FA Šiauliai

This article is about the football academy established in 2007. For the football club active 2004–2016, see FC Šiauliai.

FA Šiauliai
Full nameFootball Academy of Šiauliai
Nickname(s)šiauliečiai
Founded1 September 2007 (1 September 2007)
GroundSavivaldybė Stadium
Capacity3,030
ChairmanDeivis Kančelskis (chief of team)
Head coachDainis Kazakevičs
LeagueA Lyga
2024A Lyga, 7th of 10

Football Academy of Šiauliai or FA Šiauliai is a Lithuanian football academy from the city of Šiauliai. The team is simply known as "Šiauliai". The academy train women's and men's teams, as well as children's and underage groups in "U" type championships. The men's team currently play in A Lyga, the top tier of Lithuanian football.

History

Football Academy of Šiauliai was established in 2007, after a merger between Napolis Šiauliai and "Klevas" school of sport.[1]

Men's team

Men's football team participates under name FA Šiauliai.

In 2010 and 2016 the team played in Šiauliai region championship of the III Lyga (4th tier).

In 2017 and 2018 team played in II Lyga (3rd tier). In 2017 the team achieved 4th position and 6th in 2018.[2]

In 2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, FA Šiauliai lost to FK Sūduva Marijampolė 0:7 in 1/32 round.[3]

In 2019 FA Šiauliai applied for a license to play in I Lyga (2nd tier), despite the fact that they finished 6th in 2018 II Lyga. The club failed to satisfy licensing criteria, and I Lyga license was not issued.[4] However, the club was granted an exception, the club played in 2019 LFF I Lyga and finished in 6th position.

In 2021, FA Šiauliai applied for a license to play in A Lyga (Top tier) for the first time in history from next season.

Women's team

Main article: ŠSG-FA Šiauliai

Futsal team

FA Šiauliai men's futsal team joined the top division Futsal A Lyga in 2019-2020 season.

Recent seasons

Lithuanian championship
Season Level League Place Reference
2010 4 III Lyga (Šiauliai) 9th
2016 6th
2017 3 II Lyga (West) 4th [5]
2018 6th [6]
2019 2 I Lyga 6th [7][8][9]
2020 5th [10]
2021 1st [11]
2022 1 A Lyga 7th [12]
2023 3rd [13]
2024 7th [14]
2025
Futsal A Lyga
Season Level League Regular Season Play-off
2019-2020 1. Futsal A Lyga 4. quarterfinal

Stadium

Main article: Savivaldybė Stadium

Savivaldybė Stadium (Municipality stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Šiauliai, Lithuania. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home stadium of FA Šiauliai. The stadium capacity is 4,000. The stadium is located at: S. Daukanto g. 23, Šiauliai.

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1QR FCI Levadia 0–2 0−0 0–2
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round

FA Šiauliai B

FA Šiauliai 'B' team is currently playing in the I Lyga (second tier).

Current squad

As of 12 July, 2025[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  LTU Lukas Paukštė
2 DF  FRA Scotty Sadzoute
3 DF  LTU Vytas Gašpuitis
4 DF  LTU Martynas Dapkus
5 DF  LTU Kristupas Keršys
6 DF  LTU Grantas Jaseliūnas
7 FW  LTU Justas Petravičius
8 MF  LTU Dominykas Kubilinskas
9 FW  LTU Augustinas Klimavičius
10 MF  EST Nikita Komissarov
11 MF  LTU Deividas Šešplaukis
13 MF  LTU Daniel Romanovskij
14 MF  LTU Karolis Žebrauskas
16 GK  LTU Orestas Apočkinas
17 FW  LTU Eligijus Jankauskas
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  LTU Emilis Gasiūnas
21 DF  SRB Marko Mandić
23 MF  POR Benny
27 MF  LTU Danielius Jarašius
29 MF  LTU Deividas Dovydaitis
30 MF  LTU Ugnius Vaitiekaitis
31 MF  LTU Gabrielius Micevičius
36 MF  LTU Juozas Radavičius
50 DF  LTU Edgaras Bierontas
51 MF  LTU Gustas Geštautas
61 GK  LTU Gustas Baliutavičius
80 DF  UKR Yevhen Yefremov
97 FW  SRB Milan Đokić
99 GK  LTU Ignas Aleksandravičius

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Famous players

See Category:FA Šiauliai players

Managers

  • Renatas Vestartas (since 2017 till the end of 2020 season)
  • Mindaugas Čepas (2021–2024);[16]
  • Dainis Kazakevičs (2024–now)

References

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  3. ^ ""Sūduva" galingai pradėjo LFF taurės turnyrą | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga". Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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  7. ^ "Arkiverade kopian". Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Pirmos lygos licencijavime dalyvaus vienas seniausių Lietuvos futbolo klubų". Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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  10. ^ "Lithuania 2020". Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Lithuania 2021". Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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  14. ^ https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lito2024.html
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  16. ^ FA „Šiauliai“ ir M. Čepas pasuko skirtingais keliais
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