Football club Kupiškis, commonly known as Kupiškis was a Lithuanian football team from Kupiškis.

FC Kupiškis
Full nameFootball club "Kupiškis"
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
GroundKupiškio miesto stadionas
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDanas Baronas
Managerx
Leaguex
2019Decrease 10th, I Lyga
Current season

History

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The club was formed in 2018, and made headlines when it was granted exception to participate straight away in the 2nd tier league even after failing the licensing process.[1]

The club was struggling, but it made headlines again by trashing FK Koralas Klaipėda 12:0.[2] The game was dubbed a circus, and flagged for match fixing. While investigation was taking place, another game was flagged, against FK Panevėžys. As a result of the investigation, five players were suspended. [3][4] The team finished the season in 13th position, only above dissolved club FK Koralas Klaipėda.[5]

Despite match fixing and relegation-bound position in 2018, the club was again granted exception to play in 2019 LFF I Lyga. The club struggled again, and finished the season 10th. After the end of the season, another match fixing scandal was under investigation. Six FC Kupiškis players were suspended and fined. This time the club was fined, and disqualified from the I Lyga. The club will be allowed to participate in II Lyga in 2020.[6]

Results

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Season Tier Position Cup
2018 II 13 1/8 f.
2019 II 10 1/16 f.

Squad (2019)

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3 October 2019[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   LVA Gļebs Sopots
89 GK   LTU Aurimas Žirgulis
2 DF   LTU Donatas Paulauskas
18 DF   LVA Aleksandrs Kļimovs
20 DF   LTU Mindaugas Butkus
43 DF   LTU Lukas Baranauskas
88 DF   LVA Aleksandrs Zeņkovs
5 MF   LTU Ignas Barkauskas
8 MF   LTU Arnas Laurenčikas
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   CIV Cesar Bahi
17 MF   CMR Rigoret Song Bahanag
26 MF   LTU Redas Graičiūnas
40 MF   LVA Vladislavs Grigjans
44 MF   LVA Jevgēņijs Kazura
00 MF   JPN Youdai Koike
7 FW   LTU Edgaras Stankevičius
9 FW   BLR Dzmitry Kuzmin
11 FW   LTU Marius Zabarauskas
22 FW   LVA Staņislavs Pihockis

Managers

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Former players

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See Category:FC Kupiškis players

References

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  1. ^ "Pirmos lygos licencijas gavo 12 klubų". LFF.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Pirmos lygos autsaiderių mūšis tapo cirku: rungtynes pradėjo be vieno futbolininko, komandas skyrė dviženklis įvarčių skaičius". futbolas.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Sutartų rungtynių skandalo atomazga: diskvalifikuoti penki "Kupiškio" žaidėjai". 15min.lt/sportas. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Skirtos sankcijos "Kupiškio" klubui ir futbolininkams". LFF.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. ^ ""Panevėžys" iškovojo LFF Pirmos lygos titulą". LFF.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Dėl manipuliavimo rezultatais FC "Kupiškis" šalinamas iš I lygos".
  7. ^ "FC Kupiškis - Lietuvos Futbolas".
  8. ^ ""Kupiškio" naujasis vyr. treneris – puikiai lietuviams pažįstamas brazilas". futbolas.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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