FC Hegelmann

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Hegelmann
FC Hegelmann logo.svg
Full nameFutbolo klubas Hegelmann
FoundedJanuary 2009;16 years ago (2009-01)
Ground Raudondvaris Stadium
Capacity1,550
Coordinates 54°54′15″N23°55′49″E / 54.90417°N 23.93028°E / 54.90417; 23.93028
ChairmanDainius Šumauskas
Manager Andrius Skerla
League A Lyga
2024 A Lyga, 2nd of 10
Website https://fchegelmann.com/

Futbolo klubas Hegelmann, commonly known as Hegelmann, is a Lithuanian professional 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.

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History

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

A Lyga
I Lyga
II Lyga Southern Zone

Recent seasons

SeasonLevelDivisionPositionWeb
20162.Pirma lyga10. [7]
20173.Antra lyga6. [8]
20183.Antra lyga1. [9]
20192.Pirma lyga7. [10]
20202.Pirma lyga2. [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]

Stadium

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 ground Raudondvaris Stadium (Raudondvario stadionas) in Raudondvaris (Kaunas district). [16]

Current squad

As of 9 July, 2025 [17]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Vincentas Šarkauskas
4 DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nikola Đorić
5 MF Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Domantas Antanavičius
6 DF Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Vilius Armalas
7 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Carlos Duke
9 DF Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Klaudijus Upstas
10 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Patrick Popescu
11 FW Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Abdel Kader Njoya
14 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Rasheed Yusuf
15 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Léo Ribeiro
17 MF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Abdoul Harouna
19 MF Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Dominykas Pašilys
21 MF Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Esmilis Kaušinis
No.Pos.NationPlayer
22 GK Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Arijus Bražinskas
25 FW Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Kipras Keliauskas
26 DF Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Domas Slendzoka
27 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Yanis Azouazi
30 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Isaac Barry
31 GK Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Rokas Bagdonavičius
39 MF Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Donatas Kazlauskas
45 MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Artem Shchedryi
77 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Wesley Gabriel
98 MF Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Justas Paštukas
— DF Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Stefan Radinović

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAgg.
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Flag of North Macedonia.svg Shkupi 0−50−00−5
2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1Q Flag of Ireland.svg St Patrick's Athletic 0−20−10−3

References

  1. 1 2 ""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. ↑ "Prie "Hegelmann" moterų komandos vairo stos specialistas iš Anglijos". lrt.lt. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ↑ https://fchegelmann.com/administracija/html.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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. ↑ "Lithuania 2024".
  16. ↑ Turo anonsas: „Hegelmann“ varžovus priims naujuose namuose
  17. ↑ "A Komanda" . Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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