Lithuania national football team

Lithuania

Association	Lietuvos futbolo federacija (LFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Csaba László
Captain	Tomas Danilevičius
Most caps	Andrius Skerla (84)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium	LFF Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
FIFA ranking	105
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (October 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	119 (November 2012)
Elo ranking	99
Highest Elo ranking	48 (September 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	127 (1994)
First colours Second colours
First international
Lithuania 0–5 Estonia (Kaunas, Lithuania; 24 June 1923) (Their first game since reunification in 1990 was as Zalgiris Vilnius in May 1990, against Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia. This is Georgia's first international match)
Biggest win
Lithuania 7–0 Estonia (Riga, Latvia; 20 May 1995)
Biggest defeat
Egypt 10–0 Lithuania (Paris, France; 27 May 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.

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." It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė.

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

European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	occupied by Soviet Union
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996	Did Not Qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	To Be Determined

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	0 – 0 D		Linas Pilibaitis	International friendly
2	June 1, 2012	Võru, Estonia	Latvia	0 – 5 L		Linas Pilibaitis	2012 Baltic Cup
3	June 3, 2012	Tartu, Estonia	Estonia	0 – 1 L		Linas Pilibaitis	2012 Baltic Cup
4	June 7, 2012	Minsk, Belarus	Belarus	1 – 1 D	Ramūnas Radavičius	Linas Pilibaitis	International friendly
5	August 15, 2012	Skopje, Macedonia	Macedonia	0 – 1 L		Linas Pilibaitis	International friendly
6	September 7, 2012	Vilnius, Lithuania	Slovakia	1 – 1 D	Marius Žaliūkas	Deividas Šemberas	2014 FIFA World Cup
7	September 11, 2012	Piraeus, Greece	Greece	0 – 2 L		Deividas Šemberas	2014 FIFA World Cup
8	October 12, 2012	Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	2 – 0 W	Edgaras Česnauskis – Edgaras Česnauskis	Tomas Danilevičius	2014 FIFA World Cup
9	October 16, 2012	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 – 3 L		Deividas Šemberas	2014 FIFA World Cup
10	November 14, 2012	Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	2 – 4 L	Artūras Rimkevičius – Artūras Rimkevičius	Marius Stankevičius	International friendly
2013
11	March 22, 2013	Žilina, Slovakia	Slovakia	1 – 1 D	Darvydas Šernas	Deividas Šemberas	2014 FIFA World Cup
12	March 26, 2013	Tirana, Albania	Albania	1 – 4 L	Evaldas Razulis		International friendly
13	June 7, 2013	Vilnius, Lithuania	Greece	0 – 1 L			2014 FIFA World Cup
14	September 6, 2013	Riga, Latvia	Latvia				2014 FIFA World Cup
15	September 10, 2013	Vilnius, Lithuania	Liechtenstein				2014 FIFA World Cup
16	October 11, 2013	Vilnius, Lithuania	Latvia				2014 FIFA World Cup
17	October 15, 2013	Vilnius, Lithuania	Bosnia and Herzegovina				2014 FIFA World Cup

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 5 1 0 23 3 +20 16 Greece 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 13 Slovakia 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9 Lithuania 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5 Latvia 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4 Liechtenstein 6 0 2 4 3 16 −13 2

Bosnia and Herzegovina — 3–1 4–1 11 Oct 3–0 6 Sep Greece 0–0 — 10 Sep 15 Oct 2–0 11 Oct Latvia 0–5 1–2 — 2–0 6 Sep 15 Oct Liechtenstein 1–8 6 Sep 1–1 — 0–2 1–1 Lithuania 15 Oct 0–1 11 Oct 10 Sep — 1–1 Slovakia 10 Sep 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 —

Current squad

Match Date: 7 June 2013
Opposition: Greece
Caps and goals correct as of: 26 March 2013

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Emilijus Zubas (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 2 0 GKS Bełchatów 12 1GK Paulius Grybauskas (1984-06-02) 2 June 1984 6 0 Skonto Rīga 24 1GK Armantas Vitkauskas (1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 1 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 2 2DF Mantas Fridrikas (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 1 0 Šiauliai 3 2DF Vaidas Šilėnas (1984-01-31) 31 January 1984 1 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 4 2DF Tadas Kijanskas (1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 24 0 Korona Kielce 5 2DF Tomas Mikuckis (1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 7 0 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk 15 2DF Arūnas Klimavičius (1982-10-05) 5 October 1982 41 3 Zhetysu 20 2DF Valdemar Borovskij (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 9 0 Daugava Rīga 21 2DF Egidijus Vaitkūnas (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 5 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 23 2DF Marius Stankevičius (1981-07-15) 15 July 1981 63 5 Lazio 6 3MF Mantas Kuklys (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 2 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 7 3MF Deividas Česnauskis (1981-06-30) 30 June 1981 54 4 Baku 8 3MF Edgaras Česnauskis (1984-02-05) 5 February 1984 43 5 Rostov 10 3MF Mindaugas Kalonas (1984-02-28) 28 February 1984 38 2 Ravan Baku 13 3MF Saulius Mikoliūnas (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 58 3 Sevastopol 14 3MF Andrius Bartkus (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 1 0 Atlantas 16 3MF Kęstutis Ivaškevičius (1985-06-17) 17 June 1985 25 0 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 17 3MF Vytautas Lukša (1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 14 0 Polonia Warsaw 18 3MF Mindaugas Panka (1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 24 0 Ruch Chorzów 19 3MF Artūras Žulpa (1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 1 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 9 4FW Deivydas Matulevičius (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 8 0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 11 4FW Tadas Eliošius (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 5 0 Atlantas 22 4FW Fiodor Černych (1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 2 0 Dnepr Mogilev

