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Futbolo klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris, is a professional football club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club competes in the TOPLYGA, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club was founded as Dinamo in 1947. The club's name commemorates the Battle of Žalgiris. Žalgiris has featured many Lithuanian football legends 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.

After beating Malmö in the second round of the Champions League qualifying in July 2022, Žalgiris became the first ever Lithuanian club to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA club competition; they dropped into the Europa Conference League group stage after losing in the Europa League play-offs. They would finish bottom of their group with five points.

History

Foundation and Soviet period

The first incarnation of the club played in 1946 as a national team of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic when it competed in USSR Group III Zone 4 championship and it was one of the clubs which represented one of the Soviet republics. The club consisted of Spartakas Kaunas and Dinamo Kaunas players. Their first match was against Stroitel Moscow which ended 1–1 and they were managed by French coach Emil Pastor. That year they finished in fourth place in RSFSR Western Zone championship.

The club is thought to have been founded in 1947 when it was moved from Kaunas to Vilnius and its name was changed to Dinamo Vilnius. First official match of the formed club was played on 16 May 1947 against Lokomotiv Moscow, who managed to defeat local team 1–2. Steponas Petraitis scored the first official goal for the club that day, beating goalkeeper from a penalty spot in 44th minute. The next year club changed its name to Spartakas Vilnius and used this name until the end of 1961 season. In 1962, they changed their name to Žalgiris.

Žalgiris competed in Soviet Union football league system from 1947 to 1989. Team achieved its first promotion to the top tier in 1952, but came last next season.

Before the start of the 1983 season in Soviet Top League, players initiative group demanded the resignation of coach Benjaminas Zelkevičius, and the players wish was granted as, Algimantas Liubinskas became the trainer. Start was cautious. A similar result 0–0 has played in Tashkent with Pakhtakor, in Leningrad with Zenit, in Vilnius with Dynamo. In the fourth match of the season against Neftchi in Baku, Gražulis scored goal on 1–0 and brought victory. There were victories and failures, but Žalgiris became the winners of the first round. In first place Žalgiris stayed short, Nevertheless, final fifth place is the highest achievement of Lithuanian football on this time and gives a great hope for future. Arminas Narbekovas, Romas Mažeikis, and Vladimiras Buzmakovas succeeded in the team in that season.

In 1984 Soviet Top League season, Žalgiris finished on 9 place among 18 teams, but rejoiced victories against FC Dynamo Kyiv (1–0 at home), FC Spartak Moscow (twice 2–1), FC Dynamo Moscow (1–0 at home, 2–1 in Moscow). and Valdas Ivanauskas debuted in first team.

The club's most successful season was in 1987 when they finished third in the Soviet Top League and qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup where they played against Austria Wien, while also for the first time in club's history reaching semi–finals of the 1987–88 Soviet Cup (after being eliminated in quarter-finals of the 1955, 1959–60, 1964 campaigns) and 1987 USSR Federation Cup. The club represented the Soviet Union at 1987 Summer Universiade which they won by defeating the South Korean team. In the following season they finished fifth and again qualified for UEFA Cup where they faced IFK Göteborg in the first round and Red Star Belgrade in the second. In 1988, several of Žalgiris players were decorated with medals in the USSR national teams: Vyacheslav Sukristov received silver medal of the UEFA Euro 1988, and Arminas Narbekovas and Arvydas Janonis brought back gold medals from the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1989 the club finished in fourth place and for the third year in a row qualified for UEFA Cup. They managed to play one game in 1990 at the start of the season before withdrawing due to re-establishment of Lithuania's independence and joined the Baltic League which consisted of clubs from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Therefore, they lost their place in UEFA Cup, which was taken by Chornomorets Odesa.

1990–2007

Following Lithuania's declaration of independence on 11 March 1990, Žalgiris left Soviet Top League with immediate effect. Despite most of the top players including Arminas Narbekovas, Valdas Ivanauskas, Igoris Pankratjevas, Vyacheslav Sukristov and Robertas Fridrikas leaving the club Žalgiris remained favorites to clinch the Lithuanian title and won A Lyga regular season having lost just once in 32 games. The championship, however, was decided by the knock-out competition where Žalgiris lost in the semi-finals to Ekranas Panevėžys and only managed to take a third place.

