2016 FK Žalgiris season

The 2016 season is FK Žalgiris 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Lithuanian football and 3rd consecutive as A Lyga title defenders. They also participated in the Lithuanian Cup, SuperCup and enter the UEFA Champions League at the second qualifying round stage.

Žalgiris

2016 season
Chairwoman	Vilma Venslovaitienė
Manager	Valdas Dambrauskas
Stadium	LFF Stadionas
SMSCredit.lt A Lyga	Winners
LFF Sportland Supercup	Winners
LFF Cup (15–16)	Winners
LFF Cup (16)	Winners
UEFA Champions League (16–17)	Second Qualifying Round
Top goalscorer	League: Andrija Kaluđerović (20 goals) All: Andrija Kaluđerović (23 goals)
Highest home attendance	4,100 (Jul. 13 vs. Astana)
Lowest home attendance	350 (Apr. 27 vs. Stumbras)
Average home league attendance	1,061
Biggest win	Radviliškis 0–7 Žalgiris
Biggest defeat	Žalgiris 1–3 Trakai
Home colours Away colours

After winning 2015–16 Lithuanian Football Cup club has achieved the longest active consecutive domestic cup run in Europe with five victories in a row.[1] After another consecutive win in 2016 LFF Cup they extended the record to 6 victories, while also setting new Lithuanian record - winning two domestic cups in a single calendar year.[2]

Žalgiris were crowned champions for the fourth year in a row on 30 October after a 2-0 win against Atlantas.[3]

After the season club leaders received multiple personal awards: long time club servant Mantas Kuklys was included between final 7 candidates to win Lithuanian footballer of the year award and remained fourth overall. Furthermore, he was elected as the best player in Lithuania managing to beat teammates Andrija Kaluđerović and Vytautas Lukša who respectively remained in second and fourth places. Despite joining only in summer, Kaluđerović also was declared as Fans player of the year - traditional award given by club supporters group Pietų IV. According to the fans club defender Mamadou Mbodj remained 2nd and 3rd place was taken by Kuklys. Youngsters Justas Lasickas and Daniel Romanovskij remained respectively 3rd and 5th in the most promising player of the season elections, midfielder Matija Ljujić received prize for the best goal of the season and head coach Valdas Dambrauskas also wasn't forgotten and received coach of the year award.[4][5][6]

2016 season was concluded with special event where film "„Žalgiris-2016“. The year of triumph" about historical season highlighted with victory of four domestic titles premiered.[7]

Players

Squad No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in
Goalkeepers
1	Armantas Vitkauskas		GK	(1989-03-23) 23 March 1989	FK Sūduva	2012[8]
12	Karolis Čirba		GK	(1997-03-31) 31 March 1997	Academy	2016
55	Saulius Klevinskas		GK	(1984-04-02) 2 April 1984	Torpedo Moscow	2015[9]
Defenders
2	Linas Klimavičius		CB	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989	FK Trakai	2016[10]
5	Donovan Slijngard		LB	(1987-08-28) 28 August 1987	SC Cambuur	2015[11]
6	Mamadou Mbodj [12]		CB	(1993-03-12) 12 March 1993	Red Star Belgrade	2016[13]
8	Egidijus Vaitkūnas		RB	(1988-08-08) 8 August 1988	FK Tauras	2010[14]
18	Aldas Korsakas		RB	(1996-05-21) 21 May 1996	Academy	2014
20	Dominykas Barauskas		DF	(1997-04-18) 18 April 1997	Academy	2015
26	Marius Žaliūkas		CB	(1983-11-10) 10 November 1983	Rangers F.C.	2016[15]
71	Jonas Skinderis		DF	(1997-04-04) 4 April 1997	FK Panevėžys	2016[16]
Midfielders
4	Marin Matoš		CM	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989	NK Istra 1961	2016[17]
7	Slavko Blagojević		DM / CM	(1987-03-21) 21 March 1987	RNK Split	2016[18]
9	Jorge Chula		RW / LW	(1990-02-13) 13 February 1990	C.D. Aves	2015[19]
21	Vytautas Lukša		RW / LW	(1984-08-14) 14 August 1984	FK Trakai	2015[20]
22	Justas Lasickas		LW	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997	Academy	2014
23	Saulius Mikoliūnas		RB / RW / LW	(1984-05-02) 2 May 1984	FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2016[21]
27	Matija Ljujić		CM / AM	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993	FK Rad	2016[22]
75	Ernestas Stočkūnas		MF	(1998-04-26) 26 April 1998	Academy	2015
77	Linas Pilibaitis		CM / AM / CF	(1985-04-05) 5 April 1985	Győri ETO FC	2014[23]
88	Mantas Kuklys		CM / AM	(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987	KFC Turnhout	2012[24]
Forwards
19	Edvinas Baniulis		CF	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	Academy	2013
28	Julius Momkus		ST	(1998-02-28) 28 February 1998	Academy	2016
33	Bahrudin Atajić[25]		AM / LW / RW / CF / SS	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993	SJK Seinäjoki	2016[26]
80	Elivelto		CM / AM / LW / RW / SS	(1992-01-02) 2 January 1992	FK Ekranas	2015[27]
99	Andrija Kaluđerović [28]		CF	(1987-07-05) 5 July 1987	FK Rad	2016[29]

