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The national football team of Lithuania is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940 Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet Union; the country proclaimed its renewed independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on 27 May of that year.
[edit] Recent History
In the 1990s, Lithuania established a respectable presence in World Cup and European Championship qualifiers: third place in their group in both Euro 96 and 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 5th 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 September 2, 2006, in the first competitive game that Italy played since the World Cup final.
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] European Championship record
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the friendly match against Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Russia in May and June.
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB (Age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
|
GK |
Žydrūnas Karčemarskas |
May 24, 1983 |
|
|
 Dinamo Mosciw |
|
DF |
Vidas Alunderis |
March 27, 1979 |
|
|
 Zagłębie Lubin |
|
DF |
Tomas Žvirgždauskas |
March 18, 1975 |
|
|
 Halmstads BK |
|
DF |
Arūnas Klimavičius |
October 5, 1982 |
|
|
Dinamo Moscow |
|
DF |
Ignas Dedura |
June 1, 1978 |
|
|
Spartak Moscow |
|
DF |
Andrius Skerla |
April 29, 1977 |
64 |
1 |
Korona Kielce |
|
DF |
Marius Stankevičius |
July 15, 1981 |
25 |
1 |
 Brescia |
|
MF |
Audrius Kšanavičius |
January 28, 1977 |
15 |
2 |
 Hearts |
|
MF |
Deividas Česnauskis |
June 30, 1981 |
29 |
4 |
Hearts |
|
MF |
Aurimas Kučys |
February 22, 1981 |
|
|
 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta |
|
MF |
Mindaugas Kalonas |
February 28, 1984 |
|
|
 Liepājas Metalurgs |
|
MF |
Deividas Šemberas |
August 2, 1978 |
|
|
CSKA Moscow |
|
MF |
Andrius Jokštas |
January 12, 1979 |
|
|
Tavriya Simferopol |
|
| Lithuania |
| Number |
Player |
Club in 2006/07 |
DOB |
| Goalkeepers |
| 12 |
Paulius Grybauskas |
 Oţelul Galaţi |
January 2, 1984 (1984-01-02) (age 24) |
|
Mindaugas Malinauskas |
 FBK Kaunas |
August 11, 1983 (1983-08-11) (age 24) |
| Defenders |
| 4 |
Gediminas Paulauskas |
 AC Bellinzona |
October 27, 1982 (1982-10-27) (age 25) |
|
Tadas Papečkys |
Górnik Zabrze |
September 28, 1978 (1978-09-28) (age 29) |
| Midfielders |
| 18 |
Deividas Česnauskis |
Hearts |
February 5, 1984 (1984-02-05) (age 24) |
| 17 |
Tomas Tamošauskas |
Liepājas Metalurgs |
May 22, 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 25) |
| 7 |
Mantas Savėnas |
FC Nosta Novotroitsk |
August 27, 1982 (1982-08-27) (age 25) |
| 13 |
Saulius Mikoliūnas |
Hearts |
September 6, 1983 (1983-09-06) (age 24) |
| Forwards |
| 9 |
Tomas Danilevičius |
U.S. Grosseto F.C. |
July 18, 1978 (1978-07-18) (age 29) |
| 11 |
Edgaras Jankauskas |
 Os Belenenses |
March 12, 1975 (1975-03-12) (age 33) |
|
Tomas Radzinevičius |
 SK České Budějovice |
June 5, 1981 (1981-06-05) (age 27) |
| 10 |
Andrius Velička |
 Viking F.K. |
April 5, 1979 (1979-04-05) (age 29) |
|
Ričardas Beniušis |
Liepājas Metalurgs |
April 23, 1980 (1980-04-23) (age 28)
|
[edit] Top scorers
| # |
Player |
Career |
Goals (caps) |
Goals per game. |
| 1. |
Tomas Danilevičius |
1998 - present |
13 (44) |
0,3 |
| 2. |
Antanas Lingis |
1928-1938 |
12 (33) |
0,36 |
| 3. |
Edgaras Jankauskas |
1991 - present |
10 (52) |
0,19 |
| 4. |
Virginijus Baltušnikas |
1990-1997 |
9 (42) |
0,21 |
| 5 |
Jaroslavas Citavičius |
1926-1933 |
8 (24) |
0,33 |
| 6. |
Valdas Ivanauskas |
1990-2000 |
8 (28) |
0,29 |
| 7. |
Darius Maciulevičius |
1991-2005 |
8 (38) |
0,22 |
| 8. |
Igoris Morinas |
1996 - present |
7 (52) |
0,14 |
| 9. |
Artūras Fomenka |
1996-2003 |
7 (23) |
0,3 |
| 10. |
Tomas Ražanauskas |
1995-2004 |
7 (38) |
0,19 |
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[edit] Recent results
[edit] Famous players
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