Futbolo Klubas TransINVEST is a Lithuanian professional football club based in Galinė, Vilnius County. The club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football.
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| Full name | futbolo klubas TransINVEST | ||
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| Founded | December 2021 | ||
| Ground | Širvintų miesto stadionas | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Algimantas Karavajevas | ||
| Coach | Giedrius Barevičius | ||
| League | A Lyga | ||
| 2023 | LFF I Lyga, 1st of 16 | ||
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History edit
FK TransINVEST was founded in 2021. In 2021 December, applications for a license to the Second League were also submitted by a previously unknown club, which was named "Transekspedicijos" football club.[1]
It became known that the cargo transportation company Transekspedicija became the founders and sponsors of the football club.
In 2022, in the presentation of the teams of the second league, it was already written that the team was assembled on the basis of VGTU Vilkai.[2]
In September 2023, it was announced that the owners of the club plan to build a 1,500-seat stadium in the village of Galinė.[3]
In 2022 licensed to the Second League.[4] Became one of the participants who competed in 2022. In the second league.[5][6]
Team made his debut in the second league in 2022. on April 3, when they played a home match against the Sūvuva B team at Širvintos Stadium.[7] After a changing battle, the players of "Transinvest" won 5-3.
in 2022 May 20 the club achieved victory in the Second League match with a record score of 16–0.[8] Dziugas B football players were crushed in the match held at Širvintos city stadium.[9]
The team showed good results from the first game and became the winners of the Anras league.[10] The team scored 109 goals during the season (an average of 4.19 per game). The club was granted 2023 First League License. in 2023 At the beginning, the club invited Deividas Malžinskas and Linas Pilibaitis to their ranks. in 2023 September 9 Transinvest defeated Telšiai "Džiuga" 1:0 in the semifinals of the LFF Cup tournament and reached the final. Valentinas Jeriomenka scored the winning goal in the last minutes of the match.[11] In the final, at the Darius and Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas, they won 2-1 against FA Šiauliai and became the first non-A League club in the history of Lithuanian football to win the LFF Cup. The club also prematurely secured the First League winners' title.[12]
The club was granted 2024 A League license. FK Transinvest made their A-League debut with a 3-2 win over FC Hegelmann. The match was nicknamed the "furist derby" because the owners of both clubs are transport companies.[13] FK Transinvest, who won the 2023 Lithuanian Football Cup, won the right to play in the UEFA European Conference League. However, UEFA rules indicate that clubs founded more than 3 years ago can participate in European tournaments - FK Transinvest does not meet this criterion. A final decision from UEFA is still awaited.
Honours edit
- Lithuanian Football Cup
- Winners (1): 2023
- I Lyga
- Winners (1): 2023
- II Lyga
- Winners (1): 2022
Current squad edit
- As of 2 March, 2024[14]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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European record edit
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Agg. |
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| 2024–25 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2Q | 
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References edit
- ^ https://lff.lt/news/13043/informacija-apie-licenciju-pareiskejus-2022-uju-sezonui/ Archived 2021-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://lff.lt/news/13335/lff-ii-lyga-greta-starto-linijos-zvilgsnis-i-busimas-dalyves-ii/ Archived 2022-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/483709/transinvest-projektuoja-1500-vietu-stadiona-vilniaus-rajone
- ^ lff.lt: Licencijų išdavimas Archived 2022-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ sportas.lt: Pirmos lygos dalyviai
- ^ lff.lt dalyvių tvirtinimas Archived 2022-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ FK TRANSINVEST 5:3 FK SŪDUVA B
- ^ lietuvosfutbolas.lt: Transinvest 16:0 Džiugas B
- ^ https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/456234/rekordas-antroje-lygoje-i-sveciu-vartus-sumusta-16-ivarciu
- ^ lietuvosfutbolas.lt (2022 m. transinvest klubas)
- ^ https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/483993/pirmuoju-lff-taures-finalininku-tapo-transinvest
- ^ „TransINVEST“ užsitikrino Pirmos lygos nugalėtojų titulą
- ^ https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/494535/transinvest-debiutas-a-lygoje-rezultatyviausios-turo-rungtynes-ir-dramatiska-pergale-furistu-derbyje
- ^ "FK TransINVEST". lietuvosfutbolas.lt.
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