FK Šilas is a Lithuanian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club from the city of Kazlų Rūda. The team competes in the

I Lyga The LFF Pirma Lyga, TOPsport Pirma Lyga, or Pirma Lyga, is the second tier of professional Lithuanian football championship. Format Organized by the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), I Lyga is contested by 16 teams, with the top team gain ...

, in second tier of Lithuanian football since 2021. In 2022, after a merger, the club was renamed to

Marijampolė City Marijampolė City, FA Suvalkija, Suvalkijos jaunimo futbolo klubo akademija (Sudovian Youth Football Academy) is a football club based in the city of Marijampolė, Lithuania. In 2022 Marijampolė City merged with the second tier I Lyga club FK ...

, and moved to

Marijampolė Marijampolė (; also known by Marijampolė#Names, several other names) is the Capital city, capital of Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The city's population stood ...

History

Šilas was founded in 1940 as FK Ąžuolas. The club has been renamed several times in the following years. In 2016 Šilas won

and hoped for promotion to

A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) (). History The first football league was established in Lithuania in 1924, and in various forms existed until 1939. ...

, but after a match fixing scandal were relegated to II Lyga. The club was officially declared entering administration, and therefore were not allowed to play in

. As FK Šilas lost place in

FK Kauno Žalgiris Futbolo klubas Kauno Žalgiris (''Football club Kauno Žalgiris'') is a professional football club based in Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states b ...

got saved from the relegation to

. The club finished in 10th position in II lyga in 2017, but recovered the next year and became one of the leaders of the II Lyga. In 2020 Šilas won II Lyga Southern zone championship and was promoted to 2021

. Šilas successfully obtained 2021 I Lyga licence and reached the third place same season. In 2022, after disputes over funding with Kazlų Rūda city council, FK Šilas struck a deal with

, and moved to

Honours

Domestic

* Pirma lyga (D2) ** Gold medal icon

Winners: 2016 * II Lyga, Southernern Zone (D3) ** Gold medal icon

Winners: 2020 ** Silver medal icon

Runners-up: 2018, 2019

Recent seasons

Kit evoliution

* In 2021 team wearing

Joma Joma Sport, S.A. is a Spanish sports clothing and shoes brand. History Joma was founded in 1965 by Fructuoso López to produce shoes for general use. The brand name comes from the given name of Fructuoso's first born son (José Manuel). In 196 ...

`s kits. * First (home) kits is green jersey, shorts and socks. * Second (away) kits is black jersey, shorts and socks.

Colours

* ???? – 2021

Kit changes

Stadium

Club play their home matches in Kazlų Rūda Stadium (lt. ''Kazlų Rūdos miesto stadionas''). The current capacity of the stadium is 1,000 seats.

Current squad

Staff

Managers

Saulius Vikertas Saulius is a masculine given name. Ancient history A Scythian king bore this name: * Saulius, who reigned in the 6th century BC, brother of Anacharsis and father of Idanthyrsus. Lithuania Saulius is also the Lithuanian variant of the Biblical na ...

(unknown – 11 December 2015) * Gediminas Jarmalavičius (11 December 2015 – March 10, 2017) *

(10 March 2017 – unknown) * Gediminas Jarmalavičius (2021–present)

Notable players

FK Šilas players who have either appeared for their respective national team at any time or received an individual award while at the club. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Šilas. ;Lithuania *

Ričardas Beniušis Ricardas Beniušis (born 23 April 1980) is a Lithuanian footballer. Beniušis started his career with Atletas Kaunas team in 1998 and played in Lithuanian First league. After one year he joined Inkaras Kaunas in A lyga. He played there until 2 ...

References

External links

fksilas.ltlietuvosfutbolas.ltfutbolinis.ltSoccerway
{{DEFAULTSORT:Šilas Kazlų Rūda Football clubs in Lithuania Sport in Kazlų Rūda 1940 establishments in Lithuania Association football clubs established in 1940