Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas is a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas, that currently plays in the A Lyga. Originally the team was founded in 1960 as Banga Kaunas. After Lithuania regained its independence the club was restructured. In 1993 Banga Kaunas was renamed FBK Kaunas and the baseball section added (which later separated and became BK Lituanica Kaunas), hence the original name in Lithuanian is Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas. FBK Kaunas are sponsored by Ūkio Bankas, a bank which has Vladimir Romanov as its principal shareholder. In October 2005 Mr Romanov became the majority shareholder of Scottish Premier League side, Heart of Midlothian. Romanov has since used Kaunas as a feeder club for Hearts by allowing the SPL side to loan many players, such as Edgaras Jankauskas, Bruno Aguiar, Andrius Velička, Nerijus Barasa, Marius Žaliūkas and Roman Bednář, the latter signing a permanent deal for Hearts on 31 August 2006. Kaunas have played Celtic, Rangers and Liverpool in Champions League qualifying stages. On 5 August 2008, FBK Kaunas defeated Rangers, 2-1, to advance to the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League for the first time. The game was won in dramatic circumstances as Kaunas had to come from behind and finally took the lead just four minutes from time. Linas Pilibaitis was the scorer.[1]
Players
Current squad
As of July 16, 2008[2]
Personal
Transfers 2008/2009
Players in
Out on loan
Players out
 Mindaugas Malinauskas (goalkeeper, to FK Šilutė)- Modestas Stonys (goalkeeper, to FK Atlantas)
- Darius Sanajevas (defender, FK Šilutė)
 Janko Valkanov (defender, to FC MTZ-RIPO) Givi Kvaratskhelia (midfielder, FC MTZ-RIPO) Edin Pehlic (midfielder, FC MTZ-RIPO)- Arturas Jersovas (striker, FC Vilnius)
- Giedrius Barcevicius (midfielder, released)
 Oleg Strakhanovich (midfielder, FC MTZ-RIPO)- Arnus Lekevicius (goalkeeper, to released)
 Muharem Bajrami (midfielder, to released)
Selected former players
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Honours
- A Lyga
- Champions 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007,
- Lithuanian Cup
- Winners 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008
- Lithuanian Super Cup
Season-by-season
References
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