Transfers

Winter 2016

In Pos. Player Age Moving from Notes Source MF Elton 26 FC Voluntari Free [30] DF Marius Žaliūkas 32 Rangers F.C. Free [15] FW Simonas Stankevičius 20 Leicester City F.C. Undisclosed [31] MF Marin Matoš 26 NK Istra 1961 Free [17] DF Mamadou Mbodj 22 Red Star Belgrade Free [13] FW Bahrudin Atajić 22 SJK Seinäjoki Free [26] DF Linas Klimavičius 26 FK Trakai Free [21] MF Saulius Mikoliūnas 31 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk Free [21] MF Tautvydas Eliošius 23 FK Kruoja Pakruojis Free [32]

Out Pos. Player Age Moving to Notes Source MF Yury Kendysh 25 FC BATE Borisov €150,000 [33][34] MF Deividas Šemberas 37 - Retired [35] DF Georgas Freidgeimas 28 FC Irtysh Pavlodar On loan until 2017 [36] FW Darvydas Šernas 31 Alanyaspor Free [37] DF Semir Kerla 28 FC Irtysh Pavlodar Free [37] DF Andro Švrljuga 30 FK Sūduva Free [38] DF Algis Jankauskas 33 FK Sūduva Free [39] MF Paulius Janušauskas 26 FK Sūduva Free [39] FW Serge Nyuiadzi 24 1461 Trabzon Free [35] FW Kristis Andreou 21 Ayia Napa F.C. Free [35] FW Eliandro 25 Batatais Futebol Clube Free [35] FW Darius Kazubovičius 21 FK RFS On loan until 2017 [40]

Summer 2016

In Pos. Player Age Moving from Notes Source FW Andrija Kaluđerović 28 FK Rad Free [29] MF Matija Ljujić 22 FK Rad Free [22] MF Slavko Blagojević 29 RNK Split Free [18] MF Jonas Skinderis 19 FK Panevėžys Undisclosed [16]

Out Pos. Player Age Moving to Notes Source DF Lukas Valvonis 18 FK Utenis On loan until December 2016 [41] MF Daniel Romanovskij 19 FK Utenis On loan until 2017 [41] MF Elton 26 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Free [42] FW Lucas Gaúcho 25 Thespakusatsu Gunma Free [43] MF Tautvydas Eliošius 24 FK Lietava On loan until 2017 [44] FW Simonas Stankevičius 20 HNK Šibenik On loan until 2017 [45]

Pre-season and friendlies

FK Žalgiris v Jagiellonia

16 January 2016 Friendly	FK Žalgiris	1–0	Jagiellonia	Vilnius, Lithuania
13:30 EET (UTC+2)	Darius Kazubovičius  90'			Stadium: Sportima Arena

FK Žalgiris v FK Liepāja

23 January 2016 Friendly	FK Žalgiris	1–0	FK Liepāja	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Georgas Freidgeimas  70'			Stadium: Sportima Arena

FK Žalgiris v FS METTA

26 January 2016 Friendly	FK Žalgiris	0–1	FS METTA	Vilnius, Lithuania
12:30 EET (UTC+2)			Artūrs Švalbe  89'	Stadium: Sportima Arena

FK Žalgiris v FK Spartaks

30 January 2016 Friendly	FK Žalgiris	5–1	FK Spartaks	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Bahrudin Atajić  6'  44' Tautvydas Eliošius  13'  37' Vytautas Lukša  46'		Sergej Vorobjov  75'	Stadium: Sportima Arena

FC Minsk v FK Žalgiris

3 February 2016 Friendly	FC Minsk	0–1	FK Žalgiris	Minsk, Belarus
15:00 FET (UTC+3)			Bahrudin Atajić  52'

FK Žalgiris v FK Jelgava

6 February 2016 Friendly	FK Žalgiris	1–2	FK Jelgava	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Linas Pilibaitis  82'		Verners Zalaks  51' Andrejs Kovaļovs  56' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportima Arena

FK Žalgiris v Wigry Suwałki

11 February 2016 Friendly	FK Žalgiris	1–1	Wigry Suwałki	Vilnius, Lithuania
12:30 EET (UTC+2)	Daniel Romanovskij  70' Linas Pilibaitis  76' Egidijus Vaitkūnas  76'		Bartosz Biel  68'	Stadium: Sportima Arena

