Lithuania national football team

Lithuania

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Association	Lithuanian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Raimondas Žutautas
Captain	Tomas Danilevičius
Most caps	Andrius Skerla (75)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium	S.Darius and S.Girėnas Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	42
Highest	37 (October 2008)
Lowest	118 (September 2004)
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; 1 June 1924)

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 annexed 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.

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." 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 part of USSR
• 1994 to 2010 – Did not qualify

European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of Soviet Union
• 1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify
• 2012 - Qualify

Current squad

The following 18 players were named for the Euro 2012 qualifying match against Scotland on 3 September 2010.

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club	Caps (Goals)
Goalkeepers
Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	(1983-05-24) 24 May 1983	Gaziantepspor	44 (0)
Giedrius Arlauskis	(1987-12-01) 1 December 1987	Rubin Kazan	3 (0)
Defenders
Ignas Dedura	(1978-01-06) 6 January 1978	FC Salyut	45 (1)
Tadas Kijanskas	(1985-09-06) 6 September 1985	Jagiellonia Białystok	4 (0)
Andrius Skerla	(1977-04-29) 29 April 1977	Jagiellonia Białystok	75 (1)
Marius Stankevičius	(1981-07-15) 15 July 1981	Valencia CF	50 (4)
Midfielders
Edgaras Česnauskis	(1984-10-05) 5 October 1984	Dynamo Moscow	25 (1)
Kęstutis Ivaškevičius	(1985-06-17) 17 June 1985	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.	8 (0)
Vytautas Lukša	(1984-08-14) 14 August 1984	Illichivets	6 (0)
Saulius Mikoliūnas	(1984-05-02) 2 May 1984	Arsenal Kyiv	34 (2)
Mindaugas Panka	(1984-05-01) 1 May 1984	Widzew Łódź	6 (0)
Linas Pilibaitis	(1985-04-05) 5 April 1985	Győri ETO FC	16 (0)
Ramūnas Radavičius	(1981-01-20) 20 January 1981	FK Ekranas	1 (0)
Deividas Šemberas	(1978-09-08) 8 September 1978	CSKA Moscow	67 (0)
Darvydas Šernas	(1984-07-22) 22 July 1984	Widzew Łódź	15 (2)
Forwards
Ričardas Beniušis	(1980-04-23) 23 April 1980	FK Sūduva	23 (2)
Tomas Danilevičius	(1978-07-18) 18 July 1978	Livorno	59 (19)
Robertas Poškus	(1979-05-05) 5 May 1979	Inter Baku	42 (8)

Recent callups

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club	Caps (Goals)
Goalkeepers
Vytautas Černiauskas	(1989-04-12) 12 April 1989	FC Vaslui	0 (0)
Paulius Grybauskas	(1984-06-02) 2 June 1984	Neftchi Baku	5 (0)
Defenders
Markus Palionis	(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987	SC Paderborn 07	1 (1)
Mantas Lėkis	(1986-11-15) 15 November 1986	FK Tauras	0 (0)
Davidas Arlauskis	(1986-11-18) 18 November 1986	FK Žalgiris	0 (0)
Arūnas Klimavičius	(1982-10-15) 15 October 1982	FC Sibir Novosibirsk	26 (2)
Irmantas Zelmikas	(1980-01-03) 3 January 1980	Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.	11 (0)
Linas Klimavičius	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989	FC Dnipro	0 (0)
Vidas Alunderis	(1979-03-27) 27 March 1979	LASK Linz	21 (0)
Mantas Fridrikas	(1988-09-13) 13 September 1988	FBK Kaunas	0 (0)
Vytautas Andriuškevičius	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990	FBK Kaunas	0 (0)
Marius Žaliūkas	(1983-11-10) 10 November 1983	Hearts	21 (0)
Vaidas Slavickas	(1986-02-26) 26 February 1986	FK Sūduva	1 (0)
Algis Jankauskas	(1982-09-27) 27 September 1982	FK Vėtra	1 (0)
Egidijus Majus	(1984-01-05) 5 January 1984	Dunajská Streda	2 (0)
Midfielders
Deividas Česnauskis	(1981-06-30) 30 June 1981	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	37 (4)
Mantas Savėnas	(1982-08-27) 27 August 1982	FC Sibir Novosibirsk	31 (4)
Vitalijus Kavaliauskas	(1983-07-02) 2 July 1983	Liepājas Metalurgs	14 (3)
Arvydas Novikovas	(1990-12-18) 18 December 1990	Hearts	1 (0)
Mindaugas Kalonas	(1984-05-02) 2 May 1984	Metalurh Zaporizhya	34 (2)
Marius Kižys	(1982-02-21) 21 February 1982	FK Tauras	0 (0)
Dominykas Galkevičius	(1986-10-16) 16 October 1986	FK Ekranas	1 (0)
Rytis Leliūga	(1987-01-04) 4 January 1987	Unattached	0 (0)
Andrius Arlauskas	(1986-01-16) 16 January 1986	FK Ekranas	0 (0)
Forwards
Povilas Lukšys	(1981-12-03) 3 December 1981	FK Sūduva	4 (0)
Artūras Rimkevičius	(1983-04-14) 14 April 1983	FK Vėtra	1 (1)
Andrius Velička	(1979-04-05) 5 April 1979	Aberdeen	20 (2)

