FC Stumbras
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| Full name | Football Club Stumbras Kaunas |
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| Founded | 2013 |
| Ground | Darius and Girėnas Stadium |
| Capacity | 9,180 |
| Manager | Mariano Barreto |
| League | A Lyga |
| 2016 | 6th |
| Website | Club home page |
Football Club Stumbras is a professional football club, based in Kaunas, Lithuania, which plays in A Lyga, the top tier of Lithuanian football. Founded in 2013 on the basis of the NFA, the club is enjoying a quick rise, reaching the heights of Lithuanian football in a fairly short period of time. The club plays its home matches at the Darius and Girėnas Stadium (capacity 9,180) and use NFA stadium in Kaunas (capacity 500) as alternative.
The club was established in 2013 on the basis of Nacionalinė Futbolo Akademija team, adapting the name FC Stumbras and playing in II Lyga Southern Zone. The majority of the team's players were under 20 years old. Stumbras finished 2nd in the league and promoted to I Lyga next year.
In the 2014 FC Stumbras was able to sign a few more experienced players to go with their youth, most notable former national team striker and Kaunas native Artūras Rimkevičius. Stumbras started out the season strong winning the first 8 matches. In July 2014, during the break, it was announced that 3 starting squad players Martynas Zaleckis, Klaidas Janonis and Klaudijus Upstas would leave the team, Rolandas Čepkauskas becoming the new head coach was announced a few days after. FC Stumbras went on to finish the regular season 3rd, making it to the second phase. After beating FK Nevėžis 4–1 in the last match of the season, Stumbras secured 1st place in the league and Artūras Rimkevičius was declared league leader in goals with 26. The last team to represent the second largest city in Lithuania in A Lyga was FBK Kaunas in 2012. FC Stumbras chairman Vytautas Vaškūnas confirmed that the club will use their right to play in the top Lithuanian league in 2015 and Kaunas will have a team in A Lyga once again, he also confirmed the club will bring back Rimkevičius and will most likely strengthen the squad even more next season.
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