Lithuania national football team

Lithuania
Nickname(s)	Nacionalinė komanda (National team)
Association	Lithuanian Football Federation; (Lietuvos futbolo federacija – LFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Edgaras Jankauskas
Captain	Fedor Černych
Most caps	Saulius Mikoliūnas (101)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium	Darius and Girėnas Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	138 (21 December 2023)
Highest	37 (October 2008)
Lowest	148 (November 2010)
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)
Baltic Cup
Appearances	29 (first in 1928)
Best result	Champions (1930, 1935, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2010)

The Lithuania national football team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė) represents Lithuania in men's 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 10 times out of 29 appearances, and only Latvia has won it more frequently. Despite this Lithuania holds the record for winning the most consecutive Baltic Cup championships, four titles in a row from 1996 to 2000.

From 2012 until 2022, the national team 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.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2023

24 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Serbia	2–0	Lithuania	Belgrade, Serbia
20:45 UTC+2	Tadić 16' Vlahović 53'	Report		Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium Attendance: 21,125 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

27 March 2023 Friendly	Greece	0–0	Lithuania	Athens, Greece
18:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: OPAP Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

17 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Lithuania	1–1	Bulgaria	Kaunas, Lithuania
16:00 UTC+3	Girdvainis 15'	Report	Petkov 27'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 14,230 Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg (Denmark)

20 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Hungary	2–0	Lithuania	Budapest, Hungary
20:45 UTC+2	Varga 32' Sallai 83'	Report		Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 58,274 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

7 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Lithuania	2–2	Montenegro	Kaunas, Lithuania
19:00 UTC+3	Paulauskas 71' Černych 90 +4'	Report	Krstović 78' Savić 89'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 11,328 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

10 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Lithuania	1–3	Serbia	Kaunas, Lithuania
21:45 UTC+3	Paulauskas 45'	Report	A. Mitrović 21', 32', 43'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 8,586 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

14 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Bulgaria	0–2	Lithuania	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 UTC+3		Report	Širvys 45', 55'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 6,916 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

17 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Lithuania	2–2	Hungary	Kaunas, Lithuania
21:45 UTC+3	Černych 20' Širvys 36'	Report	Szoboszlai 67' (pen.) Varga 82'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 5,349 Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

16 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Montenegro	2–0	Lithuania	Podgorica, Montenegro
20:45 UTC+1	Kuč 3' Jovetić 48'	Report		Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Attendance: 3,647 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

19 November 2023 Friendly	Cyprus	1–0	Lithuania	Limassol, Cyprus
18:00 UTC+2	Pittas 22'	Report		Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)

2024

21 March 2024 Nations League play-out	Gibraltar	v	Lithuania	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
				Stadium: Estádio Algarve

26 March 2024 Nations League play-out	Lithuania	v	Gibraltar	Kaunas, Lithuania
				Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium

Coaching staff

Position^[7]	Name
Manager	Edgaras Jankauskas
Assistant coach	Andrius Velička
Assistant coach	Vaidas Sabaliauskas
Fitness coach	Georgas Freidgeimas
Goalkeeping coach	Audrius Paškevičius
Analyst	Rokas Pranaitis

Managers history

Name	From	To	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win%
Benjaminas Zelkevičius	1990	1991	3	1	2	0	7	4	033.33
Algimantas Liubinskas	1992	1994	29	7	8	14	29	48	024.14
Benjaminas Zelkevičius	1995	1997	29	12	6	11	45	41	041.38
Kęstutis Latoža	1998	1999	18	5	4	9	15	24	027.78
Robertas Tautkus (caretaker)	1999	1999	1	0	0	1	0	3	000.00
Stasys Stankus	2000	2000	8	2	0	6	8	18	025.00
Julius Kvedaras (caretaker)	2000	2000	1	0	0	1	1	6	000.00
Benjaminas Zelkevičius	2001	2003	19	4	3	12	20	41	021.05
Algimantas Liubinskas	2003	2008	50	18	6	26	54	65	036.00
José Couceiro	2008	2009	15	6	3	6	17	15	040.00
Raimondas Žutautas	2010	2011	16	4	3	9	11	22	025.00
Csaba László	2012	2013	16	2	4	10	12	28	012.50
Igoris Pankratjevas	2013	2015	21	5	5	11	14	31	023.81
Edgaras Jankauskas	2016	2018	26	3	5	18	14	50	011.54
Valdas Urbonas	2019	2021	24	5	4	15	17	49	020.83
Valdas Ivanauskas	2021	2022	13	2	1	10	6	29	015.38
Reinhold Breu (interim)	2022	2022	4	0	2	2	1	4	000.00
Edgaras Jankauskas	2023	present	10	1	4	5	8	15	010.00

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the international matches in November 2023.^[8]

