Lithuania national football team

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The Lithuania national football team (Template:Langx) 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 team played their home matches at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius. Since 2022, they have played their home matches at the Darius and Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas.

History

Lithuanian football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Lithuania's first game following the declaration of independence in 1990 was a 2–2 draw against Georgia in Tbilisi on 27 May 1990.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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."<ref>FIFA World Cup Template:Webarchive uefa.com</ref> It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė on 10 September 2008.

Results and fixtures

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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Coaching staff

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Manager Template:Flagicon Edgaras Jankauskas
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Andrius Velička
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Vaidas Sabaliauskas
Fitness coach Template:Flagicon Georgas Freidgeimas
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Audrius Paškevičius
Analyst Template:Flagicon Rokas Pranaitis

Managers history

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Players

Current squad

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  • Caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2025, after the match against Poland.

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months.

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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.

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Player records

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Players in bold are still active with Lithuania.

Most appearances

Fedor Černych is Lithuania's most capped player with 102 appearances.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Fedor Černych 102 15 2012–present
2 Saulius Mikoliūnas 101 5 2004–2022
3 Arvydas Novikovas 96 12 2010–present
4 Andrius Skerla 84 1 1996–2011
5 Deividas Šemberas 82 0 1996–2013
6 Vykintas Slivka 74 3 2015–present
7 Tomas Danilevičius 71 19 1998–2012
8 Justas Lasickas 66 2 2018–present
Žydrūnas Karčemarskas 66 0 2003–2013
9 Aurelijus Skarbalius 65 5 1991–2005
Marius Stankevičius 65 5 2001–2013

Top goalscorers

Tomas Danilevičius is Lithuania's top scorer with 19 goals.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Tomas Danilevičius 19 71 {{#expr:19/71 round 2}} 1998–2012
2 Fedor Černych 15 102 {{#expr:15/102 round 2}} 2012–present
3 Antanas Lingis 12 33 {{#expr:12/33 round 2}} 1928–1938
Arvydas Novikovas 12 96 {{#expr:12/93 round 2}} 2010–present
5 Edgaras Jankauskas 10 56 {{#expr:10/56 round 2}} 1991–2008
6 Virginijus Baltušnikas 9 42 {{#expr:9/42 round 2}} 1990–1998
7 Jaroslavas Citavičius 8 24 {{#expr:8/24 round 2}} 1926–1933
Valdas Ivanauskas 8 28 {{#expr:8/28 round 2}} 1992–2000
Darius Maciulevičius 8 38 {{#expr:8/38 round 2}} 1991–2005
Robertas Poškus 8 48 {{#expr:8/48 round 2}} 1999–2011

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
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Template:Flagicon 1930 Did not enter Declined invitation
Template:Flagicon 1934 Did not qualify 1 0 0 1 0 2
Template:Flagicon 1938 2 0 0 2 3 9
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Template:Flagicon 1994 Did not qualify 12 2 3 7 8 21
Template:Flagicon 1998 10 5 2 3 11 8
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 8 0 2 6 3 20
Template:Flagicon 2006 10 2 4 4 8 9
Template:Flagicon 2010 10 4 0 6 10 11
Template:Flagicon 2014 10 3 2 5 9 11
Template:Flagicon 2018 10 1 3 6 7 20
Template:Flagicon 2022 8 1 0 7 4 19
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 8 0 3 5 6 15
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Total Template:Tooltip 89 18 19 52 69 145

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record Qualifying record
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Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not qualify 10 5 1 4 13 12
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000 10 3 2 5 8 16
Template:Flagicon 2004 8 3 1 4 7 11
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2008 12 5 1 6 11 13
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012 8 1 2 5 4 13
Template:Flagicon 2016 10 3 1 6 7 18
Template:Flagicon 2020 8 0 1 7 5 25
Template:Flagicon 2024 8 1 3 4 8 14
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Total 0/8 74 21 12 41 63 122

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
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2018–19 C 4 6 0 0 6 3 16 Template:Same position 39th
2020–21 C 4 6 2 2 2 5 7 Template:Same position 41st
2022–23 C 1 8 2 1 5 4 14 Template:Same position 47th
2024–25 C 2 6 0 0 6 4 11 Template:Fall 48th
Total 26 4 3 19 16 48 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.

Baltic Cup

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Head-to-head record

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Honours

Regional

See also

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