LFLS Kaunas


LFLS Kaunas, or Lietuvos Fizinio Lavinimosi Sąjunga Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club based in Kaunas in the years between World War I and World War II during Lithuania's first period of modern independence. The club was founded in 1919 and was a multicultural squad, which featured four Lithuanians, four Germans, and one player each of English, Jewish, and Serbian descent. It represented Lietuvos fizinio lavinimosi sąjunga. The club installed the first football field and built the first stadium in Kaunas, published the first Lithuanian sports newspaper and established the Lithuanian football league in 1924. LFLS second team was the only Lithuanian football club's second team which played in the top division during interbellum. It even won third place in 1922.
LFLS Kaunas won four titles in the A Lyga during the interwar period, including the league's first two championships. The club won another league title in 1942, but was dissolved in 1945. It was resurrected for a short time in 1997, but soon it was dissolved again.

International games

OpponentResultLocationDate
YMCA Riga0:4Kaunas1922-06-08
Ostas Eydtkuhnen1:3Kaunas1922
LSB Riga1:0Riga1922
Tallinn JK1:7Kaunas1922
Riga FK1:8Riga1929
VFB2:4Kaunas1929
Europa Barcelona2:4Kaunas1930
Wiener AC1:10Kaunas1931
Riga Vanderer7:0Kaunas1934
FAC Wien1:1Lithuania1937
Tallinn JK6:4Tallinn1937
Sport Tallinn0:0Tallinn1937

Achievements