FK Žalgiris
Futbolo klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris, is a Lithuanian professional football club based in Vilnius. The club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club was founded as Dinamo in 1947. The club's name commemorates the victorious Battle of Žalgiris (Battle of Grunwald) (both names: Žalgiris and Grunwald are translated as "green forest"). Žalgiris has featured many Lithuanian football legends during its history including Arminas Narbekovas, Valdas Ivanauskas, Edgaras Jankauskas and Deividas Šemberas. They have won the Lithuanian Championship 10 times, the Lithuanian Football Cup 14 times, and the Lithuanian Supercup 7 times.
| Full name | Vilniaus futbolo klubas "Žalgiris" | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Žaliai Balti (The Green Whites) | |||
| Founded | 16 May 1947 | |||
| Ground | LFF Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 5,067 | |||
| Coordinates | 54°40′07″N 25°17′39″E | |||
| Chairman | Vilma Venslovaitienė | |||
| Head coach | Vladimir Cheburin | |||
| League | A Lyga | |||
| 2023 | A Lyga, 2nd of 10 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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The team's colours are green and white. The club plays at LFF stadium in Vilnius which has a capacity of 5,067.
After beating Malmö in the second round of Champions League qualifying in July 2022, Žalgiris secured themselves group stage football and became the first ever Lithuanian club to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA club competition; where they dropped into the Europa Conference League group stage after losing in the Europa League play-offs. They would finish bottom of their group with five points, and one win from their six games.