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{{Short description|Lithuanian football club}}
{{About|the football club from Vilnius|the football club from Kaunas|FK Kauno Žalgiris|the futsal club from Kaunas|FK Kauno Žalgiris (futsal)}}
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| fullname = Vilniaus futbolo klubas "Žalgiris"<ref>{{cite web|title=Administracija|url=http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/lt/administracija|website=Fkzalgiris.lt|publisher=Vilniaus miesto futbolo draugija "Žalgiris"|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref>
| nickname = Žaliai Balti (The Green Whites)
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|16 May 1947}}
| ground = [[LFF Stadium]]
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| capacity = 5,067
| chairman = Mindaugas Kasperūnas
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Rolandas Džiaukštas]]
| league   = [[A Lyga]] 
| season   = [[2025 A Lyga|2025]]
| position = A Lyga, 3rd of 10
| current = 2024 A Lyga
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'''Futbolo klubas Žalgiris''', commonly known as '''FK Žalgiris''', '''Žalgiris Vilnius''' or simply '''Žalgiris''', is a [[Lithuania]]n professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Vilnius]]. The club competes in the [[A Lyga]], the top flight of [[Football in Lithuania|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.

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 FF|Malmö]] in the second round of [[2022–23 UEFA Champions League|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 [[2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League|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.

==History==
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===Foundation and Soviet period===
The first incarnation of the club played in 1946 as a national team of [[Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic]] when it competed in USSR Group III Zone 4 championship and it was one of the clubs which represented one of the Soviet republics. The club consisted of Spartakas Kaunas and Dinamo Kaunas players. Their first match was against Stroitel Moscow which ended 1–1 and they were managed by French coach Emil Pastor. That year they finished in fourth place in [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]] Western Zone championship.<ref>Vytautas Saulis ir Gediminas Kalinauskas. "Lietuvos futbolas, 1922–1997 m.: istorinė apybraiža" // Vilnius, "Diemedis", 1997. 55 p.</ref>

The club is thought to have been founded in 1947 when it was moved from [[Kaunas]] to [[Vilnius]] and its name was changed to Dinamo Vilnius.<ref>Vytautas Saulis ir Gediminas Kalinauskas. "Lietuvos futbolas, 1922–1997 m.: istorinė apybraiža" // Vilnius, "Diemedis", 1997. 53 p.</ref> First official match of the formed club was played on 16 May 1947 against [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]], who managed to defeat local team 1–2.<ref>{{cite web|title=1947 Dynamo (Vilnius) – Lokomotiv (Moscow) – USSR Championship (Group 2)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFIsuL7VGl0|via=YouTube|publisher=Aleks Chistogan|access-date=13 June 2017|date=21 February 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Steponas Petraitis scored the first official goal for the club that day, beating goalkeeper from a penalty spot in 44th minute.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jubiliejinės dvikovos akcentai|url=http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n6581_jubiliejines_dvikovos_akcentai.html|publisher=FK Žalgiris|access-date=15 June 2017|language=lt|date=15 May 2017}}</ref> The next year club changed its name to Spartakas Vilnius and used this name until the end of 1961 season. In 1962, they changed their name to Žalgiris.

Žalgiris competed in [[Soviet Union football league system]] from 1947 to 1989. Team achieved its first promotion to the top tier in 1952, but came last [[1953 Soviet Top League|next season]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1952 m. Vilniaus "Spartakas" laimėjo SSRS B klasės antro pogrupio varžybas ir pirmą kartą klubo istorijoje iškovojo kelialapį į aukščiausią lygą|url=https://www.facebook.com/fkzalgiris/posts/10155379017771018:0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/67047946017/10155379017771018 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|via=Facebook|publisher=FK Žalgiris|access-date=13 June 2017|language=lt|date=31 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Before the start of the [[1983 Soviet Top League|1983]] season in [[Soviet Top League]], players initiative group demanded the resignation of coach [[Benjaminas Zelkevičius]], and the players wish was granted as, [[Algimantas Liubinskas]] became the trainer.
Start was cautious. A similar result 0–0 has played in [[Tashkent]] with [[Pakhtakor Tashkent FK|Pakhtakor]], in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] with [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]], in [[Vilnius]] with [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dynamo]]. In the fourth match of the season against [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi]] in [[Baku]], Gražulis scored goal on 1–0 and brought victory. There were victories and failures, but Žalgiris became the winners of the first round. In first place Žalgiris stayed short, Nevertheless, final fifth place is the highest achievement of Lithuanian football on this time and gives a great hope for future. [[Arminas Narbekovas]], [[Romas Mažeikis]], and Vladimiras Buzmakovas succeeded in the team in that season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n5859_vilniaus_%E2%80%9Ezalgirio%E2%80%9C_istorija_meistru_komanda.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612190446/http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n5859_vilniaus_%E2%80%9Ezalgirio%E2%80%9C_istorija_meistru_komanda.html |archive-date=12 June 2016 |title=Vilniaus "Žalgirio" istorija: meistrų komanda >> fkzalgiris.lt}}</ref>

In [[1984 Soviet Top League]] season, Žalgiris finished on 9 place among 18 teams, but rejoiced victories against [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]] (1–0 at home), [[FC Spartak Moscow]] (twice 2–1), [[FC Dynamo Moscow]] (1–0 at home, 2–1 in Moscow). and [[Valdas Ivanauskas]] debuted in first team.

The club's most successful season was in [[1987 Soviet Top League|1987]] when they finished third in the [[Soviet Top League]] and qualified for [[1988–89 UEFA Cup]] where they played against [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]], while also for the first time in club's history reaching semi–finals of the 1987–88 [[Soviet Cup]] (after being eliminated in quarter-finals of the 1955, 1959–60, 1964 campaigns) and 1987 [[USSR Federation Cup]]. The club represented the Soviet Union at [[Football at the 1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Summer Universiade]] which they won by defeating the [[South Korea]]n team. In the [[1988 Soviet Top League|following season]] they finished fifth and again qualified for [[1989–90 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] where they faced [[IFK Göteborg]] in the first round and [[Red Star Belgrade]] in the second. In [[1988 Soviet Top League|1988]], several of Žalgiris players were decorated with medals in the [[Soviet Union national football team|USSR national teams]]: [[Vyacheslav Sukristov]] received silver medal of the [[UEFA Euro 1988]], and [[Arminas Narbekovas]] and [[Arvydas Janonis]] brought back gold medals from the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]]. In [[1989 Soviet Top League|1989]] the club finished in fourth place and for the third year in a row qualified for [[1990–91 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]. They managed to play one game in [[1990 Soviet Top League|1990]] at the start of the season before withdrawing due to [[Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania|re-establishment of Lithuania's independence]] and joined the [[1990 Baltic League|Baltic League]] which consisted of clubs from [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]] and [[Estonia]]. Therefore, they lost their place in UEFA Cup, which was taken by [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lff.lt/lt/1981_-_1990|title=1981–1990|publisher=[[Lithuanian Football Federation]]|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref>

===1990–2007===
Following Lithuania's [[Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania|declaration of independence]] on 11 March 1990, Žalgiris left [[Soviet Top League]] with immediate effect. Despite most of the top players including [[Arminas Narbekovas]], [[Valdas Ivanauskas]], [[Igoris Pankratjevas]], [[Vyacheslav Sukristov]] and [[Robertas Fridrikas]] leaving the club Žalgiris remained favorites to clinch the Lithuanian title and won [[A Lyga]] regular season having lost just once in 32 games. The championship, however, was decided by the knock-out competition where Žalgiris lost in the semi-finals to [[Ekranas Panevėžys]] and only managed to take a third place.

[[File:Jankauskas.JPG|thumb|left|140px|[[Edgaras Jankauskas]] scored 41 goals in 93 matches with Žalgiris (1991–1996).]]

Green and whites took their first A Lyga title the following season when they won the regular season, took the revenge against Ekranas beating them in the semi-finals and won the final against [[Lietuvos Makabi]] Vilnius 3–1 with [[Ričardas Zdančius]] scoring a hat-trick. Žalgiris completed the double later that year by winning the Lithuanian cup.

The [[1991 LFF Lyga|1991 season]] was followed by two significant changes in league format: the knock-out competition was removed and league was reorganized to be played from autumn until spring. Žalgiris saw off the challenge from [[FK Panerys Vilnius|Panerys Vilnius]] to defend their title by a single point. There were no double in this year, however: Lietuvos Makabi took revenge for their defeat in last season's league final and beat Žalgiris in the final 1–0. In the summer of 1992, Žalgiris made their debut in the [[UEFA Champions League]]. Europe's elite proved to be merciless: [[PSV Eindhoven]] hammered Žalgiris 8–0 on aggregate in the first round.

