Lithuania national football team

Lithuania

Association	Lithuanian Football Federation (Lietuvos futbolo federacija – LFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Edgaras Jankauskas
Captain	Fiodor Černych
Most caps	Andrius Skerla (84)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium	LFF Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	106 8 (24 November 2016)
Highest	37 (October 2008)
Lowest	139 (April 2016)
Elo ranking
Current	108 (9 September 2015)
Highest	48 (10 September 2008)
Lowest	127 (1994)
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)

The Lithuania national football team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė) 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. Since 2012 the team plays its home matches in LFF Stadium, Vilnius.

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 Occupied by  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 Occupied by  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 Occupied by  Soviet Union 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 Did Not Qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Total 0/15 DNQ 0 0 0 0 0 0

UEFA European Championship qualifying record Year Group Position GP W D* L GS GA 1960 Occupied by  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 5/6 10 3 1 6 7 18 Total 6/15 58 20 8 30 50 83

Recent results

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goalscorer(s)	Captain	Competition
2016
March 23, 2016	Giurgiu, Romania	Romania	0–1		Fiodor Černych	International friendly
March 26, 2016	Moscow, Russia	Russia	0–3		Fiodor Černych	International friendly
May 29, 2016	Klaipėda, Lithuania	Estonia	2–0	Nerijus Valskis – Fiodor Černych	Fiodor Černych	2016 Baltic Cup
June 1, 2016	Liepāja, Latvia	Latvia	1–2	Fiodor Černych	Fiodor Černych	2016 Baltic Cup
June 6, 2016	Kraków, Poland	Poland	0–0		Fiodor Černych	International friendly
September 4, 2016	Vilnius, Lithuania	Slovenia	2–2	Fiodor Černych – Vykintas Slivka	Fiodor Černych	FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
October 8, 2016	Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1–1	Fiodor Černych	Fiodor Černych	FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
October 11, 2016	Vilnius, Lithuania	Malta	2–0	Fiodor Černych – Arvydas Novikovas	Fiodor Černych	FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
November 11, 2016	Trnava, Slovakia	Slovakia	0–4		Fiodor Černych	FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
2017
March 22, 2017	, Czech Republic	Czech Republic				International friendly
March 26, 2017	London, England	England				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
June 10, 2017	, Lithuania	Slovakia				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
September 1, 2017	, Lithuania	Scotland				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
September 4, 2017	, Slovenia	Slovenia				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
October 5, 2017	Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
October 8, 2017	, Lithuania	England				FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier

Euro 2016 qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	10	0	0	31	3	+28	30	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	5–0
2	Switzerland	10	7	0	3	24	8	+16	21			0–2	—	3–2	3–0	4–0	7–0
3	Slovenia	10	5	1	4	18	11	+7	16	Advance to play-offs		2–3	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	6–0
4	Estonia	10	3	1	6	4	9	−5	10			0–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–0
5	Lithuania	10	3	1	6	7	18	−11	10			0–3	1–2	0–2	1–0	—	2–1
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	1	36	−35	1			0–6	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying

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Personnel

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Edgaras Jankauskas
Assistant coach	Igoris Morinas
Assistant coach	Rokas Garastas
Goalkeeping coach	Audrius Ramonas

Players

Current squad

Squad list for the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier match against Slovakia on 11 November 2016.^[2]
Caps and goals correct as of: 11 November 2016 after the game against Slovakia.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	GK	Ernestas Šetkus	25 May 1985	12	0	ADO Den Haag
1	GK	Emilijus Zubas	10 July 1990	9	0	Bnei Yehuda
12	GK	Edvinas Gertmonas	1 June 1996	1	0	Stade Rennais
7	DF	Deividas Česnauskis	30 June 1981	64	4	Trakai
15	DF	Arūnas Klimavičius	5 October 1982	42	3	Trakai
8	DF	Egidijus Vaitkūnas	8 August 1988	30	0	Žalgiris Vilnius
3	DF	Georgas Freidgeimas	10 September 1987	28	0	Irtysh Pavlodar
23	DF	Vytautas Andriuškevičius	8 October 1990	26	0	Portland Timbers
5	DF	Vaidas Slavickas	26 February 1986	12	0	Sūduva Marijampolė
2	DF	Linas Klimavičius	10 April 1989	9	0	Žalgiris Vilnius
4	DF	Edvinas Girdvainis	19 January 1993	7	0	Piast Gliwice
11	MF	Arvydas Novikovas	18 December 1990	34	4	VfL Bochum
21	MF	Vytautas Lukša	14 August 1984	26	0	Žalgiris Vilnius
10	MF	Artūras Žulpa	10 June 1990	21	0	Tobol Kostanay
17	MF	Mantas Kuklys	10 June 1987	19	0	Žalgiris Vilnius
13	MF	Karolis Chvedukas	21 April 1991	18	0	RNK Split
14	MF	Vykintas Slivka	29 April 1995	16	1	Den Bosch
6	MF	Mindaugas Grigaravičius	15 July 1992	3	0	Jelgava
20	MF	Simonas Paulius	12 May 1991	2	0	Ventspils
22	FW	Fiodor Černych (Captain)	21 May 1991	30	8	Jagiellonia Białystok
19	FW	Nerijus Valskis	4 August 1987	11	1	Trakai
18	FW	Manfredas Ruzgis	5 January 1997	1	0	Köln

