FK Dainava Alytus

FK Dainava
Full name Football Club Dainava Alytus
Founded 2000 (Vidzgiris)
2003 (Alytis)
2010 (merger)
Ground Alytus Stadium
Capacity 3,790
Chairman Italy Giuseppe Greco
Head Coach San Marino Marco Ragini
League A Lyga
2011 A Lyga, 8th
Website Club home page

FK Dainava Alytus is a Lithuanian football club from Alytus. The club was established in 2003 as FK Alytis, before being renamed FK Dainava after a merger with FK Vidzgiris Alytus in December 2010.[1]

History

The roots of Dainava can be traced back to two predecessor clubs, FK Alytis and FK Vidzgiris.

FK Alytis Alytus were founded in 2003, apparently as the heir of a former club from Alytus also called "Alytis" which existed between 1965 and 2002.[1] Alytis began play at the Lithuanian third level, from which they were immediately promoted in their very first season. The side soon established itself as one of the best teams of the 1 Lyga, winning the second-level championship in 2005 and 2007 and finishing as runners-up in 2006 and from 2008–2010. The club also participated in the UEFA Regions' Cup in 2007 and 2009.

FK Vidzgiris Alytus were founded in 2000.[2] They were initially not as successful as their city rivals, beginning play in the lower Lithuanian leagues before being promoted to the third-level 2 Lyga for the 2005 season.[3] After spending a couple of seasons near the top of the 2 Lyga, Vidzgiris were eventually granted a 1 Lyga licence for the 2010 season, in which the team finished in third place.

Both teams merged to form FK Dainava Alytus in December 2010 with the goal of successfully applying for a 2011 A Lyga licence. The licence was eventually granted in March 2011.[4]

The current team is not the first team to play as "Dainava Alytus", as there were several other but unrelated teams who chose this name, with the earliest dating back as far as 1935.[1] However, of these teams, only the 1996–2003 incarnation managed to play at any top-level league, being members of the A Lyga between the 1998–99 and 2001 seasons.

They are having a disappointing 2014 campaign, with only 3 points in 19 games with 108 goals conceded and only 4 scored as of 22 June.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Lithuania GK Kornelijus Timofejevas
3 Italy DF Antonio Sepe
4 Italy MF Fabio Possagno
6 Lithuania MF Ervinas Baranauskas
7 Lithuania DF Skirmantas Šeštavickas
8 Lithuania FW Deividas Kumeta
14 Lithuania DF Nerijus Kavaliauskas
16 Lithuania FW Kęstutis Balčiūnas
17 Lithuania DF Vytenis Ruzgas
18 Lithuania DF Ervinas Chvesko
19 Lithuania DF Edvardas Gaurilovas
20 Lithuania MF Paulius Ieška
21 France FW Yanis Bahloul
No. Position Player
23 Italy MF Riccardo Biasini
27 Italy MF Luigi Mariani
31 Italy DF Fabio Faragalli
32 Italy FW Marco Pietro Pintus
33 Nigeria DF Sergio Osagho
35 Lithuania GK Tomas Tenenė
45 Lithuania DF Vaidotas Rutkauskas
75 Lithuania MF Rokas Janilionis
77 Lithuania FW Renaldas Stankevičius
88 Lithuania DF Paulius Drublionis
90 Italy DF Marco Bianchi
92 France FW Cristophe Bellus
99 Senegal MF Mouhamed Camara

Managers

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "FK Dainava Alytus". Weltfussballarchiv. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "FK Vidzgiris Alytus". Weltfussballarchiv. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Futbolinis - FK Vidzgiris Alytus (2005-2010) man team (view)". Futbolinis. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "2011 metų LFF A lygoje žais 12 komandų, paskelbtas tvarkaraštis" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  5. ↑ http://fkdainava.lt/lt/komanda.html
  6. ↑ http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/europa/esclusiva-tmw-ragini-vado-in-lituania-allenero-il-dainava-557109