Lithuania national football team

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Lithuania

Association	Lithuanian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jose Couceiro
Captain	Tomas Danilevičius
Most caps	Andrius Skerla (67)
Top scorer	Tomas Danilevičius (17)
Home stadium	S.Darius and S.Girėnas Stadium
FIFA code	LTU
FIFA ranking	41
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (October 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	118 (September 2004)
Elo ranking	48
Highest Elo ranking	48 (September 2008)
Home colours Away colours
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; 1 June 1924)

The national football team of Lithuania is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940 Lithuania was occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union; the country proclaimed its renewed independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on 27 May of that year.

Contents 1 Recent History 2 World Cup record 3 European Championship record 4 Current squad 4.1 Recent call-ups 4.2 Top scorers 4.3 Most capped players 5 Forthcoming fixtures 6 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 6.1 Recent results 7 Famous players 8 List of managers 9 External links

[edit] Recent History

In the 1990s, Lithuania established a respectable presence in World Cup and European Championship qualifiers: third place in their group in both Euro 96 and 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 5th 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 September 2, 2006, in the first competitive game that Italy played since the World Cup final.

On September 6, 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 performance 2-0 against Austria in Marijampolė.

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 - Did not enter
• 1934 - Did not qualify
• 1938 - Did not qualify
• 1950 to 1990 - Did not enter, occupied by the USSR
• 1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, occupied by the USSR
• 1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for the matches against Romania and Austria.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Žydrūnas Karčemarskas May 24, 1983 (1983-05-24) (age 25) 36 Dinamo Moscow 12 GK Paulius Grybauskas June 2, 1984 (1984-06-02) (age 24) 4 Oţelul Galaţi 3 DF Ignas Dedura January 6, 1978 (1978-01-06) (age 30) 36 FC Spartak Moscow 4 DF Marius Stankevičius July 15, 1981 (1981-07-15) (age 27) 41 Sampdoria 5 DF Andrius Skerla April 29, 1977 (1977-04-29) (age 31) 67 Jagiellonia Białystok 6 DF Tomas Žvirgždauskas March 18, 1975 (1975-03-18) (age 33) 55 Halmstads BK 14 DF Tadas Papečkys September 28, 1978 (1978-09-28) (age 30) 6 Górnik Zabrze 15 DF Arūnas Klimavičius October 15, 1982 (1982-10-15) (age 26) 17 Dinamo Moscow DF Vidas Alunderis March 27, 1979 (1979-03-27) (age 29) 14 SC Tavriya Simferopol DF Irmantas Zelmikas January 3, 1980 (1980-01-03) (age 28) 8 FBK Kaunas DF Marius Žaliūkas November 10, 1983 (1983-11-10) (age 25) 5 Hearts 2 MF Deividas Šemberas September 8, 1978 (1978-09-08) (age 30) 58 CSKA Moscow 7 MF Mantas Savėnas October 28, 1984 (1984-10-28) (age 24) 25 FC Nosta Novotroitsk 10 MF Mindaugas Kalonas May 2, 1984 (1984-05-02) (age 24) 24 Bohemian F.C. 13 MF Saulius Mikoliūnas May 2, 1984 (1984-05-02) (age 24) 29 Hearts 17 MF Audrius Kšanavičius January 14, 1977 (1977-01-14) (age 31) 15 Hearts 18 MF Deividas Česnauskis June 30, 1981 (1981-06-30) (age 27) 33 Hearts 19 MF Aurimas Kučys February 22, 1981 (1981-02-22) (age 27) 17 FK Naftovik-Ukrnafta Ohtirka 17 MF Linas Pilibaitis April 5, 1985 (1985-04-05) (age 23) 7 FBK Kaunas MF Edgaras Česnauskis October 5, 1984 (1984-10-05) (age 24) 21 FC Moscow 9 FW Tomas Danilevičius (captain) July 18, 1978 (1978-07-18) (age 30) 50 A.S. Livorno Calcio 11 FW Andrius Velička February 5, 1979 (1979-02-05) (age 29) 15 Rangers 21 FW Tomas Radzinevičius June 5, 1981 (1981-06-05) (age 27) 21 FC Slovan Liberec 32 FW Robertas Poškus February 5, 1979 (1979-02-05) (age 29) 39 Bnei Sakhnin FW Edgaras Jankauskas May 12, 1975 (1975-05-12) (age 33) 55 Skonto