In [[1992–93 LFF Lyga|1992–93]] season things went the other way round in national competitions: having lost the national title to [[FK Ekranas]] by three points Žalgiris reclaimed the cup, beating [[Sirijus Klaipėda]] 1–0 in the final courtesy of the extra-time goal by [[Aurelijus Skarbalius]]. A similar story happened in the [[1993–94 LFF Lyga|1993–94]] season when [[FK Mažeikiai|ROMAR Mažeikiai]] narrowly beat Vilnius' side to the title while Žalgiris defended the cup by beating [[FK Ekranas]] 4–2 in the final. [[Darius Maciulevičius]] was the hero of that day scoring a hat-trick and [[Aidas Preikšaitis]] added another from the penalty spot.

[[1994–95 LFF Lyga|1994–95]] season delivered a double blow for the side from the capital. Žalgiris and [[Inkaras Kaunas]] finished the league locked on points at the top and extra match on neutral ground was set to be played. [[Inkaras Kaunas]] beat Žalgiris 2–0 in [[Panevėžys]] and four days later the same two teams met in [[Klaipėda]] for cup final. Inkaras once again came out better off as former Žalgiris man [[Eimantas Poderis]] scored twice in a 2–1 victory for Kaunas' side. [[1995–96 LFF Lyga|1995–96]] season did not bring silverware either: free scoring Žalgiris side racked up 106 goals in just 28 games in the league yet could only take a third place, six points behind champions [[Inkaras Kaunas]]. On this time [[Edgaras Jankauskas]] was top scorer [[1995–96 LFF Lyga|A Lyga]] with 25 goals. He was later sold to [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]].

Things did not go well in the cup as well as Vilnius' side lost to [[FK Kareda Kaunas|Kareda Šiauliai]] in the semi-finals and failed to advance to the final for the first time in six years. Žalgiris reclaimed the cup in 1996–97 season as [[Donatas Vencevičius]]' penalty was enough to see off Inkaras in the final but had to settle for second in the league as Kareda coasted to the title with an 8-point margin. Green and whites mounted a stronger challenge in 1997–98 yet Kareda proved its success has been no fluke by defending their title.

[[File:Deividas Šemberas.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Deividas Šemberas]] started his career in Žalgiris (1996–1998)]]

The elusive title finally came in 1998–99 season, the last one to be played from autumn until spring. Defense was the key to success as Žalgiris conceded just 8 goals in 23 games and did not lose a single league match that season. Things were different in the cup as Kareda dismantled Žalgiris 7–0 on aggregate in the semi-finals. The league title allowed Žalgiris to have another try in the UEFA Champions League and this time Vilnius' side eliminated Armenian champions [[Araks Ararat FC|Araks Ararat]] before succumbing to a defeat to last season's semi-finalists [[Dynamo Kyiv]] in the second round.

With a turn of the century a new force rose in Lithuanian football: [[FBK Kaunas]]. Under the name of Žalgiris Kaunas they won the transitional shortened league season in [[1999 LFF Lyga|1999]] and then backed it up by consecutive titles in [[2000 LFF Lyga|2000]], [[2001 LFF Lyga|2001]], [[2002 LFF Lyga|2002]], [[2003 LFF Lyga|2003]] and [[2004 LFF Lyga|2004]]. Žalgiris on the other hand went into decline and cup final win in 2003 proved to be the sole piece of silverware for the club in the 2000s. In the league Žalgiris started to struggle as well. While in 1999 and 2000 green and whites finished second, 2001 saw them dropping to third, 2002 to fourth and 2005 to the recently unimaginable lows of eighth. Žalgiris was not even the strongest team in the capital as newcomers [[FK Vėtra|Vėtra]] and [[FC Vilnius]] were clearly having better time on the pitch.

Despite a constant presence in European competitions the results there were rarely encouraging with the aggregate defeats like 2–7 to [[Ruch Chorzow]] and 0–7 to [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]. [[Budapest Honved]] and [[Portadown F.C.|Portadown]] were the only teams eliminated by Žalgiris between 2000 and 2004. 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup thus stood out as a major success as green and whites went past three teams – [[Lisburn Distillery F.C.|Lisburn Distillery]], [[Dinaburg FC|Dinaburg]] and [[Egaleo FC|Egaleo]], before being eliminated by [[CFR Cluj]].

===2008–2016===
The struggles of the noughties culminated in 2008. The league finish of fifth could have been seen as adequate for the time (20 points gap to fourth-placed [[FK Sūduva|Sūduva]] was harder to take) but as country's economy braced for the inevitable crisis, expenditures were cut and uncertainty rose Žalgiris was dealt a big blow when club owner Vadim Kastujev was arrested in [[Moscow]]. Striped of funds club survived until the end of the season but failed to meet licensing requirements for top flight competition in 2009. With old club's future very much in doubt fans of Žalgiris founded a new [[Phoenix club (sports)|phoenix club]] called VMFD Žalgiris which had the same players and staff, and following unsuccessful application for [[A Lyga]] license entered second division.

A year outside of top flight proved to be difficult. Žalgiris finished sixth in seven team league and were eliminated from the cup in the Round of 16 by [[Sakuona Plikiai]], a team from a town with a population of just 600. Despite this bleak performance the club received promotion to A Lyga as the number of teams in top flight was increased and some other clubs refused to join in mainly because of financial burden. Žalgiris finished 2010 season in the third place, their highest since 2001.

The fortunes of Žalgiris went all uphill from there. With [[FBK Kaunas]] in complete turmoil and [[FK Vėtra|Vėtra]] bankrupt [[FK Ekranas|Ekranas]] for several years became the undisputed superpower of Lithuanian football. Green and whites were closing in, however: Žalgiris took second in 2011, eight points adrift, and closed the gap to a single point a year later. Moreover, in 2012 Vilnius side finally ended their nine-year trophy drought and won [[Lithuanian Football Cup]], beating Ekranas on penalties following a 0–0 draw. The same season saw Žalgiris returning to European competitions but their [[UEFA Europa League]] campaign proved to be short: following 1–1 draw in Vilnius, [[FC Admira Wacker Mödling|Admira Wacker Mödling]] hammered Žalgiris 5–1 in the second leg of the second qualifying round.

Žalgiris were considered to be strong favorites for the title before the 2013 season and for much of the season it looked that they would cruise to the championship. Žalgiris had eleven points lead over second-placed Atlantas with five games remaining but four draws in the row followed and before the final match of the season the gap at the top was reduced to three points. In final match out of form Žalgiris proved to be no match for Sūduva and for much of the day prospect of season decider on neutral venue looked very likely. However, in tense atmosphere it was Atlantas who ultimately let it slip as they could only draw the game with [[FK Banga Gargždai|Banga Gargždai]] and Žalgiris celebrated their first title in fourteen years. Victory in Cup final against [[FK Šiauliai|Šiauliai]] meant that the double was won—the first since 1991. The great year was backed up by successful performance in UEFA Europa League where Vilnius' side eliminated [[St. Patrick's Athletic]], [[Pyunik Yerevan]] and [[Lech Poznan]] before losing out to [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]].

Defending the title in 2014 proved to be far more routine task. Žalgiris finished the season 18 points clear of second-placed [[FK Kruoja Pakruojis|Kruoja Pakruojis]] (the largest winning margin in the league since 2006) and also claimed the cup for the third time in the row, beating Banga Gargždai 2–1 in the final. The club made return to [[UEFA Champions League]] after fourteen-year absence yet it did not bring much joy as [[Dinamo Zagreb]] beat Žalgiris 4–0 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.

In May 2015 Žalgiris won Lithuanian cup for a record fourth time in the row, beating [[FK Atlantas|Atlantas]] 2–0 in the final. UEFA Champions League campaign was again limited to just two games as [[Malmö FF|Malmo]] won the return leg in Vilnius 1–0 after goalless first match in Sweden. Žalgiris finished the season top of the league, ten points clear of second-placed [[FK Trakai|Trakai]] thus claiming third successive title.

