Lithuania national under-17 football team
| Association | Lithuanian Football Federation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Nerijus Mačiulis | ||
| FIFA code | LTU | ||
| |||
| 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.
Competition history
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.
European Championship
Under-16 format
| 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 |
Under-17 format
| 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2025 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2026 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 0/22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Recent results
| 22 March 2025 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification, II round | Georgia | 0:3 | Lithuania | Almaty |
| Dominykas Taučas 44' Jugas Turčinskas 50' Simas Grabauskas 59' |
| 25 March 2025 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification, II round | Kazakhstan | 5:2 | Lithuania | Almaty |
| Abylay Toleukhan 21' Ismail Bekbolat 58' 80' 89' Daulet Orynbassar 75' (11 m.) |
Simas Grabauskas 27' Adomas Buikus 63' (11 m.) |
| 25 June 2025 2025 Baltic Cup | Estonia | 1:2 | Lithuania | Tallinn |
| Ronald Sammul 48' | Arijus Ahmadian 14' Joris Petravičius 51' |
| 27 June 2025 2025 Baltic Cup | Finland | 3:1 | Lithuania | Tallinn |
| Miguelis Yinkfu Chuye 48' Leevi Jarvinen 53' Mustafa Mahmood 90+3' |
Joris Petravičius 30' |
| 29 June 2025 2025 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 5:4 | Lithuania | Tallinn |
| Mikelis Krišjanis Menniks 23' Georgijs Bombans 28' 48' Ernests Ivanovskis-Pigits 29' 39' |
Edvinas Mikutis 10' Gleb Brotzmann 36' Mangirdas Venckus 61' Erik Tučinskij 83' |
| 26 August 2025 International friendly | Slovakia | 5:1 | Lithuania | Poprad |
| Leo Hofstädter 5' Marko Václavek 41' Lucas Szomolányi 55' 70' Attila Kužma 76' |
Vėjas Pocius 26' |
| 28 August 2025 International friendly | Slovakia | 2:2 | Lithuania | Poprad |
| Matúš Tomáško 46' Leo Hofstädter 90' |
Lukas Carmine Mennea 78' 81' |
| 28 September 2025 International friendly | Georgia | 3:0 | Lithuania | Tbilisi |
| Luka Sharikadze 13' Andria Bartishvili 51' 68' |
| 30 September 2025 International friendly | Georgia | 3:0 | Lithuania | Tbilisi |
| Andria Bartishvili 9' 48' Giorgi Gorgadze 77' |
| 28 October 2025 2026 UEFA U-17 Qualification, I round | Sweden | 2:0 | Lithuania | Cumbernauld |
| Alexander Odefalk 28' Rayan Bardghji 79' |
| 31 October 2025 2026 UEFA U-17 Qualification, I round | England | 0:1 | Lithuania | Cumbernauld |
| Tomas Jonyla 17' |
| 3 November 2025 2026 UEFA U-17 Qualification, I round | Scotland | 4:1 | Lithuania | Airdrie |
| Caelan-Kole Cadamarteri 6' 27' (11 m.) 39' Aaron Thomson 82' |
Vėjas Pocius 59' |
Past results
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Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches against Sweden U-17, England U-17 and Scotland U-17 in October-November 2025.[4]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Henrikas Adomavičius | 2 January 2009 | FC Internazionale | ||||
| 12 | GK | Mark Žukovskij | 12 January 2009 | FK Transinvest | ||||
| GK | Rapolas Garšva | Baltijos futbolo akademija | ||||||
| 2 | DF | Ignas Pukinskas | 8 May 2009 | Baltijos futbolo akademija | ||||
| 3 | DF | Gleb Brotzmann | 8 March 2009 | FC Schalke 04 | ||||
| 4 | DF | Tomas Jonyla | 7 January 2009 | West Ham United FC | ||||
| 5 | DF | Nojus Vyšniauskas | 12 January 2010 | Klaipėdos FM | ||||
| 13 | DF | Deividas Aukštuolis | 7 December 2009 | KVV Zepperen-Brustem | ||||
| 15 | DF | Arijus Amir Ali Ahmadian | 7 October 2009 | Birmingham City FC | ||||
| 16 | DF | Lukas Klasauskas | 19 October 2009 | Vilnius Football Academy | ||||
| 21 | DF | Algirdas Karlonas | 21 January 2009 | Hougang United FC | ||||
| 6 | MF | Augustas Valuckas | 13 May 2009 | FA Šiauliai | ||||
| 7 | MF | Dominykas Zubavičius | 24 November 2009 | Klaipėdos FM | ||||
| 8 | MF | Arnas Jucius | 31 January 2009 | FK Be1 | ||||
| 10 | MF | Joris Petravičius | 6 July 2009 | Bologna FC | ||||
| 11 | MF | Vėjas Pocius | 26 May 2009 | FA Kauno Žalgiris | ||||
| 17 | MF | Kajus Čepas | 9 September 2009 | Bedfont Sports FC | ||||
| 18 | MF | Adomas Užkurnys | 21 January 2009 | FA Kauno Žalgiris | ||||
| 20 | MF | Kristupas Liutvinas | 20 April 2010 | Vilnius Football Academy | ||||
| 9 | FW | Carmine Lukas Mennea | 27 April 2009 | SS Lazio | ||||
| 19 | FW | Erikas Rasikevičius | 27 February 2009 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||||
Managers
- Rolandas Džiaukštas - 2021[5]
- Robert Kilin - 2022[6]
- Andrius Velička - 2023-2024[7]
- Nerijus Mačiulis - 2025[8]
See also
- Lithuania national football team
- Lithuania national under-21 football team
- Lithuania national under-19 football team
References
- ^ Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1994". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Vaikinų U17 rinktinė" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija. October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "VK posėdyje patvirtinti jaunimo rinktinių treneriai ir nauja futbolo ugdymo organizacijų sertifikavimo sistema".
- ^ "Patvirtinti pasikeitimai Lietuvos rinktinių trenerių štabuose".
- ^ "Vykdomojo komiteto posėdyje patvirtinti Lietuvos nacionalinių rinktinių treneriai bei aptarti kiti klausimai - Lietuvos futbolo federacija". 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Lietuvos rinktinių treneriai". 15 January 2025.