FK Suduva

FK Suduva or simply Suduva is a Lithuanian professional football club based in the city of Marijampole. Founded in 1968, the club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football.

The club has been playing in the A Lyga since 2002. In 2006, the club won its first trophy – the Lithuanian Cup, a feat they repeated in 2009. In 2017, Suduva won the A Lyga for the first time in its history, and repeated the triumph in 2018 and 2019.

The team's colours are white and red. The club plays at Hikvision Arena in Marijampole (capacity 6,250).

History

Soviet times

Suduva is one of the oldest and still functioning clubs in Lithuania. It is not so easy to trace its history, as in Soviet times it often changed names with every new owner that supported it. It is more or less agreed that officially this club has existed under the name of Suduva since 1968. This date (1968) known, because officially was founded Suduva as football club.

During Soviet times it drifted between different local leagues, producing few footballers for the above-mentioned Zalgiris and slowly building a local football community. Football was also actively played in a few smaller towns around Marijampole, thus making the community of football lovers even stronger. Actually, it was stronger than the club itself, and those who follow the team today are adding to the old tradition.

The biggest achievement of the club during Soviet times came in 1975 when Suduva reached 3rd place at the local top division. The next year it played and lost the National Cup Final.

1990–2001

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union Suduva got few chances to go up. It played the only Baltic championship in 1990 with teams from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Next year it tried the Lithuanian top division. Both efforts were terrible – Suduva finished both championships as the last team collecting 7 points at the Baltic championship and only 2 at the Lithuanian

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