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	149 1 (11 June 2026)
Highest	37 (October 2008)
Lowest	149 (December 2017, June 2026)
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.

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Lithuania's first game following the declaration of independence in 1990 was a 2–2 draw against Georgia in Tbilisi on 27 May 1990.^[4] 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."^[5] 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.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2025

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

2026

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)

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)

6 June 2026 2026 Baltic Cup semi-final	Lithuania	1–1 (5–4 p)	Latvia	Kaunas, Lithuania
16:00 UTC+3	Kučys 28'	Report	Toņiševs 60'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 7,789 Referee: Joonas Jaanotivs (Estonia)
	Penalties
	Utkus Gineitis Kučys Michelbrink Novikovas Burba		Regža Ķigurs Meļņiks Cigaņiks Saveļjevs Penkevics

9 June 2026 2026 Baltic Cup Final	Estonia	1–0	Lithuania	Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 UTC+3	Mustmaa 80'	Report		Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 3,613 Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

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

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

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

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

Coaching staff

Position^[6]	Name
Manager	Edgaras Jankauskas
Assistant coach	Andrius Velička
Assistant coach	Vaidas Sabaliauskas
Fitness coach	Georgas Freidgeimas
Goalkeeping coach	Audrius Paškevičius
Analyst	Rokas Pranaitis

Managers history

Name	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

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Baltic Cup tournament in June 2026.^[7]
Caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2026, after the match against Estonia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Tomas Švedkauskas	(1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 32)	19	0	FK Kauno Žalgiris
23	1GK	Ignas Plūkas	(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 32)	1	0	FK Sūduva
1	1GK	Arnas Voitinovičius	(2006-08-30) 30 August 2006 (age 19)	0	0	S.L. Benfica

13	2DF	Justas Lasickas	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 28)	71	3	HNK Rijeka
3	2DF	Edgaras Utkus	(2000-06-22) 22 June 2000 (age 26)	27	0	Al-Kholood Club
2	2DF	Artemijus Tutyškinas	(2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 22)	23	0	NK Celje
20	2DF	Rokas Lekiatas	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 27)	15	0	FK Kauno Žalgiris
19	2DF	Klaudijus Upstas	(1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 31)	14	0	FK Žalgiris
18	2DF	Vilius Armalas	(2000-07-21) 21 July 2000 (age 25)	11	0	MTK Budapest FC
8	2DF	Matijus Remeikis	(2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 23)	6	0	FC Hegelmann
5	2DF	Žygimantas Baltrūnas	(2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 (age 24)	2	0	FK Sūduva
4	2DF	Edvinas Kloniūnas	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 28)	2	0	FK Transinvest
20	2DF	Ričardas Šveikauskas	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 29)	0	0	FK Transinvest

11	3MF	Arvydas Novikovas	(1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 35)	97	12	FK Riteriai
6	3MF	Modestas Vorobjovas	(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 30)	52	1	İstanbulspor
15	3MF	Gvidas Gineitis	(2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 (age 22)	32	5	Torino FC
7	3MF	Eligijus Jankauskas	(1998-06-22) 22 June 1998 (age 28)	14	0	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
10	3MF	Tomas Kalinauskas	(2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 26)	12	0	Roda JC
21	3MF	Motiejus Burba	(2003-08-10) 10 August 2003 (age 22)	6	0	FK Kauno Žalgiris
16	3MF	Lukas Michelbrink	(2005-04-15) 15 April 2005 (age 21)	4	0	FC Energie Cottbus
22	3MF	Vaidas Magdušauskas	(2003-12-02) 2 December 2003 (age 22)	2	0	FK Banga
17	3MF	Domantas Šluta	(2004-10-01) 1 October 2004 (age 21)	2	0	FK Transinvest

14	4FW	Armandas Kučys	(2003-02-27) 27 February 2003 (age 23)	19	6	NK Celje
9	4FW	Meinardas Mikulėnas	(2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 23)	1	0	FK Sūduva
24	4FW	Ignas Venckus	(2001-07-17) 17 July 2001 (age 24)	1	0	FK Banga

