The Lithuania national football team () represents

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in men's international

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, and is controlled by the

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, the governing body for

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. They played their first match in 1923. In 1940,

was occupied by the

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; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match thereafter against

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on 27 May of that year. Although Lithuania has never qualified for the

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, nor the

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, they have successfully participated in the regional Baltic Cup tournament, which takes place every two years between Lithuania and their

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rivals,

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and

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. 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

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to 2000. From 2012 until 2022, the team played their home matches at the LFF Stadium in

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. Since 2022, they have played their home matches at the Darius and Girėnas Stadium in

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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

. In 1924, Lithuania entered the 1924 Olympics in

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, losing 9–0 against

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on 25 May 1924. Two days later, Lithuania suffered a 10–0 loss to

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, a record defeat to date. During the early years of the Lithuanian national team, Lithuania regularly played Baltic neighbours Estonia and

, with Lithuania's first win coming in a 2–1 away win against Estonia on 24 August 1924 in

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. In 1930, Lithuania won the third edition of the Baltic Cup in

. 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

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in 1990 was a 2–2 draw against

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on 27 May 1990. In the 1990s, Lithuania established a respectable presence in the

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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

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and a home win over

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; 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

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1–1 in

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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

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3–0 in a 2010 World Cup qualifier. The victory was regarded by many as "a historic win." It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against

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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.

2024

2025

Coaching staff

Managers history

Players

Current squad

*The following players were called up for the

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fixtures against Poland and Finland in March 2025. *Caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2025, after the match against

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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

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

UEFA European Championship

UEFA Nations League

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided via

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.'' :''**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage.''

Baltic Cup

Head-to-head record

As of 10 June 2025.

Honours

Regional

* Baltic Cup ** Champions (10): 1930,

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

** Runners-up (8) ** Third place (9)

References

External links

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All Lithuanian Team Games 1923–1930

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