ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas

ŠŠ Kovas
Full nameŠančių šaulių „Kovas“
Founded1921
Dissolved1945
ChairmanA. Pankratovas
LeagueLithuanian football championship

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

History

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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.[citation needed]

Name history

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  • 1921 – LFLS Šančiai
  • 1923 – ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas

International games

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Opponent Result Location Date
Austria Hakoah Wien 2:1 ? 1928
Czechoslovakia SK Ceske Budejovice 0:1 Lithuania 1935
Hungary Budafok Budapest 2:2 Lithuania 1935
Nazi Germany Preussen Gumbinnen 5:1 Kaunas 1937
Austria FAC Wien 1:1 Lithuania 1937
Austria Rapid Wien 0:0 Lithuania 1937
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoslavija Beograd 5:2 Lithuania 1938
Sweden AIK 2:5 Kaunas 1939-06-19

Achievements

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