In the [[2016 FK Žalgiris season|2016 season]], Žalgiris continued its dominance in Lithuanian football in 2016 with fourth consecutive league title and, remarkably, two cup wins. LFF Cup was rescheduled to be played from spring until autumn that year and therefore two editions of the cup have been played that year. Žalgiris won the first final in May with 1–0 extra time win over Trakai and backed it up with 2–0 final win over Sūduva in September. European experience proved to heartbreaking as following a goalless draw in the first leg in Vilnius Žalgiris was a whisker away from eliminating [[FC Astana|Astana]] only to concede an injury time goal to lose the game 2–1.

===2016–present===
In the [[2017 FK Žalgiris season|2017 season]], Žalgiris failed to progress beyond the Champions League's second qualifying round once again in 2017 when impressive first leg win over [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]] and an early goal by [[Serge Nyuiadzi]] in the second leg were completely undone by four straight goals by Bulgarian side. In September 2017, Žalgiris reached the seventh consecutive [[2017 Lithuanian Football Cup Final|cup final]], where they lost to [[FC Stumbras|Stumbras]], who appeared in their first major final. Žalgiris failed to defend the league title, while they were in top position of the standings until October 2017, but a late march by [[FK Sūduva|Sūduva]] saw them winning their first-ever championship.

In the 2018 season, Žalgiris finished in second place as Sūduva defended their league title, while Žalgiris managed to win the cup in a repeat of last year's final as they defeated Stumbras. Playing in the UEFA Europa League, Žalgiris reached the third qualifying round where they lost to Spain's [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], which was their best performance in European competition since 2013 when they reached the play-off round of the qualification in the UEFA Europa League. In November 2018, Žalgiris announced that [[Deividas Česnauskis]] and [[Deividas Šemberas]] joined the club. Česnauskis was appointed as sports director, Šemberas as the director of sports operations.

During the 2019 preseason, head coach [[Valdas Urbonas]] signed a contract with the [[Lithuanian Football Federation]] and became the head coach of Lithuania national team. Žalgiris then appointed [[Marek Zub]], who was previously successfully working in the club, as head coach. However, Zub left Žalgiris on 15 July 2019. [[João Luís Martins]], who became available after the dissolution of [[FC Stumbras]], took on the job of head coach on a temporary basis until the end of the season.

In January 2020, Žalgiris announced the appointment of [[Juan Ferrando]] as head coach. However, Ferrando was forced to pull out due to health issues. Later that month, [[Alyaksey Baha]] was signed as the team's new head coach. He started off with a success by winning the [[Lithuanian Supercup]] on 29 February against champions [[FK Sūduva]]. Žalgiris went on to win the [[2020 A Lyga]]. In both 2021 and 2022, they won the [[Double (association football)|double]] consisting of the A Lyga and LFF cup title.

In July 2022, after beating [[Malmö FF|Malmö]] 3–0 on aggregate in the [[2022–23 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] second qualifying round, Žalgiris made history by guaranteeing themselves group stage football for the season. They played [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets]] in the play-off of the [[2022–23 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]], but lost on aggregate and dropped into the [[2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League|Conference League]] group stage. They were the first ever Lithuanian club to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA club competition. Žalgiris were subsequently drawn into Group H against the Swiss stalwarts [[FC Basel|Basel]], Slovakian champions [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]] and Armenian champions [[FC Pyunik|Pyunik]]. The team would finish bottom of the group with five points from their six matches.

Žalgiris finished the [[2023 A Lyga]] season in second place, twelve points behind winning team [[FK Panevėžys]], who won their first-ever league title. At the end of the season, [[Saulius Mikoliūnas]], who had been with the club since 2016 and has appeared in over 200 games for Žalgiris, retired from professional football.

==Name history==
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|colspan="2" style="background:#044C20; color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #044C20; text-align:center;"|'''Name history'''
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|style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#044C20; border:1px solid #044C20; text-align:center;"|'''Year'''
|style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#044C20; border:1px solid #044C20; text-align:center;"|'''Name'''
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|style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|1947
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|''Dinamo Vilnius''
|-
|style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|1948
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|''Spartakas Vilnius''
|-
|style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|1962
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|''Žalgiris Vilnius''
|-
|style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|1993
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|''Žalgiris-EBSW Vilnius''
|-
|style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|1995
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|''FK Žalgiris (Vilnius)''
|-
|style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|2009
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|''VMFD Žalgiris''
|-
|style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|2015
|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000;border:1px solid #044C20"|''FK Žalgiris (Vilnius)''
|}

==Stadium==
{{Main|LFF Stadium}}
[[File:LFF2 by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|thumb|250px|right|LFF stadium]]

For the majority of the time Žalgiris played in [[Žalgiris Stadium]]. This stadium was the biggest in Lithuania and had a capacity of 15,029.

Since 2011 Žalgiris plays in [[LFF Stadium|LFF Stadium (Lithuanian Football Federation stadium)]]. This arena, formerly known as Vėtra Stadium, was built in 2004 and holds around 5,000 people.

After the bankruptcy of [[FK Vėtra]] football club, [[Lithuanian Football Federation|LFF]] took control of the stadium.

It is situated near [[Vilnius Old Town]], 400 metres up the Aušros vartų and Liepkalnio streets from the [[Gate of Dawn]] (Lithuanian: Aušros vartai).

==Supporters==
[[File:Fans of Zalgiris Vilnius.JPG|300px|thumb|Pietų IV]]
The official club of Žalgiris' fans is named Pietų IV. The members of Pietų IV support the team during games in Lithuania and Europe.

The establishment date of Pietų IV is considered October 1985. Since that time fans have been supporting the team while singing, waving flags and creating impressive choreography. Fans helped Žalgiris to survive the financial crisis. During difficult periods, they organized various events and collected enough money to remain. Pietų IV and the managers of the club together are the founders of Žalgiris Vilnius.

Žalgiris supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of [[FK Atlantas|Atlantas]]. Internationally, there are close historical ties with supporters of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Vilniaus "Žalgiriui" – Ukrainos futbolo fanų sveikinimai|url=http://www.delfi.lt/sportas/futbolas/vilniaus-zalgiriui-ukrainos-futbolo-fanu-sveikinimai.d?id=63264658|access-date=30 April 2017|work=DELFI|date=12 November 2013|language=lt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Привітання литовським друзям з Новим Роком|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSQ_hFc_mTA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/tSQ_hFc_mTA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|via=YouTube|publisher=Ultras Dynamo Kyiv TV|access-date=30 April 2017|language=uk|date=31 December 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]] and [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Garsiausias "Žalgirio" sirgalius: duoti ir gauti į kailį teko tikrai dažniau nei dabartiniams aistruoliams|url=http://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/15166580/garsiausias-zalgirio-sirgalius-duoti-ir-gauti-i-kaili-teko-tikrai-dazniau-nei-dabartiniams-aistruoliams|access-date=30 April 2017|work=Alfa.lt|date=28 November 2013|language=lt}}</ref>

==Kit==
From the establishment of the club, Žalgiris colours were blue, red or sometimes orange. In the 1980s green and white kits were introduced, establishing green/white tradition. From then on, the kit is usually a green and white striped jersey and green/white variation of shorts and socks. In the past there have also been checkered green-white jersey designs. Away kits are usually plain white or green.

