Lithuania national football team

The Lithuania national football team () 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 (owed mainly to the local public's preference for basketball), 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

thumb|Lithuanian football team at the [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|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. 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.

Lithuania's first game following the declaration of independence in 1990 was a 2–2 draw against Georgia in Tbilisi on 27 May 1990. 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." It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė on 10 September 2008.

Results and fixtures

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

2025

2026

Coaching staff

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Position

!Name

| style="text-align:left;"|Manager

| style="text-align:left;"| Edgaras Jankauskas

| style="text-align:left;"|Assistant coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Andrius Velička

| style="text-align:left;"|Assistant coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Vaidas Sabaliauskas

| style="text-align:left;"|Fitness coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Georgas Freidgeimas

| style="text-align:left;"|Goalkeeping coach

| style="text-align:left;"| Audrius Paškevičius

| style="text-align:left;"|Analyst

| style="text-align:left;"| Rokas Pranaitis

Managers history

{| class="wikitable sortable " style="text-align: center; font-size: 100%;"

!scope=col|Name

!scope=col|

!scope=col|From

!scope=col|To

!scope=col|Games

!scope=col|Won

!scope=col|Drawn

!scope=col|Lost

!scope=col|

!scope=row|

| || 1990 || 1991

!scope=row|

| || 1992 || 1994

!scope=row|

| || 1995 || 1997

!scope=row|

| || 1998 || 1999

!scope=row| (caretaker)

| || 1999 || 1999

!scope=row|

| || ||

!scope=row| (caretaker)

| || ||

!scope=row|

| || 2001 || 2003

!scope=row|

| || 2003 || 2008

!scope=row|

| || 2008 || 2009

!scope=row|

| || 2010 || 2011

!scope=row|

| || 2012 || 2013

!scope=row|

| || 2013 || 2015

!scope=row|

| || 2016 || 2018

!scope=row|

| || 2019 || 2021

!scope=row|

| || 2021 || 2022

!scope=row| (interim)

| || 2022 || 2022

!scope=row|

| || 2023 || present

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Baltic Cup tournament in June 2026.
Caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2026, after the match against Georgia.

Recent call-ups

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

;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.

Player records

:Players in bold are still active with Lithuania.

Most appearances

200px|right|thumb|Fedor Černych is Lithuania's most capped player with 103 appearances.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!width=30 |Rank

!width=160 |Player

!width=60 |Caps

!width=60 |Goals

!width=80 |Career

|align="left"|Fedor Černych

|103

|15

|2012–present

|align="left"|Saulius Mikoliūnas

|101

|2004–2022

|align="left"|Arvydas Novikovas

|96

|12

|2010–present

|align="left"|Andrius Skerla

|84

|1996–2011

|align="left"|Deividas Šemberas

|82

|1996–2013

|align="left"|Vykintas Slivka

|74

|2015–present

|align="left"|Tomas Danilevičius

|71

|19

|1998–2012

|align="left"|Justas Lasickas

|68

|2018–present

|align="left"|Žydrūnas Karčemarskas

|66

|2003–2013

|rowspan=2|10

|align="left"|Aurelijus Skarbalius

|65

|1991–2005

|align="left"|Marius Stankevičius

|65

|2001–2013

Top goalscorers

200px|right|thumb|Tomas Danilevičius is Lithuania's top scorer with 19 goals.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!width=20 |Rank

