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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 capsAndrius Skerla, Saulius Mikoliūnas (84)
Top scorerTomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadiumLFF Stadium
FIFA codeLTU
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 141 Decrease 2 (24 October 2024)[1]
Highest37 (October 2008)
Lowest148 (November 2017)
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; 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 Occupied by the  Soviet Union Occupied by 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 Occupied by the  Soviet Union Occupied by 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

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

Main article: Lithuania national football team results
Date Venue Opponent Result Goalscorer(s) Captain Competition
2019
7 September 2019 Vilnius, Lithuania  Ukraine 0–3 Fedor Černych UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
10 September 2019 Vilnius, Lithuania  Portugal 1–5 Vytautas Andriuškevičius Ernestas Šetkus UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
11 October 2019 Kharkiv, Ukraine  Ukraine 2–0 Saulius Mikoliūnas UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
14 October 2019 Vilnius, Lithuania  Serbia 1–2 Donatas Kazlauskas Saulius Mikoliūnas UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
14 November 2019 Faro, Portugal  Portugal 6–0 Saulius Mikoliūnas 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 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
7 September 2020 Tirana, Albania  Albania 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
7 October 2020 Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia International friendly
11 October 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania  Belarus 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
14 October 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania  Albania 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
11 November 2020 Vilnius, Lithuania  Faroe Islands International friendly
15 November 2020 Minsk, Belarus  Belarus 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
18 November 2020 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 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 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Portugal on 14 November and the Friendly Match against New Zealand on 17 November 2019.[7]

Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019, after the game against New Zealand.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
16 1GK Ernestas Šetkus (1985-05-25) 25 May 1985 (age 39) 30 0 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
1 1GK Emilijus Zubas (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 34) 14 0 Israel Bnei Yehuda
12 1GK Vytautas Černiauskas (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 35) 6 0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
13 2DF Saulius Mikoliūnas (Vice-captain) (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 40) 84 5 Lithuania Žalgiris
8 2DF Egidijus Vaitkūnas (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 36) 44 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
19 2DF Vytautas Andriuškevičius (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 34) 34 1 Kazakhstan Tobol
2 2DF Linas Klimavičius (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35) 27 0 Romania Dinamo București
4 2DF Edvinas Girdvainis (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31) 22 0 Latvia RFS
23 2DF Rolandas Baravykas (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 29) 19 1 Lithuania Žalgiris
5 2DF Algis Jankauskas (1982-09-27) 27 September 1982 (age 42) 13 0 Lithuania Sūduva
3 2DF Markus Palionis (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 37) 9 0 Germany Jahn Regensburg
6 2DF Benas Šatkus (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Germany 1.FC Nürnberg
11 3MF Arvydas Novikovas (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 33) 58 8 Poland Legia Warsaw
21 3MF Vykintas Slivka (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 29) 39 2 Scotland Hibernian
17 3MF Mantas Kuklys (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 37) 38 0 Kazakhstan Zhetysu
18 3MF Donatas Kazlauskas (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 30) 14 1 Lithuania Riteriai
14 3MF Justas Lasickas (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 27) 11 0 Serbia Voždovac
20 3MF Domantas Šimkus (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) 9 0 Lithuania Žalgiris
10 3MF Paulius Golubickas (1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 25) 7 0 Lithuania Sūduva
15 3MF Giedrius Matulevičius (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27) 3 0 Lithuania Sūduva
7 3MF Julius Kasparavičius (1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Estonia Narva Trans
22 4FW Fedor Černych (Captain) (1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 (age 33) 55 9 Russia Orenburg
9 4FW Deivydas Matulevičius (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 (age 35) 40 5 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
21 4FW Nerijus Valskis (1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 (age 37) 24 1 India Jamshedpur

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 Džiugas Bartkus (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 34) 5 0 Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona v.  Serbia, 14 October 2019
GK Marius Adamonis (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Italy Catanzaro 1929 v.  Serbia, 14 October 2019
GK Tomas Švedkauskas (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Belgium Lommel v.  Ukraine, 7 September 2019 PRE
DF Vytas Gašpuitis (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Lithuania Panevėžys v.  Ukraine, 7 September 2019 PRE
MF Artūras Žulpa (1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 (age 34) 39 1 Kazakhstan Tobol v.  Portugal, 14 November 2019 INJ
MF Modestas Vorobjovas (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28) 17 0 Lithuania Žalgiris v.  Portugal, 14 November 2019 INJ
MF Ovidijus Verbickas (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 31) 16 1 Lithuania Sūduva v.  Serbia, 14 October 2019
MF Deimantas Petravičius (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 29) 15 1 unattached v.  Portugal, 10 September 2019
FW Karolis Laukžemis (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 32) 12 1 Croatia Istra 1961 v.  Serbia, 14 October 2019
FW Matas Vareika (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Lithuania Žalgiris v.  Ukraine, 7 September 2019 PRE

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.

Statistics

Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers

As of 17 November 2019, the ten highest scorers for Lithuania are:

# Player Career Goals (Caps) Avg/game
1 Tomas Danilevičius 1998–2012 19 0 (71) 0.267
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
Fedor Černych 2012– 9 0 (55) 0.164
6 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 1999–2011 8 0 (48) 0.166
Arvydas Novikovas 2010– 8 0 (58) 0.138
  • Bold denotes players still playing international football.

Top 10 most capped Lithuania players

As of 17 November 2019, the ten players with the most caps for Lithuania are:

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Saulius Mikoliūnas 2004– 84 5
Andrius Skerla 1996–2011 84 1
3 Deividas Šemberas 1996–2013 82 0
4 Tomas Danilevičius 1998–2012 71 19
5 Žydrūnas Karčemarskas 2003–2013 66 0
6 Aurelijus Skarbalius 1991–2005 65 5
Marius Stankevičius 2001–2013 65 5
8 Deividas Česnauskis 2001–2018 64 4
9 Gintaras Staučė 1992–2004 61 0
10 Arvydas Novikovas 2010– 58 8
  • Bold denotes players still playing international football.

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 Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 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. ^ LFF.lt (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 2 October 2019 https://lff.lt/news/8341/paskelbta-sudetis-rungtynems-su-portugalija-ir-naujaja-zelandija/. Retrieved 2 October 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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