Marijampolė City
Full nameSudovian Youth Football Academy
Founded2018 (2018)
ChairmanStela Omilevičienė
LeagueI Lyga
20225th
WebsiteClub website

Marijampolė City, FA Suvalkija, Suvalkijos jaunimo futbolo klubo akademija (Sudovian Youth Football Academy) is a football club based in the city of Marijampolė, Lithuania.

In 2022 Marijampolė City merged with the second tier I Lyga club FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda. The merger kept Marijampolė City name.

History

  • 2018 - the club was founded as a football academy by the initiative of football enthusiasts, parents and businessmen. The club have set ambitious goals to become nationally and internationally renown academy.[1]
  • 2019 - the club applied for the II Lyga license and was granted one. The club took fifth place in II Lyga Southern Zone.
  • 2020 – obtained II Lyga license, but later abandoned plans to compete. The academy continued to work only with children and youth.

2022 season

At the beginning of 2022, Marijampolė City merged with I Lyga club FK Šilas (Futbolo klubas Šilas). FK Šilas have been having disputes over funding with Kazlų Rūda city council, and after the merger moved to Marijampolė. As Marijampolė City did not have a senior team at this time, the senior team was essentially FK Šilas, rebadged to Marijampolė City.[2] The club applied to the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) with a request to change its name and logo, and the request was granted. New club name and logo came into use from the start of round 6 in the I Lyga and from the start of the first round in the Hegelmann LFF Cup.

Seasons

SeasonLevelLeaguePosition@LFF Cup
2019 3. Antra lyga (Pietų zona) 5th [3] Round 1 of 16
2022. 2. Pirma lyga 5th [4][5] Quarterfinals

Current squad

As of 12 February 2023[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Georgia (country) GEO Luka Koberidze
17 FW Lithuania LTU Lukas Tupčiauskas
GK Lithuania LTU Povilas Kučauskas
DF Lithuania LTU Emilis Galeckas
DF Lithuania LTU Dovydas Kazlauskas
DF Lithuania LTU Naglis Kulikauskas
DF Lithuania LTU Mangirdas Rutkauskas
DF Lithuania LTU Gytis Urba
DF Lithuania LTU Žilvinas Zubrickas
MF Lithuania LTU Audrius Brokas
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Lithuania LTU Tomas Janušauskas
MF Lithuania LTU Deividas Karpavičius
MF Lithuania LTU Paulius Kuconis
MF Lithuania LTU Tadas Kvietkauskas
MF Lithuania LTU Džiugas Omilevičius
MF Lithuania LTU Tomas Krunkaitis
FW Lithuania LTU Evaldas Grigaitis
FW Lithuania LTU Artūras Pečiulis
FW Lithuania LTU Žygimantas Pečkys
FW Lithuania LTU Povilas Savickas

References

  1. "Apie mus". www.mcity.lt.
  2. "FK "Šilas" keičia pavadinimą ir tampa "Marijampolė City"".
  3. "Marijampolė City - Lietuvos Futbolas".
  4. "Lithuania 2022".
  5. 2022 Pirma lyga – Soccerway
  6. "LFF I Lyga".
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