The Trakai Courier
Match12 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Trakai
A 1‑0 win over Siauliai, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match12 Aug 2026
Cruel end for Siauliai as Trakai pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Trakai scored in the 120th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A debut Modestas Klimavicius will not forget — 7.51
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.51 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Mantas Simkus
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mantas Simkus attracts admirers
The name of Mantas Simkus has come up in conversations Trakai were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Trakai
Linas Cernych 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Trakai supporters have found a favourite in Mantas Simkus
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Mantas Simkus has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Karolis Kazlauskas gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Donatas Paulauskas
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Karolis Vaitkunas stays put
- Player ratings A defender's afternoon for Artem Mitin
- Market Karolis Dubickas told to find a new club