Lithuania national football team

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 Lithuania
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Lithuanian Football Federation
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Csaba László
Captain Tomas Danilevičius
Most caps Andrius Skerla (84)
Top scorer Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium S.Darius and S.Girėnas Stadium
FIFA code LTU
FIFA ranking 93
Highest FIFA ranking 37 (October 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking 118 (September 2004)
Elo ranking 91
Highest Elo ranking 48 (September 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking 127 (1994)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Lithuania Lithuania 0–5 Estonia 
(Kaunas, Lithuania; 24 June 1923)
Biggest win
Lithuania Lithuania 7–0 Estonia 
(Riga, Latvia; 20 May 1995)
Biggest defeat
 Egypt 10–0 Lithuania Lithuania
(Paris, France; 1 June 1924)

The Lithuania national football team is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on 27 May of that year. 15,030 capacity Žalgiris Stadium became home of the national football team.

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[edit] Recent history

In the 1990s, Lithuania established a respectable presence in World Cup and European Championship qualifiers: third place in their group in both UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifiers, they were once again contenders for qualification and managed an away draw with Germany and a home win over Scotland; however, a 1–0 defeat to Scotland in the final game ended their hopes. Although finishing fifth in their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying group, Lithuania were nevertheless competitive.

Lithuania drew with world champions Italy 1–1 in Naples in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying game on 2 September 2006, in the first competitive game that Italy played since the World Cup final.

On 6 September 2008, Lithuania defeated Romania 3–0 in a World Cup 2010 qualifier. The victory was regarded by many as "an historic win."[1] It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė.

[edit] World Cup record

  • 1930 – Did not enter
  • 1934 – Did not qualify
  • 1938 – Did not qualify
  • 1950 to 1990 – Did not enter, was occupied by USSR
  • 1994 to 2010 – Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960  Soviet Union [note 1]
Spain 1964
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996 Did Not Qualify
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012
France 2016 To Be Determined

[edit] Recent results

Main article: Lithuanian national football team head to head
# Date Venue Opponent Result Goalscorer(s) Captain Competition
2012
1 May 29, 2012 Nyon, Switzerland  Russia International friendly
2 September 7, 2012 Lithuania  Slovakia 2014 FIFA World Cup
3 September 11, 2012 Greece  Greece 2014 FIFA World Cup
4 October 12, 2012 Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 2014 FIFA World Cup
5 October 16, 2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 FIFA World Cup
2013
6 March 22, 2013 Slovakia  Slovakia 2014 FIFA World Cup
7 June 7, 2013 Lithuania  Greece 2014 FIFA World Cup
8 September 6, 2013 Latvia  Latvia 2014 FIFA World Cup
9 September 10, 2013 Lithuania  Liechtenstein 2014 FIFA World Cup
10 October 11, 2013 Lithuania  Latvia 2014 FIFA World Cup
11 October 15, 2013 Lithuania  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 FIFA World Cup

[edit] UEFA Euro 2012 qualification – Group I

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 8 8 0 0 26 6 +20 24
 Czech Republic 8 4 1 3 12 8 +4 13
 Scotland 8 3 2 3 9 10 −1 11
 Lithuania 8 1 2 5 4 13 −9 5
 Liechtenstein 8 1 1 6 3 17 −14 4
  Czech Republic Liechtenstein Lithuania Scotland Spain
Czech Republic  — 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2
Liechtenstein  0–2 — 2–0 0–1 0–4
Lithuania  1–4 0–0 — 0–0 1–3
Scotland  2–2 2–1 1–0 — 2–3
Spain  2–1 6–0 3–1 3–1 —


3 September 2010
21:15 UTC+3
 Lithuania  0 – 0  Scotland S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
Attendance: 6,539
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Report
7 September 2010
20:15 UTC+2
 Czech Republic  0 – 1  Lithuania Andrův stadion, Olomouc
Attendance: 12,100
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Report Šernas Goal 25'
8 October 2010
22:00 UTC+2
 Spain  3 – 1  Lithuania Estadio El Helmántico, Salamanca
Attendance: 16,800
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Llorente Goal 47', 56'
Silva Goal 79'		 Report Šernas Goal 54'
29 March 2011
20:45 UTC+3
 Lithuania  1 – 3  Spain S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
Attendance: 9,180
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
Stankevičius Goal 57' Report Xavi Goal 19'
Kijanskas Goal 70' (o.g.)
Mata Goal 83'
4 June 2011
20:30 UTC+1
 Liechtenstein  2 – 0  Lithuania Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Erne Goal 7' Polverino Goal 36'
2 September 2011
18:00 UTC+3
 Lithuania  0 – 0  Liechtenstein S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)
Report
6 September 2011
20:00 UTC+1
 Scotland  1 – 0  Lithuania Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
Naismith Goal 50' Report
11 October 2011
21:45 UTC+3
 Lithuania  1 – 4  Czech Republic S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Šernas Goal 68' (pen.) Report M. Kadlec Goal 2' (pen.), 85' (pen.)
Rezek Goal 16', 45'

