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FC Hegelmann

FC Hegelmann
Full nameFutbolo klubas "Hegelmann"
FoundedJanuary 2009; 15 years ago (2009-01)
GroundRaudondvario stadionas
Capacity500
Coordinates56°18′40″N 22°20′10″E / 56.31111°N 22.33611°E / 56.31111; 22.33611
ChairmanDainius Šumauskas
ManagerAndrius Skerla
LeagueA Lyga
2024A Lyga, 2nd of 10
Websitehttps://fchegelmann.com/

Futbolo klubas Hegelmann, commonly known as Hegelmann, is a Lithuanian football club located in Raudondvaris in Kaunas district. Before January 2022, the club was named FC Hegelmann Litauen. They play in the A Lyga, the first tier of Lithuanian football.

History

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The club was founded under the name FC Hegelmann Litauen at the beginning of 2009 by Hegelmann Transporte, a German-owned freight forwarding and logistics company. Hegelmann refers to the family name of Anton Hegelmann and Litauen means Lithuania in German. In January 2022, the club changed its logo and official name to FC Hegelmann, dropping and dropped the word Litauen.[1]

FC Hegelmann started in the lower Lithuanian divisions but reached first place in the 2018 II Lyga and got promoted to the I Lyga, the second-highest league. The club reached 7th place in 2019 LFF I Lyga. Despite this fact, the club lodged an application to play in A Lyga in 2020. The club later withdrew the application and remained in the second division. In the 2020 season, the club reached second place in the I Lyga and got promoted to the A Lyga.

In January 2021, Andrius Skerla was introduced as the new head coach, replacing Artūras Ramoška.[2] Hegelmann finished their debut season in the Lithuanian top division in fifth place.[1]

In the 2022 Lithuanian Football Cup, the club beat FK Panevėžys in the semi-finals to reach the cup final for the first time. The final was lost 1–2 after extra time against FK Žalgiris.[3] In the 2022 A Lyga season, Hegelmann Club finished in fourth place and qualified for the first qualification round for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. In the first European game in its history, the club played against Macedonian club KF Shkupi. The away game resulted in a goalless draw, but Hegelmann lost the home game 0–5 and dropped out of the competition.[4] They finished the 2023 A Lyga in fifth position.

In July 2023, Judan Ali was introduced as the Technical Director of the club and the Head Coach of the Women's Senior Team, [5] In Alis debut season in the Lithuanian top division he took the team from bottom to a 3rd place finish and qualification to the UEFA Conference league 2025 as the Technical Advisor to the club. [6]

Honours

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Recent seasons

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Season Level Division Position Web
2016 2. Pirma lyga 10. [7]
2017 3. Antra lyga 6. [8]
2018 3. Antra lyga 1. [9]
2019 2. Pirma lyga 7. [10]
2020 2. Pirma lyga 2. [11]
2021 1. A lyga 5. [12]
2022 1. A lyga 4. [13]
2023 1. A lyga 5. [14]
2024 1. A lyga 2. [15]

Kit evolution

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2009—2010
2010—2017
2018
2019
Since 2021

Colors

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Hegelmann Hegelmann

Stadium

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Club play their home matches in NFA Stadium. The current capacity of the stadium is 500 seats.

On 22 September 2024 club made debut in new home gorund Raudondvaris Stadium (Raudondvario stadionas) in Raudondvaris (Kaunas district).[16]

Current squad

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As of 29 July, 2024[17]

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 Emilis Urbonas
5 MF Lithuania LTU Domantas Antanavičius
6 DF Brazil BRA Hugo Figueiredo
7 MF Lithuania LTU Matas Vareika
8 MF Austria AUT Denis Bošnjak
9 DF Lithuania LTU Klaudijus Upstas
10 MF Romania ROU Patrick Popescu
11 FW Cameroon CMR Abdel Kader Njoya
13 MF Lithuania LTU Kipras Olsauskas
14 DF Cameroon CMR Steve Kingue
15 MF Brazil BRA Léo Ribeiro
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Lithuania LTU Vincentas Šarkauskas
20 FW Lithuania LTU Lukas Jonaitis
21 MF Lithuania LTU Esmilis Kaušinis
22 GK Lithuania LTU Arijus Bražinskas
24 MF Lithuania LTU Titas Buzas
25 MF Lithuania LTU Simas Gedziunas
30 MF Brazil BRA Felipe Brisola
45 MF Ukraine UKR Artem Shchedryi
66 DF Lithuania LTU Vilius Armalas
99 FW Brazil BRA Michael Thuíque

European record

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Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q North Macedonia Shkupi 0−5 0−0 0−5
2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1Q

Notable and famous Coaches & players

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FC Hegelmann Litauen players who have either appeared for their respective national team at any time or received an individual award while at the club.

England

Lithuania

References

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  1. ^ a b ""Hegelmann Litauen" pakeitė pavadinimą". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Skerla tapo Kauno klubo treneriu". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 2 January 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Naujasis Kauno stadionas pergalingas Vilniui: "Žalgiris" iškovojo LFF taurę". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ^ ""Hegelmann" futbolininkai garbingai atsisveikino su europine scena". sportas24.lt (in Lithuanian). 21 July 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/sportas/10/2051117/prie-hegelmann-moteru-komandos-vairo-stos-specialistas-is-anglijos.html}
  6. ^ {{Cite web |url=https://fchegelmann.com/administracija/html}
  7. ^ "Lithuanian 2016 LFF 1 Lyga". almis.sritis.lt.
  8. ^ "Lithuanian 2017 LFF 2 Lyga Zone South". almis.sritis.lt.
  9. ^ "Lithuanian 2018 LFF 2 Lyga Zone South". almis.sritis.lt.
  10. ^ "Lithuania 2019". RSSSF.
  11. ^ "Lithuania 2020". RSSSF.
  12. ^ "Lithuania 2021". RSSSF.
  13. ^ "Lithuania 2022". RSSSF.
  14. ^ "Lithuania 2023". RSSSF.
  15. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2024.html#alyga
  16. ^ Turo anonsas: „Hegelmann“ varžovus priims naujuose namuose
  17. ^ "A Komanda". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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