ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas

ŠŠ Kovas

Full name	Šančių šaulių „Kovas“
Founded	1921
Dissolved	1945
Chairman	A. Pankratovas
League	Lithuanian football championship

Kovas Kaunas was a Lithuanian football club from Kaunas. It was one of the best Lithuanian football clubs during interbellum.

ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas and Estonian Football Club Kalev Tallinn (white shorts) after match, won by Kalev 1:0 (1:0). Kaunas, 4th of May 1925.

Lithuanian amateur football club "Kovas" (ŠŠ Kovas) from Kaunas district Šančiai. Kaunas 1926 08 03. Standing (from the left): 1. Leonas Rakickas 2. Antanas Lingis 3. Juozas Žukauskas 4. Stepas Garbačiauskas 5. Juozas Žebrauskas 6. Jaroslavas Citavičius 7. Leonas Žukauskas 8.? Siting (from the left): 1. Šapkauskas 2. Valerijonas Balčiūnas 3. Romualdas Žebrauskas 4. Stasys Janušauskas 5.? 6. Stasys Sabaliauskas 7. Vladas Banevičius

History

Club was founded as LFLS Kaunas (Lietuvos fizinio lavinimosi sąjunga – Lithuanian physical education union) department in Šančiai by Stasys Sabaliauskas. On March 11, 1923 it was renamed "Kovas". It has also played against Latvian, Estonian, Czechoslovakian, Austrian, Hungarian and other foreign teams. A. Pankratovas was the last chairman of the club. Kovas sports club also cultivated ice hockey, basketball, boxing, table-tennis and other sports. After Soviet occupation it was reformed to railwaymen team Lokomotyvas Kaunas.

Name history

• 1921 – LFLS Šančiai
• 1923 – ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas

International games

Opponent	Result	Location	Date
Hakoah Wien	2:1	?	1928
SK Ceske Budejovice	0:1	Lithuania	1935
Budafok Budapest	2:2	Lithuania	1935
Preussen Gumbinnen	5:1	Kaunas	1937
FAC Wien	1:1	Lithuania	1937
Rapid Wien	0:0	Lithuania	1937
Jugoslavija Beograd	5:2	Lithuania	1938
AIK	2:5	Kaunas	1939-06-19

Achievements

• Lithuanian Championship
  • Winners (6): 1924, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1936
  • Runners-up (4): 1922, 1931, 1936–1937, 1938–1939
  • Third places (1): 1923
• Final of Kooperacijos (Cooperation) Cup (1924)

External links

• Statistics – futbolinis.lt