ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas

{{Short description|Lithuanian football club from Kaunas}}

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| fullname = Šančių šaulių „Kovas“

| founded = 1921

| dissolved= 1945

| chairman = A. Pankratovas

| league = Lithuanian football championship

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

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.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

= Name history =

  • 1921 – LFLS Šančiai
  • 1923 – ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas

= International games =

class="wikitable"
Opponent

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{{flagicon|AUT}} Hakoah Wien2:1?1928
{{flagicon|TCH}} SK Ceske Budejovice0:1Lithuania1935
{{flagicon|HUN}} Budafok Budapest2:2Lithuania1935
{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Preussen Gumbinnen5:1Kaunas1937
{{flagicon|AUT}} FAC Wien1:1Lithuania1937
{{flagicon|AUT}} Rapid Wien0:0Lithuania1937
{{flagicon|YUG}} Jugoslavija Beograd5:2Lithuania1938
{{flagicon|SWE}} AIK2:5Kaunas1939-06-19

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