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Lithuania
Nickname(s)Rinktine (National team)
AssociationLithuanian Football Federation
(Lietuvos futbolo federacija – LFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachValdas Urbonas
CaptainFedor Černych
Most capsSaulius Mikoliūnas (90)
Top scorerTomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadiumLFF Stadium
FIFA codeLTU
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 137 Increase 1 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest37 (October 2008)
Lowest148 (November 2017)
First international
 Lithuania 0–5 Estonia 
(Kaunas, Lithuania; 24 June 1923)
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 (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international football and is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Lithuania. They played their 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 thereafter against Georgia on 27 May of that year.

Although Lithuania has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, nor the UEFA European Championship, they have successfully participated in the local sub-regional Baltic Cup tournament, which takes place every two years between Lithuania and their Baltic rivals, Latvia and Estonia. Lithuania has won the Baltic Cup championship 11 times, only Latvia has won it more. Despite this Lithuania holds the record for winning the most consecutive Baltic Cup championships, four titles in a row from 1996 to 2000.

Since 2012 the national team has played their home matches at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius.

History

On 24 June 1923, Lithuania played their first ever game, at the Lietuvos Fizinio Lavinimosi Sąjunga Stadionas, resulting in a 5–0 loss against Estonia. In 1924, Lithuania entered the 1924 Olympics in France, losing 9–0 against Switzerland on 25 May 1924. Two days later, Lithuania suffered a 10–0 loss to Egypt, a record defeat to date. During the early years of the Lithuanian national team, Lithuania regularly played Baltic neighbours Estonia and Latvia, with Lithuania's first win coming in a 2–1 away win against Estonia on 24 August 1924 in Tallinn. In 1930, Lithuania won the third edition of the Baltic Cup in Kaunas.[3] On 13 October 1940, Lithuania played their final game for just shy of 50 years, a 4–3 win against Latvia, following the first Soviet annexation of the country.[4]

Lithuania's first game following the declaration of independence in 1990 was a 2–2 draw against Georgia in Tbilisi on 27 May 1990.[5] In the 1990s, Lithuania established a respectable presence in the World Cup and European Championship qualifiers: third place in their group in both Euro 1996 and the 1998 World Cup qualifiers. In the 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 World Cup qualifying group, Lithuania were nevertheless competitive.

Lithuania drew with world champions Italy 1–1 in Naples in a 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 2010 World Cup qualifier. The victory was regarded by many as "a historic win."[6] It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė on 10 September 2008.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Declined participation
Italy 1934 Did not qualify 1 0 0 1 0 2
France 1938 2 0 0 2 3 9
Brazil 1950 Part of the  Soviet Union Part of the  Soviet Union
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994 Did not qualify 12 2 3 7 8 21
France 1998 10 5 2 3 11 8
South Korea Japan 2002 8 0 2 6 3 20
Germany 2006 10 2 4 4 8 9
South Africa 2010 10 4 0 6 10 11
Brazil 2014 10 3 2 5 9 11
Russia 2018 10 1 3 6 7 20
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total 0/10 73 17 16 40 59 111

UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record UEFA European Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
France 1960 Part of the  Soviet Union Part of the  Soviet Union
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 10 5 1 4 13 12
Belgium Netherlands 2000 10 3 2 5 8 16
Portugal 2004 8 3 1 4 7 11
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 5 1 6 11 13
Poland Ukraine 2012 8 1 2 5 4 13
France 2016 10 3 1 6 7 18
European Union 2020 8 0 1 7 5 25
Germany 2024 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/7 66 20 9 37 55 108

UEFA Nations League records

UEFA Nations League record
Season** Division Group Pld W D* L GF GA P/R RK
Portugal 2018–19 C 4 6 0 0 6 3 16 Same position 39th
Italy 2020–21 C 4 6 2 2 2 5 7 Same position 41st
2022–23 C Future event
Total 12 2 2 8 8 23 39th
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage.

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

Main article: Lithuania national football team results
Date Venue Opponent Result Goalscorer(s) Captain Competition
2019
14 November 2019 Faro, Portugal  Portugal 6–0 Fedor Černych UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
17 November 2019 Vilnius, Lithuania  New Zealand 1–0 Arvydas Novikovas Saulius Mikoliūnas International friendly
2020
27 March 2020 Almaty, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan canceled International friendly
3 June 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania  Estonia 2020 Baltic Cup
6 June 2020 Latvia  Latvia 2020 Baltic Cup
4 September 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania  Kazakhstan 0–2 Fedor Černych 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
7 September 2020 Tirana, Albania  Albania 0–1 Donatas Kazlauskas Saulius Mikoliūnas 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
7 October 2020 Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 1–3 Arvydas Novikovas x2, Gratas Sirgėdas Saulius Mikoliūnas International friendly
11 October 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania  Belarus 2–2 Arvydas Novikovas, Karolis Laukžemis Saulius Mikoliūnas 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
14 October 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania  Albania 0–0 Saulius Mikoliūnas 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
11 November 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania  Faroe Islands 2–1 Gratas Sirgėdas x2 Tomas Švedkauskas International friendly
15 November 2020 Minsk, Belarus  Belarus 0–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
18 November 2020 Almaty, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 1–2 Modestas Vorobjovas, Arvydas Novikovas 2020–21 UEFA Nations League

FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Euro 2020 qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Ukraine Portugal Serbia Luxembourg Lithuania
1  Ukraine 8 6 2 0 17 4 +13 20 Qualify for final tournament — 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–0
2  Portugal 8 5 2 1 22 6 +16 17 0–0 — 1–1 3–0 6–0
3  Serbia 8 4 2 2 17 17 0 14 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 2–2 2–4 — 3–2 4–1
4  Luxembourg 8 1 1 6 7 16 −9 4 1–2 0–2 1–3 — 2–1
5  Lithuania 8 0 1 7 5 25 −20 1 0–3 1–5 1–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Personnel

