FK Panevėžys

The city of Panevėžys has a long history of football in Lithuania. Until 2014, the city was represented by 7-time title winners FK Ekranas. However, FK Ekranas was unable to meet financial criteria to participate in 2015 season and lost eligibility to participate in the A Lyga. The club was declared bankrupt. To fill the void, FK Panevėžys was established at the beginning of 2015, right before the new season start.[1] Remarkably, the club made its debut in the second tier, finishing its first season in the eighth place.[2] In 2016, the club improved its performance and finished in the fifth position.[3]

In 2017, Panevėžys aimed to win the I Lyga and return a club from the city of Panevėžys to the A Lyga. However, the start of season was disastrous, which resulted in the resignation of the head coach Virginijus Liubšys. Eventually, the club finished 10th in the league table.

In the 2018 season was much more successful with the new coach Alexandru Curteian, FK Panevėžys won the I Lyga and achieving promotion to the A Lyga for the first time in history. In the 2019 A Lyga, they were finish in 5th position.

Kit provider	Period
Adidas	2015–2018
Hummel	2019 – present

The team kit is produced by Danish company Hummel. It is all-red with white details to reflect the colours of the FK Panevėžys.

• Lithuanian Championship:
• A Lyga
  • 3rd place (1): 2022
• Lithuanian Cup
  • Winners (1): 2020[4]
• Lithuanian Supercup
  • Winners (1): 2021

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	Vojvodina	0–1	0–1	0−2
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Milsami Orhei	0–0	0–2	0–2
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Milsami Orhei	2–2	1–0	3–2
		2QR	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	0–1	1–2
2024–25	UEFA Champions League	1QR

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

The 'B' team is currently playing in Lithuanian I Lyga.

As of 19 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  LTU Vytautas Černiauskas 2 DF  LTU Linas Klimavičius 3 DF  UKR Roman Miroshnyk 4 DF  LVA Kaspars Dubra 5 MF  LTU Eimantas Dzinga 7 MF  LTU Ernestas Veliulis 9 FW  GEO Nika Kacharava 10 MF  COL Sebastián Rincón 11 FW  NCA Ariagner Smith 12 GK  LTU Danas Šimkevičius 13 DF  LTU Gustas Žederštreimas 17 DF  LTU Pijus Širvys 18 MF  LTU Tautvydas Eliošius 20 MF  MNE Jovan Čađenović

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  LTU Matijus Remeikis 23 MF  NED Jeffrey Sarpong 25 MF  LTU Domantas Vaičekauskas 27 MF  GHA Kwadwo Asamoah 29 DF  LTU Markas Beneta 31 FW  GER Federico Palacios 33 DF  SEN Seydina Keita 36 FW  CGO Noel Mbo 45 MF  UKR Artem Shchedryi 48 MF  FRA Chafik Tigroudja 77 FW  LTU Nojus Lukšys 96 DF  HAI Wilde-Donald Guerrier 97 GK  LTU Ignas Driomovas

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