DFK Dainava

The modern DFK Dainava was established after "Auska" and "Dzūkų tankai" were merged in 2016.

In 2015, FK Auska were playing in the Pirma Lyga. In 2016 the Lithuanian Football Federation allowed the club to change its name and allowed them to play in the Pirma Lyga (second tier).

In 2016, DFK Dainava came in ninth place[1] and in 2017 they came in fourth place in the Pirma Lyga.[2]

In the 2018 season, DFK Dainava were runners-up in the Pirma Lyga. In the relegation/promotion play-off match, they lost 0–3 to FK Palanga.[3][4][5][6] On 3 November 2018, they lost the second match in Gargždai 0–2. FK Palanga won 5–0 on aggregate and saved their place in the 2019 A Lyga.[7]

DFK Dainava sought promotion to the A Lyga in the 2019 season, but were unable to get sponsorship required for the league from the municipality of Alytus. As a result, the club remained in the I Lyga.[8][9] They have finished 2019 LFF I Lyga in fourth position, and attempted to obtain a licence for A Lyga again in the 2020 season. The application was again declined.

In March 2021 before the start of the football season in Lithuania, DFK Dainava applied for a licence to play in the highest Lithuanian league tier of A Lyga in the 2021 season. The application was declined by the Lithuanian Football Federation as the club could not find a solution with stable finance and organise a women's football team. At the time, A Lyga had nine qualified teams who got permits and were able to compete in the league. DFK Dainava's application was granted by the Lithuanian Football Federation to play and compete in Lithuania's top-tier league as a 10th team, as DFK Dainava subsequently fixed all of the issues regarding sponsorship and stable finance. For the first time in DFK Dainava club history since re-creation in 2016,[10] Alytus town will yet again have a men's football team competing in Lithuanian top-tier football league A Lyga. DFK Dainava started the season with -3 points as regulations and laws via the Lithuanian Football Federation. The first match for DFK Dainava in A Lyga was played on 6 March in Marijampolė against also newly promoted team FK Nevėžis, due to the city having a full sized indoor football ground and it is closest to Alytus.

In 2022, DFK Dainava were the league winners and were promoted to the 2023 A Lyga.

Alytus Stadium

DFK Dainava plays in the Alytus Stadium. It is a multi-use stadium in Alytus, Lithuania and holds 3,790 people. The stadium was renovated in 2010.

As of 26 August 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  UKR Denys Taraduda 5 DF  LVA Klavs Kramens 6 MF  LTU Renatas Banevičius 7 FW  UKR Artem Baftalovskyi 8 MF  LTU Martynas Vasiliauskas 9 MF  UKR Artem Radchenko 10 MF  NGA Chibuike Nwosu 11 FW  BRA Matheus Araújo 14 DF  NGA Ode Abdullahi 19 MF  MDA Dmitri Mandrîcenco 24 DF  LTU Naglis Paliušis

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  LTU Gustas Zabita 30 DF  LTU Oskaras Lukošiūnas 32 DF  LTU Rokas Rasimavičius 34 MF  UKR Stanislav Sorokin 44 DF  BRA Emerson 45 FW  BIH Davor Rakić 70 FW  KGZ Sherali Yuldashev 75 DF  LTU Ernestas Stočkūnas 77 GK  LTU Airidas Mickevičius 80 DF  BRA Anderson Castro 91 GK  UKR Orest Kostyk 99 MF  NGA Aaron Olugbogi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NGA Peter Ademo (at Sheriff)

• Ričardas Grigaliūnas (March, 2016 – June, 2016)
• Darius Gvildys (June, 2016 – end of 2017)
• Donatas Vencevičius (January, 2018 – end of 2018)
• Kim Rønningstad (2019)[18]
• Łukasz Hass (2020)
• Fabio Mazzone (August, 2020) [19]
• Tomas Ražanauskas (April, 2021)[20]
• Matthew Silva (February, 2022 – May 2022)[21][22]
• Sergey Kuznetsov (May 2022 –)[23]

• Official website