The Trakai Courier
Match12 Aug 2026
Trakai out of the cup
Siauliai ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Trakai
Arda Yılmaztürk was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Trakai beat the market to Deividas Šešplaukis from Zalgiris
Zalgiris will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Deividas Šešplaukis has pre-agreed a move to Trakai, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Arda Yılmaztürk
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Maciej Bortniczuk has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Trakai know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ignas Dubickas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ignas Dubickas commits to Trakai for another 3 years.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Aidas Jankauskas
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Aug 2026
No place for Paulius Girdvainis in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Paulius Girdvainis has his answer from Trakai; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Market17 Aug 2026
Trakai shop where it costs nothing
Maciej Bortniczuk signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.
In brief
- Market Trakai put Tomas Slavickas up for sale
- Market Justas Mikoliunas leaves on loan