Caps and goals correct as of: 20 November 2023, after the match against Cyprus

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Emilijus Zubas	(1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 33)	17	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
12	1GK	Edvinas Gertmonas	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 26)	9	0	Žalgiris
16	1GK	Vytautas Černiauskas	(1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 34)	4	0	Panevėžys

2	2DF	Linas Klimavičius	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 34)	42	0	Panevėžys
3	2DF	Markas Beneta	(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 30)	21	0	Panevėžys
4	2DF	Edvinas Girdvainis	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31)	48	1	SV Sandhausen
5	2DF	Kipras Kažukolovas	(2000-11-20) 20 November 2000 (age 23)	6	0	Astana
7	2DF	Klaudijus Upstas	(1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 29)	5	0	Hegelmann
13	2DF	Justas Lasickas	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 26)	47	2	Olimpija Ljubljana
17	2DF	Pijus Širvys	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 25)	12	3	Maribor
19	2DF	Edgaras Utkus	(2000-06-02) 2 June 2000 (age 23)	14	0	Cercle Brugge
20	2DF	Rokas Lekiatas	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 25)	8	0	U Craiova

6	3MF	Modestas Vorobjovas	(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28)	32	1	İstanbulspor
8	3MF	Matijus Remeikis	(2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Panevėžys
11	3MF	Arvydas Novikovas	(1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 33)	93	12	Tuzlaspor
14	3MF	Vykintas Slivka	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 28)	63	3	Lamia
15	3MF	Gvidas Gineitis	(2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 (age 19)	12	0	Torino
18	3MF	Ovidijus Verbickas	(1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 30)	33	1	Žalgiris
21	3MF	Daniel Romanovskij	(1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 (age 27)	10	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
23	3MF	Artūr Dolžnikov	(2000-06-06) 6 June 2000 (age 23)	6	0	Kauno Žalgiris

9	4FW	Gytis Paulauskas	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 24)	11	2	Kolos Kovalivka
10	4FW	Fedor Černych	(1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 (age 32)	89	14	Kerala Blasters
22	4FW	Faustas Steponavičius	(2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Botev Plovdiv

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	Lukas Paukštė	(1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Šiauliai	Serbia, 10 September 2023
GK	Džiugas Bartkus	(1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 34)	12	0	Al-Orobah	Greece, 27 March 2023

DF	Artemijus Tutyškinas^INJ	(2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 20)	6	0	ŁKS Łódź	Serbia, 10 September 2023
DF	Rolandas Baravykas	(1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 28)	35	2	Šiauliai	Greece, 27 March 2023
DF	Vilius Armalas	(2000-07-21) 21 July 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Hegelmann	Greece, 27 March 2023

MF	Eligijus Jankauskas^INJ	(1998-06-22) 22 June 1998 (age 25)	9	0	Šiauliai	Montenegro, 16 November 2023
MF	Paulius Golubickas	(1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 24)	22	1	Žalgiris	Hungary, 17 October 2023
MF	Donatas Kazlauskas	(1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 29)	32	2	Šiauliai	Serbia, 10 September 2023
MF	Gratas Sirgėdas	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 29)	17	5	Kauno Žalgiris	Serbia, 10 September 2023
MF	Karolis Uzėla	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 23)	5	0	Kauno Žalgiris	Serbia, 10 September 2023
MF	Deividas Šešplaukis^INJ	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Šiauliai	Serbia, 10 September 2023

FW	Armandas Kučys	(2003-02-27) 27 February 2003 (age 20)	5	0	Kauno Žalgiris	Serbia, 10 September 2023
FW	Karolis Laukžemis	(1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 31)	31	2	Alessandria	Greece, 27 March 2023
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 20 November 2023^[9]

Players in bold are still active with Lithuania.

Most appearances

Saulius Mikoliūnas is Lithuania's most capped player with 101 appearances.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Saulius Mikoliūnas	101	5	2004–2022
2	Arvydas Novikovas	93	12	2010–present
3	Fedor Černych	89	14	2012–present
4	Andrius Skerla	84	1	1996–2011
5	Deividas Šemberas	82	0	1996–2013
6	Tomas Danilevičius	71	19	1998–2012
7	Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	66	0	2003–2013
8	Aurelijus Skarbalius	65	5	1991–2005
8	Marius Stankevičius	65	5	2001–2013
10	Deividas Česnauskis	64	4	2001–2016

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Tomas Danilevičius	19	71	0.27	1998–2012
2	Fedor Černych	14	89	0.16	2012–present
3	Antanas Lingis	12	33	0.36	1928–1938
3	Arvydas Novikovas	12	93	0.13	2010–present
5	Edgaras Jankauskas	10	56	0.18	1991–2008
6	Virginijus Baltušnikas	9	42	0.21	1990–1998
7	Jaroslavas Citavičius	8	24	0.33	1926–1933
	Valdas Ivanauskas	8	28	0.29	1992–2000
	Darius Maciulevičius	8	38	0.21	1991–2005
	Robertas Poškus	8	48	0.17	1999–2011

