Džiugas Telšiai
Full nameTelšių "Džiugas"
Founded1923 SA Džiugas
1991 FK Džiugas
2014 FC Džiugas
GroundTelšiai Central Stadium
Capacity2,400
ChairmanMartynas Armalis
ManagerAndrius Lipskis
LeagueA Lyga
2023A Lyga, 9th of 10
WebsiteClub website

Football Club Džiugas Telšiai, commonly known as Džiugas Telšiai, or simply as Džiugas, is a Lithuanian association football club based in Telšiai, that competes in the A Lyga, top tier of Lithuanian football.

History

On the 2 November 1923, sport association Džiugas was established in Telšiai. Between 1923–1946, the club had football, basketball, ice hockey teams and expanded to other sports of the city. In 1926, Džiugas merged with another sports club "Laimutė" and had 145 official club members. The first director of the board was S. Lukošius. On the 6 June 1927, the football team played their first game against the Lithuanian bicyclist union which finished 2:2. In 1935, 1936, and 1937, Džiugas became the champions of the Samogitia region. Other participants of the tournament were teams from Plungė, Skouodas, Tauragė and Mažeikiai. Džiugas played their first international game in 1938 against Latvian side "Olimpija" and won 2:1.

In 1946, Džiugas was attached to state-wide sports union "Žalgiris" and the team participated in lower Lithuanian SSR football divisions.

In 1992–1993 season Džiugas became the champions of the III league but in 1994, the team was dissolved and a new Telšai team "Mastis" was formed.

In 2014, the club was reestablished by the football community of Telšiai. In their first season in II lyga (3rd tier), the club won 2nd place and gained promotion to I lyga (2nd tier), and has been participating in it since.

Before the start of the 2019 season, head coach Vijūnas Vasiliauskas was replaced by retired club player Marius Šluta.[1] In 2019, Džiugas won the I Lyga,[2] and gained promotion to the A Lyga. However, the club failed to meet licensing criteria to the A Lyga, and remained in I Lyga for the 2020 season.

They were in 4th position in LFF I Lyga and was promoted to A Lyga.[3] At 2021 season club made debut in A Lyga and was in 8th position.

In the middle of 2022 A Lyga season club changed head coach. João Manuel Lopez Prates replaced Marius Šluta. In their second season in A Lyga, they were at 9th place and played relegation play-off against FK Neptūnas. First match in Klaipėda Džiugas Club won 4-0 and second match in Telšiai won 1-0. Aggregate result was 5-0 and they managed to save their place in A Lyga.

Honours

League

Recent seasons

Season Tier League Position Web Notes
2014 3. Antra lyga 2. [4] Increase Promotion
2015 2. Pirma lyga 10. [5]
2016 2. Pirma lyga 7. [6]
2017 2. Pirma lyga 5. [7]
2018 2. Pirma lyga 5. [8][9]
2019 2. Pirma lyga 1. [10]
2020 2. Pirma lyga 4. [11] Increase Promotion
2021 1. A lyga 8. [12]
2022 1. A lyga 9. [13]
2023 1. A lyga 9. [14]
2024 1. A lyga .

Current squad

As of 9 January 2024[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Lithuania LTU Marius Paukštė
4 DF Lithuania LTU Adomas Mika
7 MF Lithuania LTU Martynas Vasiliauskas
9 MF Lithuania LTU Juozas Lubas
11 MF Brazil BRA Vinícius Ribeiro (on loan from SJK)
13 DF Lithuania LTU Tomas Rapalavičius
15 DF Serbia SRB Dragan Nedeljković
16 MF Lithuania LTU Airimas Pilipavičius
19 MF Finland FIN Vertti Hänninen (on loan from SJK)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Danil Ankudinov (on loan from Sheriff Tiraspol)
23 DF Lithuania LTU Jurgis Jankauskas
24 FW Lithuania LTU Motiejus Burba (on loan from Žalgiris)
33 DF Lithuania LTU Lukas Ankudinovas
36 DF Ghana GHA Edward Sarpong
51 MF Lithuania LTU Dominykas Kubilinskas
62 DF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Kulynych
88 DF Montenegro MNE Andrija Krivokapič
94 GK Italy ITA Simone Moschin
99 FW Brazil BRA Jardeu
— DF Bulgaria BUL Miroslav Pushkarov

Staff

Position Name
Director Lithuania Martynas Armalis
Head coach Lithuania Andrius Lipskis
Assistant coach Lithuania Andrius Lipskis

References

  1. ↑ "Ryškėja pirmieji naujojo "Džiugo" sezono kontūrai" (in Lithuanian). FC Džiugas. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Turnyrinė lentelė". LFF I Lyga. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  3. ↑ "I lyga 2020 1-8 vietos - Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  4. ↑ "Lithuanian 2014 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West". almis.sritis.lt. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  5. ↑ "Lithuania 2015". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  6. ↑ "Lithuania 2016". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  7. ↑ "Lithuania 2017". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  8. ↑ "Lithuania 2018". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  9. ↑ "2018 LFF I lyga lietuvosfutbolas.lt". Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  10. ↑ "Lithuania 2019". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  11. ↑ "Lithuania 2020". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  12. ↑ "Lithuania 2021". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  13. ↑ "Lithuania 2022". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  14. ↑ "Lithuania 2023". RSSSF.
  15. ↑ "Telšių "Džiugas" – oficialus puslapis". Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2017-02-17.


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