Green and whites took their first A Lyga title the following season when they won the regular season, took the revenge against Ekranas beating them in the semi-finals and won the final against Lietuvos Makabi Vilnius 3–1 with Ričardas Zdančius scoring a hat-trick. Žalgiris completed the double later that year by winning the Lithuanian cup.

The 1991 season was followed by two significant changes in league format: the knock-out competition was removed and league was reorganized to be played from autumn until spring. Žalgiris saw off the challenge from Panerys Vilnius to defend their title by a single point. There were no double in this year, however: Lietuvos Makabi took revenge for their defeat in last season's league final and beat Žalgiris in the final 1–0. In the summer of 1992, Žalgiris made their debut in the UEFA Champions League. Europe's elite proved to be merciless: PSV Eindhoven hammered Žalgiris 8–0 on aggregate in the first round.

In 1992–93 season things went the other way round in national competitions: having lost the national title to FK Ekranas by three points Žalgiris reclaimed the cup, beating Sirijus Klaipėda 1–0 in the final courtesy of the extra-time goal by Aurelijus Skarbalius. A similar story happened in the 1993–94 season when ROMAR Mažeikiai narrowly beat Vilnius' side to the title while Žalgiris defended the cup by beating FK Ekranas 4–2 in the final. Darius Maciulevičius was the hero of that day scoring a hat-trick and Aidas Preikšaitis added another from the penalty spot.

1994–95 season delivered a double blow for the side from the capital. Žalgiris and Inkaras Kaunas finished the league locked on points at the top and extra match on neutral ground was set to be played. Inkaras Kaunas beat Žalgiris 2–0 in Panevėžys and four days later the same two teams met in Klaipėda for cup final. Inkaras once again came out better off as former Žalgiris man Eimantas Poderis scored twice in a 2–1 victory for Kaunas' side. 1995–96 season did not bring silverware either: free scoring Žalgiris side racked up 106 goals in just 28 games in the league yet could only take a third place, six points behind champions Inkaras Kaunas. On this time Edgaras Jankauskas was top scorer A Lyga with 25 goals. He was later sold to CSKA Moscow.

Things did not go well in the cup as well as Vilnius' side lost to Kareda Šiauliai in the semi-finals and failed to advance to the final for the first time in six years. Žalgiris reclaimed the cup in 1996–97 season as Donatas Vencevičius' penalty was enough to see off Inkaras in the final but had to settle for second in the league as Kareda coasted to the title with an 8-point margin. Green and whites mounted a stronger challenge in 1997–98 yet Kareda proved its success has been no fluke by defending their title.

The elusive title finally came in 1998–99 season, the last one to be played from autumn until spring. Defense was the key to success as Žalgiris conceded just 8 goals in 23 games and did not lose a single league match that season. Things were different in the cup as Kareda dismantled Žalgiris 7–0 on aggregate in the semi-finals. The league title allowed Žalgiris to have another try in the UEFA Champions League and this time Vilnius' side eliminated Armenian champions Araks Ararat before succumbing to a defeat to last season's semi-finalists Dynamo Kyiv in the second round.

With a turn of the century a new force rose in Lithuanian football: FBK Kaunas. Under the name of Žalgiris Kaunas they won the transitional shortened league season in 1999, with consecutive titles in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Žalgiris on the other hand went into decline and a cup final win in 2003 proved to be the sole victory for the club in the 2000s. In the league Žalgiris started to struggle as well. While in 1999 and 2000 green and whites finished second, 2001 saw them dropping to third, 2002 to fourth and 2005 to the recently unimaginable lows of eighth. Žalgiris was not even the strongest team in the capital as newcomers Vėtra and FC Vilnius were clearly having better time on the pitch.

Despite a constant presence in European competitions the results there were rarely encouraging with the aggregate defeats like 2–7 to Ruch Chorzow and 0–7 to Maccabi Tel Aviv. Budapest Honved and Portadown were the only teams eliminated by Žalgiris between 2000 and 2004. 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup thus stood out as a major success as green and whites went past three teams – Lisburn Distillery, Dinaburg and Egaleo, before being eliminated by CFR Cluj.

