Lithuania national football team

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 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. 15,030 capacity Žalgiris Stadium became home of the national football team.

1 Recent history
2 World Cup record
3 European Championship record
4 Recent results
- 4.1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification – Group I
5 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 Current squad
7 List of managers
8 Notes
9 References
10 External links

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 occupied by USSR
1994 to 2010 – Did not qualify

European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Soviet Union ^{[note 1]}
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996	Did Not Qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	To Be Determined

Recent results

Main article: Lithuanian national football team head to head

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition
2012
1	September 7, 2012	Lithuania	Slovakia	2014 FIFA World Cup
2	September 11, 2012	Greece	Greece	2014 FIFA World Cup
3	October 12, 2012	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	2014 FIFA World Cup
4	October 16, 2012	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2014 FIFA World Cup
2013
5	March 22, 2013	Slovakia	Slovakia	2014 FIFA World Cup
6	June 7, 2013	Lithuania	Greece	2014 FIFA World Cup
7	September 6, 2013	Latvia	Latvia	2014 FIFA World Cup
8	September 10, 2013	Lithuania	Liechtenstein	2014 FIFA World Cup
9	October 11, 2013	Lithuania	Latvia	2014 FIFA World Cup
10	October 15, 2013	Lithuania	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2014 FIFA World Cup

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification – Group I

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	8	8	0	0	26	6	+20	24
Czech Republic	8	4	1	3	12	8	+4	13
Scotland	8	3	2	3	9	10	−1	11
Lithuania	8	1	2	5	4	13	−9	5
Liechtenstein	8	1	1	6	3	17	−14	4


Czech Republic	—	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2
Liechtenstein	0–2	—	2–0	0–1	0–4
Lithuania	1–4	0–0	—	0–0	1–3
Scotland	2–2	2–1	1–0	—	2–3
Spain	2–1	6–0	3–1	3–1	—

3 September 2010 21:15 UTC+3	Lithuania	0 – 0	Scotland	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas Attendance: 6,539 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
		Report

7 September 2010 20:15 UTC+2	Czech Republic	0 – 1	Lithuania	Andrův stadion, Olomouc Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
		Report	Šernas 25'

8 October 2010 22:00 UTC+2	Spain	3 – 1	Lithuania	Estadio El Helmántico, Salamanca Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Llorente 47', 56' Silva 79'	Report	Šernas 54'

29 March 2011 20:45 UTC+3	Lithuania	1 – 3	Spain	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas Attendance: 9,180 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
	Stankevičius 57'	Report	Xavi 19' Kijanskas 70' (o.g.) Mata 83'

4 June 2011 20:30 UTC+1	Liechtenstein	2 – 0	Lithuania	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
	Erne 7' Polverino 36'			Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

2 September 2011 18:00 UTC+3	Lithuania	0 – 0	Liechtenstein	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)
		Report

6 September 2011 20:00 UTC+1	Scotland	1 – 0	Lithuania	Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
	Naismith 50'	Report		Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

11 October 2011 21:45 UTC+3	Lithuania	1 – 4	Czech Republic	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas Attendance: 2,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
	Šernas 68' (pen.)	Report	M. Kadlec 2' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Rezek 16', 45'

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	22 Mar '13	11 Sep '12	11 Oct '13	16 Oct '12	6 Sep '13
Greece	12 Oct '12	—	10 Sep '13	15 Oct '13	11 Sep '12	11 Oct '13
Latvia	7 Jun '13	7 Sep '12	—	16 Oct '12	6 Sep '13	15 Oct '13
Liechtenstein	7 Sep '12	6 Sep '13	22 Mar '13	—	12 Oct '12	7 Jun '13
Lithuania	15 Oct '13	7 Jun '13	11 Oct '13	10 Sep '13	—	7 Sep '12
Slovakia	10 Sep '13	16 Oct '12	12 Oct '12	11 Sep '12	22 Mar '13	—

Current squad

Match Date: 29 November 2011
Opposition: Russia
Caps and goals correct as of: 12 October 2011

Pos.	Player	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Saulius Klevinskas	2 April 1984 (1984-04-02) (age 27)	1	0	FC Torpedo Moscow
GK	Marius Rapalis	22 March 1983 (1983-03-22) (age 28)	0	0	VMFD Žalgiris

DF	Povilas Leimonas	16 November 1987 (1987-11-16) (age 24)	2	0	FK Sūduva
DF	Tomas Mikuckis	13 January 1983 (1983-01-13) (age 29)	2	0	FC Nizhny Novgorod
DF	Vytautas Andriuškevičius	8 October 1990 (1990-10-08) (age 21)	1	0	Lechia Gdańsk
DF	Algis Jankauskas	27 September 1982 (1982-09-27) (age 29)	1	0	VMFD Žalgiris
DF	Vaidas Slavickas	26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) (age 25)	1	0	FK Sūduva
DF	Egidijus Vaitkūnas	8 August 1988 (1988-08-08) (age 23)	0	0	VMFD Žalgiris

MF	Mindaugas Kalonas	28 February 1984 (1984-02-28) (age 27)	35	2	FC Nizhny Novgorod
MF	Linas Pilibaitis	5 April 1985 (1985-04-05) (age 26)	20	0	Győri ETO FC
MF	Mindaugas Panka	1 May 1984 (1984-05-01) (age 27)	16	0	Widzew Łódź
MF	Vytautas Lukša	14 August 1987 (1987-08-14) (age 24)	11	0	FK Tauras
MF	Marius Papšys	13 May 1989 (1989-05-13) (age 22)	2	0	1. FK Příbram
MF	Gediminas Vičius	5 July 1985 (1985-07-05) (age 26)	1	0	FC Shakhter Karagandy
MF	Vaidas Šilėnas	31 January 1984 (1984-01-31) (age 28)	0	0	VMFD Žalgiris
MF	Marius Šoblinskas	23 June 1987 (1987-06-23) (age 24)	0	0	FBK Kaunas

FW	Ričardas Beniušis	23 April 1980 (1980-04-23) (age 31)	26	3	FK Sūduva
FW	Valerijus Mižigurskis	22 April 1983 (1983-04-22) (age 28)	1	1	Unattached
FW	Deivydas Matulevičius	8 April 1989 (1989-04-08) (age 22)	0	0	VMFD Žalgiris

Recent callups

The following players have been called up for the team since September 3, 2010.

