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| http://www.utenosutenis.lt/

Home colours

Away colours

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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

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

## History

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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

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Utenis 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

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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

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Period  | Kit manufacturer

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2014–2015  | Hummel
2016–2019  | Adidas
2020–present  | Capelli Sport

## Sponsors

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Sponsors

Utenos Alus
Baltijos polistirenas
Kia
Duventa
Ramirent
Perskindol
Umaras

Kit manufacturer

Capelli Sport

## Participation in Lithuanian championships

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Season | League | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Cup

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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

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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.

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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

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Position  | Name

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

## Coaches

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* 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

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* HB Køge[6][7]

## References

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

## External links

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* Official website

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