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 Decrease 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
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934 Did Not Qualify
France 1938
Brazil 1950 Occupied by  Soviet Union
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994 Did Not Qualify
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Total0/22 DNQ 0 0 0 0 0 0
FIFA World Cup qualifying record
Year Group Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Was Not Held
Italy 1934 Group 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 2
France 1938 Group 8 3/3 2 0 0 2 3 9
Brazil 1950 Occupied by  Soviet Union
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994 Group 3 5/7 12 2 3 7 8 21
France 1998 Group 8 3/6 10 5 2 3 11 8
South Korea Japan 2002 Group 8 5/5 8 0 2 6 3 20
Germany 2006 Group 7 5/6 10 2 4 4 8 9
South Africa 2010 Group 7 4/6 10 4 0 6 10 11
Brazil 2014 Group G 4/6 10 3 2 5 9 11
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Total8/19 3/6 63 16 13 34 52 91

European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Occupied by  Soviet Union
Spain 1964
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996 Did Not Qualify
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012
France 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
France 1960 Occupied by  Soviet Union
Spain 1964
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996 Group 4 3/6 10 5 1 4 13 12
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Group 9 4/6 10 3 2 5 8 16
Portugal 2004 Group 5 4/5 8 3 1 4 7 11
Austria Switzerland 2008 Group B 5/7 12 5 1 6 11 13
Poland Ukraine 2012 Group I 4/5 8 1 2 5 4 13
France 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 England Switzerland Slovenia Estonia Lithuania San Marino
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 Lithuania Edgaras Jankauskas
Assistant coach Lithuania Igoris Morinas
Assistant coach Lithuania Rokas Garastas
Goalkeeping coach Lithuania 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 1GK Ernestas Šetkus (1985-05-25) 25 May 1985 12 0 Netherlands ADO Den Haag
1 1GK Emilijus Zubas (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 9 0 Israel Bnei Yehuda
12 1GK Edvinas Gertmonas (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 1 0 France Stade Rennais
7 2DF Deividas Česnauskis (1981-06-30) 30 June 1981 64 4 Lithuania Trakai
15 2DF Arūnas Klimavičius (1982-10-05) 5 October 1982 42 3 Lithuania Trakai
8 2DF Egidijus Vaitkūnas (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 30 0 Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius
3 2DF Georgas Freidgeimas (1987-09-10) 10 September 1987 28 0 Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar
23 2DF Vytautas Andriuškevičius (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 26 0 United States Portland Timbers
5 2DF Vaidas Slavickas (1986-02-26) 26 February 1986 12 0 Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė
2 2DF Linas Klimavičius (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 9 0 Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius
4 2DF Edvinas Girdvainis (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 7 0 Poland Piast Gliwice
11 3MF Arvydas Novikovas (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 34 4 Germany VfL Bochum
21 3MF Vytautas Lukša (1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 26 0 Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius
10 3MF Artūras Žulpa (1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 21 0 Kazakhstan Tobol Kostanay
17 3MF Mantas Kuklys (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 19 0 Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius
13 3MF Karolis Chvedukas (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 18 0 Croatia RNK Split
14 3MF Vykintas Slivka (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 16 1 Netherlands Den Bosch
6 3MF Mindaugas Grigaravičius (1992-07-15) 15 July 1992 3 0 Latvia Jelgava
20 3MF Simonas Paulius (1991-05-12) 12 May 1991 2 0 Latvia Ventspils
22 4FW Fiodor Černych (Captain) (1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 30 8 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
19 4FW Nerijus Valskis (1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 11 1 Lithuania Trakai
18 4FW Manfredas Ruzgis (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 1 0 Germany 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 (1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 4 0 Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius v.  Malta, 11 October 2016
GK Marius Rapalis (1983-03-22) 22 March 1983 0 0 Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala v.  Poland, 6 June 2016
GK Vytautas Černiauskas (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 4 0 Cyprus Ermis Aradippou v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
DF Tomas Mikuckis (1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 17 0 Russia SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk v.  Malta, 11 October 2016
DF Rolandas Baravykas (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 3 0 Lithuania Atlantas v.  Slovenia, 4 September 2016
DF Markas Beneta (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 1 0 Lithuania Atlantas v.  Poland, 6 June 2016
DF Vytas Gašpuitis (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 0 0 Lithuania Atlantas v.  Latvia, 1 June 2016
DF Valdemar Borovskij (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 16 0 Lithuania Lietava v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
MF Ovidijus Verbickas (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 1 0 Lithuania Atlantas v.  Malta, 11 October 2016
MF Tadas EliošiusPRE (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 5 0 Lithuania Lietava Jonava v.  Slovenia, 4 September 2016
MF Donatas Kazlauskas (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 6 0 Lithuania Atlantas v.  Poland, 6 June 2016
MF Dovydas Norvilas (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 3 0 Lithuania Atlantas v.  Poland, 6 June 2016
MF Andrius Bartkus (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 1 0 Lithuania Atlantas v.  Latvia, 1 June 2016
MF Saulius Mikoliūnas (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 74 5 Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
MF Mindaugas Panka (1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 40 0 Israel Hapoel Acre v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
MF Deimantas Petravičius (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 7 0 Poland Zagłębie Lubin v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
MF Ernestas Veliulis (1992-08-22) 22 August 1992 1 0 Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė v.  Russia, 26 March 2016
FW Deivydas MatulevičiusPRE (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 30 5 Romania Botoșani v.  Slovakia, 11 November 2016
FW Tomas RadzinevičiusPRE (1981-06-05) 5 June 1981 21 1 Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė v.  Scotland, 8 September 2016
FW Lukas Spalvis (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 15 2 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Poland, 6 June 2016

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 (71) 0.267
2 Antanas Lingis 1928–1938 12 (33) 0.363
3 Edgaras Jankauskas 1991–2008 10 (56) 0.178
4 Virginijus Baltušnikas 1990–1998 9 (42) 0.214
5 Jaroslavas Citavičius 1926–1933 8 (24) 0.333
Valdas Ivanauskas 1990–2000 8 (28) 0.285
Fiodor Černych 2012- 8 (30) 0.276
Darius Maciulevičius 1991–2005 8 (38) 0.210
Robertas Poškus 1999–2011 8 (48) 0.166
10 Artūras Fomenka 1996–2003 7 (23) 0.304
Tomas Ražanauskas 1995–2011 7 (41) 0.170
Igoris Morinas 1996–2007 7 (51) 0.137

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

List of managers

Name Nat From To Games Won Drawn Lost Goals
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania 1990 1991 3 1 2 0 7:4
Algimantas Liubinskas Lithuania 1992 1994 29 7 8 14 29:48
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania 1995 1997 29 12 6 11 45:41
Kęstutis Latoža Lithuania 1998 1999 18 5 4 9 15:24
Robertas Tautkus (caretaker) Lithuania 1999 1999 1 0 0 1 0:3
Stasys Stankus Lithuania 2000 2000 8 2 0 6 8:18
Julius Kvedaras (caretaker) Lithuania 2000 2000 1 0 0 1 1:6
Benjaminas Zelkevičius Lithuania 2001 2003 19 4 3 12 20:41
Algimantas Liubinskas Lithuania 2003 2008 50 18 6 26 54:65
José Couceiro Portugal 2008 2009 15 6 3 6 17:15
Raimondas Žutautas Lithuania 2010 2011 16 4 3 9 11:22
Csaba László Hungary 2012 2013 16 2 4 10 12:28
Igoris Pankratjevas Lithuania 2013 2015 21 5 5 11 14:31
Edgaras Jankauskas Lithuania 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.
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