FC Pakruojis explained

Clubname:Pakruojis
Fullname:Futbolo centras "Pakruojis"
Ground:Pakruojis Stadium
Coordinates:55.9825°N 23.8649°W
Capacity:2,000
Chairman:Rimantas Čeponis
Manager:Aidas Dambrauskas
League:defunct
Season:2019
Position: 15th (I Lyga) (relegation)
Website:https://www.facebook.com/fcpakruojis/
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Futbolo centras Pakruojis, commonly known as Pakruojis, was a Lithuanian football club located in Pakruojis, center of Pakruojis District.

History

Club was created in January 2016 after the dissolution of another Pakruojis-based club, Kruoja.[1] Despite publicly denying any links with Kruoja, club attracted many of their footballers and also former Kruoja head coach Aidas Dambrauskas. They played in 2016 Žemaitijos Taurė, but remained last in A Lyga.[2] Team was hoping to compete in the 2016 LFF I Lyga, but failed to obtain I Lyga license and played in II Lyga West zone instead.[3] [4] They won the competition by 13 points margin and secured promotion to I Lyga.[5]

Before the start of the 2017 season the club once again competed in the Žemaitijos Taurė, where this time they finished second, losing to hosts Džiugas 3–0 in the final.[6] Club started their league campaign really well and even managed to climb to the top of the league after 14 rounds, but soon after had a winless streak of 6 games and didn't recover, finally ending the season in 9th place.[7]

In the 2018 LFF I Lyga season, after the first half of the championship, the team was in second position, but after parting with several players in the transfer window lost match after match and eventually finished in seventh position.[8]

In 2019 LFF I Lyga season, FC Pakruojis struggled, and after 19 game losing streak finished last in the league, and were relegated. They have conceded 63 goals in their last 6 games.

In 2020, they defunct and not played in any competitions.

Stadium

Club play their home matches in Pakruojis Stadium. The current capacity of the stadium is 2,000 seats.

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

SeasonDivisionTierPositionCup
2016II Lyga West zoneIII1st ↑Second round (56 teams)
2017LFF I LygaII9First round (44 teams)
2018LFF I LygaII71/16 final
2019LFF I LygaII15 ↓1/16 final
PromotedRelegated

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pakruojo futbolo centras įkurtas 2016 metais. Facebook. FC Pakruojis. 17 June 2017. Lithuanian.
  2. Web site: Telšiuose baigėsi futbolo turnyras "Žemaitijos taurė-2016". TAFF. 17 June 2017. Lithuanian. 22 March 2016.
  3. News: Pakruojis rengiasi intriguojančiam futbolo atgimimui. 17 June 2017. Futbolas.lt. 5 February 2016. Lithuanian.
  4. News: Prasideda Pakruojo futbolo atgimimas. 17 June 2017. Futbolas.lt. 30 April 2016. Lithuanian.
  5. Web site: 2016 m. LFF II lygos Vakarų zonos pirmenybių apžvalga. Klaipėda District Football Federation. 17 June 2017. Lithuanian. 2 October 2016.
  6. Web site: FC "Džiugas" futbolo turnyro "Žemaitijos taurė 2017" nugalėtojas. Telšiai County Football Federation. 17 June 2017. Lithuanian. 21 March 2017.
  7. Web site: Sezono kulminacijoje – nelengvas "Palangos" triumfas. Lithuanian Football Federation. 24 October 2017. Lithuanian. 21 October 2017.
  8. Web site: "Panevėžys" iškovojo LFF Pirmos lygos titulą.