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, 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
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."FIFA World Cup uefa.com It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė on 10 September 2008. Lithuania finished their qualification in fifth, with 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.
On 20 June 2010, Lithuania won their 10th Baltic Cup after beating Estonia 2-0.
In Lithuania's 2022-23 UEFA Nations League C campaign, they finished last in Group 1 after achieved just one draw against the Faroe Islands. As one of the two lowest ranked fourth placed teams, Lithuania had to play Gibraltar in a relegation playoff. Lithuania won both legs 1-0 to beat Gibraltar 2-0 on aggregate.
After remaining in League C for the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Lithuania lost all six matches and thus, finished last in Group 2. As the lowest ranked fourth placed team, Lithuania were automatically relegated to League D for 2026-27 due to a regulation change after the previous edition.
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
Managers history NameFromToGamesWonDrawnLost 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 (caretaker) 1999 1999 (caretaker) 2001 2003 2003 2008 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2021 2022 (interim) 2022 2022 2023 2026
Players Current squad The following players were called up for the UEFA Nations League games in September 2026. Caps and goals correct as of 4 October 2026, after the match against Azerbaijan.
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
RankPlayerCapsGoalsCareer1Fedor Černych103152012–present2Saulius Mikoliūnas10152004–20223Arvydas Novikovas97122010–present4Andrius Skerla8411996–20115Deividas Šemberas8201996–20136Vykintas Slivka7732015–present7Justas Lasickas7532018–present8Tomas Danilevičius71191998–20129Žydrūnas Karčemarskas6602003–201310Aurelijus Skarbalius6551991–2005Marius Stankevičius6552001–2013
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerGoalsCapsRatioCareer1Tomas Danilevičius 19 711998–20122Fedor Černych 15 1032012–present3Antanas Lingis 12 331928–1938Arvydas Novikovas12 972010–present5Edgaras Jankauskas10 561991–20086Virginijus Baltušnikas 9 421990–19987Jaroslavas Citavičius 8 241926–1933Valdas Ivanauskas8 281992–2000Darius Maciulevičius8 381991–2005Robertas Poškus8 481999–2011Armandas Kučys8 231921–present
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPosition* 1930Did not enterDeclined invitation 1934Did not qualify 1 0 0 1 0 2 1938 2 0 0 2 3 9 1950 to 1990Part of the Part of the 1994Did 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 2030To be determinedTo be determined 2034Total 8918195269145
UEFA European Championship UEFA European Championship recordQualifying record YearResultPosition* 1960Part of the Part of the 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996Did 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 2028To be determinedTo be determined 2032Total0/87421124163122
UEFA Nations League UEFA Nations League recordSeason**DivisionGroup*2018–19C4600631639th2020–21C462225741st2022–23C1821541447th2024–25C2600641148th2026–27D2311132TBDTotal295420195039th *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 Lithuania has appeared in all 31 editions of the Baltic Cup and has won the compeitition 10 times as of 2026. In 2026 Baltic Cup, Lithuanian beat Latvia 5-4 on penalties in the semi-finals. Before losing to Estonia in the final, 1-0.
Head-to-head record
As of 4 October 2026. OpponentPWDL631233001010420231025122101452020611410015212100120116105710630121001400453218241172272144004931520112200411270255122110010016024802610013111201130035414122875116114320110017331934240132002 11004013200213247400450141510144013550010101013611101040226222701621105005500511002002102171010
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, 2026 Third place (9): 1928, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1993, 2018, 2020
See also
Lithuania national under-21 football team Lithuania national under-19 football team Lithuania national under-18 football team Lithuania national under-17 football team
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