{|
|
{{Football kit |
 pattern_la=|
 pattern_b=|
 pattern_ra=|
 leftarm=D0F0C0 |
 body=D0F0C0|
 rightarm=D0F0C0 |
 shorts=FFFFFF |
 socks=FFFFFF |
 title=1988
}}
|{{Football kit |
 pattern_la=|
 pattern_b=_whitestripes |
 pattern_ra=|
 leftarm=FFFFFF |
 body=72C186|
 rightarm=FFFFFF |
 shorts=FFFFFF |
 socks=FFFFFF |
 title=1991
}}
|{{Football kit |
 pattern_la=|
 pattern_b=_whitestripes |
 pattern_ra=|
 leftarm=008000 |
 body=008000|
 rightarm=008000 |
 shorts=FFFFFF |
 socks=FFFFFF |
 title=1996
}}
|{{Football kit |
| pattern_la        = _greenborder
| pattern_b         = _greencollar
| pattern_ra        = _greenborder
| pattern_sh        =
| leftarm           = FFFFFF
| body              = FFFFFF
| rightarm          = FFFFFF
| shorts            = FFFFFF
| socks             = FFFFFF
| title=2007 Home
}}
|{{Football kit |
| pattern_la        = _whiteborder
| pattern_b         = _whitecollar
| pattern_ra        = _whiteborder
| pattern_sh        =
| leftarm           = 008800
| body              = 008800
| rightarm          = 008800
| shorts            = 008800
| socks             = 008800
| title={{center|2007 Away}}
}}
|{{Football kit |
 pattern_la        = 009900
| pattern_b         = _greensquares
| pattern_ra        = 009900
| pattern_sh        = 009900
| leftarm           = 009900
| body              = FFFFFF
| rightarm          = 009900
| shorts            = FFFFFF
| socks             = FFFFFF
| title=2016 home
}}
|{{Football kit |
 pattern_la        = 009900
| pattern_b         = _greensquares
| pattern_ra        = 009900
| pattern_sh        = 009900
| leftarm           = 009900
| body              = FFFFFF
| rightarm          = 009900
| shorts            = 339933
| socks             = 339933
| title=2016 away
}}
|{{Football kit |
  pattern_la=_white_stripes|pattern_b=_whitestripes|pattern_ra=_white_stripes|
  leftarm=339933|body=339933|rightarm=339933|shorts=FFFFFF|socks=FFFFFF|
 title=2017 home
}}
|{{Football kit |
  pattern_la=_white_stripes|pattern_b=_whitestripes|pattern_ra=_white_stripes|
  leftarm=339933|body=339933|rightarm=339933|shorts=339933|socks=339933|
 title=2017 away
}}
|{{Football kit |
  pattern_la=_rioave1819h|pattern_b=_rioave1819h|pattern_ra=_rioave1819h|
  leftarm=FFFFFF|body=339933|rightarm=FFFFFF|shorts=FFFFFF|socks=FFFFFF|
 title=2018 home
}}
|{{Football kit |
  pattern_la=_rioave1819h|pattern_b=_rioave1819h|pattern_ra=_rioave1819h|
  leftarm=339933|body=339933|rightarm=339933|shorts=339933|socks=339933|
 title=2018 away
}}
|}

{|
|{{Football kit |
  pattern_la=|pattern_b=|pattern_ra=|
  leftarm=000000|body=000000|rightarm=000000|shorts=000000|socks=000000|
 title= Goalkeeper's kit 2018 Home
}}
|{{Football kit |
  pattern_la=|pattern_b=|pattern_ra=|
  leftarm=FC5400|body=FC5400|rightarm=FC5400|shorts=FC5400|socks=FC5400|
 title= Goalkeeper's kit 2018 Away
}}
|}

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:center"
|-
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor
|-
|1947–1972
|—
|—
|-
|1973–1979
|colspan=2|{{small|unknown}}
|-
|1980–1987
|rowspan=3|[[Adidas]]
|—
|-
|1988–1989
|[[Danieli]]
|-
|1990–1992
|—
|-
|1992–1993
|[[Umbro]]
|FINPLAN
|-
|1993–1995
|Adidas
|rowspan=2|[[:lt:EBSW|EBSW]]
|-
|1995–1996
|Umbro
|-
|1996–1999
|[[Diadora]]
|rowspan=2|—
|-
|1999–2000
|Adidas
|-
|2001
|rowspan=3|[[Hummel International|Hummel]]
|[[Ūkio bankas]]
|-
|2002
|[[Tauras]]
|-
|2003–2004
|rowspan=3|—
|-
|2005
|Adidas
|-
|2006–2009
|rowspan=2|Hummel
|-
|2010–2012
|[[Kindred Group|Unibet]]
|-
|2013–2015
|[[Kappa (company)|Kappa]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Žalgiris sign Kappa kit Deal|url=http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n1970_zalgiris_sign_kappa_kit_deal.html|publisher=FK Žalgiris|access-date=14 July 2016|date=30 January 2013}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|Top Sport
|-
|2016–2021
|rowspan=2|[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Suslavičius|first1=Martynas|title=Juodame futbolo fone – Vilniaus "Žalgiris" ir Lietuvos svajonė|url=http://sportas.lrytas.lt/futbolas/juodame-futbolo-fone-vilniaus-zalgiris-ir-lietuvos-svajone-20151222085617.htm|access-date=14 July 2016|publisher=Lietuvos Rytas|language=lt|archive-date=14 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814212301/http://sportas.lrytas.lt/futbolas/juodame-futbolo-fone-vilniaus-zalgiris-ir-lietuvos-svajone-20151222085617.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2022–present
|[[Betsson|Betsafe]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Naujas "Žalgirio" generalinis rėmėjas – "Betsafe" |url=https://fkzalgiris.lt/naujas-zalgirio-generalinis-remejas-betsafe/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |publisher=FK Žalgiris |date=3 February 2022 |language=lt}}</ref>
|}
{{col-2}}

===Sponsors===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
|'''Sponsors'''
{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vilnius]]<br>{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Betsson|Betsafe]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]<br>{{flagicon|LTU}} Vilniaus alus<br>{{flagicon|CHE}} Transpartner logistics 
|-
|'''Kit manufacturer'''
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] 
|}
{{col-end}}

==Club crest==
<gallery widths="px" heights="px">
Vilniaus_Zalgirio_logo_(1947-1962).png|1962–1989
FK Zalgiris.png|1989–2008
Vmfdzalgiris2.jpg|2009–2011 
vmfd-zalgiris--logo-2011.png|2012–2014 
FK Žalgiris logo.svg|2015–present
</gallery>

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|23 September, 2025}} 
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=VEN|name=[[Carlos Olses]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|pos=MF|nat=CIV|name=[[Adama Fofana (footballer, born 2001)|Adama Fofana]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|pos=DF|nat=LTU|name=Džiugas Aleksa}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|pos=DF|nat=NGR|name=Nelson Abiam}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|pos=DF|nat=FRA|name=[[Thomas Basila]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|pos=DF|nat=CRO|name=[[Luka Dumančić]]}} 
{{Fs player|no= 7|pos=MF|nat=COM|name=[[Kassim Hadji]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=SWE|name=Dino Salčinović}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|pos=MF|nat=LTU|name=Gustas Jarusevičius}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=SRB|name=[[Nikola Petković (footballer, born 1996)|Nikola Petković]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=DF|nat=LTU|name=Martynas Šetkus}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=GHA|name=[[Ebenezer Ofori]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|pos=MF|nat=LTU|name=Kajus Kontautas}} 
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=LTU|name=[[Giedrius Matulevičius]]}} 
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=DF|nat=SWE|name=Mohamed Youla}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=LTU|name=[[Ovidijus Verbickas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=FW|nat=SSD|name=[[Machop Chol]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|pos=FW|nat=LTU|name=Motiejus Burba}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=DF|nat=COM|name=[[Younn Zahary]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=MF|nat=LTU|name=Kajus Bička}}
{{Fs player|no=32|pos=DF|nat=MNE|name=[[Vasilije Radenović]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|pos=MF|nat=LTU|name=Nedas Klimavičius}}
{{Fs player|no=37|pos=DF|nat=CRO|name=[[Petar Bosančić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|pos=FW|nat=LTU|name=Patrik Matyžonok}}
{{Fs player|no=45|pos=DF|nat=MTQ|name=[[Joris Moutachy]]}}
{{Fs player|no=49|pos=DF|nat=POR|name=[[Bruno Tavares]]}}
{{Fs player|no=56|pos=GK|nat=LTU|name=Joris Aliukonis}}
{{Fs player|no=71|pos=MF|nat=SRB|name=[[Nemanja Mihajlović]]}} 
{{Fs player|no=77|pos=MF|nat=BLR|name=[[Yury Kendysh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=80|pos=FW|nat=ROU|name=[[Liviu Antal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=96|pos=GK|nat=ROU|name=[[Árpád Tordai]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}

{{Fs end}}

==Staff==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Administration
! Senior team
! Youth teams
! Medical
|-
|
* Chairman – vacant
|
;'''Men's:'''
* Manager – {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Rolandas Džiaukštas]]
* Goalkeeping coach – {{flagicon|}} 
* Analyst – {{flagicon|LTU}} Gintaras Staučė JR<!--Note: not [[Gintaras Staučė]]-->
----
;'''{{ill|lt=Women's|MFK Žalgiris|lt}}:'''
* Manager – {{flagicon|LTU}} Justas Klevinskas
* Assistant coach – {{flagicon|LTU}} Virginija <!--Narbutaitė--->Klevinskienė
|
* Technical director – {{flagicon|LTU}} Justinas Baužys
* B team head coach – {{flagicon|LTU}} Dainius Greviškis
* C team head coach – {{flagicon|UKR}} Roman Lenskiy
* Athletic coach – {{flagicon|LTU}} Andrius Osvaldo Alfieri
* Academy fitness coach – {{flagicon|LTU}} Julius Kibirkštis
* B/C team goalkeeping coach – {{flagicon|LTU}} Vladislav Korovin
<!--Do not include Elite youth teams-->
|
* Chief doctor – {{flagicon|LTU}} Tomas Jonaitis
* Head physio – {{flagicon|LTU}} Dainius Pavilonis
|}

