Lithuania national football team

Lithuania

Association	Lithuanian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Raimondas Žutautas
Captain	Tomas Danilevičius
Most caps	Andrius Skerla (75)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium	S.Darius and S.Girėnas Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
FIFA ranking	49
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (October 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	118 (September 2004)
Elo ranking	63
Highest Elo ranking	48 (September 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	127 (1994)
Home colours Away colours
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; 1 June 1924)

The national football team of Lithuania is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was annexed 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.

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

World Cup record

• 1930 – Did not enter
• 1934 – Did not qualify
• 1938 – Did not qualify
• 1950 to 1990 – Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1994 to 2010 – Did not qualify

European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of Soviet Union
• 1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify
• 2012 - Qualify

Current squad

The following 18 players were named for the Euro 2012 qualifying match against Scotland on 3 September 2010.^[2]

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club	Caps (Goals)
Goalkeepers
Giedrius Arlauskis	1 December 1987 (1987-12-01) (age 23)	Rubin Kazan	3 (0)
Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	24 May 1983 (1983-05-24) (age 27)	Gaziantepspor	44 (0)
Defenders
Ignas Dedura	6 January 1978 (1978-01-06) (age 33)	FC Salyut	45 (1)
Tadas Kijanskas	6 September 1985 (1985-09-06) (age 25)	Jagiellonia Białystok	4 (0)
Andrius Skerla	29 April 1977 (1977-04-29) (age 33)	Jagiellonia Białystok	75 (1)
Marius Stankevičius	15 July 1981 (1981-07-15) (age 29)	Valencia CF	50 (4)
Midfielders
Edgaras Česnauskis	5 October 1984 (1984-10-05) (age 26)	Dynamo Moscow	25 (1)
Kęstutis Ivaškevičius	17 June 1985 (1985-06-17) (age 25)	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.	8 (0)
Vytautas Lukša	14 August 1984 (1984-08-14) (age 26)	Illichivets	6 (0)
Saulius Mikoliūnas	2 May 1984 (1984-05-02) (age 26)	Arsenal Kyiv	34 (2)
Mindaugas Panka	1 May 1984 (1984-05-01) (age 26)	Widzew Łódź	6 (0)
Linas Pilibaitis	5 April 1985 (1985-04-05) (age 25)	Győri ETO FC	16 (0)
Ramūnas Radavičius	20 January 1981 (1981-01-20) (age 30)	FK Ekranas	1 (0)
Deividas Šemberas	8 September 1978 (1978-09-08) (age 32)	CSKA Moscow	67 (0)
Darvydas Šernas	22 July 1984 (1984-07-22) (age 26)	Widzew Łódź	14 (1)
Strikers
Ričardas Beniušis	23 April 1980 (1980-04-23) (age 30)	FK Sūduva	23 (2)
Tomas Danilevičius	18 July 1978 (1978-07-18) (age 32)	Livorno	59 (19)
Robertas Poškus	5 May 1979 (1979-05-05) (age 31)	Inter Baku	42 (8)

Recent callups

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club	Caps (Goals)
Goalkeepers
Vytautas Černiauskas	12 April 1989 (1989-04-12) (age 21)	FC Vaslui	0 (0)
Paulius Grybauskas	2 June 1984 (1984-06-02) (age 26)	Neftchi Baku	5 (0)
Defenders
Markus Palionis	12 May 1987 (1987-05-12) (age 23)	SC Paderborn 07	1 (1)
Mantas Lėkis	15 November 1986 (1986-11-15) (age 24)	FK Tauras	0 (0)
Davidas Arlauskis	18 November 1986 (1986-11-18) (age 24)	FK Žalgiris	0 (0)
Arūnas Klimavičius	15 October 1982 (1982-10-15) (age 28)	FC Sibir Novosibirsk	26 (2)
Irmantas Zelmikas	3 January 1980 (1980-01-03) (age 31)	Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.	11 (0)
Linas Klimavičius	10 April 1989 (1989-04-10) (age 21)	FC Dnipro	0 (0)
Vidas Alunderis	27 March 1979 (1979-03-27) (age 31)	LASK Linz	21 (0)
Mantas Fridrikas	13 September 1988 (1988-09-13) (age 22)	FBK Kaunas	0 (0)
Vytautas Andriuškevičius	8 October 1990 (1990-10-08) (age 20)	FBK Kaunas	0 (0)
Marius Žaliūkas	10 November 1983 (1983-11-10) (age 27)	Hearts	21 (0)
Vaidas Slavickas	26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) (age 24)	FK Sūduva	1 (0)
Algis Jankauskas	27 September 1982 (1982-09-27) (age 28)	FK Vėtra	1 (0)
Egidijus Majus	5 January 1984 (1984-01-05) (age 27)	Dunajská Streda	2 (0)
Midfielders
Deividas Česnauskis	30 June 1981 (1981-06-30) (age 29)	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	37 (4)
Mantas Savėnas	27 August 1982 (1982-08-27) (age 28)	FC Sibir Novosibirsk	31 (4)
Vitalijus Kavaliauskas	2 July 1983 (1983-07-02) (age 27)	Liepājas Metalurgs	14 (3)
Arvydas Novikovas	18 December 1990 (1990-12-18) (age 20)	Hearts	1 (0)
Mindaugas Kalonas	2 May 1984 (1984-05-02) (age 26)	Metalurh Zaporizhya	34 (2)
Marius Kižys	21 February 1982 (1982-02-21) (age 28)	FK Tauras	0 (0)
Dominykas Galkevičius	16 October 1986 (1986-10-16) (age 24)	FK Ekranas	1 (0)
Rytis Leliūga	4 January 1987 (1987-01-04) (age 24)	HB Køge	0 (0)
Andrius Arlauskas	16 January 1986 (1986-01-16) (age 25)	FK Ekranas	0 (0)
Strikers
Povilas Lukšys	3 December 1981 (1981-12-03) (age 29)	FK Sūduva	4 (0)
Artūras Rimkevičius	14 April 1983 (1983-04-14) (age 27)	FK Vėtra	1 (1)
Andrius Velička	5 April 1979 (1979-04-05) (age 31)	Aberdeen	20 (2)

