Utenis Utena
Wikipedia - FK Utenis Utena
FK Utenis Utena is a professional football club, based in Utena, Lithuania. The club plays its home matches at the Utenis Stadium (capacity 3,000).
In 2020, FK Utenis Utena will participate in the II Lyga. As due to financial difficulties in 2019 the shareholders voted to withdraw from participation in the I Lyga.
History
FK Utenis founded in 1933. In 2014. the team was refounded. In the I Lyga, they were in third position and was promoted to the A lyga.
In 2015, 2016, 2017 seasons, the club spent in the top division of Lithuania, but by the end of 2017, they had financial problems and after end of the season decided to play next season in I Lyga.
In the 2018 I Lyga, the team finished in 8th position. However, due to financial difficulties the shareholders voted to withdraw from participation in 2019 I Lyga and will play in 2019 II Lyga.
A klubot 1933-ban alapították Sakalas néven, majd 1996-ban Utenisre változtatták a nevét. Az A Lygában 2009-ben szerepeltek először, de a 2015-ös szezonban kiestek a másodosztályba.
A Utenisnak sikeres múltja van a litván másodosztályban, négy alkalommal is megnyerték a bajnokságot (1999, 2001, 2006, 2018). A Litván kupában is szerepeltek már, 2004-ben és 2006-ban is bejutottak a döntőbe, de mindkét alkalommal alulmaradtak az FK Ekranasszal szemben.
A klub jelenlegi edzője Vitalijus Stankevičius, aki 2021 óta irányítja a csapatot. A Utenis játékoskerete vegyes, litván és külföldi játékosokból áll.