==Participation in Lithuanian championships==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[1990 Baltic League|1990 Lithuanian football championship]] – 3rd
* [[1991 LFF Lyga|1991 Lithuanian football championship]] – 1st
* [[1991–92 LFF Lyga]] – 1st
* [[1992–93 LFF Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[1993–94 LFF Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[1994–95 LFF Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[1995–96 LFF Lyga]] – 3rd
* [[1996–97 LFF Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[1997–98 LFF Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[1998–99 LFF Lyga]] – 1st
* [[1999 LFF Lyga|1999 A Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[2000 LFF Lyga|2000 A Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[2001 LFF Lyga|2001 A Lyga]] – 3rd
* [[2002 LFF Lyga|2002 A Lyga]] – 4th
* [[2003 LFF Lyga|2003 A Lyga]] – 4th
* [[2004 LFF Lyga|2004 A Lyga]] – 4th
* [[2005 LFF Lyga|2005 A Lyga]] – 8th
* [[2006 LFF Lyga|2006 A Lyga]] – 4th
* [[2007 LFF Lyga|2007 A Lyga]] – 4th
* [[2008 A Lyga]] – 5th
* [[I Lyga#2009|2009 I Lyga]] – 6th
* [[2010 A Lyga]] – 3rd
* [[2011 A Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[2012 A Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[2013 A Lyga]] – 1st
* [[2014 A Lyga]] – 1st
* [[2015 A Lyga]] – 1st
* [[2016 A Lyga]] – 1st
* [[2017 A Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[2018 A Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[2019 A Lyga]] – 2nd
* [[2020 A Lyga]] – 1st
* [[2021 A Lyga]] – 1st
* [[2022 A Lyga]] – 1st
* [[2023 A Lyga]] - 2nd
* [[2024 A Lyga]] – 1st
{{div col end}}

==European record==
===UEFA club competition record===
''{{As of|2023|08|17|df=y}}''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Competition!!Played!!Won!!Drew!!Lost!!GF!!GA!!GD!!Win%
|-
|align=left|{{sort|1|[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup / Champions League]]}}
{{WDL|28|9|6|13|for=25|against=41|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|{{sort|2|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]}}
{{WDL|12|3|3|6|for=16|against=13|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|{{sort|3|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League]]}}
{{WDL|48|13|11|24|for=48|against=85|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|{{sort|4|[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]}}
{{WDL|14|5|2|7|for=15|against=21|diff=yes}}
|- class="sortbottom"
!{{sort|8|Total}}
{{WDLtot|102|30|22|50|for=103|against=161|diff=yes}}
|}
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

=== Matches ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Country
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
| [[1988–89 UEFA Cup|1988–89]]
| [[UEFA Cup]]
| 1R
| {{flagicon|AUT}}
| [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|2–5
| '''4–5'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1989–90 UEFA Cup|1989–90]]
| rowspan="2"|UEFA Cup
| 1R
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| [[IFK Göteborg]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| '''2–1'''
|-
| 2R
| {{flagicon|YUG}}
| [[Red Star Belgrade]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–4
| '''1–5'''
|-
| [[1992–93 UEFA Champions League|1992–93]]
| [[UEFA Champions League]]
| 1R
| {{flagicon|NLD}}
| [[PSV Eindhoven]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–2
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–6
| '''0–8'''
|-
| [[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1993–94]]
| [[European Cup Winners' Cup]]
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|SVK}}
| [[MFK Košice]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
| '''1–3'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1994–95]]
| rowspan="2"|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|WAL}}
| [[Barry Town United F.C.|Barry Town]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|6–0
| style="background:#dfd;"|1–0
| '''7–0'''
|-
| 1R
| {{flagicon|NLD}}
| [[Feyenoord]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|1–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
| '''2–3'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1995–96]]
| rowspan="2"|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|SVN}}
| [[NK Mura]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
| '''3–2'''
|-
| 1R
| {{flagicon|TUR}}
| [[Trabzonspor]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|2–2
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| '''2–3'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1996–97 UEFA Cup|1996–97]]
| rowspan="2"|UEFA Cup
| PR
| {{flagicon|NIR}}
| [[Crusaders F.C.|Crusaders]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
| '''3–2'''
|-
| 1R
| {{flagicon|SCO}}
| [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–4
| style="background:#dfd;"|3–1
| '''4–5'''
|-
| [[1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1997–98]]
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|ISR}}
| [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|aet]])
| '''1–2'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1998–99 UEFA Cup|1998–99]]
| rowspan="2"|UEFA Cup
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|ISL}}
| [[Íþróttabandalag Akraness|ÍA]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|1–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|2–3
| '''3–3 ([[away goals rule|a]])'''
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|NOR}}
| [[SK Brann|Brann]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| '''0–1'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1999–2000 UEFA Champions League|1999–2000]]
| rowspan="2"|UEFA Champions League
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|ARM}}
| [[Araks Ararat FC|Araks Ararat]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
| style="background:#dfd;"|3–0
| '''5–0'''
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|UKR}}
| [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–2
| '''0–3'''
|-
| [[2000–01 UEFA Cup|2000–01]]
| UEFA Cup
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|POL}}
| [[Ruch Chorzów]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–6
| '''2–7'''
|-
| [[2001–02 UEFA Cup|2001–02]]
| UEFA Cup
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|ISR}}
| [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–6
| '''0–7'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2002]]
| rowspan="2"|[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]
| 1R
| {{flagicon|HUN}}
| [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
| style="background:#dfd;"|1–0
| '''1–0'''
|-
| 2R
| {{flagicon|FRA}}
| [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–2
| '''1–4'''
|-
| [[2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2003]]
| UEFA Intertoto Cup
| 1R
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| [[Örgryte IS]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|1–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–3
| '''1–4'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[2004–05 UEFA Cup|2004–05]]
| rowspan="2"|UEFA Cup
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|NIR}}
| [[Portadown F.C.|Portadown]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
| style="background:#ffd;"|2–2
| '''4–2'''
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|DNK}}
| [[AaB Football|Aalborg BK]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–3
| style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
| '''1–3'''
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2005]]
| rowspan="4"|UEFA Intertoto Cup
| 1R
| {{flagicon|NIR}}
| [[Lisburn Distillery F.C.|Lisburn Distillery]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|1–0
| style="background:#dfd;"|1–0
| '''2–0'''
|-
| 2R
| {{flagicon|LVA}}
| [[Dinaburg FC|Dinaburg]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
| '''3–2'''
|-
| 3R
| {{flagicon|GRC}}
| [[Egaleo FC|Egaleo]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|2–3
| style="background:#dfd;"|3–1
| '''5–4'''
|-
| 1/2
| {{flagicon|ROU}}
| [[CFR Cluj|CFR Ecomax Cluj]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–5
| '''2–7'''
|-
| [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League|2012–13]]
| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|AUT}}
| [[FC Admira Wacker Mödling|Admira Wacker Mödling]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|1–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–5
| '''2–6'''
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|2013–14]]
| rowspan="4"|UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|IRL}}
| [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|2–2
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
| '''4–3'''
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|ARM}}
| [[FC Pyunik|Pyunik]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
| style="background:#ffd;"|1–1
| '''3–1'''
|-
| 3Q
| {{flagicon|POL}}
| [[Lech Poznań]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|1–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
| '''2–2 ([[away goals rule|a]])''' 
|-
| PO
| {{flagicon|AUT}}
| [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–2
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–5
| '''0–7'''
|-
| [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League|2014–15]]
| UEFA Champions League
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|HRV}}
| [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–2
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–2
| '''0–4'''
|-
| [[2015–16 UEFA Champions League|2015–16]]
| UEFA Champions League
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| [[Malmö FF]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
| '''0–1'''
|-
| [[2016–17 UEFA Champions League|2016–17]]
| UEFA Champions League
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|KAZ}}
| [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
| '''1–2'''
|-
| [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|2017–18]]
| UEFA Champions League
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|BUL}}
| [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–4
| '''3–5''' 
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[2018–19 UEFA Europa League|2018–19]]
| rowspan="3"|UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|FRO}}
| [[KÍ Klaksvík]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|1–1
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
| '''3–2''' 
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|LIE}}
| [[FC Vaduz|Vaduz]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|1–0
| style="background:#ffd;"|1–1
| '''2–1'''
|-
| 3Q
| {{flagicon|ESP}}
| [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–5
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| '''0–6'''
|-
| [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League|2019–20]]
| UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|HUN}}
| [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Honvéd]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|1–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–3
| '''2–4'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[2020–21 UEFA Europa League|2020–21]]
| rowspan="2"|UEFA Europa League
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|EST}}
| [[Paide Linnameeskond]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|'''2–0'''
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|NOR}}
| [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
| {{n/a}}
| style="background:#fdd;"|'''1–3'''
| {{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[Template:2021–22 in European football (UEFA)|2021–22]]
| rowspan="2"|UEFA Champions League
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|NIR}}
| [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|3–1
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
| '''5–2'''
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|HUN}}
| [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|1–3
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–2
| '''1–5'''
|-
| UEFA Europa League
| 3Q
| {{flagicon|SVN}}
| [[NŠ Mura|Mura]]
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
| '''0−1'''
|-
| [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
| PO
| {{flagicon|NOR}}
| [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|2–2
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| '''2–3'''
|-
| rowspan="7"|[[Template:2022–23 in European football (UEFA)|2022–23]]
| rowspan="3"|[[2022–23 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]] 
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|KVX}}
| [[FC Ballkani|Ballkani]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|1–0 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|aet]])
| style="background:#ffd;"|1–1
| '''2–1'''
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| [[Malmö FF]]
| style="background:#dfd;"|1–0
| style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
| '''3–0'''
|-
| 3Q
| {{flagicon|NOR}}
| [[FK Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|1–1
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–5
|'''1–6'''
|-
| [[2022–23 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]]
| PO
| {{flagicon|BUL}}
| [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]
| style="background:#ffd;"|3–3 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|aet]])
| style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
| '''3–4'''
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League|UEFA Europa Conference League]]
|rowspan=3|[[2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage#Group H|Group H]]
| {{flagicon|SUI}}
| [[FC Basel|Basel]]
|style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
|style="background:#ffd;"|2–2
|rowspan=3|'''4th'''
|-
| {{flagicon|SVK}}
| [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]]
|style="background:#fdd;"|1–2
|style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
|-
| {{flagicon|ARM}}
| [[FC Pyunik|Pyunik]]
|style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
|style="background:#fdd;"|0–2
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[Template:2023–24 in European football (UEFA)|2023–24]]
| rowspan="2"|[[2023–24 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]] 
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|MKD}}
| [[FC Struga|Struga]]
|style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
|style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
|'''2–1'''
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|TUR}}
| [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|style="background:#ffd;"|2–2
|style="background:#fdd;"|0–1
|'''2−3'''
|-
| [[2023–24 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]] 
| 3Q
| {{flagicon|SWE}}
| [[BK Häcken]]
|style="background:#fdd;"|1–3
|style="background:#fdd;"|0–5
|'''1–8'''
|-
| [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League|UEFA Europa Conference League]] 
| PO
| {{flagicon|HUN}}
| [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]
|style="background:#fdd;"|0–4
|style="background:#fdd;"|0–3
|'''0–7'''
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[2024–25 UEFA Conference League|2024–25]]
| rowspan="2"| UEFA Conference League
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|FIN}}
| [[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]]
|style="background:#dfd;"|1–0
|style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
|'''3–1'''
|-
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|CYP}}
| [[Pafos FC|Pafos]]
|style="background:#dfd;"|2–1
|style="background:#fdd;"|0–3 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|aet]])
|'''2−4'''
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Template:2025–26 in European football (UEFA)|2025–26]]
| UEFA Champions League
| 1Q
| {{flagicon|MLT}}
| [[Hamrun Spartans F.C.|Ħamrun Spartans]]
|style="background:#dfd;"|2–0
|style="background:#fdd;"|0–2 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|aet]])
|'''2−2 (10–11 p)'''
|-
| UEFA Conference League
| 2Q
| {{flagicon|NIR}}
| [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]
|style="background:#ffd;"|0–0
|style="background:#fdd;"|0–2
|'''0–2'''
|-
| [[2026–27 UEFA Conference League|2026–27]]
| UEFA Conference League
| 1Q
| 
| 
|
|
|
|}

