Lithuania national football team

Lithuania

Association	Lietuvos futbolo federacija (LFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Igoris Pankratjevas
Captain	Tadas Kijanskas
Most caps	Andrius Skerla (84)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium	LFF Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
FIFA ranking	100 6 (9 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (October 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	119 (November 2012)
Elo ranking	98
Highest Elo ranking	48 (10 September 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	127 (1994)
First colours Second colours
First international
Lithuania 0–5 Estonia  (Kaunas, Lithuania; 24 June 1923) (Their first game since regaining independence in 1990 was as Zalgiris Vilnius in May 1990, against Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia. This is also Georgia's first international match)
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 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.

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 Part of  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 Part of  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 Part of  Soviet Union 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 Did Not Qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 To Be Determined Total 0/14 DNQ 0 0 0 0 0 0

UEFA European Championship qualifying record Year Group Position GP W D* L GS GA 1960 Part of  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 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 6/15 3/6 48 17 7 24 43 65

Recent results

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goalscorer(s)	Captain	Competition
2013
March 22, 2013	Žilina, Slovakia	Slovakia	1 – 1	Darvydas Šernas	Deividas Šemberas	2014 FIFA World Cup
March 26, 2013	Tirana, Albania	Albania	1 – 4	Evaldas Razulis	Edgaras Česnauskis	International friendly
June 7, 2013	Vilnius, Lithuania	Greece	0 – 1		Marius Stankevičius	2014 FIFA World Cup
August 14, 2013	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1 – 2	Deivydas Matulevičius	Marius Stankevičius	International friendly
September 6, 2013	Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1 – 2	Deivydas Matulevičius	Marius Stankevičius	2014 FIFA World Cup
September 10, 2013	Marijampolė, Lithuania	Liechtenstein	2 – 0	Deivydas Matulevičius – Tadas Kijanskas	Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	2014 FIFA World Cup
October 11, 2013	Vilnius, Lithuania	Latvia	2 – 0	Fiodor Černych – Saulius Mikoliūnas	Tadas Kijanskas	2014 FIFA World Cup
October 15, 2013	Kaunas, Lithuania	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 – 1		Tadas Kijanskas	2014 FIFA World Cup
November 18, 2013	Chișinău, Moldova	Moldova	1 – 1	Mindaugas Kalonas	Tadas Kijanskas	International friendly
2014
March 5, 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Kazakhstan	1 – 1	Gediminas Vičius	Tadas Kijanskas	International friendly
May 29, 2014	Ventspils, Latvia	Finland	1 – 0	Arvydas Novikovas	Tadas Kijanskas	2014 Baltic Cup
May 31, 2014	Liepāja, Latvia	Latvia	0 – 1		Tadas Kijanskas	2014 Baltic Cup
June 6, 2014	Gdańsk, Poland	Poland	2 – 1	Lukas Spalvis	Tadas Kijanskas	International friendly
September 3, 2014	Matrei in Osttirol, Austria	United Arab Emirates	1 – 1	Deivydas Matulevičius	Tadas Kijanskas	International friendly
September 8, 2014	Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	2 - 0	Deivydas Matulevičius - Arvydas Novikovas	Tadas Kijanskas	UEFA Euro 2016 Q
October 9, 2014	Vilnius, Lithuania	Estonia	1 - 0	Saulius Mikoliunas	Tadas Kijanskas	UEFA Euro 2016 Q
October 12, 2014	Vilnius, Lithuania	Slovenia	0 - 2		Tadas Kijanskas	UEFA Euro 2016 Q
November 15, 2014	St. Gallen, Switzerland	Switzerland	0 - 4		Tadas Kijanskas	UEFA Euro 2016 Q
November 18, 2014	Kiev, Ukraine	Ukraine	0 - 0		Tadas Kijanskas	International friendly
2015
March 27, 2015	London, England	England	0 - 4		Tadas Kijanskas	UEFA Euro 2016 Q
June 5, 2015	Debrecen, Hungary	Hungary				International friendly
June 8, 2015	Ta'Qali, Malta	Malta				International friendly
June 14, 2015	Vilnius, Lithuania	Switzerland				UEFA Euro 2016 Q
September 5, 2015	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia				UEFA Euro 2016 Q
September 8, 2015	Vilnius, Lithuania	San Marino				UEFA Euro 2016 Q
October 9, 2015	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Slovenia				UEFA Euro 2016 Q
October 12, 2015	Vilnius, Lithuania	England				UEFA Euro 2016 Q