!width=150 |Player

!width=50 |Goals

!width=50 |Caps

!width=50 |Ratio

!width=80 |Career

|style="text-align:left;"|Tomas Danilevičius

| 19

| 71

|1998–2012

|style="text-align:left;"|Fedor Černych

| 15

| 103

|2012–present

|rowspan=2|3

|style="text-align:left;"|Antanas Lingis

| 12

| 33

|1928–1938

|style="text-align:left;"|Arvydas Novikovas

|12

|96

|2010–present

|style="text-align:left;"|Edgaras Jankauskas

|10

|56

|1991–2008

|style="text-align:left;"|Virginijus Baltušnikas

| 9

| 42

|1990–1998

|rowspan=4|7

|style="text-align:left;"|Jaroslavas Citavičius

| 8

| 24

|1926–1933

|style="text-align:left;"|Valdas Ivanauskas

|28

|1992–2000

|style="text-align:left;"|Darius Maciulevičius

|38

|1991–2005

|style="text-align:left;"|Robertas Poškus

|48

|1999–2011

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan=9|FIFA World Cup record

!width=1% rowspan=28|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Result

!Position

| 1930

| colspan=8|Did not enter

| colspan=6|Declined invitation

| 1934

| colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not qualify

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 1938

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 3

| 9

| 1950 to 1990

| colspan=8|Part of the

| colspan=6|Part of the

| 1994

| colspan="8" rowspan="9" |Did not qualify

| 12

| 2

| 3

| 7

| 8

| 21

| 1998

| 10

| 5

| 2

| 3

| 11

| 8

| 2002

| 8

| 0

| 2

| 6

| 3

| 20

| 2006

| 10

| 2

| 4

| 8

| 9

| 2010

| 10

| 4

| 0

| 6

| 10

| 11

| 2014

| 10

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 9

| 11

| 2018

| 10

| 1

| 3

| 6

| 7

| 20

| 2022

| 8

| 1

| 0

| 7

| 4

| 19

| 2026

| 8

| 0

| 3

| 5

| 6

| 15

| 2030

| colspan=8 rowspan=2|To be determined

| 2034

!Total

!89

!18

!19

!52

!69

!145

UEFA European Championship

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan=9|UEFA European Championship record

!style="width:1%;" rowspan=22|

!colspan=6|Qualifying record

!Year

!Result

!Position

| 1960

| colspan=8 rowspan=9|Part of the

| colspan=6 rowspan=9|Part of the

| 1964

| 1968

| 1972

| 1976

| 1980

| 1984

| 1988

| 1992

| 1996

| colspan=8 rowspan=8|Did not qualify

| 10

| 5

| 1

| 4

| 13

| 12

| 2000

| 10

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 8

| 16

| 2004

| 8

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 7

| 11

| 2008

| 12

| 5

| 1

| 6

| 11

| 13

| 2012

| 8

| 1

| 2

| 5

| 4

| 13

| 2016

| 10

| 3

| 1

| 6

| 7

| 18

| 2020

| 8

| 0

| 1

| 7

| 5

| 25

| 2024

| 8

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 8

| 14

| 2028

| colspan=8 rowspan=2|To be determined

| colspan=6 rowspan=2|To be determined

| 2032

!Total

!0/8

!74

!21

!12

!41

!63

!122

UEFA Nations League

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! colspan=11|UEFA Nations League record

!Season**

!Division

!Group

!width=28|

!width=28|*

!width=28|

!width=35|

!width=28|

|2018–19

|6||0||0||6||3||16||||39th

|2020–21

|6||2||2||2||5||7||||41st

|2022–23

|8||2||1||5||4||14||||47th

|2024–25

|6||0||0||6||4||11||||48th

!colspan=3|Total

!26

!19

!16

!48

!colspan=2|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

Head-to-head record

As of 29 March 2026.

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center; font-size: 100%;"

!Opponent

|style="text-align:left;"|

|10

|style="text-align:left;"|

|52

|21

|23

|style="text-align:left;"|

|11

|style="text-align:left;"|

|53

|14

|11

|28

|style="text-align:left;"|

|13

|style="text-align:left;"|

|15

|14

|style="text-align:left;"|

|10

|style="text-align:left;"|

|11

|10

|style="text-align:left;"|

|10

|style="text-align:left;"|

Honours

Regional

Baltic Cup
Champions (10): 1930, 1935, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2010
Runners-up (8): 1932, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2024
Third place (9): 1928, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1993, 2018, 2020

References

External links

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

History

Results and fixtures

2025

2026

Coaching staff

Managers history

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Player records

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

UEFA European Championship

UEFA Nations League

Baltic Cup

Head-to-head record

Honours

Regional

See also

References

External links