Lithuania national football team
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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 "a historic win."[1] It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė.
World Cup record
European Championship record
Current squad
The following 23 players were named for the 2010 Word Cup qualification match against Austria and Serbia.
Recent call-ups
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB (Age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
|
GK |
Giedrius Arlauskis |
December 1, 1987 (1987-12-01) (age 22) |
3 |
0 |
 Unirea Urziceni |
|
GK |
Saulius Klevinskas |
April 2, 1984 (1984-04-02) (age 25) |
1 |
0 |
 Mika |
|
GK |
Vytautas Černiauskas |
April 12, 1989 (1989-04-12) (age 20) |
0 |
0 |
 Ekranas |
|
DF |
Andrius Skerla |
April 29, 1977 (1977-04-29) (age 32) |
70 |
1 |
 Jagiellonia Białystok |
|
DF |
Irmantas Zelmikas |
January 3, 1980 (1980-01-03) (age 30) |
11 |
0 |
 Hapoel Ra'anana |
|
DF |
Marius Žaliūkas |
November 10, 1983 (1983-11-10) (age 26) |
7 |
0 |
 Hearts |
|
DF |
Tomas Žvirgždauskas |
March 18, 1975 (1975-03-18) (age 34) |
55 |
0 |
 Halmstad |
|
DF |
Andrius Jokšas |
January 12, 1979 (1979-01-12) (age 31) |
17 |
0 |
 unattached |
|
DF |
Tadas Papečkys |
September 28, 1978 (1978-09-28) (age 31) |
7 |
0 |
ŁKS Łódź |
|
DF |
Alfredas Skroblas |
March 11, 1984 (1984-03-11) (age 25) |
2 |
0 |
Sūduva |
|
DF |
Egidijus Majus |
January 5, 1984 (1984-01-05) (age 26) |
2 |
0 |
 DAC Dunajská |
|
DF |
Povilas Šarūnas |
October 14, 1985 (1985-10-14) (age 24) |
0 |
0 |
Ekranas |
|
DF |
Nerijus Radžius |
August 27, 1976 (1976-08-27) (age 33) |
11 |
0 |
Sūduva |
|
MF |
Audrius Kšanavičius |
January 14, 1977 (1977-01-14) (age 33) |
19 |
2 |
Kaunas |
|
MF |
Aurimas Kučys |
February 22, 1981 (1981-02-22) (age 29) |
17 |
0 |
Ekranas |
|
MF |
Tomas Tamošauskas |
May 22, 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 26) |
14 |
0 |
 Liepājas Metalurgs |
|
MF |
Darius Miceika |
February 22, 1983 (1983-02-22) (age 27) |
10 |
1 |
 Metalurh Zaporizhya |
|
MF |
Deividas Česnauskis |
June 30, 1981 (1981-06-30) (age 28) |
35 |
4 |
 Ergotelis |
|
MF |
Mantas Savėnas |
October 28, 1984 (1984-10-28) (age 25) |
31 |
4 |
 Sibir Novosibirsk |
|
FW |
Arvydas Novikovas |
December 18, 1990 (1990-12-18) (age 19) |
0 |
0 |
Hearts |
|
FW |
Tadas Labukas |
January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 26) |
7 |
0 |
Arka Gdynia |
|
FW |
Tomas Radzinevičius |
June 5, 1981 (1981-06-05) (age 28) |
21 |
0 |
Odra Wodzisław |
|
FW |
Ričardas Beniušis |
February 23, 1980 (1980-02-23) (age 30) |
21 |
0 |
Hapoel Ra'anana |
|
FW |
Vitalijus Kavaliauskas |
July 2, 1983 (1983-07-02) (age 26) |
13 |
3 |
 Hranit Mikashevichy |
|
FW |
Valerijus Mižigurskis |
April 22, 1983 (1983-04-22) (age 26) |
1 |
1 |
 Ordabasy |
|
FW |
Mindaugas Grigalevičius |
December 3, 1981 (1981-12-03) (age 28) |
2 |
0 |
Mika |
|
FW |
Povilas Lukšys |
December 3, 1981 (1981-12-03) (age 28) |
4 |
0 |
Polonia Bytom |
|
FW |
Andrius Velička |
April 5, 1979 (1979-04-05) (age 30) |
20 |
2 |
Rangers |
|
FW |
Robertas Poškus |
May 5, 1979 (1979-05-05) (age 30) |
40 |
7 |
 Inter Baku |
|
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 – 2008 |
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. |
Igoris Morinas |
1996 – 2007 |
7 (52) |
0,14 |
| 9. |
Artūras Fomenka |
1996 – 2003 |
7 (23) |
0,3 |
| 10. |
Tomas Ražanauskas |
1995 – 2004 |
7 (38) |
0,19 |
Most capped players
|
|
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
 Serbia |
10 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
8 |
+14 |
22 |
 France |
10 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
18 |
9 |
+9 |
21 |
 Austria |
10 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
15 |
−1 |
14 |
| Lithuania |
10 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
−1 |
12 |
| Romania |
10 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
18 |
−6 |
12 |
 Faroe Islands |
10 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
20 |
−15 |
4 |
|
|
Upcoming fixtures
| Date |
Tournament |
Location |
Opponent |
Recent results
List of managers
References
External links
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