FK Vėtra

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FK Vėtra

Full name

Futbolo Klubas Vėtra

Nickname(s)

Founded

1996

Ground

Vėtra Stadium
Vilnius
(Capacity 5,900)

Chairman

Romas Stašauskas

Manager

Virginijus Liubsys

League

A Lyga

2007

5th





Home colours





Away colours

FK Vėtra is a Lithuanian football team from the capital city of Vilnius. The team plays in the Lithuanian Premier division A Lyga. The club was founded in 1996 and was initially based in Rūdiškės, a settlement in Vilnius district, and moved in 2003 to Vilnius City with the purchase of its own stadium.

In 2004, Vėtra played in the Intertoto Cup and reached the 3rd round with 3 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss. Their results in the 2005 tournament were not as successful, being eliminated in the early stages by losing both first round matches to future finalists CFR Cluj. In 2006, Vėtra played Shelbourne F.C. of Dublin in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, but lost 0-1 at home, and 0-4 in Ireland.

In the 2007 Intertoto Cup, Vėtra's second round game with Legia Warsaw was called off when Legia fans rioted. The scoreline was 2-0 to Vėtra at the time, and on July 11th, UEFA decided to reward the tie 3-0 to Vėtra, and expel Legia from the competition. Vėtra lost to English side Blackburn Rovers in the third round. [1]

1 Current squad
2 Participation in Lithuanian Championships
3 Participation in European tournaments
4 Notable former players
5 External links

[edit] Current squad

As of March 28, 2008.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Vaidas Žutautas
2	DF	Egidijus Majus
3	DF	Valdemar Barovskij
4	DF	Tadas Kijanskas
5	DF	Algis Jankauskas
7	MF	Dejan Milošeski
8	MF	Gediminas Butrimavičius
9	FW	Edvinas Blažys
10	MF	Darvydas Šernas
11	FW	Vitalis Stankevičius
14	FW	Evaldas Grigaitis

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Virmantas Lemežis
19	MF	Robertas Vėževičius
21	MF	Gediminas Butavičius
22	GK	Roman Smishko
23	DF	Marius Kazlauskas
25	FW	Evaldas Razulis
27	MF	Anatoliy Ostap
29	FW	Viaceslav Sofroni
44	DF	Gjoko Cvetanovski
77	MF	Egidijus Juška
99	FW	Aleksandr Toleski

[edit] Participation in Lithuanian Championships

2007 - 5th
2006 - 3rd
2005 - 4th
2004 - 5th
2003 - 3rd

[edit] Participation in European tournaments

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1st Round	JK Trans Narva	3-0, 1-0
		2nd Round	Hibernian FC	1-1, 1-0
		3rd Round	Esbjerg fB	1-1, 0-4
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1st Round	CFR Cluj	2-3, 1-4
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1st Round	Shelbourne FC	0-1, 0-4
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1st Round	Llanelli AFC	3-1, 3-5
		2nd Round	Legia Warszawa	'2-0'/3-0, (w/o)
		3rd Round	Blackburn Rovers FC	0-2, 0-4