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
1930	Did not enter								Declined invitation
1934	Did not qualify								1	0	0	1	0	2
1938	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	3	9
1950	Part of the Soviet Union								Part of the Soviet Union
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994	Did not qualify								12	2	3	7	8	21
1998									10	5	2	3	11	8
2002									8	0	2	6	3	20
2006									10	2	4	4	8	9
2010									10	4	0	6	10	11
2014									10	3	2	5	9	11
2018									10	1	3	6	7	20
2022									8	1	0	7	4	19
2026	To be determined								To be determined
2030
2034
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
1960	Part of the Soviet Union								Part of the Soviet Union
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996	Did not qualify								10	5	1	4	13	12
2000									10	3	2	5	8	16
2004									8	3	1	4	7	11
2008									12	5	1	6	11	13
2012									8	1	2	5	4	13
2016									10	3	1	6	7	18
2020									8	0	1	7	5	25
2024									8	1	3	4	8	14
2028	To be determined								To be determined
2032	To be determined								To be determined
Total		0/8							74	21	12	41	63	122

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season**	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	C	4	6	0	0	6	3	16		39th
2020–21	C	4	6	2	2	2	5	7		41st
2022–23	C	1	6	0	1	5	2	14	TBA	47th
2024–25	To be determined
Total			18	2	3	13	10	37	47th

*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

Honours

Baltic Cup

- Winners (10): 1930, 1935, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2010

Head-to-head record

As of 17 October 2023.

Opponent	P	W	D	L
Albania	6	3	1	2
Andorra	2	2	0	0
Argentina	1	0	1	0
Armenia	4	2	0	2
Austria	3	1	0	2
Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1
Belarus	10	1	4	5
Belgium	2	0	2	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	1	1	4
Brazil	1	0	0	1
Bulgaria	5	2	1	2
Chile	1	0	0	1
Croatia	2	0	1	1
Cyprus	4	1	0	3
Czech Republic	7	1	0	6
Denmark	2	0	1	1
Egypt	1	0	0	1
England	4	0	0	4
Estonia	51	21	8	22
Faroe Islands	11	7	2	2
Finland	4	2	0	2
France	4	0	0	4
Georgia	8	3	1	4
Germany	2	0	1	1
Greece	4	1	1	2
Hungary	7	0	2	5
Iceland	5	1	2	2
Indonesia	1	1	0	0
Iran	1	0	0	1
Israel	5	0	1	4
Italy	8	0	2	6
Jordan	1	0	0	1
Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1
Kuwait	2	0	1	1
Kosovo	1	0	0	1
Latvia	52	13	11	28
Liechtenstein	6	4	1	1
Luxembourg	6	1	1	4
North Macedonia	3	2	0	1
Mali	1	0	0	1
Malta	5	2	2	1
Moldova	8	2	4	2
Montenegro	3	0	1	2
New Zealand	1	1	0	0
Northern Ireland	4	0	1	3
Norway	2	0	0	2
Poland	11	2	4	5
Portugal	4	0	0	4
Republic of Ireland	5	0	1	4
Romania	13	1	0	12
Russia	4	0	1	3
San Marino	5	5	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0
Scotland	10	1	3	6
Serbia	12	1	0	11
Slovakia	4	0	2	2
Slovenia	6	2	2	2
Spain	7	0	1	6
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0
Sweden	5	0	0	5
Switzerland	5	0	0	5
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0
Turkey	2	0	0	2
Ukraine	10	2	1	7
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^ "MATCHES → international football results of Lithuania". eufootball.info. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "International football MATCH: 13.10.1940 Lithuania v Latvia*". eufootball.info. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "International football MATCH: 27.05.1990 Georgia v Lithuania". eufootball.info. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ FIFA World Cup Archived 30 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine uefa.com
^ "Įvyko LFF Vykdomojo komiteto posėdis". LFF (in Lithuanian). 30 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Lithuania - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

External links

Official website (in Lithuanian)
Lithuania at FIFA
Lithuania at UEFA
All Lithuanian Team Games 1923–1930
Reports for all matches of Lithuania national team
Lithuanian football videos Lithuanian Football TV

[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[3] "MATCHES → international football results of Lithuania". eufootball.info. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[4] "International football MATCH: 13.10.1940 Lithuania v Latvia*". eufootball.info. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[5] "International football MATCH: 27.05.1990 Georgia v Lithuania". eufootball.info. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[6] FIFA World Cup Archived 30 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine uefa.com

[7] "Įvyko LFF Vykdomojo komiteto posėdis". LFF (in Lithuanian). 30 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[8] "Patvirtinta Lietuvos rinktinės sudėtis rungtynėms su Juodkalnija ir Kipru" (in Lithuanian). lff.lt. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

[9] Mamrud, Roberto. "Lithuania - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

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