FC Hegelmann

FC Hegelmann

Full name	Futbolo klubas Hegelmann
Founded	January 2009;16 years ago (2009-01)
Ground	LFF Kaunas Training Centre
Capacity	500
Coordinates	54°54′15″N23°55′49″E / 54.90417°N 23.93028°E / 54.90417; 23.93028
Chairman	Dainius Šumauskas
Manager	Andrius Skerla
League	A Lyga
2024	A Lyga, 2nd of 10
Website	https://fchegelmann.com/
Home colours Away colours

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.

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

• II Lyga Southern Zone
  • Winners (1): 2018

Recent seasons

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

2009—2010

2010—2017

2018

2019

Since 2021

Colors

• 2012 – now.

Hegelmann

Hegelmann

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 24 February, 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. Nation Player 1 GK   LTU Vincentas Šarkauskas 4 DF   SRB Nikola Đorić 5 MF   LTU Domantas Antanavičius 6 DF   LTU Vilius Armalas 7 MF   JPN Carlos Duke 9 DF   LTU Klaudijus Upstas 11 FW   CMR Abdel Kader Njoya 14 FW   NGA Rasheed Yusuf 15 MF   BRA Léo Ribeiro 17 MF   CIV Abdoul Harouna 18 DF   NED Jonathan Mulder 19 MF   LTU Dominykas Pašilys

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW   LTU Lukas Jonaitis 21 MF   LTU Esmilis Kaušinis 22 GK   LTU Arijus Bražinskas 25 FW   LTU Kipras Keliauskas 26 DF   LTU Domas Slendzoka 27 MF   FRA Yanis Azouazi 28 MF   SRB Lazar Kojic 31 GK   LTU Rokas Bagdonavičius 39 MF   LTU Donatas Kazlauskas 45 MF   UKR Artem Shchedryi 77 MF   BRA Wesley Gabriel 98 MF   LTU Justas Paštukas

European record

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

Notable and famous Coaches & players

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

• Judan Ali (2023–)

Lithuania

• Ignas Dedura (2020)
• Mantas Fridrikas (2020–2022)
• Vilius Armanavičius (2020–2022)
• Augustinas Klimavičius (2022–2023)
• Tomas Švedkauskas (2023)

References

1. ""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.

External links

• Official website