Recent callups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Ernestas Šetkus (1985-05-25) 25 May 1985 7 0 Gomel v. Albania, March 26, 2013 GK Žydrūnas Karčemarskas (1983-05-24) 24 May 1983 64 0 Gaziantepspor v. Slovakia, March 22, 2013 GK Giedrius Arlauskis (1987-12-01) 1 December 1987 8 0 Rubin Kazan v. Slovakia, March 22, 2013 DF Vytautas Andriuškevičius (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 8 0 Djurgården v. Albania, March 26, 2013 DF Georgas Freidgeimas (1987-09-10) 10 September 1987 4 0 Žalgiris Vilnius v. Albania, March 26, 2013 DF Markus Palionis (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 2 0 Paderborn 07 v. Albania, March 26, 2013 DF Aurimas Vilkaitis (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 1 0 Lazio Reserves v. Armenia, November 14, 2012 DF Marius Žaliūkas (1983-11-10) 10 November 1983 20 1 Heart of Midlothian v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 16, 2012 DF Vaidas Slavickas (1986-02-26) 26 February 1986 2 0 Ekranas v. Greece, September 11, 2012 MF Linas Pilibaitis (1985-04-05) 5 April 1985 27 0 Győr v. Albania, March 26, 2013 MF Arvydas Novikovas (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 12 0 Heart of Midlothian v. Albania, March 26, 2013 MF Martynas Dapkus (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 1 0 Nazareth Illit v. Albania, March 26, 2013 MF Deividas Šemberas (1978-08-02) 2 August 1978 82 0 Alania Vladikavkaz v. Slovakia, March 22, 2013 MF Karolis Chvedukas (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 1 0 Sūduva Marijampolė v. Armenia, November 14, 2012 MF Ramūnas Radavičius (1981-01-20) 20 January 1981 21 1 Žalgiris Vilnius v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 16, 2012 MF Gediminas Vičius (1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 6 0 Shakhter Karagandy v. Greece, September 11, 2012 MF Mantas Savėnas (1982-08-27) 27 August 1982 38 5 Daugava Rīga v. Macedonia, August 15, 2012 FW Evaldas Razulis (1986-04-03) 3 April 1986 1 1 Atlantas v. Albania, March 26, 2013 FW Darvydas Šernas (1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 32 5 Gaziantepspor v. Slovakia, March 22, 2013 FW Tadas Labukas (1984-01-10) 10 January 1984 18 0 Torpedo Moscow v. Slovakia, March 22, 2013 FW Artūras Rimkevičius (1983-04-14) 14 April 1983 7 3 Brunei DPMM v. Armenia, November 14, 2012 FW Tomas Danilevičius (1978-07-18) 18 July 1978 71 19 Latina v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 16, 2012 FW Andrius Velička (1979-04-05) 5 April 1979 26 2 AZAL v. Greece, September 11, 2012

Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers

As of 26 March 2013, the ten highest scorers for Lithuania are:

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Avg/game
1	Tomas Danilevičius	1998–	19 0 (71)	0.271
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.

Top 10 most capped Lithuania players

As of 26 March 2013 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–	82	0
3	Tomas Danilevičius	1998–	71	19
4	Aurelijus Skarbalius	1991–2005	65	5
5	Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	2002–	64	0
6	Marius Stankevičius	2001–	63	5
7	Gintaras Staučė	1992–2004	61	0
8	Saulius Mikoliūnas	2004–	58	3
9	Edgaras Jankauskas	1991–2008	56	10
=	Tomas Žvirgždauskas	1998–2011	56	0

• Bold denotes players still playing international football.

List of managers

Name	Nat	From	To	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		1990	1991	3	1	2	0	7:4
Algimantas Liubinskas		1992	1994	29	7	8	14	29:48
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		1995	1997	29	12	6	11	45:41
Kęstutis Latoža		1998	1999	18	5	4	9	15:24
Robertas Tautkus (caretaker)		1999	1999	1	0	0	1	0:3
Stasys Stankus		2000	2000	8	2	0	6	8:18
Julius Kvedaras (caretaker)		2000	2000	1	0	0	1	1:6
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		2001	2003	19	4	3	12	20:41
Algimantas Liubinskas		2003	2008	50	18	6	26	54:65
José Couceiro		2008	2009	15	6	3	6	17:15
Raimondas Žutautas		2010	2011	16	4	3	9	11:22
Csaba László		2012		14	1	4	9	9:28

External links

• Lithuanian Football Association Official Site (Lithuanian)
• Lithuanian football news, videos, photos Unofficial Site (English)
• All Lithuanian Team Games 1923-1930