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FK Žalgiris (women)
Futbolo klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris, is a Lithuanian professional football club based in Vilnius. The club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club was founded as Dinamo in 1947. The club's name commemorates the victorious ''Battle of Žalgiris'' (Battle of Grunwald) (both names: ''Žalgiris'' and ''Grunwald'' are translated as "green forest"). Žalgiris has featured many Lithuanian football legends during its history including Arminas Narbekovas, Valdas Ivanauskas, Edgaras Jankauskas and Deividas Šemberas. They have won the Lithuanian Championship 10 times, the Lithuanian Football Cup 14 times, and the Lithuanian Supercup 7 times. The team's colours are green and white. The club plays at LFF stadium in Vilnius which has a capacity of 5,067. After beating Malmö in the second round of Champions League qualifying in July 2022, Žalgiris secured themselves group stage football and became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LFF Stadium
FK Žalgiris' Home Stadium (), formerly known as Vėtra Stadium and LFF Stadium, is a Soccer-specific stadium, football stadium in Vilnius, Lithuania. The stadium succeeded the Žalgiris Stadium as the main venue of FK Žalgiris, the city's primary football club, and was home of the Lithuanian national football team between 2005 and 2022. It can accommodate 5,067 people. History The Stadium was built in 1957 and was first named Lokomotyvas. The Stadium was rebuilt in 2004 and renamed to Vėtra Stadium as the home ground of FK Vėtra. In 2005, the Stadium hosted its first national team matches. National stadium Following the insolvency of Vėtra in 2010, the Stadium was taken over by the Lithuanian Football Federation for 2.2 million litas () and was renamed as the LFF Stadium. The Stadium has undergone various improvements to meet the UEFA stadium categories, UEFA Category 3 stadium requirements. Following the renovation, the Stadium also includes the new headquarters of the LFF, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
