Panevėžio Ekranas is a Lithuanian

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club, from the city of

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. It won 7 top-tier champion and 5 national cup titles throughout its existence.

History

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

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for the 2015 season and was subsequently declared bankrupt. A new club

FK Panevėžys Futbolo klubas Panevėžys, commonly known as Panevėžys, is a Lithuanian professional football club from the city of Panevėžys. The team currently plays in A Lyga, the top tier of Lithuanian football. History The city of Panevėžys has a ...

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 (

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), 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

champion-deciding match against

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

Honours

**Winners (7): 1992–93,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

**Runners-up (4):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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 60 ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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**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 professional football manager and former player who works as head coach of A Lyga club TransINVEST. A former defender, he was the Lithuanian player of the year in 2008 and 2009. Intern ...

(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 former professional footballer who played as a right winger for the Lithuania national team. He has previously played for Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian and Ukrainian Pre ...

(2003) *

Arūnas Klimavičius Arūnas Klimavičius (born 5 October 1982 in Panevėžys) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer and chairman of the Lithuanian Professional Footballers' Association. Career On 17 February, it was revealed on the Hearts website that he w ...

(2000–2007) *

Ignas Dedura Ignas Dedura (born 6 January 1978) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Dedura began his career at FBK Kaunas in 1997, scoring 13 goals in 105 appearances, before moving to Russia in 2001 where ...

(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 Emilijus Zubas (born 10 July 1990) is a Lithuanian former footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Club career Daugava Rīga Before the start of the 2013 Latvian Higher League season Zubas signed a long-term contract with Daugava Rīga moving fro ...

Vykintas Slivka Vykintas Slivka (born 29 April 1995) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Japanese club Sagan Tosu and the Lithuania national team. Club career Slivka signed for Italian club Juventus in 2014. He was loaned to Mo ...

* Dainius Glaveckas * Andrius Jokšas *

Vaidas Slavickas Vaidas Slavickas (born 26 February 1986) is a Lithuanian professional football coach and a former player who is an assistant coach for Sūduva. Honours Club ;Sūduva Marijampolė * Lithuanian Championship: 2017, 2018 *Lithuanian Cup: 2006, 20 ...

* Irmantas Stumbrys *

Mantas Savėnas Mantas Savėnas (born 27 August 1982) is a former Lithuanian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently a coach for FK Panevėžys. Savėnas represented Lithuania at under-21 level before establishing himself as a regu ...

Edvinas Girdvainis Edvinas Girdvainis (born 17 January 1993) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for German club SV Sandhausen. Club career On 28 June 2016, Girdvainis signed a three-year contract with one of the top Poland clubs P ...

* Dušan Matović * Marko Anđelković * Dejan Đenić * Aleksandar Susnjar * Elivelto *

Vīts Rimkus Vīts Rimkus (born 21 June 1973) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Riga, Vīts Rimkus started his career in 1993 with Pārdaugava Rīga, scoring twice in 14 league appearances. After a p ...

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 club ...

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 () repre ...

Stephen Ademolu Stephen Ademolu (born November 20, 1982) is a former Canadian soccer player and current coach/trainer. Club career Early career Ademolu played college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke during his first year and at Clevelan ...

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 Lithu ...

* 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. Skin ...

Vaidotas Šlekys Vaidotas Šlekys (born 11 February 1972) is a retired Lithuanian Association football, football Forward (association football), forward, who last played for Ekranas Panevėžys. Club career Šlekys also played as a professional in Switzerland ...

* 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 fo ...

Ramūnas Radavičius Ramūnas Radavičius (born 20 January 1981) is a Lithuanian former international footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Radavičius has played club football for FC Vilnius, FK Žalgiris Vilnius, FK Sūduva Marijampolė and FK Ekranas. ...

Managerial history

References

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