# FK Banga Gargždai

FK Banga Gargždai is a Lithuanian professional football club from the city of Gargždai.

## History

FK Banga was founded in 1966. During the period from 1966 to 1990, the club was in the Soviet Lithuanian football championship. From 1990, they played in the Lithuanian championship. From 1994 to 2001, they were in the top tier. After the 2001 A Lyga, they were relegated to the I Lyga.
The team earned promotion to the A Lyga, Lithuania's top football division, for the 2009 season after FBK Kaunas and Atlantas Klaipėda voluntarily withdrew their participation. Banga were also members of the A Lyga from 1994 to 2000.
In the 2019 LFF I Lyga, FK Banga finished in second position and played in the relegation/promotion match with FK Palanga. Banga won the playoff, passed the licensing process, and returned to the top division after a 5-year break. In the 2020 A Lyga, FK Banga finished in 4th position. It was the best result in FK Banga history in A Lyga.

## Achievements

* A Lyga
** Fourth place (1): 2020
* Lithuanian Cup
** Winners (1): 2024
** Runners-up (3): 2011, 2014, 2019

## Recent seasons

| Season | Level | League | Place | Notes |
| 2004 | 3. | II lyga (West) | 3. |
| 2005 | 3. | II lyga (West) | 5. | Promoted to Pirma lyga |
| 2006 | 2. | Pirma lyga | 12. |
| 2007 | 2. | Pirma lyga | 6. |
| 2008 | 2. | Pirma lyga | 4. | Promoted to A lyga |
| 2009 | 1. | A lyga | 6. |
| 2010 | 1. | A lyga | 6. |
| 2011 | 1. | A lyga | 6. |
| 2012 | 1. | A lyga | 6. |
| 2013 | 1. | A lyga | 6. |
| 2014 | 1. | A lyga | 9. | Relegated to Pirma lyga |
| 2015 | 2. | Pirma lyga | 3. |
| 2016 | 2. | Pirma lyga | 6. |
| 2017 | 2. | Pirma lyga | 2. |
| 2018 | 2. | Pirma lyga | 3. |
| 2019 | 2. | Pirma lyga | 2. | Promotion to A lyga |
| 2020 | 1. | A lyga | 4. |
| 2021 | 1. | A lyga | 7. |
| 2022 | 1. | A lyga | 8. |
| 2023 | 1. | A lyga | 6. |
| 2024 | 1. | A lyga | 5. |

## UEFA club competition record

Source: uefa.com Last updated: 11 July 2014
| Competition | Matches | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| UEFA Europa League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 |

### Matches

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Aggregate |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Qarabağ FK | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–7 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Sligo Rovers FC | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 |
| 2025–26 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q | | | | |

## Current squad

    As of 24 February, 2025
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 | Armantas Vitkauskas |
| 3 | DF | LTU | Deividas Malžinskas |
| 4 | DF | GNB | Simão Júnior |
| 5 | DF | NGA | Akpe Victory |
| 6 | MF | LTU | Matas Ramanauskas |
| 7 | MF | LTU | Dovydas Norvilas |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Hugo Figueredo |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Aivars Emsis |
| 10 | MF | LTU | Vaidas Magdusauskas |
| 11 | MF | LTU | Rokas Filipavičius |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Lukas Grinkevičius |
| 13 | DF | LTU | Natanas Zebrauskas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NED | Nouri El Harmazi |
| 17 | DF | LTU | Maksim Andrejev |
| 18 | FW | LTU | Pijus Srėbalius |
| 19 | DF | LTU | Valdas Antužis |
| 20 | MF | LTU | Karolis Toleikis |
| 21 | MF | LTU | Sidas Praleika |
| 24 | DF | LTU | Armandas Razvadauskas |
| 27 | MF | LTU | Arminas Strakšys |
| 55 | GK | LTU | Mantas Bertašius |
| 57 | MF | LTU | Matas Ambrazaitis |
| 77 | FW | LTU | Ignas Venckus |
| 99 | MF | NGA | Aaron Olugbogi |

## Kit evolution

* Kits at home: orange kits, shorts and socks with darkblue signs.
| 2007 | 2011 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 |
* Away kits: dark blue kits, shorts and socks with orange signs.
| 2007 | 2011 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 |

## Managers

* Fiodoras Finkelis (19??–77)
* Leonardas Lukavičius (1990–95)
* Fabio Lopez (2008)
* Valdas Ivanauskas (2008–09)
* Vytautas Jančiauskas (2009–10)
* Arminas Narbekovas (16 December 2009 – 1 January 2012)
* Vaidas Žutautas (6 January 2012–2013)
* Vaidas Žutautas (2013–2014)
* Maksim Tishchenko (2014–2015)
* Vaidas Žutautas (2015–2016)
* Tomas Tamošauskas (2017 – 3 June 2021)
* David Afonso, (from 3 June 2021)