FK Tauras Tauragė

FK Tauras

Full name	Football Club Tauras
Founded	1922
Ground	Vytautas Stadium Tauragė
Ground Capacity	3500. Renovated in 2010–2011
Home colours Away colours

FK Tauras is a Lithuanian football team from the city of Tauragė.

History

The club was founded 1922 in the Lithuanian city Tauragė.

Name

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

• 1922 – 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 26 March, 2017.

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 16 GK Nojus Budrys 95 GK Justinas Popiera 2 DF Simonas Pilypas 3 DF Mažvydas Gintalas 4 DF Yuri Shevchuk 5 DF Benas Laugalys 6 DF Vyacheslav Emelianenko 17 DF Jean-Paul Ndeki 21 DF Julius Meištininkas 29 DF Mutala Swallan 7 MF Laurynas Danielius 11 MF Edgaras Mejeris 19 MF Povilas Kiselevskis

No. Position Player 20 MF Mindaugas Venckus 22 MF Karolis Gečas 23 MF Adomas Ankudinovas 24 MF Francis Amponcah 33 MF Lukas Ankudinovas 8 FW Audrius Brokas 9 FW Simonas Babilius 10 FW Karlen Darchinyan 13 FW Vidmantas Gudjonis 14 FW Evaldas Grigaitis 15 FW Romas Auškalnis 25 FW Dery Kognuu 31 FW Donatas Gaižauskas

Managers

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

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