Lithuania national football team

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Lithuania

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Rinktinė (National team) Trispalvės (Tricolours)
Association	Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Edgaras Jankauskas
Captain	Fedor Černych
Most caps	Saulius Mikoliūnas (101)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium	Darius and Girėnas Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	142 Steady (19 December 2024)[1]
Highest	37 (October 2008)
Lowest	149 (December 2017)
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)
Baltic Cup
Appearances	30 (first in 1928 )
Best result	Champions (1930, 1935, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2010)

The Lithuania national football team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė) represents Lithuania in men's international football, and is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Lithuania. They played their 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 thereafter against Georgia on 27 May of that year.

Although Lithuania has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, nor the UEFA European Championship, they have successfully participated in the regional Baltic Cup tournament, which takes place every two years between Lithuania and their Baltic rivals, Latvia and Estonia. Lithuania has won the Baltic Cup championship 10 times out of 29 appearances, and only Latvia has won it more frequently. Despite this Lithuania holds the record for winning the most consecutive Baltic Cup championships, four titles in a row from 1996 to 2000.

From 2012 until 2022, the national team played their home matches at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius.
From 2022, the national team plays their home matches at the Darius and Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas.

On 24 June 1923, Lithuania played their first ever game, at the Lietuvos Fizinio Lavinimosi Sąjunga Stadionas, resulting in a 5–0 loss against Estonia. In 1924, Lithuania entered the 1924 Olympics in France, losing 9–0 against Switzerland on 25 May 1924. Two days later, Lithuania suffered a 10–0 loss to Egypt, a record defeat to date. During the early years of the Lithuanian national team, Lithuania regularly played Baltic neighbours Estonia and Latvia, with Lithuania's first win coming in a 2–1 away win against Estonia on 24 August 1924 in Tallinn. In 1930, Lithuania won the third edition of the Baltic Cup in Kaunas.^[3] On 13 October 1940, Lithuania played their final game for just shy of 50 years, a 4–3 win against Latvia, following the first Soviet annexation of the country.^[4]

Lithuania's first game following the declaration of independence in 1990 was a 2–2 draw against Georgia in Tbilisi on 27 May 1990.^[5] In the 1990s, Lithuania established a respectable presence in the World Cup and European Championship qualifiers: third place in their group in both Euro 1996 and the 1998 World Cup qualifiers. In the 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 World Cup qualifying group, Lithuania were nevertheless competitive.

Lithuania drew with world champions Italy 1–1 in Naples in a 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 2010 World Cup qualifier. The victory was regarded by many as "a historic win."^[6] It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė on 10 September 2008.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

Position[7]	Name
Manager	Lithuania Edgaras Jankauskas
Assistant coach	Lithuania Andrius Velička
Assistant coach	Lithuania Vaidas Sabaliauskas
Fitness coach	Lithuania Georgas Freidgeimas
Goalkeeping coach	Lithuania Audrius Paškevičius
Analyst	Lithuania Rokas Pranaitis

Name	Nat	From	To	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win%
Benjaminas Zelkevičius	Lithuania	1990	1991	3	1	2	0	7	4	033.33
Algimantas Liubinskas	Lithuania	1992	1994	29	7	8	14	29	48	024.14
Benjaminas Zelkevičius	Lithuania	1995	1997	29	12	6	11	45	41	041.38
Kęstutis Latoža	Lithuania	1998	1999	18	5	4	9	15	24	027.78
Robertas Tautkus  (caretaker)	Lithuania	1999	1999	1	0	0	1	0	3	000.00
Stasys Stankus	Lithuania	2000	2000	8	2	0	6	8	18	025.00
Julius Kvedaras  (caretaker)	Lithuania	2000	2000	1	0	0	1	1	6	000.00
Benjaminas Zelkevičius	Lithuania	2001	2003	19	4	3	12	20	41	021.05
Algimantas Liubinskas	Lithuania	2003	2008	50	18	6	26	54	65	036.00
José Couceiro	Portugal	2008	2009	15	6	3	6	17	15	040.00
Raimondas Žutautas	Lithuania	2010	2011	16	4	3	9	11	22	025.00
Csaba László	Hungary	2012	2013	16	2	4	10	12	28	012.50
Igoris Pankratjevas	Lithuania	2013	2015	21	5	5	11	14	31	023.81
Edgaras Jankauskas	Lithuania	2016	2018	26	3	5	18	14	50	011.54
Valdas Urbonas	Lithuania	2019	2021	24	5	4	15	17	49	020.83
Valdas Ivanauskas	Lithuania	2021	2022	13	2	1	10	6	29	015.38
Reinhold Breu  (interim)	Germany	2022	2022	4	0	2	2	1	4	000.00
Edgaras Jankauskas	Lithuania	2023	present	20	4	5	11	17	27	020.00

