FC Hegelmann

Hegelmann
Full nameFutbolo klubas Hegelmann
FoundedJanuary 2009; 17 years ago (2009-01)
GroundRaudondvaris Stadium
Capacity1,550
Coordinates54°54′15″N 23°55′49″E / 54.90417°N 23.93028°E / 54.90417; 23.93028
ChairmanDainius Šumauskas
ManagerMikel Aramburu
LeagueTOPLYGA
2025A Lyga, 2nd of 10
Websitehttps://fchegelmann.com/
Current season

Futbolo klubas Hegelmann, commonly known as Hegelmann, is a Lithuanian professional football club located in Raudondvaris in Kaunas district. Before January 2022, the club was named FC Hegelmann Litauen. They play in the TOPLYGA, the first tier of Lithuanian football.

History

The club was founded under the name FC Hegelmann Litauen at the beginning of 2009 by Hegelmann Transporte, a German-owned freight forwarding and logistics company. Hegelmann refers to the family name of Anton Hegelmann and Litauen means Lithuania in German. In January 2022, the club changed its logo and official name to FC Hegelmann, dropping and dropped the word Litauen.[1]

FC Hegelmann started in the lower Lithuanian divisions but reached first place in the 2018 II Lyga and got promoted to the I Lyga, the second-highest league. The club reached 7th place in 2019 LFF I Lyga. Despite this fact, the club lodged an application to play in A Lyga in 2020. The club later withdrew the application and remained in the second division. In the 2020 season, the club reached second place in the I Lyga and got promoted to the A Lyga.

In January 2021, Andrius Skerla was introduced as the new head coach, replacing Artūras Ramoška.[2] Hegelmann finished their debut season in the Lithuanian top division in fifth place.[1]

In the 2022 Lithuanian Football Cup, the club beat FK Panevėžys in the semi-finals to reach the cup final for the first time. The final was lost 1–2 after extra time against FK Žalgiris.[3] In the 2022 A Lyga season, Hegelmann Club finished in fourth place and qualified for the first qualification round for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. In the first European game in its history, the club played against Macedonian club KF Shkupi. The away game resulted in a goalless draw, but Hegelmann lost the home game 0–5 and dropped out of the competition.[4] They finished the 2023 A Lyga in fifth position.

In July 2023, Judan Ali was introduced as the Technical Director of the club and the Head Coach of the Women's Senior Team,[5] In Alis debut season in the Lithuanian top division he took the team from bottom to a 3rd place finish and qualification to the UEFA Conference league 2025 as the Technical Advisor to the club.[6]

Honours

A Lyga
  • Runners-up (2): 2024, 2025
I Lyga
  • Runners-up (1): 2020
II Lyga Southern Zone
  • Winners (1): 2018
Lithuanian Cup

Recent seasons

Season Level Division Position Web
2016 2. Pirma lyga 10. [7]
2017 3. Antra lyga 6. [8]
2018 3. Antra lyga 1. [9]
2019 2. Pirma lyga 7. [10]
2020 2. Pirma lyga 2. [11]
2021 1. A lyga 5. [12]
2022 1. A lyga 4. [13]
2023 1. A lyga 5. [14]
2024 1. A lyga 2. [15]
2025 1. A lyga 2. [16]

Stadium

Club played their home matches in NFA Stadium. The current capacity of the stadium is 500 seats.

On 22 September 2024 club made debut in new home ground Raudondvaris Stadium (Raudondvario stadionas) in Raudondvaris (Kaunas district).[17]

Current squad

As of 23 February 2026[18]

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 Lukas Paukštė
5 DF  ESP Angel Puerto
6 MF  CIV Harouna Samad
7 MF  JPN Carlos Duke
8 MF  LTU Vilius Armanavičius
9 MF  LTU Donatas Kazlauskas
10 MF  CMR Samuel Gouet
11 FW  CMR Abdel Kader Njoya
16 MF  LTU Matijus Remeikis
18 DF  LTU Rimvydas Sadauskas
19 MF  LTU Dominykas Pašilys
20 FW  LTU Lukas Jonaitis
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  LTU Esmilis Kaušinis
22 FW  SWE Darrell Tibell
26 DF  LTU Domas Slendzoka
30 DF  NGA Isaac Barry
31 GK  LTU Rokas Bagdonavičius
37 DF  BIH Vedad Radonja
45 MF  UKR Artem Shchedryi
55 DF  LTU Nojus Stelmokas
67 FW  LTU Andrius Kaulinis
71 MF  LTU Elingas Jonavičius
77 MF  BRA Wesley Gabriel
97 DF  MNE Stefan Radinović

European record

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q North Macedonia Shkupi 0−5 0−0 0−5
2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1Q Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 0−2 0−1 0−3
2026–27 UEFA Conference League 1Q

Managers

Notable players

Players who have either appeared in at least one match for their respective national teams at any time or received an individual award while at the club. Players whose names are listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Hegelmann.

Lithuania
Europe

References

  1. ^ a b ""Hegelmann Litauen" pakeitė pavadinimą". alyga.lt (in Lithuanian). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Skerla tapo Kauno klubo treneriu". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 2 January 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Naujasis Kauno stadionas pergalingas Vilniui: "Žalgiris" iškovojo LFF taurę". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ^ ""Hegelmann" futbolininkai garbingai atsisveikino su europine scena". sportas24.lt (in Lithuanian). 21 July 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Prie "Hegelmann" moterų komandos vairo stos specialistas iš Anglijos". lrt.lt. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ^ https://fchegelmann.com/administracija/html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Lithuanian 2016 LFF 1 Lyga". almis.sritis.lt.
  8. ^ "Lithuanian 2017 LFF 2 Lyga Zone South". almis.sritis.lt.
  9. ^ "Lithuanian 2018 LFF 2 Lyga Zone South". almis.sritis.lt.
  10. ^ "Lithuania 2019". RSSSF.
  11. ^ "Lithuania 2020". RSSSF.
  12. ^ "Lithuania 2021". RSSSF.
  13. ^ "Lithuania 2022". RSSSF.
  14. ^ "Lithuania 2023". RSSSF.
  15. ^ "Lithuania 2024".
  16. ^ "Lithuania 2025".
  17. ^ Turo anonsas: „Hegelmann“ varžovus priims naujuose namuose
  18. ^ "A Komanda". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  19. ^ A. Skerlos era FC „Hegelmann“ klube baigėsi
  20. ^ Skerlos era „Hegelmann“ klube baigėsi
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Hegelmann_Litauen