=== UEFA coefficient ===

{{further|UEFA coefficient}}

''Correct as of 21 May 2025.''<ref>{{cite web|publisher = [[UEFA]]|title = Club coefficients|url = https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/?year=2025 |access-date = 24 May 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank
! Team
! Points
|-
|134|| align="left" |{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[FC Astana]]||12.000
|-
|135|| align="left" |{{flagicon|CRO}} [[HNK Rijeka]]||12.000
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="font-weight:bold"
|136|| align="left" |{{flagicon|LTU}} FK Žalgiris|||12.000
|-
|137|| align="left" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[FC Spartak Moscow]]||12.000
|-
|138|| align="left" |{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.]]||11.500
|}

==Honours==
[[File:Gdansk autokar Zalgiris Vilnius.jpg|thumb|The team bus of Žalgiris inscribed with the title years]]
===Domestic===
{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[A Lyga|Lithuanian Championship]]''':
*'''Champions – 11'''
:[[1991 LFF Lyga|1991]], [[1991–92 LFF Lyga|1991–92]], [[1998–99 LFF Lyga|1998–99]], [[2013 A Lyga|2013]], [[2014 A Lyga|2014]], [[2015 A Lyga|2015]], [[2016 A Lyga|2016]], [[2020 A Lyga|2020]], [[2021 A Lyga|2021]], [[2022 A Lyga|2022]], [[2024 A Lyga|2024]]
*'''Runners-up – 13'''
:[[1992–93 LFF Lyga|1992–93]], [[1993–94 LFF Lyga|1993–94]], [[1994–95 LFF Lyga|1994–95]], [[1996–97 LFF Lyga|1996–97]], [[1997–98 LFF Lyga|1997–98]], [[1999 LFF Lyga|1999]], [[2000 LFF Lyga|2000]], [[2011 A Lyga|2011]], [[2012 A Lyga|2012]], [[2017 A Lyga|2017]], [[2018 A Lyga|2018]], [[2018 A Lyga|2019]], [[2023 A Lyga|2023]]
*'''3rd place – 4'''
:[[1990 LFF Lyga|1990]], [[1995–96 LFF Lyga|1995–96]], [[2001 LFF Lyga|2001]], [[2010 A Lyga|2010]]

'''[[Lithuanian Football Cup|Lithuanian Cup]]''':
*'''Winners – 14'''
:1991, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 2003, [[2011–12 Lithuanian Football Cup|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Lithuanian Football Cup|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Lithuanian Football Cup|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Lithuanian Football Cup|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Lithuanian Football Cup|2015–16]], [[2016 Lithuanian Football Cup|2016]], [[2018 Lithuanian Football Cup|2018]], [[2021 Lithuanian Football Cup|2021]], [[2022 Lithuanian Football Cup|2022]]
*'''Finalists – 6'''
:1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, [[2017 Lithuanian Football Cup|2017]]

'''[[Lithuanian Supercup|Lithuanian Super Cup]]''':
*'''Winners – 9'''
:2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, [[2017 Lithuanian Supercup|2017]], 2020, 2023, 2025

{{flagicon|URS}} '''Soviet Championship''':

'''[[Soviet Top League]]''':
*'''3rd place – 1'''
:[[1987 Soviet Top League|1987]]

'''[[Soviet First League]]''': 
*'''Champions – 1'''
:1982
*'''Runners-up – 3'''
:1952, 1954, 1966
*'''3rd place – 1'''
:1950

'''[[Soviet Second League]]''':
*'''Runners-up – 1'''
:1977

===International===
[[:pt:Taça Chico Science|'''Chico Science Cup''']]
*'''Champions – 1'''
:2015
'''[[1990 Baltic League|Baltic League]]''':
*'''Champions – 1'''
:[[1990 Baltic League|1990]]

'''[[Football at the 1987 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]]''':
*'''Champions – 1'''
:1987

'''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]]''':
*'''Semi-finalists – 1'''
:[[2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2005]]