[edit] 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Slovakia
Bosnia and Herzegovina  — 22 Mar '13 11 Sep '12 11 Oct '13 16 Oct '12 6 Sep '13
Greece  12 Oct '12 — 10 Sep '13 15 Oct '13 11 Sep '12 11 Oct '13
Latvia  7 Jun '13 7 Sep '12 — 16 Oct '12 6 Sep '13 15 Oct '13
Liechtenstein  7 Sep '12 6 Sep '13 22 Mar '13 — 12 Oct '12 7 Jun '13
Lithuania  15 Oct '13 7 Jun '13 11 Oct '13 10 Sep '13 — 7 Sep '12
Slovakia  10 Sep '13 16 Oct '12 12 Oct '12 11 Sep '12 22 Mar '13 —


[edit] Current squad

Match Date: 29 November 2011
Opposition:  Russia
Caps and goals correct as of: 12 October 2011

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
12 GK Saulius Klevinskas 2 April 1984 (1984-04-02) (age 27) 1 0 Russia FC Torpedo Moscow
22 GK Marius Rapalis 22 March 1983 (1983-03-22) (age 28) 0 0 Lithuania VMFD Žalgiris
3 DF Povilas Leimonas 16 November 1987 (1987-11-16) (age 24) 2 0 Lithuania FK Sūduva
5 DF Tomas Mikuckis 13 January 1983 (1983-01-13) (age 29) 2 0 Russia FC Nizhny Novgorod
7 DF Vytautas Andriuškevičius 8 October 1990 (1990-10-08) (age 21) 1 0 Poland Lechia Gdańsk
11 DF Algis Jankauskas 27 September 1982 (1982-09-27) (age 29) 1 0 Lithuania VMFD Žalgiris
19 DF Vaidas Slavickas 26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) (age 26) 1 0 Lithuania FK Sūduva
23 DF Egidijus Vaitkūnas 8 August 1988 (1988-08-08) (age 23) 0 0 Lithuania VMFD Žalgiris
2 MF Mindaugas Kalonas 28 February 1984 (1984-02-28) (age 28) 35 2 Russia FC Nizhny Novgorod
4 MF Linas Pilibaitis 5 April 1985 (1985-04-05) (age 26) 20 0 Hungary Győri ETO FC
6 MF Mindaugas Panka 1 May 1984 (1984-05-01) (age 27) 16 0 Poland Widzew Łódź
9 MF Vytautas Lukša 14 August 1987 (1987-08-14) (age 24) 11 0 Lithuania FK Tauras
10 MF Marius Papšys 13 May 1989 (1989-05-13) (age 22) 2 0 Czech Republic 1. FK Příbram
14 MF Gediminas Vičius 5 July 1985 (1985-07-05) (age 26) 1 0 Kazakhstan FC Shakhter Karagandy
15 MF Vaidas Šilėnas 31 January 1984 (1984-01-31) (age 28) 0 0 Lithuania VMFD Žalgiris
20 MF Marius Šoblinskas 23 June 1987 (1987-06-23) (age 24) 0 0 Lithuania FBK Kaunas
8 FW Ričardas Beniušis 23 April 1980 (1980-04-23) (age 31) 26 3 Lithuania FK Sūduva
16 FW Valerijus Mižigurskis 22 April 1983 (1983-04-22) (age 28) 1 1 Unattached
17 FW Deivydas Matulevičius 8 April 1989 (1989-04-08) (age 22) 0 0 Lithuania VMFD Žalgiris

[edit] Recent callups

The following players have been called up for the team since September 3, 2010.