FC Flora v FK Žalgiris

3 February 2016 Friendly	FC Flora	1–2	FK Žalgiris	Tallinn, Estonia
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Maksim Gussev  35'		Bahrudin Atajić  44' Marin Matoš  74'	Stadium: EJL Sisehall

FC Flora v FK Žalgiris

21 February 2016 Friendly	FC Flora	0–3	FK Žalgiris	Tallinn, Estonia
13:15 EET (UTC+2)			Elivelto  4' Simonas Stankevičius  30' Saulius Mikoliūnas  69'	Stadium: EJL Sisehall

HNK Hajduk Split v FK Žalgiris

30 June 2016 Friendly	HNK Hajduk Split	2–1	FK Žalgiris	Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ignacio Maganto  5' Hrvoje Milić  75' Jefferson  81' Zvonimir Kožulj  85'	Report	Matija Ljujić  36'  36' Vytautas Lukša  44' Andrija Kaluđerović  59' Saulius Mikoliūnas  77'	Stadium: Dobrava Stadium Attendance: 20 Referee: Vojko Goričan

FC Oleksandriya v FK Žalgiris

3 July 2016 Friendly	FC Oleksandriya	2–0	FK Žalgiris	Beltinci, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stanislav Kulish  8'	Report	Linas Klimavičius  33' (o.g.)	Stadium: Beltinci Sports Park

FC Terek Grozny v FK Žalgiris

6 July 2016 Friendly	FC Terek Grozny	2–1	FK Žalgiris	Graz, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bekim Balaj  60' Magomed Mitrishev  75'	Report	Egidijus Vaitkūnas  72'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Graz-Weinzödl

Riga FC v FK Žalgiris

8 October 2016 Friendly	Riga FC	3–2	FK Žalgiris	Riga, Latvia
15:00 CEST (UTC+3)	Roberts Savaļnieks  25' Sergei Shumeyko  27' Džerards  75'	Report	Linas Pilibaitis  2' Karolis Uzėla  90+3'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium

FC Dinamo Brest v FK Žalgiris

10 November 2016 Friendly	FC Dinamo Brest	2–1	FK Žalgiris	Brest, Belarus
13:00 FET (UTC+3)	Latif Amadu  31' Jahongir Ergashev  86'	Report	Elivelto  9'	Stadium: Yunost Stadium[46] Attendance: 100 Referee: Vitaly Sevostyanik

Competitions

Lithuanian Supercup

FK Žalgiris v FK Trakai

28 February 2016	FK Žalgiris	4–1 (a.e.t.)	FK Trakai	Vilnius, Lithuania
15:30 CET (UTC+2)	Vytautas Lukša  45+1'  99' Linas Pilibaitis  45+3' Mamadou Mbodj  65' Tautvydas Eliošius  112' Mantas Kuklys  120+1' (pen.)	Report	David Arshakyan  22' Arūnas Klimavičius  45+3' Artem Gurenko  57' Eugen Zasavitchi  68' Deividas Česnauskis  90+3' Justinas Januševskij  116' Marius Rapalis  120'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 3,118 Referee: Jurij Paškovskij

A Lyga

Main article: 2016 A Lyga

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	24	4	5	74	29	+45	76	13	2	2	39	16	+23	11	2	3	35	13	+22

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L
Position	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1[lower-alpha 1]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

1. Match was postponed and played after 23rd tour

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris Vilnius	28	21	3	4	62	22	+40	66	Qualification to Championship round
2	Trakai	28	18	4	6	47	22	+25	58
3	Sūduva Marijampolė	28	15	6	7	42	32	+10	51[lower-alpha 1]
4	Atlantas	28	15	6	7	38	25	+13	51[lower-alpha 1]
5	Lietava Jonava	28	7	8	13	28	44	−16	29

Source: UEFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head matches won 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won.[47]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Sūduva–Atlantas 1–0, Atlantas–Sūduva 1–2, Sūduva–Atlantas 3–3, Atlantas–Sūduva 2–1.

Matches

FK Žalgiris v FK Trakai

2 March 2016 1	FK Žalgiris	2–0	FK Trakai	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 CET (UTC+2)	Bahrudin Atajić 13'  46', 57' Elton  37' Tautvydas Eliošius  40'	Report	Eugen Zasavitchi  22' Artem Gurenko  24' Nerijus Valskis  43' Martynas Dapkus  74'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

FC Stumbras v FK Žalgiris

12 March 2016 2	FC Stumbras	3–6	FK Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Andrius Račkus  8' Klaidas Janonis  17' Kennedy Eriba  53'  54' Lukas Baranauskas  63' Klaudijus Upstas  73' Martynas Zaleckis  83'	Report	Egidijus Vaitkūnas  2' Bahrudin Atajić  9', 32' Linas Pilibaitis  19' Mantas Kuklys  37' Marin Matoš  70' Elivelto  78'	Stadium: NFA Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas

FK Žalgiris v FK Sūduva

16 March 2016 3	FK Žalgiris	3–2	FK Sūduva	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mamadou Mbodj  50' Linas Pilibaitis  51' Donovan Slijngard  53' Saulius Mikoliūnas  79' Mantas Kuklys  90' (pen.) Elivelto  90+1'	Report	Predrag Pavlović  16' Ivan Kardum  32' Andro Švrljuga  51' Ernestas Veliulis  57' Karolis Laukžemis  69'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Sergėjus Slyva

FK Utenis Utena v FK Žalgiris

19 March 2016 4	FK Utenis Utena	0–1	FK Žalgiris	Visaginas, Lithuania
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Jevgenij Moroz  28'	Report	Elton  78' Linas Klimavičius  90+2'	Stadium: Visaginas Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Robertas Valikonis

FK Žalgiris v FK Lietava Jonava

2 April 2016 5	FK Žalgiris	2–2	FK Lietava Jonava	Vilnius, Lithuania
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Saulius Mikoliūnas  51' Marius Žaliūkas  65' Mantas Kuklys  72' Egidijus Vaitkūnas  80' Mamadou Mbodj  89' Bahrudin Atajić  90+1'	Report	Dominykas Galkevičius  2' (pen.) Tomas Salamanavičius  12' Aleksandar Šušnjar  33' Giedrius Kvedaras  65' Tadas Eliošius  72' Laurynas Stonkus  75'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mindaugas Jackus

FK Atlantas v FK Žalgiris

6 April 2016 6	FK Atlantas	2–1	FK Žalgiris	Klaipėda, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alexey Epifanov  41' Maksimov  59' Kazimeras Gnedojus  74' Oleg Dmitriyev  90+4'	Report	Mamadou Mbodj  90+7'	Stadium: Klaipėda Artificial Football Pitch Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

FK Žalgiris v FK Kauno Žalgiris

16 April 2016 7	FK Žalgiris	3–0	FK Kauno Žalgiris	Vilnius, Lithuania
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Linas Pilibaitis  28' (pen.) Egidijus Vaitkūnas  54' Simonas Stankevičius  56' Bahrudin Atajić  64' Lucas Gaúcho  79'	Report	Lukas Sendžikas  26'  67' Tomas Bučma  50' Ignas Dedura  50'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Donatas Rumšas

FK Trakai v FK Žalgiris

20 April 2016 8	FK Trakai	1–0	FK Žalgiris	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	David Arshakyan  15'	Report		Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Sergėjus Slyva

FK Žalgiris v FC Stumbras

27 April 2016 9	FK Žalgiris	2–0	FC Stumbras	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mantas Kuklys  45' (pen.) Saulius Mikoliūnas  59' Vytautas Lukša  90'	Report	Rimvydas Sadauskas  44' Tomas Snapkauskas  82'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

FK Sūduva v FK Žalgiris

4 May 2016 10	FK Sūduva	1–0	FK Žalgiris	Marijampolė, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Paulius Janušauskas  16' Ernestas Veliulis  25'	Report		Stadium: ARVI Football Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Donatas Rumšas

FK Žalgiris v FK Utenis Utena

8 May 2016 11	FK Žalgiris	2–0	FK Utenis Utena	Vilnius, Lithuania
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Egidijus Vaitkūnas  25' Marin Matoš  52' Vytautas Lukša  70'  90+4'	Report	Benas Spietinis  18'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 730 Referee: Darius Petraška

FK Lietava Jonava v FK Žalgiris

18 May 2016 12	FK Lietava Jonava	0–1	FK Žalgiris	Jonava, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Aleksandar Šušnjar  81'	Report	Marin Matoš  37' Linas Klimavičius  42'	Stadium: Central Stadium of Jonava Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Vijūnas Vasiliauskas

FK Žalgiris v FK Atlantas

21 May 2016 13	FK Žalgiris	1–0	FK Atlantas	Vilnius, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mamadou Mbodj  18' Elivelto  59'	Report	Maksimov  18' Markas Beneta  78'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Sergėjus Slyva

FK Kauno Žalgiris v FK Žalgiris

9 June 2016 14	FK Kauno Žalgiris	1–1	FK Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Pijus Širvys  62' Edvinas Kloniūnas  90+2'	Report	Justas Lasickas  46'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Evan Boyce

FK Žalgiris v FK Trakai

15 June 2016 15	FK Žalgiris	3–1	FK Trakai	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Linas Pilibaitis  46', 62' Matija Ljujić  71'  72'	Report	Dzmitry Rekish  85'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Robertas Valikonis

FC Stumbras v FK Žalgiris

24 June 2016 16	FC Stumbras	0–5	FK Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Giorgio Russo  60' Ainas Bareikis  86'	Report	Egidijus Vaitkūnas  6' Linas Pilibaitis  17', 48' Marin Matoš  40' Andrija Kaluđerović  50' Mantas Kuklys  74' Donovan Slijngard  80'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