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	Saulius Klevinskas	2 April 1984	4	0	Žalgiris Vilnius	v.  Malta, 11 October 2016
GK	Marius Rapalis	22 March 1983	0	0	Spartaks Jūrmala	v.  Poland, 6 June 2016
GK	Vytautas Černiauskas	12 March 1989	4	0	Ermis Aradippou	v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
DF	Tomas Mikuckis	13 January 1983	17	0	SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk	v.  Malta, 11 October 2016
DF	Rolandas Baravykas	23 August 1995	3	0	Atlantas	v.  Slovenia, 4 September 2016
DF	Markas Beneta	8 July 1993	1	0	Atlantas	v.  Poland, 6 June 2016
DF	Vytas Gašpuitis	4 March 1994	0	0	Atlantas	v.  Latvia, 1 June 2016
DF	Valdemar Borovskij	2 May 1984	16	0	Lietava	v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
MF	Ovidijus Verbickas	4 July 1993	1	0	Atlantas	v.  Malta, 11 October 2016
MF	Tadas Eliošius^PRE	1 March 1990	5	0	Lietava Jonava	v.  Slovenia, 4 September 2016
MF	Donatas Kazlauskas	31 March 1994	6	0	Atlantas	v.  Poland, 6 June 2016
MF	Dovydas Norvilas	5 April 1993	3	0	Atlantas	v.  Poland, 6 June 2016
MF	Andrius Bartkus	21 January 1986	1	0	Atlantas	v.  Latvia, 1 June 2016
MF	Saulius Mikoliūnas	2 May 1984	74	5	Žalgiris Vilnius	v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
MF	Mindaugas Panka	1 May 1984	40	0	Hapoel Acre	v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
MF	Deimantas Petravičius	2 September 1995	7	0	Zagłębie Lubin	v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
MF	Ernestas Veliulis	22 August 1992	1	0	Sūduva Marijampolė	v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
FW	Deivydas Matulevičius^PRE	8 April 1989	30	5	Botoșani	v.  Slovakia, 11 November 2016
FW	Tomas Radzinevičius^PRE	5 June 1981	21	1	Sūduva Marijampolė	v.  Scotland, 8 September 2016
FW	Lukas Spalvis	27 July 1994	15	2	Sporting CP	v.  Poland, 6 June 2016

• ^PRE Preliminary squad.
• ^RET Retired from the national team.

Statistics

Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers

As of November 11, 2016, the ten highest scorers for Lithuania are:

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Avg/game
1	Tomas Danilevičius	1998–2012	19 0 (71)	0.267
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
	Fiodor Černych	2012-	8 0 (30)	0.276
	Darius Maciulevičius	1991–2005	8 0 (38)	0.210
	Robertas Poškus	1999–2011	8 0 (48)	0.166
10	Artūras Fomenka	1996–2003	7 0 (23)	0.304
	Tomas Ražanauskas	1995–2011	7 0 (41)	0.170
	Igoris Morinas	1996–2007	7 0 (51)	0.137

• Bold denotes players still playing international football.

Top 10 most capped Lithuania players

As of November 11, 2016, the ten players with the most caps for Lithuania are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Andrius Skerla	1996–2011	84	1
2	Deividas Šemberas	1996–2013	82	0
3	Saulius Mikoliūnas	2004–	74	5
4	Tomas Danilevičius	1998–2012	71	19
5	Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	2003–2013	66	0
6	Aurelijus Skarbalius	1991–2005	65	5
	Marius Stankevičius	2001–	65	5
8	Deividas Česnauskis	2001–	64	4
9	Gintaras Staučė	1992–2004	61	0
10	Edgaras Jankauskas	1991–2008	56	10
	Andrėjus Tereškinas	1991–2000	56	3
	Tomas Žvirgždauskas	1998–2011	56	0

• 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	2015	21	5	5	11	14:31
Edgaras Jankauskas		2015	-	9	2	3	4	8:13

All-time team record

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
Andorra	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Argentina	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Armenia	3	0	0	3	3	9	-6
Austria	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3
Azerbaijan	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Belarus	9	1	4	4	6	16	−10
Belgium	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5
Brazil	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Bulgaria	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Croatia	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
Cyprus	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2
Czech Republic	6	1	0	5	5	17	−12
Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Denmark	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	10	-10
England	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Estonia	50	21	10	19	76	77	-1
Faroe Islands	8	6	1	1	11	4	+7
Finland	5	2	0	3	5	15	−10
France	4	0	0	4	0	5	−5
Georgia	6	3	0	3	4	7	−3
Germany	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Greece	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Hungary	6	0	1	5	2	17	-15
Iceland	4	1	1	2	2	6	-4
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Israel	5	0	1	4	8	14	-6
Italy	6	0	2	4	1	12	−11
Jordan	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Kuwait	1	0	0	0	0	1	-1
Kyrgyzstan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Latvia	54	15	11	28	74	115	-41
Liechtenstein	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Macedonia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
Mali	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Malta	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3
Moldova	8	2	4	2	11	9	+2
Northern Ireland	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Norway	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2
Poland	11	2	4	5	8	15	−7
Portugal	2	0	0	2	2	9	-7
Republic of Ireland	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4
Romania	11	1	0	10	6	19	−13
Russia	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7
San Marino	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Scotland	9	1	3	5	4	11	−7
Serbia	2	1	0	1	2	4	-2
Serbia and Montenegro	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4
Slovakia	5	0	3	2	4	9	-5
Slovenia	5	2	2	1	7	7	0
Spain	6	0	1	5	2	14	−12
Sweden	6	1	0	5	5	23	−18
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Ukraine	8	2	1	5	8	15	-7
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3

References

1. FIFA World Cup uefa.com
2. "Rinktinės sudėtyje - vienas naujokas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

External links

• Lithuanian Football Association Official Site (Lithuanian)
• All Lithuanian Team Games 1923–1930
• Reports for all matches of Lithuania national team
• Lithuanian football videos Lithuanian Football TV