Žalgiris Stadium (Klaipeda) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Žalgiris Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

in Klaipėda

Klaipeda

Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County....

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

matches by FK Atlantas

FK Atlantas

FK Atlantas is a Lithuanian football team from the port city of Klaipėda. The team currently plays on the first level of the Lithuanian football league pyramid....

competing in A Lyga

A Lyga

The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by LFF . League size has varied between 8 and 12 teams over the past few years; for its 2011 season, the league features 12 teams...

. FK Šilutė

FK Šilute

FK Šilutė is a Lithuanian football team from the city of Šilutė. The team plays in the Lithuanian first division 1 Lyga.- Participation in Lithuanian Championships :* 2003 - 3rd * 2004 - 6th* 2005 - 6th...

had used the stadium for few years till 2005. In the past the stadium had a capacity of 9,000 and now holds only 5,000.

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