FK Ekranas

FK Ekranas

Full name	Football Club Ekranas
Nickname(s)	Mėlynai Raudoni (The Blue-Reds)
Founded	1964 (by Vincentas Navickas)
Ground	Aukštaitija Stadium Panevėžys, Lithuania (Capacity: 4,000)
Chairman	Aušrys Labinas
League	A Lyga
2012	A Lyga, 1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Futbolo Klubas Ekranas is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the city of Panevėžys.

The club was founded in 1964.

It has won Lithuanian championships in 1985 (Soviet Lithuania), 1993, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Lithuanian Cup in 1985 (Soviet Lithuania), 1998, 2000, 2010 and 2011 and the Lithuanian Super Cup in 1998, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

On 5 November 2004, before the A Lyga champion-deciding match against FBK Kaunas, the club was controversially expelled from the first division by the National Football Club Association (NFKA) for alleged match fixing, but reinstated a day later.

In August 2006 FK Ekranas won the first Baltic Champion's Cup tournament in Liepāja after beating Estonian champions TVMK Tallinn 6–4 and drawing with the home side Liepājas Metalurgs 1–1.

Honours

Ekranas fans. Pirmoji Armada

• A Lyga
  • Winners (7): 1993, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Runners-up (3): 2003, 2004, 2006

• Lithuanian Cup
  • Winners (5): 1985, 1998, 2000, 2010, 2011
  • Runners-up (3): 1994, 2003, 2006

• Lithuanian Super Cup
  • Winners (4): 1998, 2006, 2010, 2011
  • Runners-up (1): 2009

• Lithuanian SSR Championship
  • Winners (1): 1985

Participation in Lithuanian Championships

UEFA club competition results

As of 23 July 2013

Season	Cup	Rnd	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	Champions League	1Q	Floriana	0–1	0–1	0–2
1998–99	Cup Winners Cup	1Q	Apollon Limassol	1–2	3–3	4–5
1999	Intertoto Cup	1R	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	0–1	0–1	0–2
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Q	Lierse S.K.	0–3	0–4	0–7
2001	Intertoto Cup	1R	FC Artmedia Bratislava	1–1	1–1	2–2*
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Q	Debreceni VSC	1–1	1–2	2–3
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	F91 Dudelange	1–0	2–1	3–1
		2Q	Odd Grenland	2–1	1–3	3–4
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	Cork City	0–2	1–0	1–2
2006–07	Champions League	1Q	Elbasani	3–0	0–1	3–1
		2Q	Dinamo Zagreb	1–4	2–5	3–9
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q	B36 Tórshavn	3–2	3–1	6–3
		2Q	Vålerenga	1–1	0–6	1–7
2008	Intertoto Cup	1R	Narva Trans	1–0	3–0	4–0
		2R	Rosenborg	1–3	0–4	1–7
2009–10	Champions League	2Q	Baku	2–2	2–4	4–6
2010–11	Champions League	2Q	HJK Helsinki	1–0	0–2	1–2
2011–12	Champions League	2Q	Valletta	1–0	3–2	4–2
		3Q	BATE Borisov	0–0	1–3	1–3
2011–12	Europa League	Play-Off	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	0–4	1–4
2012–13	Champions League	2Q	Shamrock Rovers	2–1	0–0	2–1
		3Q	Anderlecht	0–6	0–5	0–11
2012–13	Europa League	Play-Off	Steaua București	0–2	0–3	0–5
2013–14	Champions League	2Q	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	0–1	1–2	1–3
2014–15	Europa League	1Q

*FC Artmedia Bratislava victory after the penalty shootout.

1Q – 1st Qualifying Round; 2Q – 2nd Qualifying Round; 1R – 1st Round; 2R – 2nd Round

UEFA Team Ranking 2012

Rank	Team	Points
208	Tromsø IL	6.335
209	Servette FC	6.335
210	Aalesunds FK	6.335
211	FK Ekranas	6.300
212	FC Aktobe	6.191
213	Ruch Chorzów	6.150
214	FC Gomel	6.125

As of 9 December 2012. Source

Sponsors

Role	Sponsors
Kit manufacturer	Adidas

Players and managers

Current squad

As of 11 January 2014 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Lukas Žukauskas 2 MF Edgaras Baranauskas 6 MF Donatas Petrauskas 9 MF Arnas Ribokas 13 FW Arsenij Buinickij 14 MF Rokas Stanulevičius 15 DF Aleksandar Šušnjar 15 DF Martynas Dūda 20 MF Dovydas Norvilas 32 FW Uchenna Umeh

No. Position Player 41 DF Lukas Čerkauskas 42 DF Aivaras Meškinis 48 MF Lukas Narbutas 49 MF Tomas Salamanavičius 52 FW Edvardas Tamulevičius 88 DF Rytis Pilotas 91 DF Vaidas Slavickas 93 DF Edvinas Girdvainis 99 GK Kornelijus Timofejevas MF Tomas Dapkus

Manager:

FK Ekranas First-Team Squad

Retired numbers

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

International players

Foreign players

EU Nationals

Youth/reserves squad

For the FK Ekranas-2 squads, see FK Ekranas Reserves .

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Lukas Žukauskas 2 MF Edgaras Baranauskas 6 FW Edvardas Tamulevičius 15 DF Martynas Dūda 25 MF Darijus Šulnis 28 MF Gotaras Vasiliauskas 30 DF Laurynas Bratkauskas 40 GK Dovydas Pūkas 42 DF Aivaras Meškinis 44 DF Aurimas Šulnys 45 DF Sigitas Urbys

No. Position Player 47 MF Saulius Čepkauskas 48 FW Lukas Narbutas 49 MF Tomas Salamanavičius 50 MF Simonas Urbys 51 MF Radvilas Jakubonis 55 DF Lukas Čerkauskas 66 FW Kęstutis Vedeckis DF Edvinas Dambrauskas DF Kevinas Pavlijus MF Paulius Lazdauskas

Manager: Marius Skinderis

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach
Head coach assistant
Physical coach
2nd Team coach & head coach assistant	Valdas Dambrauskas
2nd Team coach assistant	Marius Skinderis

Medical staff

Position	Name
Medic	Ramūnas Širvinskas
Masseur	Jonas Vinogradovas

Managerial history

From–to	Names
1964–76	Algimantas Balilionis
1972–75	Fulgentas Bižys
1980–89	Mindaugas Kaušpėdas
1989–07	Virginijus Liubšys
2007	Saulius Širmelis
2007–08	Darius Butkus
July 20, 2008 – June 30, 2009	Saulius Širmelis
June 2, 2009 – April 25, 2013	Valdas Urbonas

Notable players

References

External links

• Official FK Ekranas Website In English
• Official FK Ekranas Website In Lithuanian Language
• Official FK Ekranas Ultras Website
• Official Lithuanian Football Federation Website