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The 1990s saw a return to the prominence of | The 1990s saw a return to the prominence of Klubas Tyonek as multiple 2nd and 3rd place finishes led to their first Pirmas Lyga title for 30 years in 1999. This turned into a run of 3 out of 4 championships. | ||
==Supporters== | ==Supporters== | ||
Klubas Tyonek are often considered the most supported football club in | Klubas Tyonek are often considered the most supported football club in Wassilia selling out the Capitalas Stadium for most games. The club also boasts having the highest merchandise sales of all soccer clubs in the nation. | ||
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| Full name | Klubas Tyonek | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Capitals | ||
| Founded | September 1, 1937 | ||
| Capacity | 60,350 | ||
| Owner | Endiras Olurave | ||
| Head coach | Haris Illevinius | ||
| League | Pirmas Lyga | ||
| 3rd (2022) | |||
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Klubas Tyonek, is a professional multi-sport club based in the capital city of Wassilia, Tyonek. While the club has departments for many different sports it is most known for its famed association football department. As a football club Klubas Tyonek has won the Pirmas Lyga twelve times and the Lygas Cup ten times making it the second most successful in Wassilia behind only Olimpinis Bursinai.
History
Club Founding
Klubas Tyonek was founded as an amateur olympic sporting club in 1937 specializing in sports like tennis, track and field athletics, and winter sports like skiing and ice hockey as well as football.
Success of the 1960s
After seeing the early of the Bursinai clubs, Klubas Tyonek put together the foundation for an uprecidented run in the 1960s. Now a club legend, manager Ardus Plesikas was an unknown with a new modern for its time philosophy leading the club to 8 of 10 Pirmas Lyga championships of the decade. As the team aged into 1970s however the results were not able to be kept and the 70s brought a decline.
Struggles of the 70s and 80s
Klubas Tyonek was not able to sustain it's dominance once the legends retired and the game moved on from them.
Resurgence of the 1990s
The 1990s saw a return to the prominence of Klubas Tyonek as multiple 2nd and 3rd place finishes led to their first Pirmas Lyga title for 30 years in 1999. This turned into a run of 3 out of 4 championships.
Supporters
Klubas Tyonek are often considered the most supported football club in Wassilia selling out the Capitalas Stadium for most games. The club also boasts having the highest merchandise sales of all soccer clubs in the nation.