Lithuania national football team

Lithuania

Nickname(s)	Rinktinė (National team) Trispalvės (Tricolours)
Association	Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija (LFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Edgaras Jankauskas
Captain	Fedor Černych
Most caps	Fedor Černych (103)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium	Darius and Girėnas Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	148 2 (1 April 2026)[1]
Highest	37 (October 2008)
Lowest	149 (December 2017)
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; 27 May 1924)
Baltic Cup
Appearances	30 (first in 1928)
Best result	Champions (1930, 1935, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2010)

The Lithuania national football team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė) 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.

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Lithuania's first game following the declaration of independence in 1990 was a 2–2 draw against Georgia in Tbilisi on 27 May 1990.^[5] 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."^[6] It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė on 10 September 2008.

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

Malta  v  Lithuania

7 June 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	0–0	Lithuania	Ta' Qali, Malta
18:00		Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)

Denmark  v  Lithuania

10 June 2025 Friendly	Denmark	5–0	Lithuania	Odense, Denmark
19:00 UTC+3	Biereth 12' Eriksen 18' Dolberg 23' Kristensen 48' Dreyer 62'	Report		Stadium: Odense Stadium Attendance: 13,087 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Lithuania  v  Malta

4 September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Lithuania	1–1	Malta	Kaunas, Lithuania
21:45	Gineitis 90+6'	Report	Satariano 83'	Stadium: Darius and Girenas Stadium Attendance: 7,854 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Lithuania  v  Netherlands

7 September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Lithuania	2–3	Netherlands	Kaunas, Lithuania
19:00	Gineitis 36' Girdvainis 43'	Report	Depay 11', 63' Q. Timber 33'	Stadium: Darius and Girenas Stadium Attendance: 14,797 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)

Finland  v  Lithuania

9 October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Finland	2–1	Lithuania	Helsinki, Finland
21:45	Källman 48' Markhiyev 55'	Report	Širvys 25'	Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15,819 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Lithuania  v  Poland

12 October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Lithuania	0–2	Poland	Kaunas, Lithuania
21:45		Report	Szymański 15' Lewandowski 64'	Stadium: Darius and Girenas Stadium Attendance: 11,741 Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)

Lithuania  v  Israel

13 November 2025 Friendly	Lithuania	0–0	Israel	Kaunas, Lithuania
19:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Darius and Girenas Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Edgars Maļcevs (Latvia)

Netherlands  v  Lithuania

17 November 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Netherlands	4–0	Lithuania	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Reijnders 16' Gakpo 58' (pen.) Simons 60' Malen 62'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 46,913 Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

Moldova  v  Lithuania

26 March 2026 Friendly	Moldova	0–2	Lithuania	Chișinău, Moldova
17:00 UTC+2		Report	Lasickas 33' Gineitis 71'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 4,328 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Lithuania  v  Georgia

29 March 2026 Friendly	Lithuania	0–2	Georgia	Kaunas, Lithuania
16:00 UTC+3	Gineitis  79'  90+3'	Report	Mikautadze 70' (pen.), 84'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 7,726 Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

Lithuania  v  Latvia

6 June 2026 2026 Baltic Cup	Lithuania	v	Latvia	Kaunas, Lithuania
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium

Lithuania  v  Faroe Islands/ Estonia

9 June 2026 2026 Baltic Cup	Lithuania	v	Faroe Islands/ Estonia	Kaunas, Lithuania/Tallinn, Estonia
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium/Lilleküla Stadium

Liechtenstein  v  Lithuania

24 September 2026 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Liechtenstein	v	Lithuania	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

Lithuania  v  Azerbaijan

27 September 2026 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Lithuania	v	Azerbaijan	Kaunas, Lithuania
16:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium

Azerbaijan  v  Lithuania

4 October 2026 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Azerbaijan	v	Lithuania	Baku, Azerbaijan
17:00 UTC+4		Report		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium

Lithuania  v  Liechtenstein

16 November 2026 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Lithuania	v	Liechtenstein	Kaunas, Lithuania
19:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium

Position[7]	Name
Manager	Edgaras Jankauskas
Assistant coach	Andrius Velička
Assistant coach	Vaidas Sabaliauskas
Fitness coach	Georgas Freidgeimas
Goalkeeping coach	Audrius Paškevičius
Analyst	Rokas Pranaitis