[edit] Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Giedrius Arlauskis December 1, 1987 (1987-12-01) (age 21) 0 Unirea Urziceni GK Marius Rapalis March 22, 1983 (1983-03-22) (age 25) 0 SC Tavriya Simferopol GK Vytautas Černiauskas April 12, 1989 (1989-04-12) (age 19) 0 FK Ekranas GK Mindaugas Malinauskas August 11, 1983 (1983-08-11) (age 25) 2 FK Šilutė DF Alfredas Skroblas March 11, 1984 (1984-03-11) (age 24) 2 FK Ekranas DF Egidijus Majus January 5, 1984 (1984-01-05) (age 24) 2 FK Vėtra DF Algis Jankauskas September 27, 1982 (1982-09-27) (age 26) 1 FK Vėtra DF Rolandas Džiaukštas April 1, 1978 (1978-04-01) (age 30) 40 FK Žalgiris DF Gediminas Paulauskas November 27, 1982 (1982-11-27) (age 26) 19 Ankaragücü DF Povilas Šarūnas October 14, 1985 (1985-10-14) (age 23) 0 FK Atlantas DF Nerijus Radžius August 27, 1976 (1976-08-27) (age 32) 11 FBK Kaunas MF Andrius Gedgaudas September 18, 1978 (1978-09-18) (age 30) 12 Inter Baku MF Igoris Morinas February 21, 1975 (1975-02-21) (age 33) 52 FK Žalgiris MF Kęstutis Ivaškevičius June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17) (age 23) 2 FBK Kaunas 20 MF Tadas Labukas January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 24) 7 Inter Baku MF Andrius Jokšas January 12, 1979 (1979-01-12) (age 29) 15 SC Tavriya Simferopol MF Tomas Tamošauskas May 22, 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 25) 14 FHK Liepājas Metalurgs MF Darvydas Šernas July 22, 1984 (1984-07-22) (age 24) 2 FC Spartak Nalchik MF Darius Miceika February 22, 1983 (1983-02-22) (age 25) 7 FHK Liepājas Metalurgs 8 FW Ričardas Beniušis February 23, 1980 (1980-02-23) (age 28) 21 FHK Liepājas Metalurgs FW Vitalijus Kavaliauskas July 2, 1983 (1983-07-02) (age 25) 10 FK Ekranas FW Valerijus Mižigurskis April 22, 1983 (1983-04-22) (age 25) 1 FK Vindava Ventspils FW Mindaugas Grigalevičius December 3, 1981 (1981-12-03) (age 27) 2 FBK Kaunas

[edit] Top scorers

#	Player	Career	Goals (caps)	Goals per game.
1.	Tomas Danilevičius	1998 - present	16 (50)	0,32
2.	Antanas Lingis	1928-1938	12 (33)	0,36
3.	Edgaras Jankauskas	1991 - present	10 (55)	0,19
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 - present	7 (52)	0,14
9.	Artūras Fomenka	1996-2003	7 (23)	0,3
10.	Tomas Ražanauskas	1995-2004	7 (38)	0,19

[edit] Most capped players

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Andrius Skerla	1996-	67	1
2.	Aurelijus Skarbalius	1991 – 2005	65	5
3.	Gintaras Staučė	1992 – 2004	61	0
4.	Deividas Šemberas	1996 -	58	0
5.	Andrius Tereškinas	1991 – 2000	56	3
6.	Edgaras Jankauskas	1991 -	55	10
	Tomas Žvirgždauskas	1998 -	55	0
8.	Igoris Morinas	1996 -	52	7
9.	Tomas Danilevičius	1998 -	50	16
10.	Aidas Preikšaitis	1992 – 2006	48	3

