Futbolo klubas Atmosfera, commonly known as Atmosfera, is a Lithuanian football club located in Mažeikiai, in Mažeikiai District. They currently play in the I Lyga, the second tier of Lithuanian football.[1][2] FK Atmosfera is a phoenix club of Atmosfera Mažeikiai.

FK Atmosfera
Full nameFutbolo klubas "Atmosfera"
Founded1 March 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-01)
GroundMažeikiai Stadium
Capacity2,400
Coordinates56°18′40″N 22°20′10″E / 56.31111°N 22.33611°E / 56.31111; 22.33611
ManagerMarius Šluta
LeagueI Lyga
2024I Lyga 7th
Websitehttp://www.fkatmosfera.eu/
Current season

History

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Mažeikiai has a deep history of football. Since the mid-20th century, there was a football club that competed at the top tier of the Lithuanian SSR football league, achieving two championship titles during that time. This club changed names frequently, but was named Atmosfera Mažeikiai between 1973 and 1990. Between 1990 and 2012, several clubs in Mažeikiai rose up and fell apart, mostly due to financial circumstances. After FK Mažeikiai went bankrupt in 2011, a new football club was formed in 2012, and in honor of the past club it was named FK Atmosfera. Atmosfera means atmosphere in Lithuanian, a hommage to the clubs association to the manufacturing industry that supported the club.

Atmosfera played in the II Lyga (third tier) starting in 2013. The club did not play in any championship in 2016, but returned to the II Lyga in 2017. The 2018 season saw the team rise to 3rd position, securing promotion to the I Lyga. In the 2019 season, FK Atmosfera finished in 14th position.

After finishing the 2022 season in 15th place, Atmosfera faced relegation to the II Lyga. In the following season, the team won the II Lyga, securing promotion to the I Lyga again.

Honours

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Domestic

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Recent seasons

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Season Level Division Position Cup Reference
2013 3. Antra lyga (Vakarai) 6. [3]
2014 3. Antra lyga (Vakarai) 9. [4]
2015 3. Antra lyga (Vakarai) 6. Second round [5]
2016 X X X
2017 3. Antra lyga (Vakarai) 7. Second round [6]
2018 3. Antra lyga (Vakarai) 3. Second round [7]
2019 2. I Lyga 14. Second round [8]
2020 2. I Lyga 12. Second round [9]
2021 2 I Lyga 7. First round [10]
2022 2 I Lyga 15. Round of 32 [11]
2023 3. Antra lyga 1. Round of 32 [12]
2024 2. Pirma lyga 7. Quater-finals [13]

Kit evoliution

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2012
 
 
 
 
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021

Colors

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  • 2012 – now.
ATMOSFERA ATMOSFERA ATMOSFERA

Stadium

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Club play their home matches in Mažeikiai Stadium. The current capacity of the stadium is 2,400 seats.

Current squad

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As of 16 January 2024[14]

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   LTU Liutauras Juška
33 GK   LTU Džiugas Antanavičius-Šmitas
GK   LTU Sergei Palijchuk
3 DF   LTU Denisas Stankus
4 DF   LTU Ugnius Selvenis
5 DF   ARM Arman Zeynalyan
7 DF   LTU Edvinas Jasaitis
11 DF   LTU Evaldas Razulis
16 DF   LTU Tomas Bružas
18 DF   LTU Deividas Gineitis
21 DF   LTU Gabrielius Domkus
DF   LTU Adomas Mika
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF   LTU Rokas Gecevičius
10 MF   LTU Pijus Meižis
14 MF   LTU Mantas Daubaris
20 MF   LTU Domantas Šluta
22 MF   LTU Matas Šlyžius
9 FW   ARM Karen Khatuev
17 FW   LTU Adrijus Kontenis
19 FW   LVA Artis Jaudzems

References

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  1. ^ "Aukštesnio lygio link – fkatmosfera.eu".
  2. ^ "Pirmos lygos licencijavime dalyvaus vienas seniausių Lietuvos futbolo klubų". LFF.lt.
  3. ^ "Lithuanian 2013 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West". almis.sritis.lt.
  4. ^ "Lithuanian 2014 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West". almis.sritis.lt.
  5. ^ "Lithuanian 2015 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West". almis.sritis.lt.
  6. ^ "Lithuanian 2017 LFF 2 Lyga Zone West". almis.sritis.lt.
  7. ^ "Lithuania 2018". RSSSF.
  8. ^ "Lithuania 2019". RSSSF.
  9. ^ "Lithuania 2020". RSSSF.
  10. ^ "Lithuania 2021". RSSSF.
  11. ^ "Lithuania 2022". RSSSF.
  12. ^ "Lithuania 2023". RSSSF.
  13. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lito2024.html#1lyga
  14. ^ "Mažeikių "Atmosfera" | LFF I Lyga". pirmalyga.lt. 5 February 2024.
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