Name	Nat	From	To	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win%
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		1990	1991	3	1	2	0	7	4	033.33
Algimantas Liubinskas		1992	1994	29	7	8	14	29	48	024.14
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		1995	1997	29	12	6	11	45	41	041.38
Kęstutis Latoža		1998	1999	18	5	4	9	15	24	027.78
Robertas Tautkus (caretaker)		1999	1999	1	0	0	1	0	3	000.00
Stasys Stankus		2000	2000	8	2	0	6	8	18	025.00
Julius Kvedaras (caretaker)		2000	2000	1	0	0	1	1	6	000.00
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		2001	2003	19	4	3	12	20	41	021.05
Algimantas Liubinskas		2003	2008	50	18	6	26	54	65	036.00
José Couceiro		2008	2009	15	6	3	6	17	15	040.00
Raimondas Žutautas		2010	2011	16	4	3	9	11	22	025.00
Csaba László		2012	2013	16	2	4	10	12	28	012.50
Igoris Pankratjevas		2013	2015	21	5	5	11	14	31	023.81
Edgaras Jankauskas		2016	2018	26	3	5	18	14	50	011.54
Valdas Urbonas		2019	2021	24	5	4	15	17	49	020.83
Valdas Ivanauskas		2021	2022	13	2	1	10	6	29	015.38
Reinhold Breu (interim)		2022	2022	4	0	2	2	1	4	000.00
Edgaras Jankauskas		2023	present	29	4	9	16	19	35	013.79

• The following players were called up for the friendlies against Moldova and Georgia in March 2026.^[8]
• Caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2026, after the match against Georgia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Edvinas Gertmonas	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997	25	0	Universitatea Cluj
12	1GK	Tomas Švedkauskas	(1994-06-22) 22 June 1994	17	0	FK Kauno Žalgiris
23	1GK	Marius Adamonis	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997	1	0	FC Südtirol
13	2DF	Justas Lasickas	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997	69	3	HNK Rijeka
4	2DF	Edvinas Girdvainis	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993	63	2	FK Transinvest
17	2DF	Pijus Širvys	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998	30	4	NK Maribor
3	2DF	Edgaras Utkus	(2000-06-22) 22 June 2000	25	0	Al-Kholood Club
2	2DF	Artemijus Tutyškinas	(2003-08-08) 8 August 2003	23	0	NK Celje
19	2DF	Klaudijus Upstas	(1994-10-30) 30 October 1994	14	0	FK Žalgiris
18	2DF	Vilius Armalas	(2000-07-21) 21 July 2000	9	0	MTK Budapest FC
20	2DF	Žygimantas Baltrūnas	(2002-03-11) 11 March 2002	2	0	FK Sūduva
5	2DF	Sigitas Olberkis	(1997-04-19) 19 April 1997	0	0	AF Elbasani
6	3MF	Modestas Vorobjovas	(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995	50	1	İstanbulspor AŞ
15	3MF	Gvidas Gineitis	(2004-04-15) 15 April 2004	30	5	Torino FC
11	3MF	Gratas Sirgėdas	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994	30	3	FK Kauno Žalgiris
8	3MF	Giedrius Matulevičius	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997	13	1	FK Žalgiris
10	3MF	Tomas Kalinauskas	(2000-04-27) 27 April 2000	10	0	Roda JC (on loan)
21	3MF	Deividas Šešplaukis	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998	6	0	FK Žalgiris
7	3MF	Motiejus Burba	(2003-08-10) 10 August 2003	4	0	FK Kauno Žalgiris
16	3MF	Lukas Michelbrink	(2005-04-15) 15 April 2005	2	0	FC Energie Cottbus
14	4FW	Armandas Kučys	(2003-02-27) 27 February 2003	17	5	NK Celje
9	4FW	Edgaras Dubickas	(1998-07-09) 9 July 1998	7	0	Ternana Calcio
22	4FW	Meinardas Mikulėnas	(2002-07-09) 9 July 2002	1	0	FK Riteriai

