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FK Sveikata Kybartai
Futbolo klubas Sveikata, commonly known as Sveikata, is a Lithuanian football club located in Kybartai, in Vilkaviškis District. They currently play in the II Lyga, the third tier of Lithuanian football. They are the oldest active football club in the country. In 2019 FK Sveikata became a member of the prestigious Club of Pioneers. History The club was founded in as FK Banga Kybartai. The following year it was renamed and called FK Sveikata Kybartai. In 1949, the club became a part of the republican sports union "Žalgiris". From 1952, the club was renamed GKS for sponsorship reasons. During the Soviet occupation in Lithuania, the club was in the top division for a long time. Over the decades, it was both relegated and promoted back to the first tier more than once. The 1990 season saw the club relegated to the First League and subsequently, in 1993, to the Second League. Currently (2022), they play in II Lyga. In 2019, they had hope obtain a licence for Pirma lyga (2n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Of Pioneers
The Club of Pioneers is a worldwide network of the oldest continuing association football clubs from each country. The Club of Pioneers was founded in 2013 by Sheffield FC, the first and oldest association football club in the world. The Club of Pioneers aims to discover and connect the world's oldest existing football clubs, to build a global network of like-minded football clubs to promote the importance of football history and the grass roots and amateur game. Definition of Pioneers According to today's historical knowledge and available sources of football history, the Sheffield Football Club Foundation awards the honorary membership within the Club of Pioneers to those football clubs, who: # Still play football in amateur or professional football competition today. # Have constantly existed as a sports organisation since their date of foundation. (exceptions for periods of inactivity due to external reasons, for example war.) # Are by definition the oldest existing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
