kaunas: gytis padimanskas, darius gvildys, tomas kancelskis, darius regelskis, irmantas zelmikas, marius bezykornovas (53. dk milan pastva), tadas papeckys, gintas sirmelis (80. dk andrius velicka), giedrius barevicius, martin opic, ricardas beniusis (81. dk martynas karalius).
teknik direktör: sergey barovski.
takım kaptanı: tomas kancelskis.
yedekler: modestas stonys, andrius puotkalis, dainius kunevicius.
hb: bardur johannesen, hallur danielsen (72. dk bjarni jorgensen), hans lag (56. dk janus joensen), martin christensen, nicu dogaru, runi nolsoe, jan dam, simon eliasen, rogvi jacobsen, tor ingar akselsen (68. dk karsten from), andrew flotum.
teknik direktör: frank skytte.
takım kaptanı: runi nolsoe.
yedekler: pol naess joensen, eli thorsteinsson, rokur av flotum jespersen, hogni m. joensen.
sarı kartlar: 25. dk simon eliasen, 65. dk tadas papeckys, 71. dk tomas kancelskis, 82. dk nicu doganu, 85. dk andrius velicka, 90. dk karsten from.
yardımcı hakemler: Željko grgec (cro), zeljko novosel (cro)
4. hakem: ivan bebek (cro)
kaunas: gytis padimanskas(gk), darius gvildys, tomas kančelskis (c), marius bezykornovas (dk. 53 milan pastva), martin opic, darius regelskis, tadas papeckys, gintas širmelis (dk. 77 andrius velička), irmantas zelmikas, ričardas beniušis (dk. 80 martynas karalius), giedrius barevicius
yedekler: modestas stonys (gk), darius sanajevas, andrius puotkalis, dainius kunevičius
teknik direktör: siarhei barouski (blr)
hb: bárdur johannesen(gk), martin christensen, hans lag (dk. 58 janus joensen), nicu dogaru, rúni nolsøe (c), rógvi jacobsen, andrew fløtum, jan dam, tor-ingar akselsen (dk. 68 karsten from), simun eliasen, hallur danielsen (dk. 79 bjarni jørgensen)
yedekler: pól joensen (gk), eli thorsteinsson, rókur jespersen, páll joensen
teknik direktör: frank skytte (den)
goller: (1-0) dk. 5 ričardas beniušis (1-1) dk. 9 rógvi jacobsen (2-1) dk. 36 tomas kančelskis (c) (3-1) dk. 40 martin opic (4-1) dk. 77 ričardas beniušis
sarı kartlar: dk. 72 tomas kančelskis (c), dk. 79 ričardas beniušis, dk. 85 andrius velička (kaunas) dk. 27 simun eliasen, dk. 81 nicu dogaru, dk. 90+2 karsten from (hb)
kaunas set up celtic meeting published: wednesday 23 july 2003, 21.00cet fbk kaunas 4-1 hb tórshavn (agg: 5-1) lithuanians cruise through to earn tie against celtic fc.
lithuanian title-holders fbk kaunas earned a tie against 2002/03 uefa cup finalists celtic fc after cruising to victory against hb tórshavn of the faroe islands on a rainy night.
surprise equaliser already leading 1-0 courtesy of the only away win of the uefa champions league first qualifying round first-leg ties, kaunas took control of the return on five minutes when ricardas beniusis pounced on a loose clearance to shoot in from ten metres. however, the visitors were not to lie down and within four minutes they had levelled on the night when rógvi jacobsen headed home.
crucial goals kaunas were shocked by the unexpected goal, but by the half-hour mark they had reasserted control. eight minutes before half-time, home captain tomas kancelskis headed in a marius bezykornovas free-kick to restore their lead and martin opic put the game beyond the visitors not long afterwards with a finish from close range.
progress confirmed despite numerous chances, it was not until the 77th-minute mark that beniusis increased the aggregate score to 5-1 as he finished comfortably after running on to a gintas širmelis through-ball. hb then had jacobsen sent off for unsportsmanlike behaviour. the one blip on the night for kaunas was an injury to central midfield player bezykornovas, who will now miss both legs against celtic, the 1966/67 european champion clubs' cup winners.
'thinking about celtic' home coach sergei borovski admitted after the final whistle: "kaunas were simply a better side. i must admit i was thinking about celtic even before the game. but our plans were shattered a little bit by the rain in kaunas - however, we quickly found our feet and did what we had to do." his team will certainly have to be alert against celtic, especially in the second leg in glasgow - where compatriots fk suduva lost 8-1 in last season's uefa cup.