2008–2016

The struggles of the noughties culminated in 2008. The league finish of fifth could have been seen as adequate for the time (20 points gap to fourth-placed Sūduva was harder to take) but as country's economy braced for the inevitable crisis, expenditures were cut and uncertainty rose Žalgiris was dealt a big blow when club owner Vadim Kastujev was arrested in Moscow. Striped of funds club survived until the end of the season but failed to meet licensing requirements for top flight competition in 2009. With old club's future very much in doubt fans of Žalgiris founded a new phoenix club called VMFD Žalgiris which had the same players and staff, and following unsuccessful application for A Lyga license entered second division.

A year outside of top flight proved to be difficult. Žalgiris finished sixth in seven team league and were eliminated from the cup in the Round of 16 by Sakuona Plikiai, a team from a town with a population of just 600. Despite this bleak performance the club received promotion to A Lyga as the number of teams in top flight was increased and some other clubs refused to join in mainly because of financial burden. Žalgiris finished 2010 season in the third place, their highest since 2001.

The fortunes of Žalgiris went all uphill from there. With FBK Kaunas in complete turmoil and Vėtra bankrupt Ekranas for several years became the undisputed superpower of Lithuanian football. Green and whites were closing in, however: Žalgiris took second in 2011, eight points adrift, and closed the gap to a single point a year later. Moreover, in 2012 Vilnius side finally ended their nine-year trophy drought and won Lithuanian Football Cup, beating Ekranas on penalties following a 0–0 draw. The same season saw Žalgiris returning to European competitions but their UEFA Europa League campaign proved to be short: following 1–1 draw in Vilnius, Admira Wacker Mödling hammered Žalgiris 5–1 in the second leg of the second qualifying round.

Žalgiris were considered to be strong favorites for the title before the 2013 season and for much of the season it looked that they would cruise to the championship. Žalgiris had eleven points lead over second-placed Atlantas with five games remaining but four draws in the row followed and before the final match of the season the gap at the top was reduced to three points. In final match out of form Žalgiris proved to be no match for Sūduva and for much of the day prospect of season decider on neutral venue looked very likely. However, in tense atmosphere it was Atlantas who ultimately let it slip as they could only draw the game with Banga Gargždai and Žalgiris celebrated their first title in fourteen years. Victory in Cup final against Šiauliai meant that the double was won—the first since 1991. The great year was backed up by successful performance in UEFA Europa League where Vilnius' side eliminated St. Patrick's Athletic, Pyunik Yerevan and Lech Poznan before losing out to Red Bull Salzburg.

Defending the title in 2014 proved to be far more routine task. Žalgiris finished the season 18 points clear of second-placed Kruoja Pakruojis (the largest winning margin in the league since 2006) and also claimed the cup for the third time in the row, beating Banga Gargždai 2–1 in the final. The club made return to UEFA Champions League after fourteen-year absence yet it did not bring much joy as Dinamo Zagreb beat Žalgiris 4–0 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.

In May 2015 Žalgiris won Lithuanian cup for a record fourth time in the row, beating Atlantas 2–0 in the final. UEFA Champions League campaign was again limited to just two games as Malmo won the return leg in Vilnius 1–0 after goalless first match in Sweden. Žalgiris finished the season top of the league, ten points clear of second-placed Trakai thus claiming third successive title.

In the 2016 season, Žalgiris continued its dominance in Lithuanian football in 2016 with fourth consecutive league title and, remarkably, two cup wins. LFF Cup was rescheduled to be played from spring until autumn that year and therefore two editions of the cup have been played that year. Žalgiris won the first final in May with 1–0 extra time win over Trakai and backed it up with 2–0 final win over Sūduva in September. European experience proved to heartbreaking as following a goalless draw in the first leg in Vilnius Žalgiris was a whisker away from eliminating Astana only to concede an injury time goal to lose the game 2–1.