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club	Caps	Goals
Goalkeepers
Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	May 24, 1983 (1983-05-24) (age 28)	Gaziantepspor	58	0
Giedrius Arlauskis	December 1, 1987 (1987-12-01) (age 24)	Rubin Kazan	5	0
Paulius Grybauskas	June 2, 1984 (1984-06-02) (age 27)	Wigry Suwałki	5	0
Ernestas Šetkus	May 25, 1985 (1985-05-25) (age 26)	Olympiakos Nicosia	3	0
Mindaugas Malinauskas	August 11, 1983 (1983-08-11) (age 28)	Debreceni VSC	2	0
Vytautas Černiauskas	April 12, 1989 (1989-04-12) (age 22)	FC Vaslui	0	0
Šarūnas Jurevičius	May 3, 1989 (1989-05-03) (age 22)	FK Šiauliai	0	0
Povilas Valinčius	May 16, 1989 (1989-05-16) (age 22)	FK Sūduva	0	0
Defenders
Andrius Skerla	April 29, 1977 (1977-04-29) (age 34)	Jagiellonia Białystok	84	1
Marius Stankevičius (Vice-captain)	July 15, 1981 (1981-07-15) (age 30)	S.S. Lazio	59	5
Tomas Žvirgždauskas	March 18, 1975 (1975-03-18) (age 36)	Halmstads BK	56	0
Ignas Dedura	January 6, 1978 (1978-01-06) (age 34)	FK Ekranas	47	1
Arūnas Klimavičius	October 5, 1982 (1982-10-05) (age 29)	FC Zhetysu	34	3
Gediminas Paulauskas	October 27, 1982 (1982-10-27) (age 29)	Unattached	22	0
Marius Žaliūkas	November 10, 1983 (1983-11-10) (age 28)	Heart of Midlothian F.C.	15	0
Tadas Kijanskas	September 6, 1985 (1985-09-06) (age 26)	Korona Kielce	15	0
Valdemar Barovskij	May 2, 1984 (1984-05-02) (age 27)	FK Sūduva	1	0
Mantas Fridrikas	September 13, 1988 (1988-09-13) (age 23)	FBK Kaunas	1	0
Midfielders
Deividas Šemberas	September 8, 1978 (1978-09-08) (age 33)	PFC CSKA Moscow	76	0
Saulius Mikoliūnas	May 2, 1984 (1984-05-02) (age 27)	FC Arsenal Kyiv	49	3
Deividas Česnauskis	June 30, 1981 (1981-06-30) (age 30)	FK Baku	47	4
Mantas Savėnas	August 27, 1982 (1982-08-27) (age 29)	FK Ekranas	38	5
Edgaras Česnauskis	October 5, 1984 (1984-10-05) (age 27)	FC Rostov	35	3
Kęstutis Ivaškevičius	June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17) (age 26)	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.	21	0
Ramūnas Radavičius	January 20, 1981 (1981-01-20) (age 31)	FK Ekranas	13	0
Darius Miceika	February 22, 1983 (1983-02-22) (age 28)	FC Khimki	10	1
Germanas Plenkovskis (U-21)	May 1, 1993 (1993-05-01) (age 18)	VMFD Žalgiris	7	0
Arvydas Novikovas	December 18, 1990 (1990-12-18) (age 21)	Heart of Midlothian F.C.	6	0
Lukas Baranauskas	November 26, 1993 (1993-11-26) (age 18)	FK Atletas	1	0
Forwards
Tomas Danilevičius (Captain)	July 18, 1978 (1978-07-18) (age 33)	Juve Stabia	69	19
Robertas Poškus	May 5, 1979 (1979-05-05) (age 32)	Simurq PFC	48	8
Darvydas Šernas	July 22, 1984 (1984-07-22) (age 27)	Zagłębie Lubin	25	3
Andrius Velička	April 5, 1979 (1979-04-05) (age 32)	FK Ekranas	21	2
Vitalijus Kavaliauskas	July 2, 1983 (1983-07-02) (age 28)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	17	3
Tadas Labukas	January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 28)	SK Brann	15	0
Nerijus Astrauskas	October 18, 1980 (1980-10-18) (age 31)	VMFD Žalgiris	2	0
Arsenij Buinickij	October 10, 1985 (1985-10-10) (age 26)	FK Dainava	0	0

Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers

As of 12 October 2011, the ten highest scorers for Lithuania are:

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Avg/game
1	Tomas Danilevičius	1998–	19 0 (69)	0.275
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–	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 12 October 2011 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–	76	0
3	Tomas Danilevičius	1998–	69	19
4	Aurelijus Skarbalius	1991–2005	65	5
5	Gintaras Staučė	1992–2004	61	0
6	Marius Stankevičius	2001–	59	5
7	Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	2002–	58	0
8	Edgaras Jankauskas	1991–2008	56	10
=	Andrėjus Tereškinas	1991–2000	56	3
=	Tomas Žvirgždauskas	1998–	56	0

Bold denotes players still playing international football.

List of managers

Name	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	2011

Notes

^ Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union.

References

^ FIFA World Cup uefa.com

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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