Top scorers

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Goals per game.
1.	Tomas Danilevičius	1998 –	19 (59)	0,33
2.	Antanas Lingis	1928 – 1938	12 (33)	0,36
3.	Edgaras Jankauskas	1991 – 2007	10 (56)	0,18
4.	Virginijus Baltušnikas	1990 – 1997	9 (42)	0,21
5	Jaroslavas Citavičius	1926 – 1933	8 (24)	0,33
6.	Valdas Ivanauskas	1990 – 2000	8 (28)	0,29
7.	Darius Maciulevičius	1991 – 2005	8 (38)	0,22
8.	Robertas Poškus	1996 –	8 (41)	0,3
9.	Tomas Ražanauskas	1995 – 2009	7 (40)	0,19
10.	Igoris Morinas	1996 – 2007	7 (52)	0,14

Most capped players

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Andrius Skerla	1996 –	75	1
2.	Deividas Šemberas	1996 –	67	0
3.	Aurelijus Skarbalius	1991 – 2005	65	5
4.	Gintaras Staučė	1992 – 2004	61	0
5.	Tomas Danilevičius	1998 –	59	19
6.	Edgaras Jankauskas	1991 – 2008	56	10
	Andrėjus Tereškinas	1991 – 2000	56	3
8.	Tomas Žvirgždauskas	1998 – 2007	55	0
9.	Igoris Morinas	1996 – 2007	51	7
10.	Marius Stankevičius	2002 -	49	4

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result
07 September 2010	Euro 2012	Olomouc	Czech Republic	Won 1 – 0	Šernas 25'
03 September 2010	Euro 2012	Kaunas	Scotland	Draw 0 – 0
11 August 2010	Friendly	Kaunas	Belarus	Lost 2 – 0
20 June 2010	2010 Baltic Cup	Kaunas	Estonia	Won 2 – 0	Savėnas 31', Rimkevičius 92'
18 June 2010	2010 Baltic Cup	Kaunas	Latvia	Draw 0 – 0
25 May 2010	Friendly match	Kharkiv	Ukraine	Lost 4 – 0
14 October 2009	World Cup 2010	Marijampolė	Serbia	Won 2 – 1	Kalonas 20', Stankevičius 68'
10 October 2009	World Cup 2010	Innsbruck	Austria	Lost 2 – 1	Stankevičius 66'
9 September 2009	World Cup 2010	Toftir	Faroe Islands	Lost 2 – 1	Danilevičius 22' (pen.)
12 August 2009	Friendly	Luxembourg (city)	Luxembourg	Won 1 – 0	Danilevičius 40'
6 June 2009	World Cup 2010	Marijampolė	Romania	Lost 0 – 1
1 April 2009	World Cup 2010	Paris	France	Lost 1 – 0
28 March 2009	World Cup 2010	Kaunas	France	Lost 0 – 1
11 February 2009	Friendly	Albufeira	Andorra	Won 3 – 1	Velička 44', Šernas 55', Kavaliauskas 83'
7 February 2009	Friendly	Faro	Poland	Draw 1 – 1	Klimavičius 38'
22 November 2008	Mayors Cup	Kuressaare	Estonia	Draw 1 – 1	Kavaliauskas 35'
19 November 2008	Mayors Cup	Tallinn	Moldova	Draw 1 – 1	Savenas 72'
15 October 2008	World Cup 2010	Kaunas	Faroe Islands	Won 1 – 0	Danilevičius 22'
11 October 2008	World Cup 2010	Belgrade	Serbia	Lost 3 – 0
10 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Marijampolė	Austria	Won 2 – 0	Danilevičius 52' 57'
6 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Cluj	Romania	Won 3 – 0	Stankevičius 31', Mikoliūnas 70', Kalonas 86'
20 August 2008	Friendly	Marijampolė	Moldova	Won 3 – 0	Poškus 23' 54', Danilevičius 61'
4 June 2008	Friendly	Burghausen	Russia	Lost 1 – 4	Savėnas 24'
1 June 2008	Baltic Cup	Riga	Latvia	Lost 1 – 2	Beniušis 82'
31 May 2008	Baltic Cup	Jūrmala	Estonia	Won 1 – 0	Mižigurskis 87'
27 May 2008	Friendly	Prague	Czech Republic	Lost 0 – 2

List of managers

Name	Nat	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	Present

External links

• Lithuanian Football Association Official Site (Lithuanian)
• Lithuanian football news, videos, photos Unofficial Site (English)
• All Lithuanian Team Games 1923-1930