Football in Lithuania

Football in Lithuania

Football is only the second favourite sport in Lithuania where basketball is the national sport. The former Soviet republic made their entrance 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 defeated Scotland. And in the qualification for the EURO 2008 thety went to Italy (the World Champions) and tied 1-1.


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