FK Utenis Utena v FK Žalgiris

23 July 2016 18	FK Utenis Utena	2–4	FK Žalgiris	Utena, Lithuania
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kiril Levšin  6' Yuriy Vereshchak  23' Gabrielius Zagurskas  39'	Report	Andrija Kaluđerović  18', 37', 83' Saulius Mikoliūnas  36' Linas Pilibaitis  51'  66' Slavko Blagojević  80'	Stadium: Utenis Stadium Attendance: 475 Referee: Darius Petraška

FK Žalgiris v FK Lietava Jonava

27 July 2016 19	FK Žalgiris	4–1	FK Lietava Jonava	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Andrija Kaluđerović  8', 27', 51' Bahrudin Atajić  46' Mamadou Mbodj  63'	Report	Tomas Salamanavičius  65' Tadas Eliošius  86'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Robertas Šmitas

FK Atlantas v FK Žalgiris

2 August 2016 20	FK Atlantas	0–1	FK Žalgiris	Klaipėda, Lithuania
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Aleksey Epifanov  17' Vytas Gašpuitis  27' Ovidijus Verbickas  71' Maksimov  86' Oleg Dmitriyev  90+1'	Report	Egidijus Vaitkūnas  21' Andrija Kaluđerović  39'  87' Elivelto  67'  83' Jorge Chula  90+1'	Stadium: Klaipėdos centrinis stadionas Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

FK Žalgiris v FK Kauno Žalgiris

11 August 2016 21	FK Žalgiris	3–1	FK Kauno Žalgiris	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Linas Pilibaitis  2' Bahrudin Atajić  25' Andrija Kaluđerović  83'	Report	Rokas Sikorskis  55' Leonid Mushnikov  70'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Vijūnas Vasiliauskas

FK Trakai v FK Žalgiris

17 August 2016 22	FK Trakai	1–2	FK Žalgiris	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Arūnas Klimavičius  52' Nerijus Valskis  69' (pen.) Alyaksandr Bychanok  78'	Report	Andrija Kaluđerović  21', 50' Slavko Blagojević  36' Linas Pilibaitis  44' Elivelto  76' Saulius Klevinskas  86'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Robertas Valikonis

FK Žalgiris v FC Stumbras

24 August 2016 23	FK Žalgiris	3–1	FC Stumbras	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Matija Ljujić  21' Mamadou Mbodj  34' Slavko Blagojević  45+1' Saulius Klevinskas  58' Vytautas Lukša  64'	Report	Robertas Vėževičius  16' Tomas Snapkauskas  70' Cristian Alex  90+3'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 675 Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas

FK Žalgiris v FK Sūduva

28 August 2016 17	FK Žalgiris	4–1	FK Sūduva	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Andrija Kaluđerović  5' (pen.) Vytautas Lukša  51' Elivelto  89' Marin Matoš  90+1'	Report	Tomas Radzinevičius  72'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 717 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

FK Sūduva v FK Žalgiris

7 September 2016 24	FK Sūduva	0–0	FK Žalgiris	Marijampolė, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Algis Jankauskas  53' Povilas Leimonas  57' Andro Švrljuga  76'	Report	Matija Ljujić  62'	Stadium: ARVI Football Arena Attendance: 720 Referee: Donatas Rumšas

FK Žalgiris v FK Utenis Utena

15 September 2016 25	FK Žalgiris	2–1	FK Utenis Utena	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Justas Lasickas  49' Elivelto  64' Linas Klimavičius  77' Mantas Kuklys  86' Vytautas Lukša  90'	Report	Daniel Romanovskij  81' Gabrielius Zagurskas  84' Ivan Lukaniuk  90+2'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Donatas Šimėnas

FK Lietava Jonava v FK Žalgiris

20 September 2016 26	FK Lietava Jonava	0–4	FK Žalgiris	Jonava, Lithuania
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Eisvinas Utyra  36' Artūras Rocys  40'	Report	Elivelto  12' Saulius Mikoliūnas  48' Bahrudin Atajić  56', 66', 78'	Stadium: Central Stadium of Jonava Attendance: 800 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

FK Žalgiris v FK Atlantas

1 October 2016 27	FK Žalgiris	0–1	FK Atlantas	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Saulius Mikoliūnas  76' Mamadou Mbodj  83'	Report	Rolandas Baravykas  30' Rokas Gedminas  37' Andrius Bartkus  71' Ovidijus Verbickas  84' (pen)	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 810 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

FK Kauno Žalgiris v FK Žalgiris

16 October 2016 28	FK Kauno Žalgiris	0–2	FK Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Andrius Velička  33' Ignas Dedura  45' Ernestas Pilypas  60'	Report	Saulius Mikoliūnas  49' Linas Pilibaitis  90+2'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Referee: Darius Petraška