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
GK	Džiugas Bartkus	(1989-11-07) 7 November 1989	13	0	Al-Riffa SC	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
GK	Vincentas Šarkauskas	(1999-08-11) 11 August 1999	0	0	FK Žalgiris	Poland, 12 October 2025
DF	Markas Beneta	(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993	26	0	FK Sūduva	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
DF	Rokas Lekiatas	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998	15	0	FK Kauno Žalgiris	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
DF	Kipras Kažukolovas	(2000-11-20) 20 November 2000	17	0	FC Astana	Denmark, 10 June 2025
MF	Fedor Černych	(1991-05-21) 21 May 1991	103	15	FK Kauno Žalgiris	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
MF	Domantas Šimkus	(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996	31	0	Marsaxlokk FC	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
MF	Domantas Antanavičius	(1998-11-19) 19 November 1998	6	0	FK Sūduva	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
MF	Gabrielius Micevičius	(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003	0	0	FA Šiauliai	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
MF	Eligijus Jankauskas	(1998-06-22) 22 June 1998	12	0	Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C.	Poland, 12 October 2025
MF	Vykintas Slivka	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995	74	3	Sagan Tosu	Poland, 12 October 2025
MF	Artūr Dolžnikov	(2000-06-06) 6 June 2000	22	1	SK Sigma Olomouc	Finland, 9 October 2025
MF	Vaidas Magdušauskas	(2003-12-02) 2 December 2003	1	0	FK Banga	Netherlands, 7 September 2025
MF	Titas Milašius	(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000	11	0	FK Sūduva	Denmark, 10 June 2025
FW	Gytis Paulauskas	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999	28	3	Jeju SK FC	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
FW	Nauris Petkevičius	(2000-02-19) February 19, 2000	4	0	Inter Kashi FC	Poland, 12 October 2025
FW	Romualdas Jansonas	(2005-06-23) June 23, 2005	5	0	CF Os Belenenses (on loan)	Netherlands, 7 September 2025
FW	Manfredas Ruzgis	(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997	3	0	KF Vora	Denmark, 10 June 2025

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.

As of 26 March 2026^[9]

Players in bold are still active with Lithuania.

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Declined invitation
1934	Did not qualify									1	0	0	1	0	2
1938										2	0	0	2	3	9
1950 to 1990	Part of the  Soviet Union									Part of the  Soviet Union
1994	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	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	To be determined									To be determined
2034
Total		0/11								89	18	19	52	69	145

UEFA European Championship record										Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Part of the  Soviet Union									Part of the  Soviet Union
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996	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	To be determined									To be determined
2032
Total		0/8								74	21	12	41	63	122

UEFA Nations League record
Season**	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	C	4	6	0	0	6	3	16		39th
2020–21	C	4	6	2	2	2	5	7		41st
2022–23	C	1	8	2	1	5	4	14		47th
2024–25	C	2	6	0	0	6	4	11		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.

As of 29 March 2026.

Opponent	P	W	D	L
Albania	6	3	1	2
Andorra	2	2	0	0
Argentina	1	0	1	0
Armenia	4	2	0	2
Austria	3	1	0	2
Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1
Belarus	10	1	4	5
Belgium	2	0	2	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	1	1	4
Brazil	1	0	0	1
Bulgaria	5	2	1	2
Chile	1	0	0	1
Croatia	2	0	1	1
Cyprus	6	1	0	5
Czech Republic	7	1	0	6
Denmark	3	0	1	2
Egypt	1	0	0	1
England	4	0	0	4
Estonia	52	21	8	23
Faroe Islands	11	7	2	2
Finland	7	2	1	4
France	4	0	0	4
Georgia	9	3	1	5
Germany	2	0	1	1
Gibraltar	2	2	0	0
Greece	4	1	1	2
Hungary	7	0	2	5
Iceland	5	1	2	2
Indonesia	1	1	0	0
Iran	1	0	0	1
Israel	6	0	2	4
Italy	8	0	2	6
Jordan	1	0	0	1
Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1
Kuwait	2	0	1	1
Kosovo	3	0	0	3
Latvia	53	14	11	28
Liechtenstein	6	4	1	1
Luxembourg	6	1	1	4
North Macedonia	3	2	0	1
Mali	1	0	0	1
Malta	7	3	3	1
Moldova	9	3	4	2
Montenegro	4	0	1	3
Netherlands	2	0	0	2
New Zealand	1	1	0	0
Northern Ireland	4	0	1	3
Norway	2	0	0	2
Poland	13	2	4	7
Portugal	4	0	0	4
Republic of Ireland	5	0	1	4
Romania	15	1	0	14
Russia	4	0	1	3
San Marino	5	5	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0
Scotland	10	1	3	6
Serbia	11	1	0	10
Slovakia	4	0	2	2
Slovenia	6	2	2	2
Spain	7	0	1	6
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0
Sweden	5	0	0	5
Switzerland	5	0	0	5
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0
Turkey	2	0	0	2
Ukraine	10	2	1	7
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0

• 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

• Lithuania national under-21 football team
• Lithuania national under-19 football team
• Lithuania national under-18 football team
• Lithuania national under-17 football team

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