FC Gintra is a

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n women's football club from

Šiauliai Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Names Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different l ...

. It is the team of the local

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History

The club plays in the highest Lithuanian league, the

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and has won 13 championships so far. The fourth one in 2005 and every championship since then. After its championships, the club played in the

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and from 2009 onwards in the

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. The club participated only in the qualifying rounds though, playing 3 games each season, and the best result achieved was 1 win, 1 tie and 1 loss thus failing to move on to the next round. The club took part in the

2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League was the tenth edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in London, England on 26 May 2011 at Craven Cottage. French side Olympique Lyon won the competition afte ...

qualifying round and managed a good 2nd place after beating ZFK Borec (Macedonia), drawing to Klaksvikar Itrottarfelag (Faroe Islands) and only losing to England's Everton. All games were hosted by Gintra in Lithuania. In the 2014/15 edition they finished as best runners-up and advanced to the round of 32 for the first time in ten seasons.

Honours

(20): 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005 to 2021 * Lithuanian Women's Cup (12) : 2005 to 2016 * Lithuanian Women's Supercup (1) : 2006 *

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(1): 2017

Players

Current squad

Former internationals

: Raimonda Bložytė-Lukoševičienė, Viktorija Budrytė, Gintare Burokaitė, Oksana Imanalijeva, Rasa Imanalijeva, Rasa Jackunaitė, Gitana Kerpiėnė, Indrė Kirjanovaitė, Raimonda Kudytė,

Rimantė Kunickaitė Rimantė Kunickaitė (born 18 April 1993) is a Lithuanian footballer who played as a midfielder for A Lyga club FK Kauno Žalgiris Futbolo klubas Kauno Žalgiris (''Football club Kauno Žalgiris'') is a professional football club based in Ka ...

, Anika Kyžaitė, Justina Lavrenovaitė-Perez, Jurgita Mačikunytė, Rita Mažukėlytė, Brigita Partikaitė, Alina Petrauskaitė, Klaudija Savickaitė, Marija Stasiulytė, Olga Švaikevič, Kamilė Vaičiulaitytė,

Liucija Vaitukaitytė Liucija Vaitukaitytė (born 24 April 2000) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club Parma. She previously played in Italy for Pomigliano and in Spain for Granadilla, Sevilla Sevi ...

, Tatjana Veržbickaja, Dovilė Gailevičiūtė, Simona Petravičienė, Algimantė Mikutaitė, Greta Lukjančukė, Vestina Neverdauskaitė, Meda Šeškutė, Paulina Sarkanaitė, Gabija Toropovaitė,

Rimantė Jonušaitė Rimantė Jonušaitė (born 25 October 2003) is a Lithuanian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for A.C. Milan Women, A.C. Milan in the Serie A (women's football), Serie A and has appeared for t ...

, Meda Šeškutė, Lolita Žižytė, Samanta Karasiovaitė, Paulina Sarkanaitė *

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: Ina Boyko,Ina Boyko and Ina Budestean are the same person Narmina Rzayeva *

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: Lyubov Gudchenko, Anna Pilipenko *

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: Kristina Petrunova *

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: María José Rojas *

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Laetitia Chapeh Laetitia Chapeh Yimga (born 7 April 1987) is a footballer who plays as a defender for French Régional 1 club FCF Hénin-Beaumont. Born and raised in Cameroon to Cameroonian parents, Chapeh has played in the Equatorial Guinean women's league ...

Gloria Chinasa Gloria Chinasa Okoro (born 8 December 1987), known as Gloria Chinasa, is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Nigeria, she has played for Equatorial Guinea. Club career Chinasa was born and raised in Nigeria. She began her career in P ...

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: Toriana Patterson *

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: Guna Āboliņa, Sintija Greijere, Olga Ivanova, Ņina Maksimova,

Karlīna Miksone Karlīna Miksone (born 21 March 2000) is a Latvian footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Latvia women's national team. Career Miksone has been capped for the Latvia national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 ...

, Anastasija Ročāne *

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: Christina Murillo *

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: Ina Budestean, Carolina Țabur,

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Zenatha Coleman Zenatha Goeieman Coleman (born 25 September 1993) is a Namibian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Women's First Football League club Fenerbahçe S.K. and captains the Namibia women's national team. Club career In O ...

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: Florence Ajayi *

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Jelena Čubrilo Jelena Čubrilo (born 9 January 1994) is a Serbian footballer, who plays as a forward for STurkish Women's Football Super League club Fatih Vatan Spor and the Serbia women's national team. Club career Čubrilo has played for Spartak Suboti ...

Nikoleta Nikolić Nikoleta Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Николета Николић; born 11 January 1992) is a Serbian Association football, football Defender (association football), defender, who plays in the Turkish Women's Football Super League, Turkish Super Leag ...

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: Jermaine Seoposenwe, Leandra Smeda, Nothando Vilakazi *

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: Miranda Nild *

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: Anastasia Filenko,

Tetyana Kozyrenko Tetyana "Tanya" Kozyrenko ( uk, Тетяна Козиренко, born 4 May 1996) is a Ukrainian footballer, who plays for Chertanovo Moscow in the Women's Football League. Career Club Kozyrenko began football playing at the age of 16 in the ...

Record in UEFA competitions

Notes

References

External links

Club at UEFA.com
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