Championship round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Žalgiris Vilnius (C)	33	24	4	5	74	29	+45	76	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
2	Trakai	33	20	7	6	55	26	+29	67	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Sūduva Marijampolė	33	17	7	9	55	41	+14	58
4	Atlantas	33	16	8	9	42	32	+10	56
5	Stumbras Kaunas	33	8	9	16	43	63	−20	33
6	Lietava Jonava	33	8	8	17	35	58	−23	32

Source: UEFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head matches won 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won.[48]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Žalgiris Vilnius qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Lithuanian Football Cup. However, since they qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Matches

FK Lietava Jonava v FK Žalgiris

22 October 2016 1	FK Lietava Jonava	1–4	FK Žalgiris	Jonava, Lithuania
13:00	Valdemaras Borovskis  75' Dominykas Galkevičius  85'	Report	Andrija Kaluđerović  14', 41', 46' Vytautas Lukša  82'	Stadium: Central Stadium of Jonava Attendance: 150 Referee: Mindaugas Jackus

FK Žalgiris v FK Atlantas

30 October 2016 2	FK Žalgiris	2–0	FK Atlantas	Vilnius, Lithuania
15:00	Matija Ljujić  34' Vytautas Lukša  41' Saulius Mikoliūnas  63' Justas Raziūnas  71' (o.g.)	Report	Šimkus  2'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 575 Referee: Robertas Šmitas

FK Sūduva v FK Žalgiris

5 November 2016 3	FK Sūduva	1–3	FK Žalgiris	Marijampolė, Lithuania
14:00	Nermin Jamak  26' Marius Činikas  38' Tomas Radzinevičius  54'	Report	Andrija Kaluđerović  37', 42' Mamadou Mbodj  64' Mantas Kuklys  71'	Stadium: ARVI Football Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Donatas Rumšas

FK Žalgiris v FC Stumbras

18 November 2016 5	FK Žalgiris	2–2	FC Stumbras	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:15	Andrija Kaluđerović  25', 62' Justas Lasickas  38' Mantas Kuklys  73' Matija Ljujić  73' Saulius Mikoliūnas  79'	Report	Lukas Artimavičius  36' Vilius Armanavičius  45+1' Oumar Sissoko  82' Matas Radžiukynas  90+1'	Stadium: Sportima Arena Attendance: 850 Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas

FK Žalgiris v FK Trakai

26 November 2016 4	FK Žalgiris	1–3	FK Trakai	Vilnius, Lithuania
12:00	Mamadou Mbodj  34' Slavko Blagojević  59' Saulius Mikoliūnas  69' Andrija Kaluđerović  81' Linas Klimavičius  83' Mantas Kuklys  90'	Report	Nerijus Valskis  24', 61'  59' Eugen Zasavitchi  40'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 837 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

LFF Taurė

2015–16 LFF Taurė

Main article: 2015–16 Lithuanian Football Cup

All previous rounds were played during the 2015 FK Žalgiris season.

Semifinals

FK Žalgiris v FC Stumbras

12 April 2016 First leg	FK Žalgiris	1–1	FC Stumbras	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mamadou Mbodj  32' Linas Pilibaitis  90+2'	Report	Giorgio Russo  66'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas

FC Stumbras v FK Žalgiris

24 April 2016 Second leg	FC Stumbras	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	FK Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Klaidas Janonis  2'	Report	Elton  22'  52' Vytautas Lukša  32'  41'  83' Saulius Mikoliūnas  78'	Stadium: NFA Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Donatas Rumšas

Final

FK Žalgiris v FK Trakai

15 May 2016	FK Žalgiris	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FK Trakai	Telšiai, Lithuania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Egidijus Vaitkūnas  96' Linas Klimavičius  99' Linas Pilibaitis  116'	Report	Deividas Česnauskis  57' Vaidas Šilėnas  108'	Stadium: Telšiai Central Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas

2016 LFF Taurė

Main article: 2016 Lithuanian Football Cup

FK Kauno Žalgiris v FK Žalgiris

18 June 2016 Round of 32	FK Kauno Žalgiris	0–6	FK Žalgiris	Kaunas, Lithuania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Matija Ljujić  14', 50' Vytautas Lukša  36' Mantas Kuklys  37' Andrija Kaluđerović  44' Linas Pilibaitis  83', 86'	Stadium: NFA Stadium Referee: Darius Petraška

FK Palanga v FK Žalgiris

6 August 2016 Round of 16	FK Palanga	0–4	FK Žalgiris	Palanga, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mindaugas Bagužis  34'  47' Mantas Perepliotovas  74' Donatas Navikas  86'	Report	Elivelto  28', 50' Linas Klimavičius  35' Linas Pilibaitis  79'	Stadium: Palanga Central Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Orestas Abramavičius

ŠSPC Radviliškis v FK Žalgiris

20 August 2016[49] Quarter-finals	ŠSPC Radviliškis	0–7	FK Žalgiris	Radviliškis, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Aurimas Šulnys  78'	Report	Marin Matoš  3' Jorge Chula  10' Elivelto  20', 77' Julius Momkus  23', 31' 84' Saulius Mikoliūnas  44'	Stadium: Radviliškis Central Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Mindaugas Jackus

