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
Manager	Valdas Urbonas
League	A Lyga
2011	A Lyga, 1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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

The club was founded in 1964.

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

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): 1985, 1993, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• 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

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
1993–94	A Lyga	3rd		2003	A Lyga	2nd
1994–95	A Lyga	8th		2004	A Lyga	2nd
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

Zubas Jokšas Dedura Tomkevičius Matovič Kučys Umeh Alonso Anđelković Radavičius Vertelis

Match line-up for Champions League 2nd. leg against Valletta FC. 20011-07-19

Zubas Tomkevičius Dedura Samusiovas Radavičius Kučys Ribokas Alonso Anđelković Umeh Vertelis

Match line-up for Champions League 1st. leg against FC BATE Borisov. 2010-07-26

Zubas Jokšas Gleveckas Samusiovas Tomkevičius Kučys Fofana Alonso Radavičius Umeh Velička

Match line-up for Europa League 1st. leg against Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.. 2010-08-18

As of August 25, 2011:

Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
Champions League	14	4	2	8	16	25
UEFA Cup	16	7	2	7	17	31
Cup Winners Cup	2	0	1	1	4	5
Intertoto Cup	8	2	1	5	7	12
Total	40	13	6	21	44	73

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

*FC Artmedia Bratislava victory after the penalty shootout.

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

UEFA Ranking

As of January 11, 2012

UEFA Team Ranking 2011 (UEFA Club Coefficients in parentheses)

• 220 FC Aktobe (5.066)
• 221 St. Patrick's Athletic (4.975)
• 222 Spartak Trnava (4.974)
• 223 Tromsø IL (4.935)
•       Stabæk IF (4.935)
• 225 FK Ekranas Panevezys (4.875)
• 226 Cherno More Varna (4.850)
• 227 Ruch Chorzow (4.833)
•       Polonia Warsaw (4.833)
• 229 NK Varazdin (4.774)
•       RNK Split (4.774)
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IFFHS Ranking

As of January 11, 2012

FIFA Team Ranking 2011 (UEFA Club Coefficients in parentheses)

• 93 Legia Warszawa (125.5)
• 94 Wisła Kraków (124.0)
•       Nasaf Qarshi (124.0)
•       Liverpool FC (124.0)
• 97 FC Seoul (123.5)
• 98 FK Ekranas Panevezys (123.0)
• 99 FC Steaua Bucureşti (121.0)
• 100 Sepahan Isfahan FC (120.5)
• 101 FC Dinamo Tbilisi (119.5)
• 102 Red Bull Salzburg (119.0)
•       AS Roma (119.0)
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Players and managers

Current squad

As of January 11, 2012 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 3 DF Dainius Gleveckas (captain) 7 MF Ramūnas Radavičius 8 MF Jevgenij Moroz 9 MF Arnas Ribokas 10 MF Aurimas Kučys 11 MF Dovydas Norvilas 12 GK Tadas Kauneckas 17 FW Andrius Velička 19 FW Egidijus Varnas 20 DF Ignas Dedura (vice-captain) 21 GK Emilijus Zubas 24 FW Adama Fofana

No. Position Player 28 FW Tadas Markevičius 31 MF Marko Anđelković 32 FW Uchenna Umeh 55 DF Lukas Čerkauskas (Youth) 70 MF Aurimas Vertelis 71 MF Andrius Arlauskas 77 MF Giedrius Tomkevičius 78 DF Mantas Samusiovas 82 MF Mantas Savėnas 88 DF Rytis Pilotas (Youth) 99 GK Kornelijus Timofejevas (Youth)  ? MF Stevan Kovačević

Manager: Valdas Urbonas

FK Ekranas First-Team Squad

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

International players

Ignas Dedura Andrius Velička Mantas Savėnas Ramūnas Radavičius

Adama Fofana (U21) Arnas Ribokas (U21) Emilijus Zubas (U21) Jevgenij Moroz (U21)

Rytis Pilotas (U19) Arnas Ribokas (U19) Martynas Dūda (U19) Dovydas Norvilas (U19) Lukas Čerkauskas (U19) Kornelijus Timofejevas (U19)

Lukas Narbutas (U18) Lukas Čerkauskas (U18)

Vykintas Slivka (U17) Kevinas Pavlijus (U17) Marius Suvaizdis (U17)

Foreign players

Non-EU Nationals Adama Fofana Uchenna Umeh Marko Anđelković

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 33 GK Laurynas Dukavičius  ? GK Titas Kurtinaitis 3 DF Martynas Dūda 25 DF Aivaras Meškinis 6 DF Laurynas Bratkauskas 36 DF Aurimas Šulnys  ? DF Vytautas Palšys  ? DF Vykintas Slivka 22 MF Tomas Salamanavičius 77 MF Edgaras Baranauskas

No. Position Player 29 MF Rokas Stanulevičius 28 MF Darijus Šulnis  ? MF Edvinas Užinskas  ? MF Laurynas Smalioris  ? MF Deividas Liužinas 18 MF Gotaras Vasiliauskas 23 FW Kęstutis Vedeckis  ? FW Lukas Bogdanskis  ? FW Tomas Laurenčikas 8 FW Lukas Narbutas

Manager: Valdas Dambrauskas

Assistant: Marius Skinderis

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Valdas Urbonas
Head Coach Assistant	Arvydas Skrupskis
Physical Coach	Rolandas Čepkauskas
2nd Team Coach & Head Coach Assistant	Valdas Dambrauskas
2nd Team Coach Assistant	Marius Skinderis

Medical staff

Position	Name
Medic	Darius Šidlauskas
Masseur	Ramūnas Širvinskas

Managerial history

From-to	Names
1964–80	V.Daunoras
1980–89	Mindaugas Kaušpėdas
1989-07	Virginijus Liubšys
2007–08	Saulius Širmelis
2008–	Valdas Urbonas

Notable players

Lithuania Vytautas Apanavičius Virginijus Baltušnikas Stasys Baranauskas Audrius Banevičius Deimantas Bička Darius Butkus Vytautas Černiauskas Deividas Česnauskis Edgaras Česnauskis Ignas Dedura Artūras Fomenka Dominykas Galkevičius Mindaugas Gardzijauskas Dainius Gleveckas Paulius Grybauskas Vitalijus Kavaliauskas Albertas Klimavičius Arunas Klimavičius Linas Klimavičius Aurimas Kučys Povilas Lukšys

Egidijus Majus Saulius Mikoliūnas Valerijus Mižigurskis Gediminas Paulauskas Ramūnas Radavičius Laurynas Rimavičius Mantas Samusiovas Dainius Saulėnas Mantas Savėnas Marius Skinderis Alfredas Skroblas Arvydas Skrupskis Marius Stankevičius Irmantas Stumbrys Andrius Šidlauskas Vaidotas Šlekys Vytautas Šteinas Giedrius Tomkevičius Valdas Trakys Valdas Urbonas Egidijus Varnas Andrius Velička Raimondas Vilėniškis

Argentina Favio Duran Belarus Vitali Makritski Brazil Mauro Lucas Canada Stephen Ademolu Côte d'Ivoire Adama Fofana Estonia Taavi Rähn France Yamoudou Camara Georgia George Berianidze

Latvia Pavels Davidovs Ruslans Mihalcuks Vīts Rimkus Sergei Vlasiks Moldova Serghei Pogreban Nigeria Uchenna Umeh Serbia Marko Anđelković Darko Arandelovič Dušan Matovič Bogdan Stefanovič Ukraine Oleksandr Kablash

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