FK Ekranas

Panevėžio 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.^[1]

Panevėžio Ekranas

Full name	Football Club Ekranas
Nickname(s)	Mėlynai Raudoni (The Blue-Reds)
Founded	1964; 60 years ago (1964) 2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Dissolved	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Ground	Žemynos stadionas
Chairman	Tomas Malinauskas
Manager	Darius Maciulevičius
Home colours Away colours

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 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.^[2] 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), 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.

In 2015, the club filed for bankruptcy and was dissolved following the unsuccessful attempts to save the team.^[3]

Honours

Ekranas fans. Pirmoji Armada

• A Lyga
  • Winners (7): 1992–93, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Runners-up (4): 1990, 2003, 2004, 2006
• II Lyga
  • Winners (1): 2021
• Lithuanian Cup
  • Winners (5): 1985, 1998, 2000, 2010, 2011
  • Runners-up (5): 1972, 1994, 2003, 2006, 2012
• Lithuanian Super Cup
  • Winners (4): 1998, 2006, 2010, 2011
  • Runners-up (1): 2009
• Lithuanian SSR Championship
  • Winners (1): 1985

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

Updated 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.

• Marius Stankevičius (1998–2001)
• Edgaras Česnauskis (2000–2003)
• Deividas Česnauskis (1997–2000)
• Saulius Mikoliūnas (2003)
• Arūnas Klimavičius (2000–2007)
• Ignas Dedura (2011–2013)
• Andrius Velička (2011–2012)

Notable players

• Vytautas Černiauskas
• Emilijus Zubas
• Vykintas Slivka
• Dainius Glaveckas
• Andrius Jokšas
• Vaidas Slavickas
• Irmantas Stumbrys
• Mantas Savėnas
• Edvinas Girdvainis
• Dušan Matović
• Marko Anđelković
• Dejan Đenić
• Aleksandar Susnjar
• Elivelto
• Vīts Rimkus
• Taavi Rähn
• Serghei Pogreban
• Stephen Ademolu
• Deimantas Bička
• Marius Skinderis
• Simas Skinderis
• Vaidotas Šlekys
• Dominykas Galkevicius
• Mantas Samusiovas
• Ramūnas Radavičius

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
20 July 2008 – 30 June 2009	Saulius Širmelis
2 June 2009 – 25 April 2013	Valdas Urbonas
May 2013 – November 2014	Valdas Dambrauskas

References

1. "FK "Ekranas" istorija". FkEkranas.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 9 August 2011.
2. JP (26 August 2015). "FK "Ekranas" iškelta bankroto byla". jp.lt. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
3. "FK "Ekranas" iškelta bankroto byla". JP.lt (in Lithuanian). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2023.