Association | Lithuanian Football Federation | ||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Andrius Velička | ||
FIFA code | LTU | ||
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European U-17 Championships | |||
Appearances | None | ||
FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
Appearances | None |
The Lithuania national under-17 football team or Lithuania U-17 represents Lithuania in association football at the under-17 youth level, and is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation.
The team is for Lithuanian players aged 17 or under at the start of a two-year UEFA European Under-17 Championship cycle, so players appearing for the team can actually be up to 19 years of age. The U-17 team is a feeder to the under-19 and under-21 teams.
Prior to Lithuania's independence in 1991, Lithuanian players were eligible for selection to the Soviet Union U-16 team. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Football Federation was admitted to UEFA as a full member in 1992, and the Lithuania U-16 team played their first competitive matches in the first phase of the qualifying tournament for the 1994 European U-16 Championship. The team's competitive debut came on 30 August 1993 against Wales U-16 and they finished their first qualifying campaign as 3rd out of 3 teams, behind Wales and Iceland. [1]
Although the team has continued to participate in every under-16 and under-17 European Championship qualifying cycle since 1994, the team has never qualified for any of the tournaments.
Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1995 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1996 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1997 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1998 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1999 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2000 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2001 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 0/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2003 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2004 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2005 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2006 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2007 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2008 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2009 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2010 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2011 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2012 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2013 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2014 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2015 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2016 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2017 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2018 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2019 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [2] [3] | |||||||
2021 | ||||||||
2022 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2023 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2024 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 0/20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 October 2024 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Republic of Ireland | 2–2 | Lithuania | Inver Park, Larne |
13:00 | Report |
| Referee: Peiman Simani (Finland) |
1 November 2024 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Scotland | 2–1 | Lithuania | Seaview Stadium, Belfast |
13:00 | Report |
| Referee: Peiman Simani (Finland) |
4 November 2024 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Lithuania | 3–1 | Northern Ireland | Seaview Stadium, Belfast |
16:00 |
| Report |
| Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria) |
The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches on 29 October - 4 November 2024. [4]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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1 | GK | Kristupas Čepulis | 2 August 2008 | Wolfsberger AC | ||||
12 | GK | Artiom Šankin | 3 February 2008 | FK Riteriai | ||||
2 | DF | Paulius Stankus | 15 December 2008 | FK Be1 | ||||
3 | DF | Dovydas Balsys | 5 October 2008 | FA Panevėžys | ||||
4 | DF | Jugas Turčinskas | 17 January 2008 | FK Be1 | ||||
5 | DF | Julius Plančiūnas | 12 July 2008 | FK Žalgiris | ||||
13 | DF | Oskar Pukelis | 29 February 2008 | AIK Solna | ||||
14 | DF | Tomas Jonyla | 7 January 2009 | West Ham United FC | ||||
6 | DF | Dovas Grudzinskas | 17 September 2008 | FK Transinvest | ||||
7 | MF | Dominykas Taučas | 7 February 2008 | Valencia CF | ||||
8 | MF | Adomas Buikus | 11 June 2008 | FK Žalgiris | ||||
10 | MF | Justas Rakauskas | 10 March 2008 | FK Be1 | ||||
11 | MF | Grant Emerhi | 1 January 2008 | New England Revolution | ||||
15 | MF | Simas Grabauskas | 4 January 2008 | Vilnius FA | ||||
16 | MF | Klemensas Gustas | 22 July 2008 | FK Žalgiris | ||||
17 | MF | Karolis Kuodis | 4 June 2008 | FK Be1 | ||||
18 | MF | Ignas Gelgota | 21 October 2008 | Norrby IF | ||||
20 | MF | Vakaris Bradūnas | 6 May 2008 | FK Žalgiris | ||||
9 | FW | Rodion Piazenko | 1 March 2008 | AS Monaco | ||||
19 | FW | Carmine Lukas Mennea | 27 April 2009 | UC Sampdoria |
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