2016–present

In the 2017 season, Žalgiris failed to progress beyond the Champions League's second qualifying round once again in 2017 when impressive first leg win over Ludogorets Razgrad and an early goal by Serge Nyuiadzi in the second leg were completely undone by four straight goals by Bulgarian side. In September 2017, Žalgiris reached the seventh consecutive cup final, where they lost to Stumbras, who appeared in their first major final. Žalgiris failed to defend the league title, while they were in top position of the standings until October 2017, but a late march by Sūduva saw them winning their first-ever championship.

In the 2018 season, Žalgiris finished in second place as Sūduva defended their league title, while Žalgiris managed to win the cup in a repeat of last year's final as they defeated Stumbras. Playing in the UEFA Europa League, Žalgiris reached the third qualifying round where they lost to Spain's Sevilla, which was their best performance in European competition since 2013 when they reached the play-off round of the qualification in the UEFA Europa League. In November 2018, Žalgiris announced that Deividas Česnauskis and Deividas Šemberas joined the club. Česnauskis was appointed as sports director, Šemberas as the director of sports operations.

During the 2019 preseason, head coach Valdas Urbonas signed a contract with the Lithuanian Football Federation and became the head coach of Lithuania national team. Žalgiris then appointed Marek Zub, who was previously successfully working in the club, as head coach. However, Zub left Žalgiris on 15 July 2019. João Luís Martins, who became available after the dissolution of FC Stumbras, took on the job of head coach on a temporary basis until the end of the season.

In January 2020, Žalgiris announced the appointment of Juan Ferrando as head coach. However, Ferrando was forced to pull out due to health issues. Later that month, Alyaksey Baha was signed as the team's new head coach. He started off with a success by winning the Lithuanian Supercup on 29 February against champions FK Sūduva. Žalgiris went on to win the 2020 A Lyga. In both 2021 and 2022, they won the double consisting of the A Lyga and LFF cup title.

In July 2022, after beating Malmö 3–0 on aggregate in the Champions League second qualifying round, Žalgiris made history by guaranteeing themselves group stage football for the season. They played Ludogorets in the play-off of the Europa League, but lost on aggregate and dropped into the Conference League group stage. They were the first ever Lithuanian club to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA club competition. Žalgiris were subsequently drawn into Group H against the Swiss stalwarts Basel, Slovak champions Slovan Bratislava and Armenian champions Pyunik. The team would finish bottom of the group with five points from their six matches.

Žalgiris finished the 2023 A Lyga season in second place, twelve points behind winning team FK Panevėžys, who won their first-ever league title. At the end of the season, Saulius Mikoliūnas, who had been with the club since 2016 and has appeared in over 200 games for Žalgiris, retired from professional football.

Name history

  • 1947 – Dinamo Vilnius

  • 1948 – Spartakas Vilnius

  • 1962 – Žalgiris Vilnius

  • 1993 – Žalgiris–EBSW Vilnius

  • 1995 – FK Žalgiris (Vilnius)

  • 2009 – VMFD Žalgiris

  • 2015 – FK Žalgiris (Vilnius)

Stadium

For the majority of the time Žalgiris played in Žalgiris Stadium. This stadium was the biggest in Lithuania and had a capacity of 15,029. Since 2011, Žalgiris plays in LFF Stadium (Lithuanian Football Federation stadium). This arena, formerly known as Vėtra Stadium, was built in 2004 and holds around 5,000 people.

Supporters

The official club of Žalgiris' fans is named Pietų IV.

The establishment date of Pietų IV is considered October 1985. During difficult periods, they organized various charity events. Žalgiris supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of Atlantas. Internationally, there are close historical ties with supporters of Dynamo Kyiv, Karpaty Lviv and Dinamo Tbilisi.