==Individual awards==
===Domestic===
'''[[Lithuanian Footballer of the Year]]'''
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* 1965 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Glodenis
* 1966 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Gintautas Kalėdinskas
* 1967 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Stanislovas Ramelis
* 1968 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Stanislovas Ramelis
* 1969 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Juzefas Jurgelevičius]]
* 1970 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Romualdas Juška]]
* 1971 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Benjaminas Zelkevičius]]
* 1972 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Benjaminas Zelkevičius]]
* 1973 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Petras Glodenis
* 1974 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Algirdas Žilinskas
* 1975 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Vytautas Dirmeikis
* 1976 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Eugenijus Riabovas]]
* 1977 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Eugenijus Riabovas]]
* 1978 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Eugenijus Riabovas]]
* 1979 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Stanislovas Danisevičius
* 1980 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Juzefas Jurgelevičius]]
* 1981 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Vytautas Dirmeikis
* 1982 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Sigitas Jakubauskas]]
* 1983 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Valdas Kasparavičius]]
* 1984 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Stanislovas Danisevičius
* 1988 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Arminas Narbekovas]]
* 1989 – {{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Valdemaras Martinkėnas]]
* 2022 – {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Edvinas Gertmonas]]
{{div col end}}

'''A Lyga Player of the Year'''
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* 1992 – {{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Virginijus Baltušnikas]]
* 1994 – {{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Aurelijus Skarbalius]]
* 2014 – {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Deividas Šemberas]]
* 2016 – {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Mantas Kuklys]]
* 2020 – {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Saulius Mikoliūnas]]
* 2021 – {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Hugo Vidémont]]

{{div col end}}

'''A Lyga Golden Boot'''
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* 1994–95 – {{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Eimantas Poderis]] – 24
* 1995–96 – {{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Edgaras Jankauskas]] – 25
* 1999 – {{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Nerijus Vasiliauskas]] – 10
* 2010 – {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Deivydas Matulevičius]] – 19
* 2016 – {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Andrija Kaluđerović]] – 20
* 2017 – {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Darvydas Šernas]] – 18
* 2018 – {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Liviu Antal]] – 23
* 2019 – {{flagicon|HRV}} [[Tomislav Kiš]] – 25
* 2020 – {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Hugo Vidémont]] – 13
* 2021 – {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Hugo Vidémont]] – 17
* 2022 – {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Renan Oliveira (footballer, born 1997)|Renan Oliveira]] – 17
* 2023 – {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Mathias Oyewusi]] – 19
* 2024 – {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Liviu Antal]] – 20
{{div col end}}

===International===
'''[[UEFA Jubilee Awards|UEFA's Golden Player]]'''
* {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Arminas Narbekovas]]

====Žalgiris players in International tournaments====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|- style="text-align: center"
!Tournament!!Participant
|-
|align="left"|[[File:Flag of South Korea.svg|20px]] [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]]||[[File:Flag of USSR.svg|20px]] [[Arminas Narbekovas]] [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|17px]]
|-
|align="left"|[[File:Flag of South Korea.svg|20px]] [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]]||[[File:Flag of USSR.svg|20px]] [[Arvydas Janonis]] [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|17px]]
|-
|align="left"|[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] [[UEFA Euro 1988]]||[[File:Flag of USSR.svg|20px]] [[Vyacheslav Sukristov]] [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|17px]]
|}

==Žalgiris Player of the Year==
Lists of the winners of Žalgiris Player of the Year Award instituted from 2004 as voted by the official members of Žalgiris supporters club – Pietų IV:
{|
|-
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
|-
|2004||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Mindaugas Malinauskas]]
|-
|2005||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Virmantas Lemežis]]
|-
|2006||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Igoris Morinas]]
|-
|2007||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Igoris Morinas]]
|-
|2008||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Igoris Morinas]]
|-
|2009||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Edgaras Mastianica]]
|-
|2010||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pavel Komolov]]
|-
|2011||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Marius Rapalis]]
|}
| style="width:10px;"|&nbsp;
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
|-
|2012||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kamil Biliński]]
|-
|2013||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Mantas Kuklys]]
|-
|2014||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Deividas Šemberas]]
|-
|2015||{{flagicon|HRV}} [[Andro Švrljuga]]
|-
|2016||{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Andrija Kaluđerović]]
|-
|2017||{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Mamadou Mbodj]]
|-
|2018||{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Liviu Antal]]
|-
|2019||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Tomislav Kiš]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vfk-zalgiris.blogspot.com/2019/11/geriausio-2019-metu-sezono-zalgirio.html|title=Geriausio 2019 metų sezono Žalgirio žaidėjo rinkimai: trumpa statistinė apžvalga|website=vfk-zalgiris.blogspot.com}}</ref>
|}
| style="width:10px;"|&nbsp;
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
|-
|2020||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Saulius Mikoliūnas]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Aistruoliai metų žaidėju išrinko S. Mikoliūną |url=https://fkzalgiris.lt/aistruoliai-metu-zaideju-isrinko-s-mikoliuna/ |access-date=26 February 2021 |publisher=FK Žalgiris |date=22 November 2020 |language=Lithuanian}}</ref>
|-
|2021||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Hugo Vidémont]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Geriausio 2021 metų sezono Žalgirio žaidėjo rinkimai: trumpa statistinė apžvalga |url=https://vfk-zalgiris.blogspot.com/2021/11/geriausio-2021-metu-sezono-zalgirio_28.html |access-date=29 November 2021 |website=vfk-zalgiris.blogspot.com |date=25 November 2020 |language=Lithuanian}}</ref>
|-
|2022||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Edvinas Gertmonas]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Aistruoliai metų žaidėju išrinko E. Gertmoną |url=https://fkzalgiris.lt/aistruoliai-metu-zaideju-isrinko-e-gertmona/ |access-date=24 November 2022 |publisher=FK Žalgiris |date=22 November 2022 |language=Lithuanian}}</ref>
|-
|2023||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Edvinas Gertmonas]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Antrus metus iš eilės aistruoliai išrinko E. Gertmoną |url=https://fkzalgiris.lt/antrus-metus-is-eiles-daugiausiai-aistruoliu-simpatiju-gavo-e-gertmonas/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |publisher=FK Žalgiris |date=13 November 2022 |language=Lithuanian}}</ref>
|-
|2024||{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Paulius Golubickas]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Januška |first=Vaidotas |title=Aistruolių balsavime sezono žaidėju išrinktas P. Golubickas |publisher=FK Žalgiris |date=7 November 2024 |url=https://fkzalgiris.lt/aistruoliu-balsavime-sezono-zaideju-isrinktas-p-golubickas/ |language=lt |access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref>
|}
|}

==Notable players==
FK Žalgiris players who have either appeared for their respective national team at any time or received an individual award while at the club. Players whose name is listed in '''bold''' represented their countries while playing for Žalgiris.
{{Incomplete list|sport|date=September 2022}}
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-4}}
;Lithuania
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vidas Alunderis]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Nerijus Astrauskas]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} '''[[Virginijus Baltušnikas]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Stasys Baranauskas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Dominykas Barauskas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Rolandas Baravykas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Giedrius Barevičius]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Džiugas Bartkus]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Markas Beneta]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Marius Bezykornovas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Algimantas Briaunys]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Rolandas Džiaukštas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Tautvydas Eliošius]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Georgas Freidgeimas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Mantas Fridrikas]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} '''[[Robertas Fridrikas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Andrius Gedgaudas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Edvinas Gertmonas]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Šenderis Giršovičius
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Paulius Golubickas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Tadas Gražiūnas]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} '''[[Valdas Ivanauskas]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} '''[[Sigitas Jakubauskas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Algis Jankauskas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Edgaras Jankauskas]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} '''[[Arvydas Janonis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Karolis Jasaitis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Artūras Jeršovas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Andrius Jokšas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Egidijus Juška]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Romualdas Juška]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Žydrūnas Karčemarskas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Mindaugas Kalonas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Vytautas Karvelis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Donatas Kazlauskas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Kipras Kažukolovas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Saulius Klevinskas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Linas Klimavičius]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Mantas Kuklys]]'''
{{col-4}}{{0}}
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Algirdas Kulikauskas
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Gintaras Kvitkauskas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Tadas Labukas]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} '''[[Kęstutis Latoža]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Justas Lasickas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Pavelas Leusas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Vytautas Lukša]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Darius Maciulevičius]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Mindaugas Malinauskas]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} '''[[Valdemaras Martinkėnas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Deivydas Matulevičius]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Giedrius Matulevičius]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} '''[[Romas Mažeikis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Darius Miceika]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Saulius Mikoliūnas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Tomas Mikuckis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Gražvydas Mikulėnas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Valerijus Mižigurskis]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Igoris Morinas]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} '''[[Arminas Narbekovas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Arvydas Novikovas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Sergejus Novikovas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Viktoras Olšanskis]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Igoris Pankratjevas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Nauris Petkevičius]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vadimas Petrenko]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Linas Pilibaitis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Eimantas Poderis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Robertas Poškus]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Aidas Preikšaitis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Arūnas Pukelevičius]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Andrius Puotkalis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Ramūnas Radavičius]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Nerijus Radžius]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Tomas Ražanauskas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Robertas Ringys]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Daniel Romanovskij]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Kęstutis Ruzgys]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Darius Sanajevas]]
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*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Dainius Saulėnas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Aurelijus Skarbalius]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Andrius Skerla]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Simonas Stankevičius]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Gintaras Staučė]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Artūras Steško]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Igoris Steško]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Ramūnas Stonkus]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} '''[[Vyacheslav Sukristov]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Deividas Šemberas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Darvydas Šernas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Ernestas Šetkus]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Vaidotas Šilėnas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Domantas Šimkus]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Dainius Šuliauskas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Andrėjus Tereškinas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Valdas Urbonas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Simonas Urbys]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Karolis Uzėla]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Raimondas Vainoras]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Egidijus Vaitkūnas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Nerijus Valskis]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Matas Vareika]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Nerijus Vasiliauskas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Andrius Velička]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Donatas Vencevičius]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Ovidijus Verbickas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Raimondas Vilėniškis]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Armantas Vitkauskas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Modestas Vorobjovas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Ričardas Zdančius]]'''
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Benjaminas Zelkevičius]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Irmantas Zelmikas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Marius Žaliūkas]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Tomas Žiukas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Artūras Žulpa]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Audrius Žuta]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Darius Žutautas]]'''
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Tomas Žvirgždauskas]]

