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ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas

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Full name
  
Šančių šaulių „Kovas“

Chairman
  
A. Pankratovas

Founded
  
1921

Dissolved
  
1945

League
  
A Lyga

ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas

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

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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

    • 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)

    • References

    ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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