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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lithuania women's national football team.

Lithuania
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Rinktine (National team)
AssociationLithuanian Football Federation
(Lietuvos futbolo federacija – LFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachValdas Ivanauskas
CaptainErnestas Šetkus
Most capsSaulius Mikoliūnas (97)
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 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 (Template:Lang-lt) 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 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.

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

Main article: Lithuania national football team results (2020–present)
Further information: Lithuania national football team results (1990–2019)

2021

1 June 2020 Baltic Cup Lithuania 0–1  Estonia Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 UTC+2 Report
  • Anier 59'
 Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
4 June 2020 Baltic Cup Latvia  3–1 Lithuania Riga, Latvia
19:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
8 June Friendly Spain  4–0 Lithuania Leganés, Spain
20:45 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque
Referee: Willy Delajod (France)
2 September 2022 World Cup qualification Lithuania 1–4  Northern Ireland Vilnius, Lithuania
21:45 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 1,612
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
5 September 2022 World Cup qualification Bulgaria  1–0 Lithuania Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00
Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 2,503
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
8 September 2022 World Cup qualification Italy  5–0 Lithuania Reggio Emilia, Italy
20:45
Report Stadium: Stadio Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 10,578
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
9 October 2022 World Cup qualification Lithuania 3–1  Bulgaria Vilnius, Lithuania
16:00
Report
Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 2,526
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
12 October 2022 World Cup qualification Lithuania 0–4   Switzerland Vilnius, Lithuania
21:45 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 1,806
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
12 November 2022 World Cup qualification Northern Ireland  1–0 Lithuania Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 UTC±0
Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 14,336
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
15 November Friendly Lithuania 1–1  Kuwait Vilnius, Lithuania
19:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: LFF Stadium
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
16 November Friendly Belarus  Cancelled Lithuania

2022

25 March Friendly San Marino  1–2 Lithuania Serravalle, San Marino
 Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico de Serravalle
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
29 March Friendly Republic of Ireland  1–0 Lithuania Dublin, Ireland
19:45
Report Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 30,686
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)
4 June Nations League Lithuania v  Luxembourg Lithuania
19:00 Report
7 June Nations League Lithuania v  Turkey Lithuania
21:45
11 June Nations League Faroe Islands  v Lithuania Faroe Islands
17:00
14 June Nations League Turkey  v Lithuania Turkey
21:45
22 September Nations League Lithuania v  Faroe Islands Lithuania
21:45
25 September Nations League Luxembourg  v Lithuania Luxembourg
20:45 Report

Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Lithuania Valdas Ivanauskas
Assistant coach Lithuania Rokas Gorbunovas
Assistant coach Lithuania Tomas Ražanauskas
Fitness coach Lithuania Valentinas Terentjevas
Goalkeeping coach Lithuania Audrius Ramonas
Analyst Lithuania Rokas Pranaitis

Managers history

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 2021 24 5 4 15 17 49 020.83
Valdas Ivanauskas Lithuania 2021 9 2 1 6 5 17 022.22

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly games against San Marino and Ireland on 25 and 29 of March 2022.[7]

Caps and goals as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Ireland.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Džiugas Bartkus (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 35) 7 0 Israel Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
12 1GK Edvinas Gertmonas (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 27) 3 0 Lithuania Žalgiris
16 1GK Ignas Plūkas (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 30) 1 0 Lithuania Hegelmann
13 2DF Saulius Mikoliūnas (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 40) 97 5 Lithuania Žalgiris
8 2DF Egidijus Vaitkūnas (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 36) 62 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
2 2DF Linas Klimavičius (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35) 31 0 Lithuania Panevėžys
23 2DF Rolandas Baravykas (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 29) 26 2 Romania UTA Arad
6 2DF Benas Šatkus (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) 10 0 Germany Nürnberg
5 2DF Edgaras Utkus (2000-06-22) 22 June 2000 (age 24) 7 0 Belgium Cercle Brugge
3 2DF Pijus Širvys (1998-04-01) April 1, 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Lithuania Panevėžys
11 3MF Arvydas Novikovas (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 33) 78 12 Turkey BB Erzurumspor
10 3MF Fedor Černych (1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 (age 33) 73 11 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
14 3MF Vykintas Slivka (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 29) 51 2 Greece Apollon Smyrnis
19 3MF Donatas Kazlauskas (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 30) 33 2 Lithuania Žalgiris
17 3MF Justas Lasickas (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 27) 32 2 Serbia Voždovac
18 3MF Ovidijus Verbickas (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 31) 30 1 Lithuania Žalgiris
7 3MF Gratas Sirgėdas (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 29) 17 5 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
20 3MF Paulius Golubickas (1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 25) 13 1 Croatia Gorica
15 3MF Linas Mėgelaitis (1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 (age 26) 10 1 Italy Viterbese
9 3MF Eligijus Jankauskas (1998-06-22) 22 June 1998 (age 26) 2 0 Lithuania Panevėžys
4 3MF Titas Milašius (2000-12-12) December 12, 2000 (age 23) 2 0 Poland Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
21 4FW Augustinas Klimavičius (2001-04-27) April 27, 2001 (age 23) 2 1 Lithuania Hegelmann
22 4FW Armandas Kučys (2003-02-27) 27 February 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Sweden Kalmar
15 4FW Ignas Kružikas (1998-12-14) 14 December 1998 (age 25) 1 0 Lithuania Hegelmann

