2008 Baltic League
The 2008 Baltic League (known as the 2008 Triobet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) was the second Baltic League football tournament. The tournament took place in the Baltic states in 2008. The first matches took place on 4 March. The draw for the 2008 Baltic League took place in Riga, Latvia, on 12 January 2008. Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Bracket Quarter-finals ''FK Rīga win 5–3 on aggregate'' ''Skonto FC win 6–3 on aggregate'' ''FBK Kaunas win 8–3 on aggregate'' ''FK Ventspils win 4–0 on aggregate'' Semi-finals ''Skonto FC win 8–2 on aggregate'' ''FBK Kaunas win 2–1 on aggregate'' Final Top scorers 8 goals: * Aleksandrs Cauņa 5 goals: * Rafael Ledesma * Mihails Miholaps 4 goals: * Vladimir Dvalishvili * Oļegs Laizāns * Andrejs Perepļotkins 3 goals: * Luka Aničič * Vladimirs Bespalovs * Andrius Puotkalis * Vald ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FBK Kaunas
Kauno futbolo ir beisbolo klubas, commonly known as FBK Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas. History Banga Kaunas (1960–1993) Originally the team was founded in 1960 as Banga Kaunas and played its first three years in the Soviet First League. Afterwards the club decided to play in the Lithuanian SSR Championship and they did so until 1990. In that period they won two Lithuanian SSR Championship's. One in 1986 and another in 1989. When Lithuania regained independence in 1991 A Lyga was created and they played as Banga Kaunas until 1993 before the club changed its name. FBK Kaunas (1993–1999 and 2000–2012) The club changed its name in 1993 to Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas. The club had in its first years not such a great success and FBK Kaunas had to wait until 1999 before they could lift a trophy again. Club was shortly renamed to Žalgiris Kaunas after the 9th round of 1999 A Lyga, but only carried the name for the remaining of the season. From ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valdas Trakys
Valdas Trakys (born 20 March 1979) is a Lithuanian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Neptūnas. Playing career Trakys started his professional career in 1995 with FK Panerys Vilnius in his native Lithuania. He played for FC Harelbeke and FBK Kaunas before moving to Russia to play for Torpedo Moscow. After a year with FC Khimki, Trakys left Russia to play for FH Hafnarfjörður in Iceland. Trakys then moved to Germany, playing for Greuther Fürth. Since 2004, Trakys has played in Russia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan and Greece. He was top scorer in the Lithuanian A Lyga in the 2009 season. In January 2010, he signed a six-month contract with Greek Beta Ethniki side Panserraikos. Trakys left Panserraikos after they breached his contract. Trakys then had a trial spell with Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, and signed on 14 September. He made his first starting appearance for Hibs in a 3–0 win against Rangers at Ibrox on 10 November 2010, but was inf ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ilja Kissel
Ilja is a given name and surname. The given name is cognate to Ilya. Notable people with the given name include: *Ilja Bereznickas (born 1948), Lithuanian animator, illustrator, scriptwriter and caricaturist * Ilja Bergh (1927–2015), Danish pianist and composer * Ilja Dragunov (born 1993), Russian professional wrestler * Ilja Glebov (born 1987), Estonian pair skater * Ilja Hurník (1922–2013), Czech composer, pianist and essayist *Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (born 1968), Dutch poet, novelist, polemicist and classic scholar *Ilja Richter (born 1952), German actor *Ilja Rosendahl (born 1968), German film and music producer, actor, songwriter and musician * Ilja Seifert (1951–2022), German politician *Ilja Syrovatko, Russian professional basketball player, who plays in Dynamo Moscow * Ilja Szrajbman (1907–1943), Polish Olympic freestyle swimmer * Ilja Venäläinen (born 1980), Finnish football player * Ilja Wiederschein (born 1977), volleyball player from Germany Notable people ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oļegs Žatkins
Oļegs is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Oļegs Aleksejenko (born 1961), former Latvian international football midfielder *Oļegs Antropovs (born 1947), Latvian former volleyball player *Oļegs Blagonadeždins (born 1973), retired football defender from Latvia *Oļegs Deņisovs (born 1966), Latvian politician *Oļegs Karavajevs (born 1961), former Latvian football goalkeeper *Oļegs Laizāns (born 1987), football midfielder from Latvia *Oļegs Maļuhins (born 1969), Latvian biathlete who retired after the 2006 Turin Olympics *Oļegs Malašenoks (born 1986), Latvian professional footballer *Oļegs Sorokins (born 1974), Latvian professional ice hockey defender *Oļegs Znaroks Oleg Valerievich Znarok (russian: Олег Валерьевич Знарок, lv, Oļegs Znaroks; born 2 January 1963) is a Soviet-Latvian professional ice hockey player. In 2022, he was the head coach of Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey L ... (born 1963), Latvian former ice hockey p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hannes Kaasik
Hannes Kaasik (born 11 August 1978) is an Estonian football referee. He has refereed UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches since the 2009–10 season. His first competitive international was the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match between San Marino and Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ... in August 2008. References 1978 births Living people Estonian football referees {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dainius Gleveckas