Kit

From the establishment of the club, Žalgiris colours were blue, red or sometimes orange. In the 1980s green and white kits were introduced, establishing green/white tradition. From then on, the kit is usually a green and white striped jersey and green/white variation of shorts and socks. In the past there have also been checkered green-white jersey designs. Away kits are usually plain white or green.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period

Kit manufacturer

Shirt sponsor

1947–1972

—

—

1973–1979

1980–1987

Adidas

—

1988–1989

Danieli

1990–1992

—

1992–1993

Umbro

FINPLAN

1993–1995

Adidas

EBSW

1995–1996

Umbro

1996–1999

Diadora

—

1999–2000

Adidas

2001

Hummel

Ūkio bankas

2002

Tauras

2003–2004

—

2005

Adidas

2006–2009

Hummel

2010–2012

Unibet

2013–2015

Kappa

Top Sport

2016–2021

Nike

2022–2024

Betsafe / Betsson

2025–present

Hummel

Club crest

Players

Current squad

Staff

    Administration

    Senior team

    Youth teams

    Medical

    • President – Andrius Tapinas

    • Chairman – Mindaugas Kasperūnas

    • Director of Football – Giedrius Klevinskas

  • Men's:

  • Manager – Andrius Skerla

  • Assistant Manager – Rolandas Džiaukštas

  • Assistant Manager –

  • Goalkeeping coach – Vladislav Korovin

  • Athletic coach – Edgaras Lukoševičius

  • Analyst – Gintaras Staučė JR


    1. Women's:

    2. Manager – Markas Razmartas

      B team head coach – Dainius Greviškis

    3. C team head coach – Roman Lenskiy

    4. Athletic coach – Andrius Osvaldo Alfieri

    5. Academy director – Žydrūnas Grudzinskas

    6. Chief doctor – Tomas Jonaitis

    7. Head physio – Indrė Venskevičiūtė

    8. Women's team physio – Goda Papartytė

    9. Masseur – Vidmantas Ričkus

    Participation in Lithuanian championships

    European record

    UEFA club competition record

    Competition

    Played

    Won

    Drew

    Lost

    GF

    GA

    GD

    Win%

    Legend: GF = goals for; GA = goals against; GD = goal difference

    Matches

    Season

    Competition

    Round

    Country

    Club

    Home

    Away

    Aggregate

    1988–89

    UEFA Cup

    1R

    Austria Wien

    2–0

    2–5

    4–5

    1989–90

    UEFA Cup

    1R

    IFK Göteborg

    2–0

    0–1

    2–1

    2R

    Red Star Belgrade

    0–1

    1–4

    1–5

    1992–93

    UEFA Champions League

    1R

    PSV Eindhoven

    0–2

    0–6

    0–8

    1993–94

    European Cup Winners' Cup

    1Q

    MFK Košice

    0–1

    1–2

    1–3

    1994–95

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

    1Q

    Barry Town

    6–0

    1–0

    7–0

    1R

    Feyenoord

    1–1

    1–2

    2–3

    1995–96

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

    1Q

    NK Mura

    2–0

    1–2

    3–2

    1R

    Trabzonspor

    2–2

    0–1

    2–3

    1996–97

    UEFA Cup

    PR

    Crusaders

    2–0

    1–2

    3–2

    1R

    Aberdeen

    1–4

    3–1

    4–5

    1997–98

    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

    1Q

    Hapoel Be'er Sheva

    0–0

    1–2 (aet)

    1–2

    1998–99

    UEFA Cup

    1Q

    ÍA

    1–0

    2–3

    3–3 (a)

