FK Atlantas
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FK Atlantas was a Lithuanian professional football club based in the port city of Klaipėda.
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 the SSR Lithuanian champions in 1978, 1980, 1981, and 1984.
History
Modern Atlantas was founded in 1996. In Soviet occupation period in Klaipėda The team was known as Granitas and Atlantas from 1970 was a farm club of Granitas. The name Atlantas was used in Lithuanian championship and Granitas in Soviet Union Championship. In Lithuanian independence period from 1990 Granitas and Atlantas tradition was lost, but in 1996 the team was refounded team and named Atlantas. This team soon became the strongest football team in Klaipėda. They Played in the top division for a long time.
In summer 2018, the club had financial problems, because account's in banks were suspended. After that, some players ran away from the club.[1] Club owners thought about all chances to save club from dissvolvement.[2] In the first half of the 2018 A Lyga, the club was in 4th position and after the summer they didn't win any games in the championship and lost their position. But after 28 rounds, they were in 6th position and could play in final stage of the championship. 29th round was a loss to FC Stumbras 0–6.[3]
In January 2019, about the club situation known, that they lost sponsorship from business and Klaipėda city municipality and that means, that the club soon would defunct.[4]
In February 2019, the club changed owners. The new chief was Vidas Adomaitis.[5][6]
On 5 December 2019, the Lithuanian Football Federation announce that two A Lyga clubs, FK Atlantas and FK Palanga have been excluded from the A Lyga due to manipulation of the match results, fined 30,000 euros and relegated to II Lyga. Five players were punished with fines and a ban from all football activity ranging from 6 to 12 months.[7]
Atlantas was in 2020 Antra lyga (3rd level) and after first round was one of the top–6 teams. In final stage team had chances for the promotion to Pirma lyga.[8]
Name history
- 1962 – Granitas Klaipėda
- 1970 – Atlantas Klaipėda
- 1996 – FK Atlantas Klaipėda
Honours
Domestic
- Lithuanian Championship
- Runners-up (3): 2001, 2002, 2013
- Third place (5): 1999, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2015
- Lithuanian Cup
- Winners (2): 2001, 2003
- Runners-up (2): 2004, 2014–15
Soviet Championship
- Lithuanian SSR Championship
- Champions (4): 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984
- Soviet Second League
- Winners (2): 1964, 1985
- Lithuanian SSR Cup
- Winners (4): 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986
Other tournaments
- Turkmenistan President's Cup
- Third place (1): 2003
Supporters
FK Atlantas supporters were called Vakarų Frontas. They maintained friendly relations with fans of Žalgiris Vilnius and Rangers FC.
Crest and colours
The crest features a yellow seahorse with a football on the background. In the middle of the crest there is a white text saying Atlantas at the top and Klaipėda in smaller text under it. The logo contained some white.
Since the beginning, the club has used the colors yellow and blue on their kits.
Kit manufacturers
Season-by-season
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L Goals Top Scorer Cup Europe 1999 1st 3 18 9 6 3 34–24 2000 1st 3 36 21 4 11 70–45 2001 1st 2 36 19 12 5 66–29 2002 1st 2 32 20 7 5 58–23 2003 1st 5 28 9 6 13 27–30 2004 1st 3 28 15 5 8 36–29 2005 1st 7 36 11 8 17 40–52 2006 1st 6 36 14 10 12 46–41 2007 1st 6 36 13 6 17 54–45 2008 1st 6 28 7 7 14 31–44 2009 3rd 1 20 18 2 0 101–11 Gintas Podelis 2010 2nd 7 27 9 6 12 35–33 Žilvinas Kymantas 2011 1st 11 33 3 2 28 28–121 Karolis Laukžemis 2012 1st 8 36 7 6 23 33–92 Tino Lagator 2013 1st 2 32 22 5 5 64–23 Evaldas Razulis 2014 1st 3 36 19 8 9 76–36 Evaldas Razulis 2015 1st 3 36 21 7 8 65–34 Andrey Panyukov 2016 1st 4 33 16 8 9 42–32 Maksim Maksimov 2017 1st 5 33 8 12 13 39–43 Andrey Panyukov 2018 1st 6 33 6 6 21 28–75 2019 1st 6 33 7 5 21 30–78
2020 squad
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Notable and famous players
FK Atlantas players who have either appeared for their respective national team at any time or received an individual award while at the club.
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European cups history
2020 staff
| Position | Name |
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| President | Template:Flagicon Vidas Adomaitis |
| Director of football | Template:Flagicon Arnas Lekevičius |
| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Viktors Dobrecovs |
Managers
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- Template:Flagicon Algirdas Klimkevičius (19??–66)
- Template:Flagicon Algirdas Vosylius (1967–??)
- Template:Flagicon Romualdas Dambrauskas (19??–70)
- Template:Flagicon Henrikas Markevičius (1976–78)
- Template:Flagicon Fiodoras Finkelis (1978)
- Template:FlagiconVladas Ulinauskas (1980)
- Template:Flagicon Romas Lavrinavičius (1981)
- Template:Flagicon Algirdas Mitigaila (1982–83)
- Template:Flagicon Česlovas Urbonavičius (1984–86)
- Template:Flagicon Vytautas Gedgaudas (1986–89)
- Template:Flagicon Česlovas Urbonavičius (1984)
- Template:Flagicon Vytautas Gedgaudas (1992 – March 95)
- Template:Flagicon Algirdas Mitigaila (March 1995–00)
- Template:Flagicon Arūnas Šuika (2000)
- Template:Flagicon Vacys Lekevičius (2001–04)
- Template:Flagicon Šenderis Giršovičius (2002)
- Template:Flagicon Igoris Pankratjevas (2003–05)
- Template:Flagicon Vacys Lekevičius (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Igoris Pankratjevas (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Arminas Narbekovas (2006–07)
- Template:Flagicon Mindaugas Čepas (2008–09)
- Template:Flagicon Šenderis Giršovičius (2009–10)
- Template:Flagicon Saulius Mikalajūnas (23 Dec 2009 – 20 May 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Igoris Pankratjevas (2010)
- Template:Flagicon Vitalijus Stankevičius (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Romualdas Norkus (1 March 2012 – 30 June 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Sébastien Roques (July 2012 – Nov 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Konstantin Sarsania (1 Jan 2013 – 27 May 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Sergej Savchenkov (28 May 2017 – 13 June 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Rimantas Žvingilas (13 Jun 2017 – 23 July 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Igoris Pankratjevas (23 Jul 2017–end of 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Algimantas Briaunys (January 2018– 30 August 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Anatoli Shelest (September 2018 – November 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Viktors Dobrecovs (February 2019 – November 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Donatas Navikas (in November 2019; temporary)
References
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External links
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- FK Atlantas
- Defunct football clubs in Lithuania
- Football clubs in Klaipėda
- 1962 establishments in Lithuania
- Association football clubs established in 1962
- Association football clubs disestablished in 2020
- 2020 disestablishments in Lithuania