Current coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Lithuania Valdas Urbonas
Assistant coach Lithuania Andrius Skerla
Fitness coach Lithuania Šarūnas Bičiušas
Goalkeeping coach Lithuania Justinas Gasiūnas
Analyst Lithuania Lukas Žėkas

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly against Estonia on 7 October, and the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League fixtures against Belarus and Albania on 11 and 14 October 2020, respectively.[7]

Caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2020, after the game against Estonia.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Tomas Švedkauskas (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 29) 3 0 Belgium Lommel
16 1GK Edvinas Gertmonas (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Lithuania Žalgiris
1 1GK Deividas Mikelionis (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
13 2DF Saulius Mikoliūnas (Vice-captain) (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 40) 87 5 Lithuania Žalgiris
8 2DF Egidijus Vaitkūnas (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 35) 46 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
4 2DF Edvinas Girdvainis (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31) 25 0 Germany KFC Uerdingen 05
3 2DF Markus Palionis (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 37) 12 0 Germany Jahn Regensburg
17 2DF Martynas Dapkus (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 31) 5 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
5 2DF Markas Beneta (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 30) 2 0 Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2 2DF Vytas Gašpuitis (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Scotland Dunfermline Athletic
11 3MF Arvydas Novikovas (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 33) 60 12 Turkey Erzurumspor
21 3MF Modestas Vorobjovas (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28) 21 0 Lithuania Žalgiris
18 3MF Ovidijus Verbickas (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 30) 19 1 Kazakhstan Taraz
19 3MF Donatas Kazlauskas (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 30) 17 2 Ukraine Lviv
14 3MF Justas Lasickas (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 26) 14 0 Serbia Voždovac
20 3MF Domantas Šimkus (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) 12 0 Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba
10 3MF Paulius Golubickas (1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 24) 8 0 Croatia Gorica
7 3MF Gratas Sirgėdas (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 29) 6 3 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
15 3MF Daniel Romanovskij (1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 (age 27) 3 0 Ukraine Olimpik Donetsk
22 4FW Fedor Černych (Captain) (1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 (age 33) 57 9 Poland Jagiellonia
9 4FW Karolis Laukžemis (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 32) 14 1 Unattached
23 4FW Gytis Paulauskas (1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 24) 1 0 Lithuania Riteriai

Recent call-ups

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 Emilijus Zubas (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 33) 14 0 Turkey Adana Demirspor v.  Belarus, 11 October 2020WD
GK Džiugas Bartkus (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 34) 6 0 Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona v.  Albania, 7 September 2020
DF Dominykas Barauskas (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Lithuania Riteriai v.  Estonia, 7 October 2020INJ
DF Linas Klimavičius (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35) 27 0 Lithuania Sūduva v.  Albania, 7 September 2020
DF Rolandas Baravykas (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 28) 20 1 Cyprus Nea Salamis Famagusta v.  Albania, 7 September 2020
MF Tautvydas Eliošius (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 32) 1 0 Lithuania Panevėžys v.  Albania, 7 September 2020
MF Domantas Antanavičius (1998-11-18) 18 November 1998 (age 25) 0 0 Slovenia Triglav Kranj v.  Albania, 7 September 2020

INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary / standby.
RET Player retired from the national team.
SUS Player is serving suspension.
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Player records

As of 18 November 2019[8]
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

All-time head-to-head record

Main article: Lithuanian national football team head to head

As of 17 November 2019.

List of managers

Name Nat From To Games Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win%
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania 1990 1991 3 1 2 0 7 4 033.33
Algimantas Liubinskas Lithuania 1992 1994 29 7 8 14 29 48 024.14
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania 1995 1997 29 12 6 11 45 41 041.38
Kęstutis Latoža Lithuania 1998 1999 18 5 4 9 15 24 027.78
Robertas Tautkus (caretaker) Lithuania 1999 1999 1 0 0 1 0 3 000.00
Stasys Stankus Lithuania 2000 2000 8 2 0 6 8 18 025.00
Julius Kvedaras (caretaker) Lithuania 2000 2000 1 0 0 1 1 6 000.00
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania 2001 2003 19 4 3 12 20 41 021.05
Algimantas Liubinskas Lithuania 2003 2008 50 18 6 26 54 65 036.00
José Couceiro Portugal 2008 2009 15 6 3 6 17 15 040.00
Raimondas Žutautas Lithuania 2010 2011 16 4 3 9 11 22 025.00
Csaba László Hungary 2012 2013 16 2 4 10 12 28 012.50
Igoris Pankratjevas Lithuania 2013 2015 21 5 5 11 14 31 023.81
Edgaras Jankauskas Lithuania 2016 2018 26 3 5 18 14 50 011.54
Valdas Urbonas Lithuania 2019 Present 10 1 2 7 6 25 010.00

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ^ "MATCHES → international football results of Lithuania". eufootball.info. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ^ "International football MATCH: 13.10.1940 Lithuania v Latvia*". eufootball.info. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. ^ "International football MATCH: 27.05.1990 Georgia v Lithuania". eufootball.info. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. ^ FIFA World Cup uefa.com
  7. ^ "Rinktinės sudėtį pristatęs V. Urbonas: Tikslas surinkti motyvuotus, „alkanus" ir truputį išprotėjusius" [V. Urbonas, who presented the composition of the team: The goal is to get motivated, hungry and a little bit crazy]. Lithuanian Football Federation (in Lithuanian). 30 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  8. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Lithuania - Record International Players". RSSSF.

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