    2Q

    Brann

    0–0

    0–1

    0–1

    1999–2000

    UEFA Champions League

    1Q

    Araks Ararat

    2–0

    3–0

    5–0

    2Q

    Dynamo Kyiv

    0–1

    0–2

    0–3

    2000–01

    UEFA Cup

    1Q

    Ruch Chorzów

    2–1

    0–6

    2–7

    2001–02

    UEFA Cup

    1Q

    Maccabi Tel Aviv

    0–1

    0–6

    0–7

    2002

    UEFA Intertoto Cup

    1R

    Budapest Honvéd

    0–0

    1–0

    1–0

    2R

    Sochaux

    1–2

    0–2

    1–4

    2003

    UEFA Intertoto Cup

    1R

    Örgryte IS

    1–1

    0–3

    1–4

    2004–05

    UEFA Cup

    1Q

    Portadown

    2–0

    2–2

    4–2

    2Q

    Aalborg BK

    1–3

    0–0

    1–3

    2005

    UEFA Intertoto Cup

    1R

    Lisburn Distillery

    1–0

    1–0

    2–0

    2R

    Dinaburg

    2–0

    1–2

    3–2

    3R

    Egaleo

    2–3

    3–1

    5–4

    1/2

    CFR Ecomax Cluj

    1–2

    1–5

    2–7

    2012–13

    UEFA Europa League

    2Q

    Admira Wacker Mödling

    1–1

    1–5

    2–6

    2013–14

    UEFA Europa League

    1Q

    St Patrick's Athletic

    2–2

    2–1

    4–3

    2Q

    Pyunik

    2–0

    1–1

    3–1

    3Q

    Lech Poznań

    1–0

    1–2

    2–2 (a)

    PO

    Red Bull Salzburg

    0–2

    0–5

    0–7

    2014–15

    UEFA Champions League

    2Q

    Dinamo Zagreb

    0–2

    0–2

    0–4

    2015–16

    UEFA Champions League

    2Q

    Malmö FF

    0–1

    0–0

    0–1

    2016–17

    UEFA Champions League

    2Q

    Astana

    0–0

    1–2

    1–2

    2017–18

    UEFA Champions League

    2Q

    Ludogorets Razgrad

    2–1

    1–4

    3–5

    2018–19

    UEFA Europa League

    1Q

    KÍ Klaksvík

    1–1

    2–1

    3–2

    2Q

    Vaduz

    1–0

    1–1

    2–1

    3Q

    Sevilla

    0–5

    0–1

    0–6

    2019–20

    UEFA Europa League

    1Q

    Honvéd

    1–1

    1–3

    2–4

    2020–21

    UEFA Europa League

    1Q

    Paide Linnameeskond

    2–0

    2Q

    Bodø/Glimt

    1–3

    2021–22

    UEFA Champions League

    1Q

    Linfield

    3–1

    2–1

    5–2

    2Q

    Ferencváros

    1–3

    0–2

    1–5

    UEFA Europa League

    3Q

    Mura

    0–1

    0–0

    0−1

    UEFA Europa Conference League

    PO

    Bodø/Glimt

    2–2

    0–1

    2–3

    2022–23

    UEFA Champions League

    1Q

    Ballkani

    1–0 (aet)

    1–1

    2–1

    2Q

    Malmö FF

    1–0

    2–0

    3–0

    3Q

    Bodø/Glimt

    1–1

    0–5

    1–6

    UEFA Europa League

    PO

    Ludogorets Razgrad

    3–3 (aet)

    0–1

    3–4

    UEFA Europa Conference League

    Group H

    Basel

    0–1

    2–2

    4th

    Slovan Bratislava

    1–2

    0–0

    Pyunik

    2–1

    0–2

    2023–24

    UEFA Champions League

    1Q

    Struga

    0–0

    2–1

    2–1

    2Q

    Galatasaray

    2–2

    0–1

    2−3

    UEFA Europa League

    3Q

    BK Häcken

    1–3

    0–5

    1–8

    UEFA Europa Conference League

    PO

    Ferencváros

    0–4

    0–3

    0–7

    2024–25

    UEFA Conference League

    1Q

    VPS

    1–0

    2–1

    3–1

    2Q

    Pafos

    2–1

    0–3 (aet)

    2−4

    2025–26

    UEFA Champions League

    1Q

    Ħamrun Spartans

    2–0

    0–2 (aet)

    2−2 (10–11 p)

    UEFA Conference League

    2Q

    Linfield

    0–0

    0–2

    0–2

    2026–27

    UEFA Conference League

    1Q

    OFK Petrovac

    2–1

    3–1

    5–2

    2Q

    Dinamo Tbilisi

    7–2

    0–3

    7–5

    3Q

    Hajduk Split

    2–5

    0–4

    2–9

    UEFA coefficient

    Correct as of 14 August 2026

    Rank

    Team

    Points

    133

    Noah

    11.750

    134

    Víkingur

    11.750

    135

    Borac

    11.625

    136

    Žalgiris

    11.500

    137

    Ballkani

    11.500

    138

    Pyunik

    11.500

    139

    Astana

    11.500

    Honours

    Domestic

    Lithuanian Championship:

    Lithuanian Cup:

    Lithuanian Super Cup:

    • Winners – 9

    • 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2025

    Soviet Championship:

    Soviet Top League:

    Soviet First League:

    • Champions – 1

    • 1982

    • Runners-up – 3

    • 1952, 1954, 1966

    • 3rd place – 1

    • 1950

    Soviet Second League:

    • Runners-up – 1

    • 1977

    International

    Chico Science Cup

    • Champions – 1

    • 2015

    Baltic League:

    Summer Universiade:

    • Champions – 1

    • 1987

    Intertoto Cup:

    • Semi-finalists – 1

    • 2005

    Individual awards

    Domestic

    Lithuanian Footballer of the Year

    A Lyga Player of the Year

    A Lyga Golden Boot

    International

    UEFA's Golden Player

    Žalgiris players in International tournaments

    Tournament

    Participant

    1988 Summer Olympics

    Arminas Narbekovas

    1988 Summer Olympics

    Arvydas Janonis

    UEFA Euro 1988

    Vyacheslav Sukristov

    Žalgiris Player of the Year

    Lists of the winners of Žalgiris Player of the Year award instituted from 2004 as voted by the official members of Žalgiris supporters club – Pietų IV:

    Year

    Winner

    2004

    Mindaugas Malinauskas

    2005

    Virmantas Lemežis

    2006

    Igoris Morinas

    2007

    Igoris Morinas

    2008

    Igoris Morinas

    2009

    Edgaras Mastianica

    2010

    Pavel Komolov

    2011

    Marius Rapalis

    Year

    Winner

    2012

    Kamil Biliński

    2013

    Mantas Kuklys

    2014

    Deividas Šemberas

    2015

    Andro Švrljuga

    2016

    Andrija Kaluđerović

    2017

    Mamadou Mbodj

    2018

    Liviu Antal

    2019

    Tomislav Kiš

    Year

    Winner

    2020

    Saulius Mikoliūnas

    2021

    Hugo Vidémont

    2022

    Edvinas Gertmonas

    2023

    Edvinas Gertmonas

    2024

    Paulius Golubickas

    2025

    Liviu Antal

    Notable players

    FK Žalgiris 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 Žalgiris.

