Association football club from Palanga, Lithuania
Football club
FK Palanga |
| Full name | Palangos Futbolo Klubas |
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| Founded | 1957 |
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| Dissolved | 2019 |
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| Ground | Palanga Stadium |
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| Capacity | 1,400 |
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| Chairman | Mindaugas Gobikas |
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| 2019 | A Lyga, 7th of 8 (dissolved) |
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| Website | http://fkpalanga.lt |
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FK Palanga was a professionalfootball club based inPalanga, Lithuania. The team competes in theA Lyga, the top division ofLithuanian football in 2018 and 2019 seasons.[1]
FK Palanga was founded in 2010 and introduced its first team to the third tier Antra Lyga in 2011.
FK Palanga started off strong and won this championship in the first year with no defeats. As a result of their victory, they were promoted in 2012 to the Primera Lyga (second tier).
FK Palanga plateaued for the next three years, sitting at the bottom of each standing.
This changed in 2015 as they went from strength to strength. The club changed ownership and their scores started to improve. In the Lithuanian Football League I (made up of 18 teams), they came fifth.
The club came in second in 2016.
In 2017, they won theI Lyga and earned a promotion to the A Lyga, the top division in Lithuania. To celebrate their promotion, the club was re-branded including a new logo and new colors of blue and white. The new logo features "1957", which was when the first football club inPalanga was founded.
In 2019, the team was in 7th position in theA Lyga and faced thePirma Lyga runners-upDFK Dainava in the playoff series. They won promotion play-offs on aggregate 5–0 and saved their place inA Lyga.
Preparation for the2019 season was started by signing Russian managersArtyom Gorlov andAleksandr Ushakhin, who replaced the previously resignedValdas Trakys.
In summer 2019,Vyacheslav Geraschenko became the new head coach, withAlgimantas Briaunys joining as an assistant coach on 21 July 2019.
On 5 December 2019, the Lithuanian Football Federation announce that two A Lyga clubs,FK Atlantas Klaipėda and FK Palanga have been excluded from the A Lyga due to manipulation of the match results, fined 42,000 euros and relegated to theII Lyga. Ten players and one staff were punished with fines and a ban from all football activity ranging from 6 to 12 months.[2]
- As of 16 September 2019[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Position | Name |
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| Chairman |  Mindaugas Gobikas |
| Director of football | Edgaras Barkus |
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Players who have either appeared for their respective national team at any time or received an individual award while at the club.
