FK Utenis Utena

Lithuanian football club

Football club

Utenis Utena

Full name

Futbolo Klubas Utenos Utenis

Nickname(s)

Utenis

Founded

1933

Ground

Utenis Stadium

Capacity

3,000

Chairman

Marius Treimakas^[1]

League

II Lyga

2021

14th, II Lyga

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Current season

FK Utenis Utena is a professional football club, based in Utena, Lithuania. The club plays its home matches at the Utenis Stadium (capacity 3,000).^[2]

In 2020, FK Utenis Utena will participate in the II Lyga. As due to financial difficulties in 2019 the shareholders voted to withdraw from participation in the I Lyga.

Name history

1933 – Utenis Utena
1946 – Žalgiris Utena
1948 – Vienybė Utena
1948 – Žalgiris Utena
1955 – Spartakas Utena
1957 – Nemunas Utena
1965 – FK Utenis Utena

History

FK Utenis founded in 1933. In 2014. the team was refounded. In the I Lyga, they were in third position and was promoted to the A lyga.

In 2015, 2016, 2017 seasons, the club spent in the top division of Lithuania, but by the end of 2017, they had financial problems and after end of the season decided to play next season in I Lyga.

In the 2018 I Lyga, the team finished in 8th position.^[3] However, due to financial difficulties the shareholders voted to withdraw from participation in 2019 I Lyga and will play in 2019 II Lyga.

Stadium

Utenis Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Utena, Lithuania. The stadium was renovated using funds from the European Union and opened on September 5, 2013. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Utenis Utena.

Kit

From the establishment of the club, Utenis colours are blue and white, therefore the kit is blue/white variation of shirt, shorts and socks. Away kits are usually plain white or blue.

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
2014–2015	Hummel
2016–2019	Adidas
2020-present	Capelli Sport

Participation in Lithuanian championships

Season	League	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Cup
2014	I Lyga	3rd	31	18	7	6	61	22	61	Third round
2015	A Lyga	6th	36	11	9	16	41	50	42	Quarter-finalist
2016	A Lyga	7th	28	4	4	20	24	47	16	Round of 32
2017	A Lyga	6th	33	8	9	16	30	56	33	Round of 32
2018	I Lyga	8th	26	12	5	9	46	33	41	Round of 32
2019	II Lyga	11th	24	5	4	15	27	71	19

Current squad

Updated 2 August 2018^[4]^[5]

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	RUS	Aleksėjus Kozlovas
31	GK	LTU	Marius Paukštė

3	DF	LTU	Vytautas Norkūnas
23	DF	LTU	Tadas Kanapka
32	DF	LTU	Emilijus Šinkūnas
33	DF	AUS	Connor Fotios Kass
34	DF	LTU	Mindaugas Ubeika

6	MF	LTU	Arnas Bražėnas
7	MF	LTU	Mantas Savėnas
10	MF	COL	John Hernandez
13	MF	LTU	Gabrielius Petuchovas
21	MF	LTU	Arnas Borodinas
44	MF	CIV	Max Cesar Sankan Bahi

5	FW	LTU	Arnas Jurevičius
9	FW	LTU	Kiril Levšin
17	FW	LTU	Džiugas Sūnelaitis
45	FW	LTU	Donatas Šėgžda

Staff

Position	Name
CEO	[[]]^[1]
Technical Director	Giuseppe Cristaldi
Head of Youth Development	Matheus Campos
Head coach
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Club doctor	Audrius Žemaitis

Coaches

Mindaugas Čepas (Jan, 2014–May 7, 2016 )
Oleh Boychyshyn (May 7, 2016 – January 9, 2017)
Zvezdan Milošević (January 9, 2017 – April 26, 2017)
Oleh Boychyshyn (April 26, 2017 – May 15, 2017)
David Campaña Piquer (May 15, 2017– November 2017)
Egidijus Varnas (Since 2018)

Partnership

HB Køge^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Klubas subrendo struktūrinėms permainoms". www.utenosutenis.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "Lithuania - Utenis Utena - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
^ ""Panevėžys" iškovojo LFF Pirmos lygos titulą". LFF.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "Apie klubą". www.utenosutenis.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "FK Utenis - Lietuvos Futbolas".
^ "Futbolą vystys kartu su danais" (in Lithuanian). FK Utenis. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
^ "Sukirto rankomis su Danijos klubu" (in Lithuanian). FK Utenis. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.