FK Siauliai

The City of Siauliai is located in the North of Lithuania. It is a rail hub and has railroad repair shops. Siauliai is also a major tanning, shoe- manufacturing, and flax processing center. In addition, the city was the site of a Lithuanian victory over the Livonian Knights in 1236, and it was severely damaged in both World Wars.

The football team from this city is the FK Siauliai, which plays in the Lithuanian top division the A Lyga (A League). Its ground the Savivaldybe is a multi-use stadium, located in Siauliai, holding 2, 430 fans who are distinguished by the yellow and black colors of the FK Siauliai.

FK Siauliai has participated in three Championships of the Lithuanian league since the year 2003. The squad playing the season 2006 is formed by the goalkeepers Ingus Lukovics, Giedrius Arlauskis; the defenders Sergej Galiuza, Deivydas Lunskis, Amaro Atigbiolaye, Andrej Milevskiy, Vilius Lapeikis, Konstantin Zemskov, in the midfield are Viktar Afanasenko, Andrejus Oriol, Vadim Tarasov, Gintaras Joudeikis, Ilja Galiuza, Andrius Sidaluskas, and the strikers Stanislav Zhukov, Vasilij Monakov and Gedimas Butavicius. The trainers of the team are Saulius Vertelis and Rytis Tavoras.

The Lithuanian League is played by ten teams and the FK Siauliai is currently in the seventh position with 8 wins, 9 draws and 8 lost. The league is member of the UEFA since 1992 and its affiliation to the FIFA was in 1923.