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 Ernestas Šetkus INJ (1985-05-25) 25 May 1985 (age 39) 36 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
GK Titas Krapikas (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 25) 1 0 Italy Ternana  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
GK Tomas Švedkauskas (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 30) 14 0 Lithuania Sūduva  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
GK Deividas Mikelionis (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
GK Lukas Paukštė (1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Lithuania Riteriai  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
GK Ignas Driomovas (1997-04-27) 27 April 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Lithuania Banga Gargždai  Italy, 31 March 2021
GK Marius Adamonis (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Italy Lazio  Italy, 31 March 2021
DF Edvinas Girdvainis (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31) 35 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
DF Vytas Gašpuitis (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 30) 11 0 Lithuania Šiauliai  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
DF Dominykas Barauskas (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 (age 27) 5 0 Lithuania Riteriai  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
DF Artemijus Tutyškinas (2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Italy Crotone  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
DF Justinas Januševskij (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25) 3 0 Lithuania Panevėžys   Switzerland,12 October 2021
DF Vaidas Slavickas (1986-02-26) 26 February 1986 (age 38) 22 0 Lithuania Sūduva  Italy, 7 September 2021
DF Markas Beneta (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31) 13 0 Lithuania Sūduva  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
DF Sigitas Olberkis (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Sweden Dalkurd  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
DF Rimvydas Sadauskas (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris   Switzerland, 24 March 2021
MF Martynas DapkusINJ (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 31) 16 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris  San Marino, 25 March 2022
MF Domantas Šimkus (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) 24 0 Azerbaijan Sabail  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
MF Ernestas Veliulis (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 32) 5 0 Lithuania Panevėžys  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
MF Giedrius Matulevičius (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27) 3 0 Lithuania Sūduva  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
MF Vilius Armanavičius (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995 (age 29) 3 0 Lithuania Hegelmann  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
MF Karolis Uzėla (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 24) 3 0 Lithuania Žalgiris  Italy,8 September 2021
MF Modestas Vorobjovas (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28) 23 1 Romania UTA Arad  Italy,8 September 2021
MF Deimantas Petravičius (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 29) 23 1 Spain Águilas  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
MF Tautvydas Eliošius (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 33) 9 0 Lithuania Panevėžys  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
MF Karolis Šilkaitis (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
MF Daniel Romanovskij (1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 (age 28) 6 0 Lithuania Šiauliai  Italy, 31 March 2021
FW Karolis LaukžemisINJ (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 32) 27 2 Romania UTA Arad  San Marino, 25 March 2022
FW Edgaras Dubickas (1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 26) 4 0 Italy Piacenza  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
FW Nerijus Valskis (1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 (age 37) 25 1 India Chennaiyin  Italy, 31 March 2021
Notes
  • PRE = Preliminary squad.
  • WD = The player withdrew from the current squad due to non-injury issue.
  • INJ = It is not part of the current squad due to injury.
  • RET = Retired from the national team.

Player records

As of 25 March 2022[8]
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Was not invited
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 8 1 0 7 4 19
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/11 81 18 16 47 63 130

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result 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

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 1 To be determined
Total 12 2 2 8 8 23 39th
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage.

Baltic Cup

Main article: Baltic Cup (football)

Honours

Baltic Cup

Head-to-head record

Main article: Lithuanian national football team head to head

As of 31 March 2021.

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. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 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. ^ "Valdas Ivanauskas – apie tragišką situaciją Ukrainoje, kapitono netektį ir rinktinės naujokus".
  8. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Lithuania - Record International Players". RSSSF.
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