Dainius Gleveckas (born 5 March 1977) is a retired Lithuanian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... defender. References External links * * 1977 births Living people Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players FC Mariupol players FK Ekranas players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Men's association football central defenders {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Estonian Football Association
The Estonian Football Association (EJL; et, Eesti Jalgpalli Liit) is the governing body of football, beach soccer and futsal in Estonia, established on 14 December 1921. It organizes the football league, including the championship which is called Meistriliiga, Estonian Cup and the Estonian national football team. It is based in Tallinn. EJL became a member of FIFA in 1923, but following Estonia's annexation by the Soviet Union it was disbanded. It became a member again in 1992 after Estonia reinstated its independence. Controversy In 2017, FIFA fined the Estonian Football Association 30,000 Swiss francs (26,000 euros) and gave them a warning because of an incident where Bosnia and Herzegovina fans threw burning material onto the field. References External links * Old Estonian Football Association Official Site at FIFA Site at UEFA Site Estonia Football in Estonia Futsal in Estonia Sports organizations established in 1921 Football Football is a family of tea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daugava Stadium (Riga)
Daugava National Stadium ( lv, Daugavas stadions) is a multifunctional stadium in Riga, Latvia, which was first opened in 1927. It holds football and athletics competitions. Since 1992 the Daugava Stadium has been designated as a sports facility of national importance and is owned by the Government of Latvia. History The first stadium on the location was built in 1927 and was first operated by the ''Strādnieku sports un sargs'' (Worker Sports and Guard, SSS) sports organization affiliated with the Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party. After the stadium had been abandoned after the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 and during, World War II, the stadium was re-established in 1945, with renovation works beginning in 1949. Before July 1990 the total capacity of the stadium was more than 10,000 people, but after the demolition of the north, east and south stands in 1999 it was only 5,683. The Latvian national football team was playing its home games at the Daugava stadium from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Egidijus Varnas
Egidijus Varnas (born 31 July 1975) is a Lithuanian football forward currently playing for FK Ekranas. Varnas made two appearances for the Lithuania national football team The Lithuania national football team ( lt, Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international football and is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Lithuania. They play ... during 2001. References * 1975 births Living people Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers A Lyga players FC Šiauliai players FK Ekranas players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Men's association football forwards {{lithuania-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mihails Miholaps
Mihails Miholaps (russian: Михаи́л Вике́нтьевич Михола́п; born 24 August 1974) is a Latvian Russian professional football coach and a former player. A former striker, he played 32 international matches and scored two goals for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1998, and also played at the Euro 2004. Miholaps started his career in Vest Kaliningrad, and played for Baltika Kaliningrad, Daugava Riga, Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz, Skonto Riga, FC Shakhter, FK Riga and Olimps/RFS. Playing career * - played games and goals Honours *Latvian Higher League Latvian Higher League or Virslīga is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs. The full name of the league is O ... top goalscorer: 1996, 2001, 2002, 2006 * CIS Cup top goalscorer: 1999 External links Latvian Football Federation * 1974 births Living peo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mindaugas Kalonas
Mindaugas Kalonas (born 28 February 1984) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Kalonas played in the youth teams of Dynamo Moscow, then moved to Rubin Kazan, before having a spell at Portuguese club S.C. Braga. But at neither club he made it through to the first team. He then moved to Latvia where he played with FHK Liepājas Metalurgs, who went on to win the 2006 Latvian cup, coming second in the league. After a spell with Kuban Krasnodar, he signed for FK Riga, playing for the club in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, where he impressed Bohemian F.C. manager Pat Fenlon. On 31 July 2008, he signed a contract with ''Bohs'' until the end of the season and made his debut for the Gypsies in 3–0 win over Cobh Ramblers at Dalymount Park on 1 August. Kalonas adapted well to the League of Ireland and netted his first goal for Bohs in a 2–0 win over Galway United on 22 August. He scored in 2010 world cup qualifying against Romania. He quickly ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |