FK Neptūnas

Futbolo klubas Neptūnas, commonly known as Neptūnas is a Lithuanian football team from the port city of Klaipėda.

FK Neptūnas
Full nameFutbolo klubas "Neptūnas"
Founded2020 (2020)
GroundKlaipėdos dirbtinės dangos aikštė
Capacity1,000
ChairmanTadas Vaitkus
ManagerValdas Trakys
LeagueI Lyga
20222nd
WebsiteClub website

History

Club was established in 2020. In January 2020 it was officially announced that Basketball Club Neptūnas aims to have a football team. The team successfully licensed and debuted in the II Lyga. With the help of 5-6 professional footballers, wished to win the II Lyga and to be promoted to the I Lyga.[1] Prerequisites for assembling a football team emerged after 2019 another club from Klaipėda FK Atlantas, who was eliminated from A Lyga and later (after season of 2020) defunct.[2]

2021 the team received a license of the I Lyga and participated in the I Lyga championship. In the final line-up the team was remained in tenth place out of fourteen participants.[3]

In December 2021 it was announced that Valdas Trakys become the new head coach.[4]

Honours

Domestic

Lithuania Antra lyga:

  • Runner-up: 2020

Recent seasons
Season Level Division Position Web Cup Notes
2020. 3. Antra lyga (Vakarai) 2nd [5] — Increase Promotion to 2021 Pirma lyga
2021. 2. Pirma lyga 10th [6][7] Second round
2022. 2. Pirma lyga 2nd Round of 16

Kit evolution
2021 – Jako (kit manufacturer)
2020
Home
2020
Away
2020
Goalkeepers
2021
Home
2021
Away
2021
Goalkeeper

Colors
  • 2020 – now.
NEPTŪNAS NEPTŪNAS

Squad
As of 23 May 2023[8]

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 Lithuania LTU Ernestas Grudys
2 DF Lithuania LTU Egidijus Dusevičius
4 DF Ukraine UKR Eduard Matveyenko
5 DF Lithuania LTU Martynas Velyvis
9 FW France FRA Brice Goupy
10 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Dovhyi
11 FW Lithuania LTU Arnas Spyčius
14 DF Lithuania LTU Paulius Juška
18 DF Lithuania LTU Rytis Statkus
19 FW Lithuania LTU Paulius Lotuzys
20 DF Lithuania LTU Ainis Vilavicius
23 MF Lithuania LTU Aurimas Skurdelis
24 DF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Bondar
28 DF Lithuania LTU Gabrielius Domkus
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 MF Lithuania LTU Adomas Ankudinovas
35 FW United Kingdom GBR Hussein Mehasseb
50 MF Lithuania LTU Darius Jurgelevicius
77 MF Lithuania LTU Denis Matihin
89 GK Lithuania LTU Dovydas Komža
90 DF Lithuania LTU Simonas Juska
94 FW Lithuania LTU Ignas Paulius
99 GK Lithuania LTU Edgaras Anaškin
— GK Ukraine UKR Mykola Yaroshevych
— DF Ukraine UKR Denys Prytykovskyi
— DF Nigeria NGA Yahaya Fawzi
— MF Ukraine UKR Artem Shcherbak
— FW Japan JPN Ken Murayama

Notable and famous players

FK Neptūnas players who have either appeared for their respective national team at any time or received an individual award while at the club.

Lithuania

Managers

References
  1. 15min.lt: naujienos
  2. "FK "Atlantas" ir FK "Palanga" dėl manipuliavimo rezultatais yra šalinami iš a lygos".
  3. "Summary - 1 Lyga - Lithuania - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  4. ""Neptūnui" vadovaus V.Trakys. Tikslas – kelialapis į a lygą".
  5. "Home". RSSSF.
  6. "Lithuania 2021". RSSSF.
  7. "FC Neptūnas - Lietuvos Futbolas".
  8. "FC Neptūnas - Lietuvos Futbolas".
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