Lithuania national football team
| Association | Lietuvos futbolo federacija (LFF) | ||
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Edgaras Jankauskas | ||
| Captain | Tadas Kijanskas | ||
| Most caps | Andrius Skerla (84) | ||
| Top scorer | Tomas Danilevičius (19) | ||
| Home stadium | LFF Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | LTU | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 123  7 (5 November 2015) |
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| Highest | 37 (October 2008) | ||
| Lowest | 123 (November 2015) | ||
| First international | |||
 Lithuania 0–5 Estonia  (Kaunas, Lithuania; 24 June 1923) |
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The Lithuania national football team (Lithuanian: Lietuva 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. 15,030 capacity Žalgiris Stadium became home of the national football team.
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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
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European Championship record
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Recent results
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Euro 2016 qualification
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 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 | — |
Current squad
The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualification matches against Slovenia on 9 October and England on 12 October 2015.
Caps and goals correct as of: 12 October 2015 after the game against England.
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 |
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| GK | Saulius Klevinskas | 2 April 1984 | 4 | 0 | Žalgiris Vilnius |
v. Switzerland, 14 June 2015 |
| GK | Edvinas Gertmonas | 1 June 1996 | 1 | 0 |  Rennes |
v.  Malta, 8 June 2015 |
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| DF | Tadas Kijanskas | 6 September 1985 | 43 | 1 |  Hapoel Haifa |
v. San Marino, 8 September 2015 |
| DF | Valdemar Borovskij | 2 May 1984 | 16 | 0 | Unattached | v. England, 27 March 2015 |
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| MF | Vytautas Lukša | 14 August 1984 | 22 | 0 | Žalgiris Vilnius |
v. San Marino, 8 September 2015 |
| MF | Saulius Mikoliūnas | 2 May 1984 | 72 | 5 |  Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
v. San Marino, 8 September 2015 |
| MF | Karolis Chvedukas | 21 April 1991 | 13 | 0 | Sūduva Marijampolė |
v. San Marino, 8 September 2015 |
| MF | Andrius Bartkus | 21 January 1986 | 0 | 0 | Atlantas |
v. San Marino, 8 September 2015 |
| MF | Tautvydas Eliošius | 11 March 1991 | 1 | 0 | Žalgiris Vilnius |
v. San Marino, 8 September 2015 |
| MF | Gediminas Vičius | 5 July 1985 | 18 | 1 |  Zhetysu Taldykorgan |
v. Switzerland, 14 June 2015 |
| MF | Gratas Sirgėdas | 17 December 1994 | 5 | 0 |  Stuttgarter Kickers |
v. Switzerland, 14 June 2015 |
| MF | Donatas Kazlauskas | 31 March 1994 | 4 | 0 |  Lechia Gdańsk |
v. Malta, 8 March 2015 |
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| FW | Simonas Stankevičius | 3 October 1995 | 9 | 0 | Oldham Athletic |
v. Malta, 8 March 2015 |
| FW | Ričardas Beniušis | 23 April 1980 | 29 | 3 | Šilas Kazlų Rūda |
v. England, 27 March 2015 |
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Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers
As of October 13, 2015, the ten highest scorers for Lithuania are:
| # | Player | Career | Goals (Caps) | Avg/game |
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| 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 | |
| Darius Maciulevičius | 1991–2005 | 8 (38) | 0.210 | |
| Robertas Poškus | 1999–2011 | 8 (48) | 0.166 | |
| 9 | Artūras Fomenka | 1996–2003 | 7 (23) | 0.304 |
| Tomas Ražanauskas | 1995–2011 | 7 (41) | 0.170 |
- Bold denotes players still playing international football.
Top 10 most capped Lithuania players
As of October 13, 2015 the ten players with the most caps for Lithuania are:
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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| 1 | Andrius Skerla | 1996–2011 | 84 | 1 |
| 2 | Deividas Šemberas | 1996–2013 | 82 | 0 |
| 3 | Saulius Mikoliūnas | 2004– | 73 | 5 |
| 4 | Tomas Danilevičius | 1998–2012 | 71 | 19 |
| 5 | Žydrūnas Karčemarskas | 2002– | 66 | 0 |
| 6 | Aurelijus Skarbalius | 1991–2005 | 65 | 5 |
| Marius Stankevičius | 2001–2013 | 65 | 5 | |
| 8 | Deividas Česnauskis | 2001– | 62 | 4 |
| 9 | Gintaras Staučė | 1992–2004 | 61 | 0 |
| 10 | Edgaras Jankauskas | 1991–2008 | 56 | 10 |
- Bold denotes players still playing international football.
List of managers
| Name | Nat | From | To | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals |
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| 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 |
Notes
References
- ↑ FIFA World Cup uefa.com
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
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