FK Atlantas

FK Atlantas

Full name	Football Club Atlantas
Founded	1962
Ground	Central Stadium of Klaipėda Klaipėda
Ground Capacity	5000
Chairman	Romualdas Jonaitis
Manager	Konstantin Sarsania
League	A Lyga
2015	A Lyga, 3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FK Atlantas is a Lithuanian football team from the port city of Klaipėda. The team currently plays on the first level of the Lithuanian football league pyramid.

The club's name has changed several times. It was established in 1962 as Granitas, and became PSK Aras in 1993. Since 1996, when FK Sirijus Klaipėda was absorbed into the club, it has had the name Atlantas, which in Lithuanian language means Atlantic Ocean.

Atlantas were Lithuanian champions in 1978, 1980, 1981, and 1984.

Name history

• 1962 – Granitas Klaipėda
• 1970 – Atlantas Klaipėda
• 1996 – FK Atlantas Klaipėda

Honours

• A Lyga
  • Runners-up :(3)

2001, 2002, 2013

• • 3rd place :5

1999, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2015

• Lithuanian Cup
  • Winners :(2)

2001, 2003

• • Runners-up :(2)

2004, 2015

• Lithuanian SSR Championship:
  • Winners :(4)

1978, 1980, 1981, 1984

• SSR Second League Champions:
  • Winners :(1)

1985

• Lithuanian SSR cup:
  • Winners :(4)

1977, 1981, 1983, 1986

Stadium

Central Stadium of Klaipėda is a multi-purpose stadium in Klaipėda, Lithuania. It is currently used mostly for football matches by FK Atlantas competing in A Lyga. In the past the stadium had a capacity of 9,000 and now holds only 5,000.

Season-by-season

Lithuania

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	Goals	P	Top Scorer	Cup	Europe
1991	1st	7	14	5	4	5	15–14	14

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 GK Mindaugas Malinauskas 6 MF Andrius Bartkus 7 FW Maksim Maksimov 8 MF Rokas Petrikas 10 MF Audrius Jurgelevičius 14 MF Skirmantas Rakauskas 15 DF Erlandas Juška 17 DF Markas Beneta 18 DF Andrius Jokšas 20 MF Dovydas Norvilas 21 FW Lukas Baranauskas 22 MF Simonas Urbys 23 DF Rolandas Baravykas

No. Position Player 25 DF Aleksei Epifanov 28 DF Justas Raziūnas 29 FW Artur Skuratovič 30 DF Kazimieras Gnedojus 31 GK Marius Adamonis 32 MF Robertas Vėževičius 33 DF Marius Kazlauskas 35 DF Edgaras Žarskis 41 DF Aleksander Bushmin 74 MF Ovidijus Verbickas 77 MF Gerardas Žukauskas 88 MF Dominykas Galkevičius 95 MF Julius Kasparavičius

European Cups History

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Bradford City	1–4	1–3	2–7
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Rapid Bucureşti	0–4	0–8	0–12
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Litex Lovech	0–5	1–3	1–8
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Dyskobolia Grodzisk	0–2	1–4	1–6
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Spartak Moscow	1–0	0–2	1–2
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	Rhyl	3–2	1–2	4–4 (a)
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FC Differdange 03	0–1	3–1	3–2
		2Q	Shakhter Karagandy	0–0	0–3	0–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Beroe Stara Zagora	0–2	1–3	1–5

Participation in Lithuanian Championships

• 2003 – 5th
• 2004 – 3rd
• 2005 – 7th
• 2006 – 6th
• 2007 – 6th
• 2008 – 6th
• 2011 – 11th
• 2012 – 8th
• 2013 – 2nd
• 2014 – 3rd
• 2015 – 3rd

Staff

Position	Name
President	Romualdas Jonaitis
Director of Sport	Valdas Trakys
Director	Vacys Lekevičius
Head Coach	Konstantin Sarsania
Assistant Coach	Rimantas Žvingilas
Assistant Coach	Sergej Savchenkov
Assistant Coach	Vladimir Tunkin
Goalkeeping Coach	Anton Savchenkov

Managers

References

External links

• Official website