Euro 2016 qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	5	0	0	15	1	+14	15	Advance to final tournament		—	3–1	8 Sep	4–0	9 Oct	5–0
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	10	4	+6	9			14 Jun	—	1–0	9 Oct	8 Sep	6–0
3	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	11	3	+8	9	Final tournament or play-offs		0–2	5 Sep	—	4–0	3–0	9 Oct
4	Lithuania	5	2	0	3	3	10	−7	6			12 Oct	0–2	14 Jun	—	1–0	8 Sep
5	Estonia	5	1	1	3	1	5	−4	4			0–1	1–0	12 Oct	5 Sep	—	14 Jun
6	San Marino	5	0	1	4	0	17	−17	1			5 Sep	12 Oct	0–4	0–2	0–0	—

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Euro 2016 qualifier match against England held on 27 March 2015.
Caps and goals correct as of: 27 March 2015, after the game against  England.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Giedrius Arlauskis (1987-12-01) 1 December 1987 20 0 Steaua București 12 1GK Emilijus Zubas (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 4 0 GKS Bełchatów 21 1GK Vytautas Černiauskas (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 2 0 Korona Kielce 3 2DF Georgas Freidgeimas (1987-09-10) 10 September 1987 16 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 4 2DF Tadas Kijanskas (Captain) (1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 41 1 Hapoel Haifa 5 2DF Tomas Mikuckis (1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 11 0 Torpedo Moscow 6 2DF Marius Žaliūkas (1983-11-10) 10 November 1983 26 1 Rangers 8 2DF Egidijus Vaitkūnas (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 16 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 17 2DF Vaidas Slavickas (1986-02-26) 26 February 1986 5 0 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 20 2DF Valdemar Borovskij (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 16 0 Beroe Stara Zagora 23 2DF Vytautas Andriuškevičius (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 17 0 Cambuur 2 3MF Gediminas Vičius (1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 17 1 Zhetysu Taldykorgan 7 3MF Artūras Žulpa (1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 9 0 Aktobe 10 3MF Gratas Sirgėdas (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 3 0 VfB Stuttgart II 11 3MF Donatas Kazlauskas (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 3 0 Lechia Gdańsk 13 3MF Saulius Mikoliūnas (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 71 5 Shakhtyor Salihorsk 14 3MF Vytautas Lukša (1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 19 0 Žalgiris Vilnius 15 3MF Karolis Chvedukas (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 10 0 Sūduva Marijampolė 18 3MF Mindaugas Panka (1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 33 0 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 22 3MF Fiodor Černych (1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 16 1 Górnik Łęczna 9 4FW Deivydas Matulevičius (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 19 5 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 16 4FW Ričardas Beniušis (1980-04-23) 23 April 1980 29 3 Kruoja Pakruojis 19 4FW Simonas Stankevičius (1995-10-03) 3 October 1995 8 0 Leicester City

Recent callups

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 DF Justinas Januševskij (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 0 0 Trakai v.  Estonia, 9 October 2014 DF Aurimas Vilkaitis (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 1 0 Nocerina 2014 Baltic Cup MF Arvydas Novikovas (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 19 2 Erzgebirge Aue v.  Ukraine, 18 November 2015 MF Mindaugas Kalonas (1984-02-28) 28 February 1984 49 3 Skonto Riga v.  Ukraine, 18 November 2015 MF Mantas Kuklys (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 9 0 Žalgiris Vilnius v.  Ukraine, 18 November 2015 MF Tautvydas Eliošius (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 1 0 Kruoja Pakruojis v.   Switzerland, 15 November 2015 MF Nerijus Valskis (1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 5 0 Wigry Suwalki v.  San Marino, 8 September 2014 MF Linas Pilibaitis (1985-04-05) 5 April 1985 28 0 Žalgiris Vilnius v.  Poland, 6 June 2014 MF Ramūnas Radavičius (1981-01-20) 20 January 1981 24 1 Šiauliai v.  Poland, 6 June 2014 MF Andrius Bartkus (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 1 0 Atlantas v.  Poland, 6 June 2014 MF Aurimas Vertelis (1986-09-06) 6 September 1986 0 0 Unattached v.  Poland, 6 June 2014 FW Lukas Spalvis (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 4 1 AaB v.  Poland, 6 June 2014 FW Tadas Eliošius (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 5 0 Šiauliai 2014 Baltic Cup

Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers

As of 27 March 2015, the ten highest scorers for Lithuania are:

• Bold denotes players still playing international football.

Top 10 most capped Lithuania players

As of 27 March 2015 the ten players with the most caps for Lithuania are:

• 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		11	4	4	5	10:13

Notes

References

External links

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

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