Lithuania national football team

Lithuania

Association	Lietuvos futbolo federacija (LFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Edgaras Jankauskas
Captain	Giedrius Arlauskis
Most caps	Andrius Skerla (84)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium	LFF Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	138 1 (5 May 2016)
Highest	37 (October 2008)
Lowest	139 (April 2016)
Elo ranking
Current	108 (9 September 2015)
Highest	48 (10 September 2008)
Lowest	127 (1994)
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) 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. Since 2012 the team plays its home matches in LFF Stadium, Vilnius.

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 "a historic win."^[1] It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė.

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Did Not Enter 1934 Did Not Qualify 1938 1950 Occupied by  Soviet Union 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Did Not Qualify 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 To Be Determined Total 0/22 DNQ 0 0 0 0 0 0

FIFA World Cup qualifying record Year Group Position GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Was Not Held 1934 Group 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1938 Group 8 3/3 2 0 0 2 3 9 1950 Occupied by  Soviet Union 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Group 3 5/7 12 2 3 7 8 21 1998 Group 8 3/6 10 5 2 3 11 8 2002 Group 8 5/5 8 0 2 6 3 20 2006 Group 7 5/6 10 2 4 4 8 9 2010 Group 7 4/6 10 4 0 6 10 11 2014 Group G 4/6 10 3 2 5 9 11 2018 To Be Determined Total 8/19 3/6 63 16 13 34 52 91

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 Did Not Qualify Total 0/15 DNQ 0 0 0 0 0 0

UEFA European Championship qualifying record Year Group Position GP W D* L GS GA 1960 Occupied by  Soviet Union 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 Group 4 3/6 10 5 1 4 13 12 2000 Group 9 4/6 10 3 2 5 8 16 2004 Group 5 4/5 8 3 1 4 7 11 2008 Group B 5/7 12 5 1 6 11 13 2012 Group I 4/5 8 1 2 5 4 13 2016 Group E 5/6 10 3 1 6 7 18 Total 6/15 58 20 8 30 50 83

Recent results

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goalscorer(s)	Captain	Competition
2015
March 27, 2015	London, England	England	0–4		Tadas Kijanskas	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier
June 5, 2015	Debrecen, Hungary	Hungary	0–4		Mindaugas Panka	International friendly
June 8, 2015	Ta'Qali, Malta	Malta	0–2		Saulius Mikoliunas	International friendly
June 14, 2015	Vilnius, Lithuania	Switzerland	1–2	Fiodor Černych	Deivydas Matulevičius	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier
September 5, 2015	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0–1		Giedrius Arlauskis	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier
September 8, 2015	Vilnius, Lithuania	San Marino	2–1	Fiodor Černych - Lukas Spalvis	Giedrius Arlauskis	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier
October 9, 2015	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–1	Arvydas Novikovas	Marius Žaliūkas	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier
October 12, 2015	Vilnius, Lithuania	England	0–3		Mindaugas Panka	UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier
2016
March 23, 2016	Giurgiu, Romania	Romania	0–1		Fiodor Černych	International friendly
March 26, 2016	Moscow, Russia	Russia	0–3		Fiodor Černych	International friendly
May 29, 2016	Klaipėda, Lithuania	Estonia				2016 Baltic Cup
June 1, 2016	Liepāja, Latvia	Latvia				2016 Baltic Cup
June 6, 2016	Kraków, Poland	Poland				International friendly
September 4, 2016	Vilnius, Lithuania	Slovenia				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
October 8, 2016	Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
October 11, 2016	Vilnius, Lithuania	Malta				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
November 11, 2016	Žilina, Slovakia	Slovakia				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier

Euro 2016 qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	10	0	0	31	3	+28	30	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	5–0
2	Switzerland	10	7	0	3	24	8	+16	21			0–2	—	3–2	3–0	4–0	7–0
3	Slovenia	10	5	1	4	18	11	+7	16	Advance to play-offs		2–3	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	6–0
4	Estonia	10	3	1	6	4	9	−5	10			0–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–0
5	Lithuania	10	3	1	6	7	18	−11	10			0–3	1–2	0–2	1–0	—	2–1
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	1	36	−35	1			0–6	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup		—	4 Sep '17	11 Nov '16	5 Oct '17	26 Mar '17	8 Oct '16
1	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible second round[lower-alpha 1]		4 Sep '16	—	11 Oct '16	1 Sep '17	11 Nov '16	8 Oct '17
1	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			10 Jun '17	5 Oct '17	—	26 Mar '17	8 Oct '16	4 Sep '17
1	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			11 Oct '16	8 Oct '16	8 Oct '17	—	4 Sep '17	10 Jun '17
1	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			8 Oct '17	10 Jun '17	1 Sep '17	4 Sep '16	—	11 Oct '16
1	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1 Sep '17	26 Mar '17	4 Sep '16	11 Nov '16	5 Oct '17	—

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the second round (play-offs). The ninth-ranked runners-up will be eliminated.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Romania on 23 March and Russia on 26 March 2016.
Caps and goals correct as of: 26 March 2016 after the game against Russia.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Ernestas Šetkus	25 May 1985	7	0	Sivasspor
12	GK	Emilijus Zubas	10 July 1990	7	0	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
21	GK	Vytautas Černiauskas	12 March 1989	4	0	Dinamo București
7	DF	Deividas Česnauskis	30 June 1981	63	4	Trakai
3	DF	Georgas Freidgeimas	10 September 1987	23	0	Irtysh Pavlodar
23	DF	Vytautas Andriuškevičius	8 October 1990	23	0	Cambuur
8	DF	Egidijus Vaitkūnas	8 August 1988	23	0	Žalgiris Vilnius
6	DF	Valdemar Borovskij	2 May 1984	16	0	Lietava
5	DF	Tomas Mikuckis	13 January 1983	16	0	SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk
2	DF	Linas Klimavičius	10 April 1989	8	0	Žalgiris Vilnius
4	DF	Edvinas Girdvainis	19 January 1993	1	0	Marbella
24	DF	Markas Beneta	8 July 1993	1	0	Atlantas
13	MF	Saulius Mikoliūnas	2 May 1984	74	5	Žalgiris Vilnius
18	MF	Mindaugas Panka	1 May 1984	39	0	Hapoel Petah Tikva
10	MF	Vytautas Lukša	14 August 1984	24	0	Žalgiris Vilnius
11	MF	Artūras Žulpa	10 June 1990	16	0	Tobol Kostanay
17	MF	Mantas Kuklys	10 June 1987	12	0	Žalgiris Vilnius
16	MF	Vykintas Slivka	29 April 1995	9	0	Den Bosch
15	MF	Deimantas Petravičius	2 September 1995	7	0	Nottingham Forest
14	MF	Ernestas Veliulis	22 August 1992	1	0	Sūduva Marijampolė
20	MF	Ovidijus Verbickas	4 July 1993	1	0	Atlantas
9	FW	Deivydas Matulevičius	8 April 1989	28	5	Botoșani
22	FW	Fiodor Černych (Captain)	21 May 1991	23	3	Jagiellonia Białystok
19	FW	Lukas Spalvis	27 July 1994	12	2	AaB

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	Giedrius Arlauskis	1 December 1987	23	0	Espanyol	v.  England, 12 October 2015
GK	Saulius Klevinskas	2 April 1984	4	0	Žalgiris Vilnius	v.   Switzerland, 14 June 2015
GK	Edvinas Gertmonas	1 June 1996	1	0	Rennes	v.  Malta, 8 June 2015
DF	Marius Žaliūkas	10 November 1983	29	1	Žalgiris Vilnius	v.  England, 12 October 2015
DF	Vaidas Slavickas	26 February 1986	7	0	Sūduva Marijampolė	v.  England, 12 October 2015
DF	Rolandas Baravykas	23 August 1995	1	0	Atlantas	v.  England, 12 October 2015
DF	Tadas Kijanskas	6 September 1985	43	1	Hapoel Haifa	v.  San Marino, 8 September 2015
MF	Linas Pilibaitis	5 April 1985	30	0	Žalgiris Vilnius	v.  England, 12 October 2015
MF	Arvydas Novikovas	18 December 1990	27	3	VfL Bochum	v.  England, 12 October 2015
MF	Andrius Bartkus	21 January 1986	0	0	Atlantas	v.  Slovenia, 9 October 2015
MF	Karolis Chvedukas	21 April 1991	13	0	Sūduva Marijampolė	v.  San Marino, 8 September 2015
MF	Gediminas Vičius	5 July 1985	18	1	Unattached	v.   Switzerland, 14 June 2015
MF	Gratas Sirgėdas	17 December 1994	5	0	Stuttgarter Kickers	v.   Switzerland, 14 June 2015
MF	Donatas Kazlauskas	31 March 1994	4	0	Atlantas	v.  Malta, 8 June 2015
FW	Simonas Stankevičius	3 October 1995	9	0	Žalgiris Vilnius	v.  Malta, 8 June 2015

Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers

As of March 26, 2016, 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
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	1999–2011	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 March 26, 2016 the ten players with the most caps for Lithuania are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Andrius Skerla	1996–2011	84	1
2	Deividas Šemberas	1996–2013	82	0
3	Saulius Mikoliūnas	2004–	75	5
4	Tomas Danilevičius	1998–2012	71	19
5	Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	2002–2013	66	0
6	Aurelijus Skarbalius	1991–2005	65	5
	Marius Stankevičius	2001–	65	5
8	Deividas Česnauskis	2001–	63	4
9	Gintaras Staučė	1992–2004	61	0
10	Edgaras Jankauskas	1991–2008	56	10

• 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	2013	16	2	4	10	12:28
Igoris Pankratjevas		2013	2015	21	5	5	11	14:31
Edgaras Jankauskas		2015	-	2	0	0	2	0:4

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References

1. FIFA World Cup uefa.com

External links

• Lithuanian Football Association Official Site (Lithuanian)
• All Lithuanian Team Games 1923-1930
• Reports for all matches of Lithuania national team
• Lithuanian football videos Lithuanian Football TV