FK Utenis Utena is a professional

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club, based in

Utena Utena () is a city in north-east Lithuania. It is the administrative center of Utena district and Utena County. Utena is one of the oldest settlements of Lithuania. The name of the city is most probably derived from a hydronym. The name of the s ...

, Lithuania. The club plays its home matches at the Utenis Stadium (capacity 3,000). In 2020, FK Utenis Utena will participate in the

II Lyga Lithuanian Football Federation's II lyga, LFF II lyga – the third tier Lithuanian football championship. As of 2021, the II lyga is a single league, consisting of planned 16 teams. The two top teams gain promotion to the I Lyga. Until the end ...

. As due to financial difficulties in 2019 the shareholders voted to withdraw from participation in the

I Lyga The I Lyga, LFF I Lyga, Pirma Lyga, is the second tier of professional Lithuanian football championship. Format Organized by the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), I Lyga is contested by 14-16 teams, with the top team gaining promotion to ...

Name history

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

History

FK Utenis founded in 1933. In 2014. the team was refounded. In the

, they were in third position and was promoted to the

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. 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

. In the 2018 I Lyga, the team finished in 8th position. However, due to financial difficulties the shareholders voted to withdraw from participation in 2019 I Lyga and will play in 2019 II Lyga.

Stadium

Utenis Stadium is a

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. The stadium was renovated using funds from the

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and opened on September 5, 2013. It is currently used mostly for

matches and is the home stadium of FK Utenis Utena.

Kit

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

Participation in Lithuanian championships

Current squad

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Staff

Coaches

* 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 Egidijus Varnas (born 31 July 1975) is a Lithuanian football forward currently playing for FK Ekranas. Varnas made two appearances for the Lithuania national football team The Lithuania national football team ( lt, Lietuvos nacionalinė f ...

(Since 2018)

Partnership

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References

External links

* Football clubs in Lithuania Sport in Utena 1933 establishments in Lithuania

FK Utenis Utena 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). In 2020, FK Utenis Utena will participate in the II Lyga. As due to financial difficulties in 20 ...

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