Name Date of Birth (Age) Club Caps Goals
Goalkeepers
Žydrūnas Karčemarskas May 24, 1983 (1983-05-24) (age 28) Turkey Gaziantepspor 58 0
Giedrius Arlauskis December 1, 1987 (1987-12-01) (age 24) Russia Rubin Kazan 5 0
Paulius Grybauskas June 2, 1984 (1984-06-02) (age 27) Poland Wigry Suwałki 5 0
Ernestas Šetkus May 25, 1985 (1985-05-25) (age 26) Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia 3 0
Defenders
Andrius Skerla April 29, 1977 (1977-04-29) (age 34) Unattached 84 1
Marius Stankevičius (Vice-captain) July 15, 1981 (1981-07-15) (age 30) Italy S.S. Lazio 59 5
Arūnas Klimavičius October 5, 1982 (1982-10-05) (age 29) Kazakhstan FC Zhetysu 34 3
Marius Žaliūkas November 10, 1983 (1983-11-10) (age 28) Scotland Heart of Midlothian F.C. 15 0
Tadas Kijanskas September 6, 1985 (1985-09-06) (age 26) Poland Korona Kielce 15 0
Ramūnas Radavičius January 20, 1981 (1981-01-20) (age 31) Lithuania FK Ekranas 13 0
Povilas Leimonas November 16, 1987 (1987-11-16) (age 24) Lithuania FK Sūduva 2 0
Vytautas Andriuškevičius October 8, 1990 (1990-10-08) (age 21) Poland Lechia Gdańsk 1 0
Midfielders
Deividas Šemberas September 8, 1978 (1978-09-08) (age 33) Russia PFC CSKA Moscow 76 0
Saulius Mikoliūnas May 2, 1984 (1984-05-02) (age 27) Ukraine FC Arsenal Kyiv 49 3
Deividas Česnauskis June 30, 1981 (1981-06-30) (age 30) Azerbaijan FK Baku 47 4
Mantas Savėnas August 27, 1982 (1982-08-27) (age 29) Lithuania FK Ekranas 38 5
Edgaras Česnauskis October 5, 1984 (1984-10-05) (age 27) Russia FC Rostov 35 3
Kęstutis Ivaškevičius June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17) (age 26) Israel Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. 21 0
Linas Pilibaitis April 5, 1985 (1985-04-05) (age 26) Hungary Győri ETO FC 20 0
Mindaugas Panka May 1, 1984 (1984-05-01) (age 27) Poland Widzew Łódź 16 0
Dominykas Galkevičius October 16, 1986 (1986-10-16) (age 25) Poland Zagłębie Lubin 7 0
Arvydas Novikovas December 18, 1990 (1990-12-18) (age 21) Scotland Heart of Midlothian F.C. 6 0
Marius Papšys May 13, 1989 (1989-05-13) (age 22) Czech Republic 1. FK Příbram 2 0
Gediminas Vičius July 5, 1985 (1985-07-05) (age 26) Kazakhstan FC Shakhter Karagandy 1 0
Forwards
Tomas Danilevičius (Captain) July 18, 1978 (1978-07-18) (age 33) Italy Juve Stabia 69 19
Robertas Poškus May 5, 1979 (1979-05-05) (age 32) Azerbaijan Simurq PFC 48 8
Ričardas Beniušis April 23, 1980 (1980-04-23) (age 31) Lithuania FK Sūduva 26 3
Darvydas Šernas July 22, 1984 (1984-07-22) (age 27) Poland Zagłębie Lubin 25 3
Tadas Labukas January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 28) Unattached 15 0

[edit] Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers

As of 12 October 2011, the ten highest scorers for Lithuania are:

# Player Career Goals (Caps) Avg/game
1 Tomas Danilevičius 1998– 19 0 (69) 0.275
2 Antanas Lingis 1928–1938 12 0 (33) 0.363
3 Edgaras Jankauskas 1991–2008 10 0 (56) 0.178
4 Virginijus Baltušnikas 1990–1998 9 0 (42) 0.214
5 Jaroslavas Citavičius 1926–1933 8 0 (24) 0.333
= Valdas Ivanauskas 1990–2000 8 0 (28) 0.285
= Darius Maciulevičius 1991–2005 8 0 (38) 0.210
= Robertas Poškus 1999– 8 0 (48) 0.166
9 Artūras Fomenka 1996–2003 7 0 (23) 0.304
= Tomas Ražanauskas 1995–2011 7 0 (41) 0.170
  • Bold denotes players still playing international football.

[edit] Top 10 most capped Lithuania players

As of 12 October 2011 the ten players with the most caps for Lithuania are:

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Andrius Skerla 1996–2011 84 1
2 Deividas Šemberas 1996– 76 0
3 Tomas Danilevičius 1998– 69 19
4 Aurelijus Skarbalius 1991–2005 65 5
5 Gintaras Staučė 1992–2004 61 0
6 Marius Stankevičius 2001– 59 5
7 Žydrūnas Karčemarskas 2002– 58 0
8 Edgaras Jankauskas 1991–2008 56 10
= Andrėjus Tereškinas 1991–2000 56 3
= Tomas Žvirgždauskas 1998– 56 0
  • Bold denotes players still playing international football.

[edit] List of managers

Name Nat From To
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania 1990 1991
Algimantas Liubinskas Lithuania 1992 1994
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania 1995 1997
Kęstutis Latoža Lithuania 1998 1999
Robertas Tautkus (caretaker) Lithuania 1999 1999
Stasys Stankus Lithuania 1999 2000
Julius Kvedaras (caretaker) Lithuania 2000 2000
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania 2000 2003
Algimantas Liubinskas Lithuania 2003 2008
José Couceiro Portugal 2008 2009
Raimondas Žutautas Lithuania 2010 2011
Csaba László Hungary 2012

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union.

[edit] References

  1. ^ FIFA World Cup uefa.com

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