Lithuania national football team

Lithuania
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 138 1 (31 March 2022)[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)
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Lithuania women's national football team.

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 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.[2] 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.[3]

Lithuania's first game following the declaration of independence in 1990 was a 2–2 draw against Georgia in Tbilisi on 27 May 1990.[4] 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."[5] 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
  • Al Otaibi 43'
 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 Valdas Ivanauskas
    Assistant coach Rokas Gorbunovas
    Assistant coach Tomas Ražanauskas
    Fitness coach Valentinas Terentjevas
    Goalkeeping coach Audrius Ramonas
    Analyst Rokas Pranaitis

    Managers history
    Name Nat From To Games Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win%
    Benjaminas Zelkevičius 19901991 3 1 2 0 7 4 033.33
    Algimantas Liubinskas 19921994 29 7 8 14 29 48 024.14
    Benjaminas Zelkevičius 19951997 29 12 6 11 45 41 041.38
    Kęstutis Latoža 19981999 18 5 4 9 15 24 027.78
    Robertas Tautkus (caretaker) 19991999 1 0 0 1 0 3 000.00
    Stasys Stankus 20002000 8 2 0 6 8 18 025.00
    Julius Kvedaras (caretaker) 20002000 1 0 0 1 1 6 000.00
    Benjaminas Zelkevičius 20012003 19 4 3 12 20 41 021.05
    Algimantas Liubinskas 20032008 50 18 6 26 54 65 036.00
    José Couceiro 20082009 15 6 3 6 17 15 040.00
    Raimondas Žutautas 20102011 16 4 3 9 11 22 025.00
    Csaba László 20122013 16 2 4 10 12 28 012.50
    Igoris Pankratjevas 20132015 21 5 5 11 14 31 023.81
    Edgaras Jankauskas 20162018 26 3 5 18 14 50 011.54
    Valdas Urbonas 20192021 24 5 4 15 17 49 020.83
    Valdas Ivanauskas 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.[6]

    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 7 0 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
    12 1GK Edvinas Gertmonas (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 3 0 Žalgiris
    16 1GK Ignas Plūkas (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 1 0 Hegelmann
    13 2DF Saulius Mikoliūnas (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 97 5 Žalgiris
    8 2DF Egidijus Vaitkūnas (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 62 0 Kauno Žalgiris
    2 2DF Linas Klimavičius (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 31 0 Panevėžys
    23 2DF Rolandas Baravykas (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 26 2 UTA Arad
    6 2DF Benas Šatkus (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 10 0 Nürnberg
    5 2DF Edgaras Utkus (2000-06-22) 22 June 2000 7 0 Cercle Brugge
    3 2DF Pijus Širvys (1998-04-01) April 1, 1998 1 0 Panevėžys
    11 3MF Arvydas Novikovas (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 78 12 BB Erzurumspor
    10 3MF Fedor Černych (1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 73 11 Jagiellonia Białystok
    14 3MF Vykintas Slivka (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 51 2 Apollon Smyrnis
    19 3MF Donatas Kazlauskas (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 33 2 Žalgiris
    17 3MF Justas Lasickas (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 32 2 Voždovac
    18 3MF Ovidijus Verbickas (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 30 1 Žalgiris
    7 3MF Gratas Sirgėdas (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 17 5 Kauno Žalgiris
    20 3MF Paulius Golubickas (1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 13 1 Gorica
    15 3MF Linas Mėgelaitis (1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 10 1 Viterbese
    9 3MF Eligijus Jankauskas (1998-06-22) 22 June 1998 2 0 Panevėžys
    4 3MF Titas Milašius (2000-12-12) December 12, 2000 2 0 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
    21 4FW Augustinas Klimavičius (2001-04-27) April 27, 2001 2 1 Hegelmann
    22 4FW Armandas Kučys (2003-02-27) 27 February 2003 2 0 Kalmar
    15 4FW Ignas Kružikas (1998-12-14) 14 December 1998 1 0 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 36 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    GK Titas Krapikas (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 1 0 Ternana  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    GK Tomas Švedkauskas (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 14 0 Sūduva  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
    GK Deividas Mikelionis (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 0 0 Kauno Žalgiris  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
    GK Lukas Paukštė (1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 0 0 Riteriai  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
    GK Ignas Driomovas (1997-04-27) 27 April 1997 0 0 Banga Gargždai  Italy, 31 March 2021
    GK Marius Adamonis (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 0 0 Lazio  Italy, 31 March 2021
    DF Edvinas Girdvainis (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 35 0 Kauno Žalgiris  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    DF Vytas Gašpuitis (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 11 0 Šiauliai  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    DF Dominykas Barauskas (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 5 0 Riteriai  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    DF Artemijus Tutyškinas (2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 2 0 Crotone  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    DF Justinas Januševskij (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 3 0 Panevėžys   Switzerland,12 October 2021
    DF Vaidas Slavickas (1986-02-26) 26 February 1986 22 0 Sūduva  Italy, 7 September 2021
    DF Markas Beneta (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 13 0 Sūduva  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
    DF Sigitas Olberkis (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 0 0 Dalkurd  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
    DF Rimvydas Sadauskas (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 0 0 Kauno Žalgiris   Switzerland, 24 March 2021
    MF Martynas DapkusINJ (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 16 0 Kauno Žalgiris  San Marino, 25 March 2022
    MF Domantas Šimkus (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 24 0 Sabail  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    MF Ernestas Veliulis (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 5 0 Panevėžys  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    MF Giedrius Matulevičius (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 3 0 Sūduva  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    MF Vilius Armanavičius (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995 3 0 Hegelmann  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    MF Karolis Uzėla (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 3 0 Žalgiris  Italy,8 September 2021
    MF Modestas Vorobjovas (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 23 1 UTA Arad  Italy,8 September 2021
    MF Deimantas Petravičius (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 23 1 Águilas  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
    MF Tautvydas Eliošius (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 9 0 Panevėžys  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
    MF Karolis Šilkaitis (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 0 0 Kauno Žalgiris  Spain U-21, 8 June 2021
    MF Daniel Romanovskij (1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 6 0 Šiauliai  Italy, 31 March 2021
    FW Karolis LaukžemisINJ (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 27 2 UTA Arad  San Marino, 25 March 2022
    FW Edgaras Dubickas (1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 4 0 Piacenza  Kuwait, 15 November 2021
    FW Nerijus Valskis (1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 25 1 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[7]
    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
    1930 Did not enter Was not invited
    1934 Did not qualify 1 0 0 1 0 2
    1938 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
    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 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
    2018–19 C 4 600631639th
    2020–21 C 4 62225741st
    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 World Ranking". FIFA. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
    2. "MATCHES → international football results of Lithuania". eufootball.info. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
    3. "International football MATCH: 13.10.1940 Lithuania v Latvia*". eufootball.info. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
    4. "International football MATCH: 27.05.1990 Georgia v Lithuania". eufootball.info. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
    5. FIFA World Cup uefa.com
    6. "Valdas Ivanauskas – apie tragišką situaciją Ukrainoje, kapitono netektį ir rinktinės naujokus".
    7. Mamrud, Roberto. "Lithuania - Record International Players". RSSSF.
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