Panevėžio Ekranas is a Lithuanian

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club, from the city of

Panevėžys Panevėžys (; Latin: ''Panevezen''; pl, Poniewież; yi, פּאָנעװעזש, ''Ponevezh''; see also other names) is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2011, it occupied with 113,653 inhabitants. As defined by Eurostat, the population ...

. It won 7 top-tier champion and 5 national cup titles throughout its existence. The club was founded in 1964 and for 24 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 Futbolo klubas Panevėžys, commonly known as Panevėžys is a Lithuanian football team from the city of Panevėžys. The team was promoted to the Lithuanian A Lyga after the 2018 season, when became winners of 1 Lyga. History The city of Panev ...

was formed to represent the city of

, which managed to pass licensing criteria for the 2015

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season. FK Ekranas was declared bankrupt in 2016. In 2020 FK Ekranas was restored. They're currently at the 2nd tier of Lithuanian football. FK Ekranas won Lithuanian championships in 1985 (

Soviet Lithuania The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...

), 1993, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Lithuanian Cup in 1985 (

), 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 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 ...

, 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

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after beating Estonian champions

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6–4 and drawing with the home side Liepājas Metalurgs 1–1.

Honours

* A Lyga **Winners (7): 1992–93,

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**Runners-up (4):

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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II Lyga Lithuanian Football Federation's II lyga, LFF II lyga – the third tier Lithuanian football championship. As of 2021, the II lyga is a single league, consisting of planned 16 teams. The two top teams gain promotion to the I Lyga. Until the end ...

**Winners (1):

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**Winners (5): 1985, 1998, 2000,

**Runners-up (5): 1972, 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

:''Updated 23 July 2013'' *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. *

Marius Stankevičius Marius Stankevičius (born 15 July 1981) is a Lithuanian football manager and former player who works as head coach of the Lithuania U-21. A former defender, he was the Lithuanian player of the year in 2008 and 2009. International career St ...

(1998–2001) *

Edgaras Česnauskis Edgaras Česnauskis (born 5 February 1984) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Česnauskis was born in Kuršėnai. He started his career in 2000 playing for his hometown team Ekranas. He played ...

(2000–2003) *

Deividas Česnauskis Deividas Česnauskis (born 30 June 1981) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He made 63 FIFA-official appearances for the Lithuanian national team scoring four goals. Club career Early career Česnauskis was ...

(1997–2000) *

Saulius Mikoliūnas Saulius Mikoliūnas (born 2 May 1984) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for A Lyga club Žalgiris and the Lithuania national team. He has previously played for Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothia ...

(2003) * Arūnas Klimavičius (2000–2007) *

Ignas Dedura Ignas Dedura (born 6 January 1978) is a Lithuanian former football player. Club career Dedura began his career at FBK Kaunas in 1997, scoring 13 goals in 105 appearances, before moving to Russia in 2001 where he played for FC Torpedo-ZIL. He o ...

(2011–2013) *

Andrius Velička Andrius Velička (born 5 April 1979) is a Lithuanian retired professional association footballer who played as a striker for clubs in Russia, Kazakhstan, Scotland, England, Norway and Azerbaijan in addition to his homeland. He also played for t ...

(2011–2012)

Notable players

* Vytautas Černiauskas * Emilijus Zubas *

Vykintas Slivka Vykintas Slivka (born 29 April 1995) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Lamia and the Lithuania national team. Club career Slivka signed for Italian club Juventus in 2014. He was loaned ...

* Dainius Glaveckas *

Andrius Jokšas Andrius Jokšas (born 12 January 1979) is a retired Lithuanian football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in th ...

Vaidas Slavickas Vaidas Slavickas (born 26 February 1986) is a Lithuanian professional football player. He is under contract with Lithuanian squad Sūduva. Honours Club ;Sūduva Marijampolė * Lithuanian Championship: 2017, 2018 * Lithuanian Cup: 2006, 2009 * ...

Irmantas Stumbrys Irmantas Stumbrys (30 May 1972 – 16 November 2000) was a Lithuanian football player who played as a midfielder. He has played for a number of first division Lithuanian teams and for some Russian sides including Zenit. Club career He started h ...

Mantas Savėnas Mantas Savėnas (born 27 August 1982) is a former Lithuanian professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently a coach for FK Panevėžys. Savėnas represented Lithuania national football team, Lithuania ...

* Edvinas Girdvainis * Dušan Matović *

Marko Anđelković Marko Anđelković (, born 12 October 1984 in Zagreb) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK Budućnost Dobanovci in the Serbian First League. Career He was for many years FK Partizan player, but never got to play any official ...

* Dejan Đenić * Aleksandar Susnjar *

Elivelto Elivelton Ribeiro Dantas (born 2 January 1992), known as Elivelto, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Greek Super League 2 club Anagennisi Karditsa. Career Taraz On 28 January 2019, FC Taraz announced the signing ...

Vīts Rimkus Vīts Rimkus (born 21 June 1973) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Rimkus is of Lithuanian descent. Club career Born in Riga, Vīts Rimkus started his career in 1993 with Pārdaugava Rīga, scoring twice i ...

Taavi Rähn Taavi Rähn (born 16 May 1981) is a retired Estonian professional footballer. He played in the position of a centre-back. Club career He started his professional career with Flora as a centre-back, then moved on to Ukrainian Premier League clu ...

Serghei Pogreban Serghei Pogreban (born 13 May 1978) is a Moldovan football forward currently unattached after end of contract with FK Ekranas. Pogreban made 13 appearances for the Moldova national football team The Moldova national football team ( ro, Ec ...

* Stephen Ademolu *

Deimantas Bička Deimantas Bička (born 13 February 1972) is a retired Lithuanian football midfielder. In 2008, he was proclaimed the best player of the A Lyga. He retired from professional football on 13 November 2010. Bička made two appearances for the Lithua ...

* Marius Skinderis *

Simas Skinderis Simas Skinderis (born 17 February 1981) is a retired Lithuanian professional footballer. He has played as goalkeeper in clubs in Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Belarus. He ended his career in 2017 while playing for Nevėžis in the LFF I Lyga. Skind ...

Vaidotas Šlekys Vaidotas Šlekys (born 11 February 1972) is a retired Lithuanian football forward, who last played for Ekranas Panevėžys. Club career Šlekys also played as a professional in Switzerland and Austria during his career. He never played for th ...

* Dominykas Galkevicius *

Mantas Samusiovas Mantas Samusiovas (born 8 September 1978) is a former Lithuanian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...

* Ramūnas Radavičius

Managerial history

References

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