Top scorers

Most capped players

2010 World Cup qualification

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Serbia 10 7 1 2 22 8 +14 22  France 10 6 3 1 18 9 +9 21  Austria 10 4 2 4 14 15 −1 14  Lithuania 10 4 0 6 10 11 −1 12  Romania 10 3 3 4 12 18 −6 12  Faroe Islands 10 1 1 8 5 20 −15 4

Austria  – 3 – 1 3 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 1 1 – 3 Faroe Islands  1 – 1 – 0 – 1 2 – 1 0 – 1 0 – 2 France  3 – 1 5 – 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 Lithuania  2 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0 – 1 2 – 1 Romania  1 – 1 3 – 1 2 – 2 0 – 3 – 2 – 3 Serbia  1 – 0 2 – 0 1 – 1 3 – 0 5 – 0 –

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result
03 September 2010	Euro 2012	Kaunas	Scotland	Draw 0 – 0
11 August 2010	Friendly	Kaunas	Belarus	Lost 2 – 0
20 June 2010	2010 Baltic Cup	Kaunas	Estonia	Won 2 – 0	Savėnas  31', Rimkevičius  92'
18 June 2010	2010 Baltic Cup	Kaunas	Latvia	Draw 0 – 0
25 May 2010	Friendly match	Kharkiv	Ukraine	Lost 4 – 0
14 October 2009	World Cup 2010	Marijampolė	Serbia	Won 2 – 1	Kalonas  20', Stankevičius  68'
10 October 2009	World Cup 2010	Innsbruck	Austria	Lost 2 – 1	Stankevičius  66'
9 September 2009	World Cup 2010	Toftir	Faroe Islands	Lost 2 – 1	Danilevičius  22' (pen.)
12 August 2009	Friendly	Luxembourg (city)	Luxembourg	Won 1 – 0	Danilevičius  40'
6 June 2009	World Cup 2010	Marijampolė	Romania	Lost 0 – 1
1 April 2009	World Cup 2010	Paris	France	Lost 1 – 0
28 March 2009	World Cup 2010	Kaunas	France	Lost 0 – 1
11 February 2009	Friendly	Albufeira	Andorra	Won 3 – 1	Velička  44', Šernas  55', Kavaliauskas  83'
7 February 2009	Friendly	Faro	Poland	Draw 1 – 1	Klimavičius  38'
22 November 2008	Mayors Cup	Kuressaare	Estonia	Draw 1 – 1	Kavaliauskas  35'
19 November 2008	Mayors Cup	Tallinn	Moldova	Draw 1 – 1	Savenas  72'
15 October 2008	World Cup 2010	Kaunas	Faroe Islands	Won 1 – 0	Danilevičius  22'
11 October 2008	World Cup 2010	Belgrade	Serbia	Lost 3 – 0
10 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Marijampolė	Austria	Won 2 – 0	Danilevičius  52'  57'
6 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Cluj	Romania	Won 3 – 0	Stankevičius  31', Mikoliūnas  70', Kalonas  86'
20 August 2008	Friendly	Marijampolė	Moldova	Won 3 – 0	Poškus  23'  54', Danilevičius  61'
4 June 2008	Friendly	Burghausen	Russia	Lost 1 – 4	Savėnas  24'
1 June 2008	Baltic Cup	Riga	Latvia	Lost 1 – 2	Beniušis  82'
31 May 2008	Baltic Cup	Jūrmala	Estonia	Won 1 – 0	Mižigurskis  87'
27 May 2008	Friendly	Prague	Czech Republic	Lost 0 – 2

List of managers

Name	Nat	From	To
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		1990	1991
Algimantas Liubinskas		1992	1994
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		1995	1997
Kęstutis Latoža		1998	1999
Robertas Tautkus (caretaker)		1999	1999
Stasys Stankus		1999	2000
Julius Kvedaras (caretaker)		2000	2000
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		2000	2003
Algimantas Liubinskas		2003	2008
José Couceiro		2008	2009
Raimondas Žutautas		2010	Present

References

External links

• Lithuanian Football Association Official Site (Lithuanian)
• Lithuanian football news, videos, photos Unofficial Site (English)
• All Lithuanian Team Games 1923-1930

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