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
27 May 2008	Friendly	Prague	Czech Republic	Lost 2:0
31 May 2008	Baltic Cup	Jurmala	Estonia	Won 1:0	Mižigurskis 87'
1 June 2008	Baltic Cup	Riga	Latvia	Lost 2:1	Beniušis 75'
4 June 2008	Friendly	Burghausen	Russia	Lost 4:1	Savėnas 25'
20 August 2008	Friendly	Marijampolė	Moldova	Won 3:0	Poškus 23' 54' Danilevičius 61'
6 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Cluj	Romania	Won 3:0	Stankevičius 31' Mikoliūnas 70' Kalonas 86'
10 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Marijampolė	Austria	Won 2:0	Danilevičius 52' 57'
11 October 2008	World Cup 2010		Serbia	Lost 3:0
15 October 2008	World Cup 2010	Kaunas	Faroe Islands	Won 1:0	Danilevičius 22'
19 November 2008	Mayors Cup	Tallinn	Moldova	Draw 1:1	Savenas 72'
22 November 2008	Mayors Cup	Kuressaare	Estonia	Draw 1:1	Kavaliauskas 35'
28 March 2009	World Cup 2010	Kaunas	France
1 April 2009	World Cup 2010		France

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Serbia 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 9  Lithuania 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9  France 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4  Austria 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4  Romania 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4  Faroe Islands 4 0 1 3 1 5 −4 1

Austria  – 5 Sep 3 – 1 10 Oct 1 Apr 1 – 3 Faroe Islands  1 – 1 – 12 Aug 9 Sep 0 – 1 10 Jun France  14 Oct 10 Oct – 1 Apr 5 Sep 2 – 1 Lithuania  2 – 0 1 – 0 28 Mar – 6 Jun 14 Oct Romania  9 Sep 14 Oct 2 – 2 0 – 3 – 28 Mar Serbia  6 Jun 2 – 0 9 Sep 3 – 0 10 Oct –

[edit] Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
4 June 2008	Friendly	Burghausen	Russia	Lost 1:4	24' Savėnas
1 June 2008	Baltic Cup	Riga	Latvia	Lost 1:2	82' Beniušis
31 May 2008	Baltic Cup	Jūrmala	Estonia	Won 1:0	87' Mižigurskis
27 May 2008	Friendly	Prague	Czech Republic	Lost 0:2
26 March 2008	Friendly	Vilnius	Azerbaijan	Won 1:0	Klimavičius 38'
21 November 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Tbilisi	Georgia	Won 0:2	Kšanavičius 52', 90'
17 November 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Kaunas	Ukraine	Won 2:0	Savenas 41', Danilevičius 67'
17 October 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Nantes	France	Lost 2:0
12 September 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Kaunas	Faroe Islands	Won 2:1	Jankauskas 8', Danilevičius 53'
8 September 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Glasgow	Scotland	Lost 3:1	Danilevičius 61'
22 August 2007	Friendly	Kaunas	Turkmenistan	Won 2:1	Danilevičius 42`, 47'

[edit] Famous players

• Valdas Ivanauskas
• Arminas Narbekovas
• Gintaras Staučė
• Aurelijus Skarbalius
• Edgaras Jankauskas - winner of UEFA Cup 2003 and Champions League 2004 with FC Porto
• Deividas Šemberas - winner of UEFA Cup 2005 with CSKA
• Eugenijus Riabovas

[edit] List of managers

Name	Nat	From	To
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		1990	1991
Algimantas Liubinskas		1992	1994
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		1995	1997
Kęstutis Latoža		1998	1999
Robertas Tautkus (caretaker)		1999	1999
Stasys Stankus		1999	2000
Julius Kvedaras (caretaker)		2000	2000
Benjaminas Zelkevičius		2000	2003
Algimantas Liubinskas		2003	2008
Jose Couceiro		2008	now

[edit] External links

• Lithuanian Football Association Official Site (Lithuanian)
• Lithuanian football news, videos, photos Unofficial Site (English)
• All Lithuanian Team Games 1923-1930

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