai. Between 1923 and 1946, the club had football, basketball, ice hockey teams and expanded to other sports of the city. In 1926, Džiugas merged with another sports club "Laimutė" and had 145 official club members. The first director of the board was S. Lukošius. On the 6 June 1927, the football team played their first game against the Lithuanian bicyclist union which finished 2:2. In 1935, 1936, and 1937, Džiugas became the champions of the Samogitia region. Other participants of the tournament were teams from Plungė, Skouodas, Tauragė and Mažeikiai. Džiugas played their first international game in 1938 against Latvian side "Olimpija" and won 2:1.

In 1946, Džiugas was attached to state-wide sports union "Žalgiris" and the team participated in lower Lithuanian SSR football divisions.

In 1992–1993 season Džiugas became the champions of the III league but in 1994, the team was dissolved and a new Telšai team "Mastis" was formed.

In 2014, the club was reestablished by the football community of Telšiai. In their first season in II lyga (3rd tier), the club won 2nd place and gained promotion to I lyga (2nd tier), and has been participating in it since.

Before the start of the 2019 season, head coach Vijūnas Vasiliauskas was replaced by retired club player Marius Šluta.[1] In 2019, Džiugas won the I Lyga,[2] and gained promotion to the A Lyga. However, the club failed to meet licensing criteria to the A Lyga, and remained in I Lyga for the 2020 season.

They were in 4th position in LFF I Lyga and was promoted to A Lyga.[3] At 2021 season club made debut in A Lyga and was in 8th position.

In the middle of 2022 A Lyga season club changed head coach. João Manuel Lopez Prates replaced Marius Šluta. In their second season in A Lyga, they were at 9th place and played relegation play-off against FK Neptūnas. First match in Klaipėda Džiugas Club won 4-0 and second match in Telšiai won 1–0. Aggregate result was 5-0 and they managed to save their place in A Lyga.

Honours

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League

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Recent seasons

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Season Tier League Position Web Notes
2014 3. Antra lyga 2. [4]   Promotion
2015 2. Pirma lyga 10. [5]
2016 2. Pirma lyga 7. [6]
2017 2. Pirma lyga 5. [7]
2018 2. Pirma lyga 5. [8][9]
2019 2. Pirma lyga 1. [10]
2020 2. Pirma lyga 4. [11]   Promotion
2021 1. A lyga 8. [12]
2022 1. A lyga 9. [13]
2023 1. A lyga 9. [14]
2024 1. A lyga 6.

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 Marius Paukštė
2 DF   LTU Orlandas Jakas
3 DF   BUL Miroslav Pushkarov
4 DF   LTU Arnas Martinkus
5 MF   POR Joaquim Domingos
6 MF   LTU Tomas Dombrauskis
8 MF   LTU Dominykas Kubilinskas
9 FW   LTU Meinardas Mikulėnas (on loan from FK Žalgiris)
10 MF   POR David Brazão
11 MF   GER Estevez Fernandez
13 DF   LTU Tomas Rapalavičius
14 MF   LTU Gvidas Girdvainis
16 MF   LTU Airimas Pilipavičius
17 FW   LTU Eridanas Bagužas
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   LTU Emilis Gasiunas (on loan from FA Šiauliai)
19 FW   NED Nino Noordanus
20 MF   CMR Christian Bella
23 DF   CIV Ibrahim Cissé (on loan from SJK)
24 DF   SVN Dejan Trajkovski
27 MF   JPN Hirotaka Yamada
29 DF   SEN Bacary Sané
30 DF   LTU Dziugas Aleksa
33 DF   LTU Lukas Ankudinovas
37 MF   LTU Deitonas Vinckus
62 DF   UKR Serhiy Kulynych
77 MF   LTU Aurimas Stulga
97 GK   LVA Ivans Baturins
99 GK   LTU Vykintas Gaudiešius

Staff

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Position Name
Director   Martynas Armalis
Head coach   Andrius Lipskis
Assistant coach   Andrius Lipskis

References

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  1. ^ "Ryškėja pirmieji naujojo "Džiugo" sezono kontūrai" (in Lithuanian). FC Džiugas. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Turnyrinė lentelė". LFF I Lyga. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  3. ^ "I lyga 2020 1-8 vietos - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  4. ^ "Lithuanian 2014 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West". almis.sritis.lt. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  5. ^ "Lithuania 2015". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  6. ^ "Lithuania 2016". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  7. ^ "Lithuania 2017". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  8. ^ "Lithuania 2018". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  9. ^ "2018 LFF I lyga lietuvosfutbolas.lt". Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  10. ^ "Lithuania 2019". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  11. ^ "Lithuania 2020". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  12. ^ "Lithuania 2021". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  13. ^ "Lithuania 2022". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  14. ^ "Lithuania 2023". RSSSF.
  15. ^ "Telšių "Džiugas" – oficialus puslapis". Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
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