• The following players were called up for the international matches in November 2024.^[8]
• Caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2024, after the match against  Kosovo .

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mantas Bertašius	(2000年05月03日) 3 May 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Lithuania Banga
12	1GK	Edvinas Gertmonas	(1997年05月13日) 13 May 1997 (age 27)	16	0	Romania Universitatea Cluj
16	1GK	Deividas Mikelionis	(1995年05月08日) 8 May 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
2	2DF	Rokas Lekiatas	(1998年11月07日) 7 November 1998 (age 26)	13	0	Romania FC U Craiova 1948
3	2DF	Artemijus Tutyškinas	(2003年08月08日) 8 August 2003 (age 21)	13	0	Slovenia Celje
3	2DF	Klaudijus Upstas	(1994年10月30日) 30 October 1994 (age 30)	7	0	Lithuania Hegelmann
4	2DF	Edvinas Girdvainis	(1993年01月19日) 19 January 1993 (age 32)	56	1	Germany SV Sandhausen
5	2DF	Kipras Kažukolovas	(2000年11月20日) 20 November 2000 (age 24)	13	0	Kazakhstan Astana
13	2DF	Justas Lasickas (vice-captain)	(1997年10月06日) 6 October 1997 (age 27)	57	2	Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
17	2DF	Pijus Širvys	(1998年04月01日) 1 April 1998 (age 26)	22	3	Slovenia Maribor
19	2DF	Edgaras Utkus	(2000年06月22日) 22 June 2000 (age 24)	16	0	Belgium Cercle Brugge
21	2DF	Dominykas Barauskas	(1997年04月18日) 18 April 1997 (age 27)	11	0	Poland Górnik Łęczna
6	3MF	Modestas Vorobjovas	(1995年12月30日) 30 December 1995 (age 29)	40	1	Turkey İstanbulspor
7	3MF	Tomas Kalinauskas	(2000年04月27日) 27 April 2000 (age 24)	5	0	England Burton Albion
8	3MF	Giedrius Matulevičius	(1997年03月05日) 5 March 1997 (age 27)	10	1	Lithuania Žalgiris
9	3MF	Matas Vareika	(2000年01月27日) 27 January 2000 (age 25)	2	0	Armenia Pyunik
10	3MF	Fedor Černych (captain)	(1991年05月21日) 21 May 1991 (age 33)	97	15	Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
14	3MF	Vykintas Slivka	(1995年04月29日) 29 April 1995 (age 29)	71	3	Japan Sagan Tosu
15	3MF	Gvidas Gineitis	(2004年04月15日) 15 April 2004 (age 20)	18	0	Italy Torino
18	3MF	Domantas Antanavičius	(1998年11月19日) 19 November 1998 (age 26)	3	0	Lithuania Hegelmann
20	3MF	Titas Milašius	(2000年12月12日) 12 December 2000 (age 24)	8	0	Poland Pogoń Siedlce
22	3MF	Paulius Golubickas	(1999年08月19日) 19 August 1999 (age 25)	30	2	Poland Radomiak
23	3MF	Artūr Dolžnikov	(2000年06月06日) 6 June 2000 (age 24)	15	1	Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc
24	4FW	Valdas Paulauskas	(2001年02月04日) 4 February 2001 (age 24)	2	0	Lithuania Kauno Žalgiris
25	4FW	Gytis Paulauskas	(1999年09月27日) 27 September 1999 (age 25)	19	2	Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi
11	4FW	Romualdas Jansonas	(2005年06月23日) 23 June 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Lithuania Žalgiris

