2017 FK Žalgiris season
# 2017 FK Žalgiris season

The 2017 season will be Žalgiris 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Lithuanian football and 4th consecutive as A Lyga title defenders. They will also participate in the Lithuanian Cup, SuperCup and enter the UEFA Champions League at the second qualifying round stage.

## Players

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Armantas Vitkauskas | GK | (1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 34) | Sūduva | 2012 |
| 29 | Džiugas Bartkus | GK | (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 33) | Valletta | 2017 |
| 30 | Airidas Mickevičius | GK | (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 24) | Academy | 2017 |
| 35 | Pijus Petkevičius | GK | (1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 24) | Academy | 2017 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Linas Klimavičius | CB | (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 34) | Trakai | 2016 |
| 4 | Diego Oyarzún | CB / LB | (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 30) | Palestino | 2017 |
| 5 | Donovan Slijngard | LB | (1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 35) | Cambuur | 2015 |
| 6 | Mamadou Mbodj | CB | (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 (age 30) | Red Star Belgrade | 2016 |
| 8 | Egidijus Vaitkūnas | RB | (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 34) | Tauras | 2010 |
| 23 | Rolandas Baravykas | RB / LB | (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 27) | Atlantas | 2017 |
| 71 | Jonas Skinderis | CB | (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 26) | Panevėžys | 2016 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | Slavko Blagojević | CM | (1987-03-21) 21 March 1987 (age 36) | RNK Split | 2016 |
| 13 | Saulius Mikoliūnas | RB / RW / LW | (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 39) | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2016 |
| 14 | Karolis Uzėla | CM | (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 23) | Academy | 2017 |
| 16 | Mahamane Traoré | CM | (1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 (age 34) | Nice | 2017 |
| 17 | Liviu Antal | RW / SS | (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 34) | CFR Cluj | 2017 |
| 19 | Daniel Romanovskij | CM | (1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 (age 27) | Academy | 2014 |
| 21 | Vytautas Lukša | RW / LW | (1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 (age 38) | Trakai | 2015 |
| 22 | Justas Lasickas | LW | (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 25) | Academy | 2014 |
| 27 | Matija Ljujić | CM / AM | (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 29) | Rad | 2016 |
| 44 | Serge Nyuiadzi | LW / RW | (1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 31) | 1461 Trabzon | 2017 |
| 75 | Ernestas Stočkūnas | MF | (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 25) | Academy | 2015 |
| 88 | Mantas Kuklys | CM / AM | (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 36) | Turnhout | 2012 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Bahrudin Atajić | AM / LW / RW / CF / SS | (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 29) | SJK Seinäjoki | 2016 |
| 10 | Darvydas Šernas | CF | (1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 (age 39) | Alanyaspor | 2017 |
| 28 | Julius Momkus | ST | (1998-02-28) 28 February 1998 (age 25) | Academy | 2016 |
| 80 | Elivelto | CM / AM / LW / RW / SS | (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 31) | Ekranas | 2015 |

## Competitions

### A Lyga

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 4 November 2017. 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

**Regular season**

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sūduva | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 59 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 58 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 3 | Trakai | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 54 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 4 | Atlantas | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | Qualification to Championship round |
| 5 | Utenis | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 32 | Qualification to Championship round |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A Lyga | A Lyga | Supercup | Supercup | LFF Taurė | LFF Taurė | Champions League | Champions League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | LTU | Armantas Vitkauskas | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | LTU | Džiugas Bartkus | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | LTU | Airidas Mickevičius | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | LTU | Pijus Petkevičius | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | LTU | Linas Klimavičius | 18 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CHI | Diego Oyarzún | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Donovan Slijngard | 21 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SEN | Mamadou Mbodj | 20 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | LTU | Egidijus Vaitkūnas | 19 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | LTU | Rolandas Baravykas | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | LTU | Jonas Skinderis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | CRO | Slavko Blagojević | 20 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | LTU | Saulius Mikoliūnas | 11 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | LTU | Karolis Uzėla | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | MLI | Mahamane Traoré | 7 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ROU | Liviu Antal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | LTU | Daniel Romanovskij | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | LTU | Vytautas Lukša | 21 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | LTU | Justas Lasickas | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SRB | Matija Ljujić | 20 | 1 | 11+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | TOG | Serge Nyuiadzi | 16 | 3 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 75 | MF | LTU | Ernestas Stočkūnas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | LTU | Mantas Kuklys | 20 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BIH | Bahrudin Atajić | 18 | 3 | 7+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | LTU | Darvydas Šernas | 20 | 10 | 14+2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | LTU | Julius Momkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | BRA | Elivelto | 21 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | LTU | Georgas Freidgeimas | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SRB | Komnen Andrić | 9 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | LTU | Saulius Klevinskas | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Last updated: 1 July 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A Lyga | Supercup | LFF Taurė | UEFA CL | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Darvydas Šernas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 80 | FW | | Elivelto | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 88 | MF | | Mantas Kuklys | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Bahrudin Atajić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 44 | MF | | Serge Nyuiadzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Linas Klimavičius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Slavko Blagojević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Komnen Andrić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Mahamane Traoré | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 21 | MF | | Vytautas Lukša | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 27 | MF | | Matija Ljujić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A Lyga | Supercup | LFF Taurė | UEFA CL | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Armantas Vitkauskas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 55 | GK | | Saulius Klevinskas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 30 | GK | | Airidas Mickevičius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 29 | GK | | Džiugas Bartkus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | A Lyga | A Lyga | A Lyga | Supercup | Supercup | Supercup | LFF Taurė | LFF Taurė | LFF Taurė | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | | Armantas Vitkauskas | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Linas Klimavičius | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Georgas Freidgeimas | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Donovan Slijngard | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Mamadou Mbodj | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Slavko Blagojević | 5 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | | Egidijus Vaitkūnas | 5 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Bahrudin Atajić | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Darvydas Šernas | 3 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Komnen Andrić | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Saulius Mikoliūnas | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Karolis Uzėla | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Mahamane Traore | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Vytautas Lukša | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Justas Lasickas | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Rolandas Baravykas | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Matija Ljujić | 4 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | | Serge Nyuiadzi | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | | Elivelto | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Mantas Kuklys | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
