FK Ekranas

Futbolo Klubas Ekranas is a Lithuanian football club, from the city of Panevėžys. It won 7 top-tier champion and 5 national cup titles throughout its existence.

Panevėžio Ekranas
Full nameFootball Club Ekranas
Nickname(s)Mėlynai Raudoni (The Blue-Reds)
Founded1964
(by Vincentas Navickas)
GroundAukštaitija Stadium

The club was founded in 1964 and for 44 years competed in the top tier of Lithuanian football. However, at the end of 2014 season the club ran into financial difficulties, failed to meet admission criteria to A Lyga for the 2015 season, and was subsequently declared bankrupt. A new club FK Panevėžys was formed to represent the city of Panevėžys, which managed to pass licensing criteria for the 2015 I Lyga season. FK Ekranas was declared bankrupt in 2016.[1]. On 2020 FK Ekranas been restored. It plays on 3rd tier of Lithuania.

FK Ekranas 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 top 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

Participation in Lithuanian Championships
Year Division Position Year Division Position Year Division Position
1991 A Lyga 4th 2000 A Lyga 4th 2010 A Lyga 1st
1991–92 A Lyga 5th 2001 A Lyga 4th 2011 A Lyga 1st
1992–93 A Lyga 1st 2002 A Lyga 3rd 2012 A Lyga 1st
1993–94 A Lyga 3rd 2003 A Lyga 2nd 2013 A Lyga 3rd
1994–95 A Lyga 8th 2004 A Lyga 2nd 2014 A Lyga 6th
1995–96 A Lyga 7th 2005 A Lyga 1st
1996–97 A Lyga 5th 2006 A Lyga 2nd
1997–98 A Lyga 3rd 2007 A Lyga 3rd
1998–99 A Lyga 4th 2008 A Lyga 1st
1999 A Lyga 5th 2009 A Lyga 1st

UEFA club competition results
As of 23 July 2013
Competition P W D L GF GA
Champions League 20 5 3 12 19 40
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 18 7 2 9 17 36
Cup Winners Cup 2 0 1 1 4 5
Intertoto Cup 8 2 1 5 7 12
Total 48 14 7 27 47 93
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 Neamț 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 Crusaders 1–2 1–3 2–5

*FC Artmedia Bratislava victory after the penalty shootout.

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

Players

Famous players

FK Ekranas players famous internationally and legends from the club or Lithuania. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Ekranas.

Notable players

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
May 2013 – November 2014 Valdas Dambrauskas

References
  1. JP (26 August 2015). "FK „Ekranas" iškelta bankroto byla". jp.lt. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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