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	Lukas Paukštė	(1998年09月25日) 25 September 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Lithuania Šiauliai	Estonia , 11 June 2024
GK	Emilijus Zubas	(1990年07月10日) 10 July 1990 (age 34)	19	0	Unattached	Gibraltar , 26 March 2024INJ
GK	Gustas Baliutavičius	(2000年08月27日) 27 August 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Lithuania Šiauliai	Gibraltar , 26 March 2024
GK	Vytautas Černiauskas	(1989年03月12日) 12 March 1989 (age 35)	6	0	Lithuania Panevėžys	Gibraltar , 21 March 2024
DF	Linas Klimavičius RET	(1989年04月10日) 10 April 1989 (age 35)	43	0	Lithuania Panevėžys	Romania , 9 September 2024
DF	Markas Beneta	(1993年11月08日) 8 November 1993 (age 31)	23	0	Lithuania Panevėžys	Gibraltar , 26 March 2024
MF	Ovidijus Verbickas	(1993年07月04日) 4 July 1993 (age 31)	36	1	Lithuania Žalgiris	Romania , 9 September 2024
MF	Daniel Romanovskij	(1996年06月19日) 19 June 1996 (age 28)	12	0	Lithuania Šiauliai	Romania , 9 September 2024
MF	Arvydas Novikovas	(1990年12月18日) 18 December 1990 (age 34)	96	12	Lithuania Transinvest	Estonia , 11 June 2024
MF	Ernestas Gudelevičius	(2005年01月14日) 14 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Italy Fiorentina U19	Estonia , 11 June 2024
MF	Eligijus Jankauskas	(1998年06月22日) 22 June 1998 (age 26)	9	0	Lithuania Šiauliai	Cyprus , 19 November 2023
FW	Armandas Kučys INJ	(2003年02月27日) 27 February 2003 (age 21)	13	4	Slovenia Celje	Romania , 15 October 2024
FW	Faustas Steponavičius	(2004年06月08日) 8 June 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Lithuania Panevėžys	Cyprus , 1 November 2023
Notes PRE = Preliminary squad. WD = The player withdrew from the current squad due to non-injury issue. INJ = It is not part of the current squad due to injury. RET = Retired from the national team.

As of 20 November 2024^[9]

Players in bold are still active with Lithuania.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Saulius Mikoliūnas	101	5	2004–2022
2	Fedor Černych	97	15	2012–present
3	Arvydas Novikovas	96	12	2010–present
4	Andrius Skerla	84	1	1996–2011
5	Deividas Šemberas	82	0	1996–2013
6	Tomas Danilevičius	71	19	1998–2012
	Vykintas Slivka	71	3	2015–present
7	Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	66	0	2003–2013
8	Aurelijus Skarbalius	65	5	1991–2005
	Marius Stankevičius	65	5	2001–2013

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Tomas Danilevičius	19	71	0.27	1998–2012
2	Fedor Černych	15	97	0.16	2012–present
3	Antanas Lingis	12	33	0.36	1928–1938
	Arvydas Novikovas	12	96	0.13	2010–present
5	Edgaras Jankauskas	10	56	0.18	1991–2008
6	Virginijus Baltušnikas	9	42	0.21	1990–1998
7	Jaroslavas Citavičius	8	24	0.33	1926–1933
	Valdas Ivanauskas	8	28	0.29	1992–2000
	Darius Maciulevičius	8	38	0.21	1991–2005
	Robertas Poškus	8	48	0.17	1999–2011