Recent call-ups

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	Edvinas Gertmonas	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 29)	25	0	Universitatea Cluj	Georgia, 29 March 2026
GK	Marius Adamonis	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 29)	1	0	FC Südtirol	Georgia, 29 March 2026
GK	Džiugas Bartkus	(1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 36)	13	0	Al-Riffa SC	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
GK	Vincentas Šarkauskas	(1999-08-11) 11 August 1999 (age 26)	0	0	FK Žalgiris	Poland, 12 October 2025

DF	Edvinas Girdvainis	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 33)	63	2	FK Transinvest	Georgia, 29 March 2026
DF	Pijus Širvys	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 28)	30	4	NK Maribor	Georgia, 29 March 2026
DF	Sigitas Olberkis	(1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 (age 29)	0	0	AF Elbasani	Georgia, 29 March 2026
DF	Markas Beneta	(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 32)	26	0	FK Sūduva	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
DF	Kipras Kažukolovas	(2000-11-20) 20 November 2000 (age 25)	17	0	FC Astana	Denmark, 10 June 2025

MF	Gratas Sirgėdas	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 31)	30	3	FK Kauno Žalgiris	Georgia, 29 March 2026
MF	Giedrius Matulevičius	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 29)	13	1	FK Žalgiris	Georgia, 29 March 2026
MF	Deividas Šešplaukis	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 28)	6	0	FK Žalgiris	Georgia, 29 March 2026
MF	Paulius Golubickas	(1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 26)	39	2	FK Žalgiris	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
MF	Fedor Černych	(1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 (age 35)	103	15	FK Kauno Žalgiris	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
MF	Domantas Šimkus	(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 30)	31	0	Marsaxlokk FC	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
MF	Domantas Antanavičius	(1998-11-19) 19 November 1998 (age 27)	6	0	FK Sūduva	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
MF	Gabrielius Micevičius	(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 23)	0	0	FA Šiauliai	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
MF	Vykintas Slivka	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 31)	74	3	Sagan Tosu	Poland, 12 October 2025
MF	Artūr Dolžnikov	(2000-06-06) 6 June 2000 (age 26)	22	1	SK Sigma Olomouc	Finland, 9 October 2025
MF	Titas Milašius	(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 25)	11	0	FK Sūduva	Denmark, 10 June 2025

FW	Edgaras Dubickas	(1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 27)	7	0	Ternana Calcio	Georgia, 29 March 2026
FW	Gytis Paulauskas	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 26)	28	3	Jeju SK FC	Netherlands, 17 November 2025
FW	Nauris Petkevičius	(2000-02-19) February 19, 2000 (age 26)	4	0	Inter Kashi FC	Poland, 12 October 2025
FW	Romualdas Jansonas	(2005-06-23) June 23, 2005 (age 21)	5	0	CF Os Belenenses (skol.)	Netherlands, 7 September 2025
FW	Manfredas Ruzgis	(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 29)	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.

Player records

As of 9 June 2026^[8]

Players in bold are still active with Lithuania.

Most appearances

Fedor Černych is Lithuania's most capped player with 103 appearances.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Fedor Černych	103	15	2012–present
2	Saulius Mikoliūnas	101	5	2004–2022
3	Arvydas Novikovas	97	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	71	3	2018–present
9	Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	66	0	2003–2013
10	Aurelijus Skarbalius	65	5	1991–2005
10	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	0.27	1998–2012
2	Fedor Černych	15	103	0.15	2012–present
3	Antanas Lingis	12	33	0.36	1928–1938
3	Arvydas Novikovas	12	97	0.13	2010–present
5	Edgaras Jankauskas	10	56	0.18	1991–2008
6	Virginijus Baltušnikas	9	42	0.21	1990–1998
7	Jaroslavas Citavičius	8	24	0.33	1926–1933
	Valdas Ivanauskas	8	28	0.29	1992–2000
	Darius Maciulevičius	8	38	0.21	1991–2005
	Robertas Poškus	8	48	0.17	1999–2011

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

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	Did not qualify								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	To be determined								To be determined
Total		0/11							89	18	19	52	69	145

UEFA European Championship

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	To be determined								To be determined
Total		0/8							74	21	12	41	63	122

UEFA Nations League

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.

Baltic Cup

Head-to-head record

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