FK Atlantas v FK Žalgiris

11 September 2016[50] Semi-finals	FK Atlantas	1–2	FK Žalgiris	Klaipėda, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vytas Gašpuitis  19' Donatas Kazlauskas  64'	Report	Saulius Mikoliūnas  10' Mantas Kuklys  39' Egidijus Vaitkūnas  58' Andrija Kaluđerović  90+2'	Stadium: Klaipėdos centrinis stadionas Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

FK Sūduva v FK Žalgiris

25 September 2016 Final	FK Sūduva	0–2	FK Žalgiris	Klaipėda, Lithuania
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tomas Radzinevičius  37' Predrag Pavlović  41' Algis Jankauskas  90' Marius Činikas  90+3' Vaidas Slavickas  90+3'	Report	Slavko Blagojević  27' Mamadou Mbodj  62' Andrija Kaluđerović  64'  90' Mantas Kuklys  90+3' (pen) Saulius Mikoliūnas  90+4'	Stadium: Klaipėdos centrinis stadionas[51] Attendance: 1,248 Referee: Sergejus Slyva

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

FK Žalgiris v FC Astana

13 July 2016 First leg	FK Žalgiris	0–0	FC Astana	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Vytautas Lukša  70'	Report	Junior Kabananga  85'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Vlado Glođović[52]

FC Astana v FK Žalgiris

20 July 2016[53] Second leg	FC Astana	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	FK Žalgiris	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Marin Aničić  31', 90+2'  90+3' Serikzhan Muzhikov  64' Dmitri Shomko  80'	Report	Linas Klimavičius  42' Elivelto  57'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 18,449 Referee: Sandro Schärer[54]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A Lyga		Supercup		LFF Taurė		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Armantas Vitkauskas	26	0	19	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
12	GK		Karolis Čirba	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
55	GK		Saulius Klevinskas	18	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF		Linas Klimavičius	38	3	26+2	1	1	0	7	2	2	0
5	DF		Donovan Slijngard	39	0	30	0	1	0	6	0	2	0
6	DF		Mamadou Mbodj	42	6	33	6	1	0	5+1	0	2	0
8	DF		Egidijus Vaitkūnas	37	2	27+1	2	1	0	6	0	2	0
18	DF		Aldas Korsakas	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF		Dominykas Barauskas	6	0	2+2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
26	DF		Marius Žaliūkas	18	1	7+4	1	0+1	0	4+1	0	0+1	0
71	DF		Jonas Skinderis	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Marin Matoš	28	4	12+10	3	1	0	4+1	1	0	0
7	MF		Slavko Blagojević	18	0	12+2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
9	MF		Jorge Chula	11	1	2+5	0	0	0	3+1	1	0	0
21	MF		Vytautas Lukša	41	9	28+3	5	1	1	5+2	3	2	0
22	MF		Justas Lasickas	22	1	6+10	1	0+1	0	1+4	0	0	0
23	MF		Saulius Mikoliūnas	37	5	19+8	3	1	0	7	2	2	0
27	MF		Matija Ljujić	22	5	11+4	3	0	0	3+2	2	0+2	0
75	DF		Ernestas Stočkūnas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
77	MF		Linas Pilibaitis	38	14	20+10	9	1	1	4+2	4	1	0
88	MF		Mantas Kuklys	40	7	29+2	5	1	1	6	1	2	0
Forwards
19	FW		Edvinas Baniulis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Julius Momkus	3	2	0+2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
33	FW		Bahrudin Atajić	32	8	16+8	8	1	0	4+2	0	0+1	0
80	FW		Elivelto	31	8	15+9	3	0+1	0	3+1	4	1+1	1
99	FW		Andrija Kaluđerović	24	23	18+1	20	0	0	3	3	2	0
Players transferred out during the season
7	MF		Elton	11	1	6+2	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
10	FW		Lucas Gaúcho	4	1	0+3	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW		Simonas Stankevičius	12	1	5+3	1	0	0	1+3	0	0	0
13	MF		Daniel Romanovskij	6	0	1+4	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF		Tautvydas Eliošius	9	1	3+3	0	0+1	1	1+1	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A Lyga	Supercup	LFF Taurė	UEFA CL	Total
1	99	FW		Andrija Kaluđerović	20	0	3	0	23
2	77	MF		Linas Pilibaitis	9	1	4	0	14
3	21	MF		Vytautas Lukša	5	1	3	0	9
4	33	FW		Bahrudin Atajić	8	0	0	0	8
	80	FW		Elivelto	3	0	4	1	8
6	88	MF		Mantas Kuklys	5	1	1	0	7
7	6	DF		Mamadou Mbodj	6	0	0	0	6
8	23	MF		Saulius Mikoliūnas	3	0	2	0	5
	27	MF		Matija Ljujić	3	0	2	0	5
10	4	MF		Marin Matoš	3	0	1	0	4
11	2	DF		Linas Klimavičius	1	0	2	0	3
12	8	DF		Egidijus Vaitkūnas	2	0	0	0	2
	28	FW		Julius Momkus	0	0	2	0	2
14	7	MF		Elton	1	0	0	0	1
	9	MF		Jorge Chula	0	0	1	0	1
	10	FW		Lucas Gaúcho	1	0	0	0	1
	11	FW		Simonas Stankevičius	1	0	0	0	1
	17	MF		Tautvydas Eliošius	0	1	0	0	1
	22	MF		Justas Lasickas	1	0	0	0	1
	26	DF		Marius Žaliūkas	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal					1	0	0	0	1
Totals					74	4	25	1	104

