FK Tauras Tauragė

FK Tauras

Full name	Football Club Tauras
Nickname(s)	–
Founded	1942
Ground	Vytautas Stadium Tauragė
Ground Capacity	3500. Renovated in 2010-2011
Chairman	Jaunutis Setkus
Manager	Ramazan Silin
League	1 Lyga
2014	9th
Home colours Away colours

FK Tauras is a Lithuanian football team from the city of Tauragė. The team plays in the 1 Lyga, Lithuania's second-tier football division.

Name

During its history the club has changed its name several times:

• 1942 – Tauras
• 1947 – Žalgiris
• 1957 – Maistas
• 1959 – Maisto Sporto Klubas (MSK)
• 1962 – Tauras
• 1990 – Elektronas
• 1992 – Tauras-Karšuva
• 1995 – Tauras
• 2005 – Tauras ERRA
• 2008 – Tauras

European record

UEFA Europa League:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	Q1		Llanelli	3–2 (aet)	2–2	5–4
	Q2		APOEL	0–3	1–3	1–6
2011–12	Q2		ADO Den Haag	2–3	0–2	2–5

Achievements

• Lithuanian SSR championship: 1

1987

Current squad

As of 1 July 2014.

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Aironas Vaičikauskas 2 DF Donatas Šadbaras 3 MF Ryuya Maruyama 4 DF Matteo Pepe 7 DF Ovidijus Barkauskas 9 MF Mouhamed Cisse 11 FW Edgaras Mejeris 13 MF Vidmantas Gudjonis 17 DF Julius Meištininkas 19 MF Vytautas Kurmis 22 GK Karolis Gečas

No. Position Player 23 MF Marius Danila 33 MF Lukas Ankudinovas 37 MF Lukas Bielskis 40 FW Tadas Juknius 43 DF Dominykas Norkus 44 GK Algirdas Šveikauskas 77 FW Dmitri Iablonski 78 FW Igor Dementev 82 FW Vladimir Pak 91 DF Elvinas Bajorinas

Managers

• Jonas Stažys (1987)
• Šenderis Giršovičius (1987–88)
• Edvardas Malkevičius (2009)
• Jurijus Popkovas (2009)
• Gediminas Jarmalavičius (Jan 1, 2011–11)
• Giovanni Scanu (2012–1?)
• Alyaksandr Brazevich (March 6, 2013–July 25, 2013)
• Ramazan Silin (August 4, 2013–September 5, 2013)
• Gediminas Jarmalavičius (September 5, 2013-)

Notable Supporters

Moz5a

External links

• Official website
• Fans website