The Lithuania national football team ( lithuanian : Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė ) represents Lithuania in external football and is controlled by the lithuanian Football Federation, the governing soundbox for football in Lithuania. They played their first base match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union ; the area regained its independence in 1990 and played their first equal 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 11 times, only Latvia has won it more. Despite this Lithuania holds the record for winning the most straight baltic Cup championships, four titles in a row from 1996 to 2000.
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Since 2012 the national team has played their home matches at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius .
history [edit ]
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 late, Lithuania suffered a 10–0 personnel casualty to Egypt, a phonograph record frustration to date. During the early years of the lithuanian home team, Lithuania regularly played Baltic neighbours Estonia and Latvia, with Lithuania ‘s first gear gain coming in a 2–1 aside 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 good diffident of 50 years, a 4–3 gain 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 base gain over Scotland ; however, a 1–0 frustration to Scotland in the final examination bet on ended their hopes. Although finishing fifth in their 2006 World Cup qualifying group, Lithuania were however competitive. Lithuania drew with world champions Italy 1–1 in Naples in a Euro 2008 qualifying game on 2 September 2006, in the beginning competitive game that Italy played since the World Cup final. On 6 September 2008, Lithuania defeated Romania 3–0 in a 2010 World Cup modifier. The victory was regarded by many as “ a historic winnings. ” [ 6 ] It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė on 10 September 2008 .
recent results and approaching fixtures [edit ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
Managers history [edit ]
Name
Nat
From
To
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
Win%
1990
1991
3
1
2
0
7
4
0 33.33
1992
1994
29
7
8
14
29
48
0 24.14
1995
1997
29
12
6
11
45
41
0 41.38
1998
1999
18
5
4
9
15
24
0 27.78
(caretaker)
1999
1999
1
0
0
1
0
3
00 0.00
2000
2000
8
2
0
6
8
18
0 25.00
(caretaker)
2000
2000
1
0
0
1
1
6
00 0.00
2001
2003
19
4
3
12
20
41
0 21.05
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2003
2008
50
18
6
26
54
65
0 36.00
2008
2009
15
6
3
6
17
15
0 40.00
2010
2011
16
4
3
9
11
22
0 25.00
2012
2013
16
2
4
10
12
28
0 12.50
2013
2015
21
5
5
11
14
31
0 23.81
2016
2018
26
3
5
18
14
50
0 11.54
2019
2021
24
5
4
15
17
49
0 20.83
2021
3
0
0
3
1
10
00 0.00
Players [edit ]
current police squad [edit ]
The stick to players were called up for the World Cup 2022 qualifier against Northern Ireland and a friendly game against Kuwait respectively on 12 and 15 November 2021.
All caps and goals as of 12 October 2021 after the match against Switzerland.
holocene call-ups [edit ]
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 [edit ]
- As of 14 November 2021[8]
- Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
competitive record [edit ]
FIFA World Cup [edit ]
UEFA european backing [edit ]
UEFA Nations League [edit ]
UEFA Nations League record
Season**
Division
Group
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
Future event
Total
12
2
2
8
8
23
39th
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage.
baltic Cup [edit ]
Honours [edit ]
Baltic Cup
- Winners (10): 1930, 1935, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2010
neck and neck record [edit ]
As of 31 March 2021 .
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
Read more: Lille OSC