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;Africa
*{{flagicon|COM}} '''[[Younn Zahary]]'''
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Francis Kyeremeh]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Mahamane Traoré]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Ogenyi Onazi]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Mathias Oyewusi]]
*{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Elhadji Pape Diaw|Djibril Diaw]]
*{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Mamadou Mbodj]]
*{{flagicon|TOG}} [[Serge Nyuiadzi]]
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Nassim Hnid]]

;Americas
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Nicolás Gorobsov]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Leonardo Vaca]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Renan Oliveira (footballer, born 1997)|Renan Oliveira]]
*{{flagicon|MTQ}} '''[[Joris Moutachy]]'''

;European Union
*{{flagicon|HRV}} [[Mario Grgurović]]
*{{flagicon|HRV}} [[Tomislav Kiš]]
*{{flagicon|HRV}} [[Petar Mamić]]
*{{flagicon|HRV}} [[Andro Švrljuga]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Hugo Vidémont]]
*{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Ēriks Pelcis]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kamil Biliński]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jakub Wilk]]
*{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Liviu Antal]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Calum Elliot]]
*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Tomáš Malec (footballer)|Tomáš Malec]]
*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Jakub Sylvestr]]

;Non-EU
*{{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Artak Yedigaryan]]'''
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Yury Kendysh]]
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Armin Hodžić (footballer, born 1994)|Armin Hodžić]]
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Semir Kerla]]
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Árni Vilhjálmsson]]
*{{flagicon|KOS}} [[Erton Fejzullahu]]
*{{flagicon|MDA}} [[Iulian Bursuc]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pavel Komolov]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Nagumanov]]
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Andrija Kaluđerović]]
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nemanja Ljubisavljević]]
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ivan Tatomirović]]
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==Managerial history==
[[File:Marek Zub 2013.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Marek Zub]] managed the team to 2013 and 2014 [[A Lyga]] championships]]
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*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Voldemaras Jaškevičius]] (1947)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[:lt:Jaroslavas Citavičius|Jaroslavas Citavičius]] (1947–1948)
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Georgy Glazkov]] (1948–1951)
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Andrey Protasov]] (1951)
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Jurij Chodotov]] (1952–1953)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[:lt:Stasys Paberžis|Stasys Paberžis]] (1953–1957)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Vytautas Saunoris]] (1958–1960)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Zenonas Ganusauskas]] (1961–1962)
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Serafim Kholodkov]] (1963–1965)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Juozas Vaškelis]] (1966–1967)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Algirdas Vosylius]] (1968–1971)
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Serafim Kholodkov]] (1971–1973)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Algirdas Klimkevičius]] (1974–1976)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Benjaminas Zelkevičius]] (1 Jan 1977 – 1 May 1983)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[Algimantas Liubinskas]] (1 Jan 1983 – 31 Dec 1985)
*{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}}/{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Benjaminas Zelkevičius]] (1 April 1985 – 1 Oct 1991)
*{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[:lt:Vytautas Jančiauskas|Vytautas Jančiauskas]] (1991–92)
*{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Benjaminas Zelkevičius]] (1 Oct 1992 – 30 June 1995)
*{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Eugenijus Riabovas]] (1996–2001)
*{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Kęstutis Latoža]] (2002)
*{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} [[Eugenijus Riabovas]] (2003–2004)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Kęstutis Latoža]] (2004–2005)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[:lt:Saulius Širmelis|Saulius Širmelis]] (2005)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Arminas Narbekovas]] (30 Nov 2005 – 30 Nov 2006)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Igoris Pankratjevas]] (2006)
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Viatscheslav Mogilniy]] (2008)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[:lt:Mindaugas Čepas|Mindaugas Čepas]] (2008–2009)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Igoris Pankratjevas]] (1 Jul 2009 – 31 Dec 2010)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[:lt:Vitalijus Stankevičius|Vitalijus Stankevičius]] (1 Jan 2011 – 31 Dec 2011)
*{{flagicon|HRV}} [[Damir Petravić]] (4 Jan 2012 – 8 Aug 2012)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Zub]] (8 Aug 2012 – Dec 2014)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Valdas Dambrauskas]] (17 Dec 2014 – 23 Oct 2017)
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Aleksandr Brazevich]] (24 Oct 2017 – 24 Nov 2017)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Aurelijus Skarbalius]] (27 Nov 2017 – 22 Jun 2018)
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Valdas Urbonas]] (23 Jun 2018 – 2 Feb 2019)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7325_zalgirio_komandos_vairas_patyrusiam_specialistui.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625104000/http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7325_zalgirio_komandos_vairas_patyrusiam_specialistui.html |archive-date=25 June 2018 |title="Žalgirio" komandos vairas – patyrusiam specialistui}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7555.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203085313/http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7555.html |archive-date=3 February 2019 |title=V. Urbonas treniruos Lietuvos rinktinę}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Zub]] (13 Feb 2019 – 15 July 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Į "Žalgirį" sugrįžęs M. Zubas: "Tai – ypatingas klubas, jis mano širdyje" |url=http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7563.html |website=fkzalgiris.lt |access-date=14 February 2019 |language=lt-LT |date=13 February 2019}}</ref>
*{{Flagicon|POR}} [[João Luís Martins]] (15 July 2019 – 27 November 2019)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7711.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716101200/http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7711.html |archive-date=16 July 2019 |title="Žalgirio" treneriu paskirtas Joao Martinsas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alyga.lt/naujiena/zalgiris-atsisveikino-su-laikinuoju-strategu/6392|title="Žalgiris" atsisveikino su laikinuoju strategu &#124; A Lyga &#124; Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga|website=alyga.lt}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Alyaksey Baha]] (19 January 2020 – 21 December 2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7815.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124171904/http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n7815.html |archive-date=24 January 2020 |title="Žalgirį" treniruos baltarusis A. Baga}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Vladimir Cheburin]] (11 January 2021 – 31 August 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fkzalgiris.lt/zalgiri-treniruos-v-ceburinas/|title="Žalgirį" treniruos V. Čeburinas|date=11 January 2021|website=FK Žalgiris}}</ref><ref>[https://fkzalgiris.lt/ceburinas-atsisveikina/ V. Čeburinas palieka „Žalgirį“]</ref><ref>[https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/526242/vladimiras-ceburinas-atsisveikino-su-zalgiriu Vladimiras Čeburinas atsisveikino su „Žalgiriu“]</ref>
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Rolandas Džiaukštas]] (2 September 2025 –)<ref>[https://fkzalgiris.lt/naujasis-komandos-treneris-r-dziaukstas/ Naujasis komandos treneris – R. Džiaukštas]</ref><ref>[https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/526330/oficialu-paskirtas-naujasis-zalgirio-strategas futbolas.lt naujienos: Oficialu: paskirtas naujasis „Žalgirio“ strategas]</ref>
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==References==
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