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A Lyga	Supercup	LFF Taurė	UEFA CL	Total
1	1	GK		Armantas Vitkauskas	10	0	4	0	14
2	55	GK		Saulius Klevinskas	3	0	2	1	6
3	12	GK		Karolis Čirba	0	0	1	0	1
Totals					13	0	7	1	21

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	A Lyga			Supercup			LFF Taurė			UEFA CL			Total
2	DF		Linas Klimavičius	3									1			4	0	0
4	MF		Marin Matoš	2												2	0	0
5	DF		Donovan Slijngard	2												2	0	0
6	DF		Mamadou Mbodj	3			1			2						6	0	0
7	MF		Elton	1							1					1	1	0
7	MF		Slavko Blagojević	4						1						5	0	0
8	DF		Egidijus Vaitkūnas	4						2						6	0	0
9	MF		Jorge Chula	1												1	0	0
17	MF		Tautvydas Eliošius	1												1	0	0
21	MF		Vytautas Lukša	3			1			1			1			6	0	0
22	MF		Justas Lasickas	2												2	0	0
23	MF		Saulius Mikoliūnas	7						2						9	0	0
27	MF		Matija Ljujić	3												3	0	0
33	FW		Bahrudin Atajić	3												3	0	0
55	GK		Saulius Klevinskas	2												2	0	0
77	MF		Linas Pilibaitis	3						1						4	0	0
80	FW		Elivelto	3	1	1										3	1	1
88	MF		Mantas Kuklys	4						2						6	0	0
99	FW		Andrija Kaluđerović	1						1						2	0	0
Totals				52	1	1	2	0	0	12	1	0	2	0	0	68	2	1

Awards

A Lyga Player of the Year Mantas Kuklys 2nd Andrija Kaluđerović 4th Vytautas Lukša

Fans' Player of the Season Andrija Kaluđerović 2nd Mamadou Mbodj 3rd Mantas Kuklys

A Lyga Goal of the Year Matija Ljujić

Lithuania Coach of the Year Valdas Dambrauskas

A Lyga Team of the Week The following players were named in the A lyga Team of the Week. Player Position(s) Week(s) Ref. Name Andrija Kaluđerović FW 18, 19, 20, 22, 29, 31, 32 [55][56][57][58][59][60][61] Armantas Vitkauskas GK 14, 15 [62][63] Bahrudin Atajić MF/FW 1, 2, 7, 21, 26 [64][65][66][67][68] Donovan Slijngard DF 1, 4, 13, 26, 28, 30 [64][68][69][70][71][72] Egidijus Vaitkūnas DF 9, 16, 19, 20, 29 [56][57][59][73][74] Elivelto MF 2 [65] Elton MF 4 [69] Linas Klimavičius DF 1, 12, 20 [57][64][75] Linas Pilibaitis MF/FW 7, 15, 16, 18 [55][63][66][74] Mamadou Mbodj DF 3, 13, 15, 19, 31 [56][60][63][70][76] Mantas Kuklys MF 9, 12, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 30, 31 [56][58][60][70][72][73][74][75][77] Matija Ljujić MF 28, 29 [59][71] Saulius Klevinskas GK 22 [58] Saulius Mikoliūnas DF/MF 24, 26, 28 [68][71][78] Slavko Blagojević MF 20, 31 [57][60] Vytautas Lukša MF 1, 9, 11, 15, 21 [63][64][67][73][79]

Fans' Player of the Month Month Nationality Player Position Ref March  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bahrudin Atajić FW [80] April  Lithuania Vytautas Lukša MF [81] May  Lithuania Linas Klimavičius DF [82] June  Lithuania Vytautas Lukša MF [83] July  Serbia Andrija Kaluđerović FW [84] August  Lithuania Vytautas Lukša MF [85] September  Serbia Andrija Kaluđerović FW [86] October  Lithuania Vytautas Lukša MF [87]

External links

• 2016 FK Žalgiris - Triumfo metai (in Lithuanian)

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