    1. Lithuania

    2. Vidas Alunderis

    3. Nerijus Astrauskas

    4. / Virginijus Baltušnikas

    5. Stasys Baranauskas

    6. Dominykas Barauskas

    7. Rolandas Baravykas

    8. Giedrius Barevičius

    9. Džiugas Bartkus

    10. Markas Beneta

    11. Marius Bezykornovas

    12. Algimantas Briaunys

    13. Motiejus Burba

    14. Rolandas Džiaukštas

    15. Tautvydas Eliošius

    16. Georgas Freidgeimas

    17. Mantas Fridrikas

    18. / Robertas Fridrikas

    19. Andrius Gedgaudas

    20. Edvinas Gertmonas

    21. Šenderis Giršovičius

    22. Paulius Golubickas

    23. Tadas Gražiūnas

    24. / Valdas Ivanauskas

    25. Sigitas Jakubauskas

    26. Algis Jankauskas

    27. Edgaras Jankauskas

    28. / Arvydas Janonis

    29. Karolis Jasaitis

    30. Artūras Jeršovas

    31. Andrius Jokšas

    32. Egidijus Juška

    33. / Romualdas Juška

    34. Žydrūnas Karčemarskas

    35. Mindaugas Kalonas

    36. Vytautas Karvelis

    37. Donatas Kazlauskas

    38. Kipras Kažukolovas

    39. Saulius Klevinskas

    40. Linas Klimavičius

    41. Mantas Kuklys

    42. Algirdas Kulikauskas

    43. / Gintaras Kvitkauskas

    44. Tadas Labukas

    45. / Kęstutis Latoža

    46. Justas Lasickas

    47. Pavelas Leusas

    48. Vytautas Lukša

    49. Darius Maciulevičius

    50. Mindaugas Malinauskas

    51. / Valdemaras Martinkėnas

    52. Deivydas Matulevičius

    53. Giedrius Matulevičius

    54. / Romas Mažeikis

    55. Darius Miceika

    56. Saulius Mikoliūnas

    57. Tomas Mikuckis

    58. Gražvydas Mikulėnas

    59. Valerijus Mižigurskis

    60. Igoris Morinas

    61. / Arminas Narbekovas

    62. Arvydas Novikovas

    63. Sergejus Novikovas

    64. Viktoras Olšanskis

    65. / Igoris Pankratjevas

    66. Nauris Petkevičius

    67. Vadimas Petrenko

    68. Linas Pilibaitis

    69. Eimantas Poderis

    70. Robertas Poškus

    71. Aidas Preikšaitis

    72. Arūnas Pukelevičius

    73. Andrius Puotkalis

    74. Ramūnas Radavičius

    75. Nerijus Radžius

    76. Tomas Ražanauskas

    77. Robertas Ringys

    78. Daniel Romanovskij

    79. Kęstutis Ruzgys

    80. Darius Sanajevas

    81. Dainius Saulėnas

    82. Aurelijus Skarbalius

    83. Andrius Skerla

    84. Simonas Stankevičius

    85. / Gintaras Staučė

    86. Artūras Steško

    87. Igoris Steško

    88. Ramūnas Stonkus

    89. / Vyacheslav Sukristov

    90. Deividas Šemberas

    91. Darvydas Šernas

    92. Deividas Šešplaukis

    93. Ernestas Šetkus

    94. Vaidotas Šilėnas

    95. Domantas Šimkus

    96. Dainius Šuliauskas

    97. Andrėjus Tereškinas

    98. Klaudijus Upstas

    99. Valdas Urbonas

    100. Simonas Urbys

    101. Karolis Uzėla

    102. Raimondas Vainoras

    103. Egidijus Vaitkūnas

    104. Nerijus Valskis

    105. Matas Vareika

    106. Nerijus Vasiliauskas

    107. Andrius Velička

    108. Donatas Vencevičius

    109. Ovidijus Verbickas

    110. Raimondas Vilėniškis

    111. Armantas Vitkauskas

    112. Modestas Vorobjovas

    113. Ričardas Zdančius

    114. / Benjaminas Zelkevičius

    115. Irmantas Zelmikas

    116. Marius Žaliūkas

    117. Tomas Žiukas

    118. Artūras Žulpa

    119. Audrius Žuta

    120. Darius Žutautas

    121. Tomas Žvirgždauskas

    122. Africa

    123. Bryan Teixeira

    124. Kassim Hadji

    125. Younn Zahary

    126. Francis Kyeremeh

    127. Ebenezer Ofori

    128. Mahamane Traoré

    129. Ogenyi Onazi

    130. Mathias Oyewusi

    131. Djibril Diaw

    132. Mamadou Mbodj

    133. Machop Chol

    134. Serge Nyuiadzi

    135. Nassim Hnid

    136. Americas

    137. Nicolás Gorobsov

    138. Leonardo Vaca

    139. Renan Oliveira

    140. Joris Moutachy

    141. European Union

    142. Mario Grgurović

    143. Tomislav Kiš

    144. Petar Mamić

    145. Andro Švrljuga

    146. Hugo Vidémont

    147. Ēriks Pelcis

    148. Kamil Biliński

    149. Jakub Wilk

    150. Liviu Antal

    151. Calum Elliot

    152. Tomáš Malec

    153. Jakub Sylvestr

    154. Non-EU

    155. Artak Yedigaryan

    156. Yury Kendysh

    157. Armin Hodžić

    158. Semir Kerla

    159. Árni Vilhjálmsson

    160. Erton Fejzullahu

    161. Iulian Bursuc

    162. Pavel Komolov

    163. Andrey Nagumanov

    164. Andrija Kaluđerović

    165. Nemanja Ljubisavljević

    166. Ivan Tatomirović

    Managerial history

    See also

    References