LFLS Kaunas
LFLS Kaunas (full name: Lietuvos fizinio lavinimosi sąjunga) was a sports club in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was founded in 1919 as Lietuvos sporto sąjunga. LFLS was dissolved in 1944, when Lithuania came under Soviet occupation. It was later re-activated in 1997.
The club's hockey section played in and won the first Lithuanian Championship in 1926. LFLS went on to win four more titles in pre-war Lithuania; in 1927, 1928, 1931, and 1933.
Some of the earliest matches LFLS played were during the 1923-24 season against a squad named "Aviacija" (Lithuanian Air Force Pilots). The results were as follows: Dec. 25, 1923, 2:2, Dec 30, 1923, 11:2 (5:0), Jan. 6, 1924, 12:1 (6:1), Jan. 13, 1924, 6:2 (3:1).
Season-by-season records
Lithuanian Championship (1925-1942)
Season | Games | Won | Tied | Lost | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs | |
1925-26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 1st | None | |
1926-271 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1st Perkuno Group | None | |
1927-28 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1st | None | |
1928-29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7th | None | |
1930-31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1st Kaunas Group | 1st final round | |
1931-32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2nd | None | |
1932-33 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 17 | 5th | None | |
1933-34 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 1st | None | |
1934-35 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2nd Group | Season cancelled | |
1935-36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5th | Season cancelled | |
1936-37 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4th | None | |
1937-38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | None | |
1938-39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | None | |
1939-40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 3rd | None | |
1941-42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 4th | None |
1. In 1926-27, the LFLS Kaunas organization fielded two teams. The results listed are for the main club, not the "LFLS/Zaibas" outfit that finished first in the Zaibo Group.
Gallery
An action shot of LFLS facing KSK Kaunas on January 17, 1926.