About FC Stumbras

FC Stumbras was a Lithuanian football club based in Kaunas, founded in 2013. It was created from the structure of the National Football Academy and quickly became one of the most ambitious modern projects in Lithuanian football. Starting from the lower divisions, the club achieved rapid success and climbed to the top tier within just a few seasons.

After entering the A Lyga in 2015, Stumbras established itself as a stable top-division team and gradually improved its performances. The club’s biggest achievement came in 2017, when it won the Lithuanian Football Cup, securing its first major trophy and earning qualification for European competition. In the following seasons, it also reached another cup final and finished as a strong mid-table side in the league.

Despite its sporting progress, FC Stumbras faced serious financial and organizational problems in 2019. The club lost its UEFA license, was expelled from the top division, and soon after ceased operations completely. Its dissolution marked a sudden end to one of the most rapidly rising clubs in Lithuanian football history, remembered for its short but successful existence.