FIFA World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Uruguay 1930	Did not enter								Declined invitation
Italy 1934	Did not qualify								1	0	0	1	0	2
France 1938									2	0	0	2	3	9
Brazil 1950 to Italy 1990	Part of the  Soviet Union								Part of the  Soviet Union
United States 1994	Did not qualify								12	2	3	7	8	21
France 1998									10	5	2	3	11	8
South Korea Japan 2002									8	0	2	6	3	20
Germany 2006									10	2	4	4	8	9
South Africa 2010									10	4	0	6	10	11
Brazil 2014									10	3	2	5	9	11
Russia 2018									10	1	3	6	7	20
Qatar 2022									8	1	0	7	4	19
Canada Mexico United States 2026	To be determined								To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total	0/11	81	18	16	47	63	130

UEFA European Championship record									Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
France 1960	Part of the  Soviet Union								Part of the  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								10	5	1	4	13	12
Belgium Netherlands 2000									10	3	2	5	8	16
Portugal 2004									8	3	1	4	7	11
Austria Switzerland 2008									12	5	1	6	11	13
Poland Ukraine 2012									8	1	2	5	4	13
France 2016									10	3	1	6	7	18
European Union 2020									8	0	1	7	5	25
Germany 2024									8	1	3	4	8	14
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028	To be determined								To be determined
Italy Turkey 2032
Total	0/8	74	21	12	41	63	122

UEFA Nations League record
Season**	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	C	4	6	0	0	6	3	16	Same position	39th
2020–21	C	4	6	2	2	2	5	7	Same position	41st
2022–23	C	1	8	2	1	5	4	14	Same position	47th
2024–25	C	2	To be determined
Total			20	4	3	13	12	37	39th

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage.

As of 18 November 2024.

Opponent	P	W	D	L
Albania	6	3	1	2
Andorra	2	2	0	0
Argentina	1	0	1	0
Armenia	4	2	0	2
Austria	3	1	0	2
Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1
Belarus	10	1	4	5
Belgium	2	0	2	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	1	1	4
Brazil	1	0	0	1
Bulgaria	5	2	1	2
Chile	1	0	0	1
Croatia	2	0	1	1
Cyprus	6	1	0	5
Czech Republic	7	1	0	6
Denmark	2	0	1	1
Egypt	1	0	0	1
England	4	0	0	4
Estonia	52	21	8	23
Faroe Islands	11	7	2	2
Finland	4	2	0	2
France	4	0	0	4
Georgia	8	3	1	4
Germany	2	0	1	1
Gibraltar	2	2	0	0
Greece	4	1	1	2
Hungary	7	0	2	5
Iceland	5	1	2	2
Indonesia	1	1	0	0
Iran	1	0	0	1
Israel	5	0	1	4
Italy	8	0	2	6
Jordan	1	0	0	1
Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1
Kuwait	2	0	1	1
Kosovo	3	0	0	3
Latvia	53	14	11	28
Liechtenstein	6	4	1	1
Luxembourg	6	1	1	4
North Macedonia	3	2	0	1
Mali	1	0	0	1
Malta	5	2	2	1
Moldova	8	2	4	2
Montenegro	4	0	1	3
New Zealand	1	1	0	0
Northern Ireland	4	0	1	3
Norway	2	0	0	2
Poland	11	2	4	5
Portugal	4	0	0	4
Republic of Ireland	5	0	1	4
Romania	15	1	0	14
Russia	4	0	1	3
San Marino	5	5	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0
Scotland	10	1	3	6
Serbia	11	1	0	10
Slovakia	4	0	2	2
Slovenia	6	2	2	2
Spain	7	0	1	6
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0
Sweden	5	0	0	5
Switzerland	5	0	0	5
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0
Turkey	2	0	0	2
Ukraine	10	2	1	7
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0

• Baltic Cup
  • Champions (10): 1930, 1935, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2010
  • Runners-up (8)
  • Third place (9)

• Lithuania national under-21 football team
• Lithuania national under-19 football team
• Lithuania national under-18 football team
• Lithuania national under-17 football team

• Official website (in Lithuanian)
• Lithuania at FIFA
• Lithuania at UEFA
• All Lithuanian Team Games 1923–1930
• Reports for all matches of Lithuania national team
• Lithuanian football videos Lithuanian Football TV

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