Football in Lithuania

League: A Lyga I Lyga II Lyga III Lyga <a href="Sunday_Football_League_(Lithuania)" title="Sunday Football League (Lithuania)">SFL
Cups: Lithuanian Football Cup Lithuanian Supercup

Football in Lithuania
Football in Lithuania
Country	Lithuania
Governing body	Lithuanian Football Federation
National team(s)	men's national team
First played	1892
Registered players	25,287 (2018); ~30,000 (2021)
Club competitions
	League:; A Lyga ; I Lyga ; II Lyga ; III Lyga ; SFL; Cups:; Lithuanian Football Cup ; Lithuanian Supercup;
International competitions
	National Team:; World Cup ; European Championship ; Nations League ; Baltic Cup; Clubs:; Champions League ; Europa League ; Conference League;

Football is one of the top two most popular sports in Lithuania by the quantity of active sportsmen. However, with only 52,000 match spectators a year (2019) in all top league matches, it falls far behind country's most popular sport, basketball. Other variations of football like futsal, 5-a-side to 8-a-side football, beach soccer have become fairly popular as well.

The former Soviet republic made their return as an independent football nation in 1992. In the qualification for the Euro 2004, Lithuania held Germany to a 1–1 draw in Germany and won against Scotland. In the qualification for Euro 2008 they played away to the 2006 World Cup winners Italy and drew 1–1. They also defeated Romania 3–0 in Lithuania, in another shock performance.

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