Lithuania name squad for Scotland, Malta qualifiers

European-QualifiersLithuania coach Edgaras Jankauskas named a 23-man squad for the two European Qualifiers against Scotland and Malta. Lithuania host Malta on Tuesday 11 at the LFF Stadionas in Vilnius after facing Scotland at Hampden Park.

There were three changes from the team which hosted Slovenia in September with the return of defenders Vytautas Andriuškevičius who plays for Portland Timbers in the USA and Tomas Mikuckis who plays for FC SKA-Khabarovsk in Russia and midfielder Simonas Paulius who plays for FK Ventspilsin Latvia.

The players selected by Jankauskas are:
goalkeepers Saulius Klevinskas (FK Žalgiris Vilnius), Ernestas Šetkus (ADO Den Haag – NED), Emilijus Zubas (Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda – ISR);
defenders Vytautas Andriuškevičius (Portland Timbers – USA), Deividas Česnauskis (FK Trakai), Georgas Freidgeimas (Pavlodaro Irtyš – KAZ), Edvinas Girdvainis (Glivicių Piast – POL), Linas Klimavičius (FK Žalgiris Vilnius), Tomas Mikuckis (Chabarovsko SKA – RUS), Vaidas Slavickas (Marijampolės Sūduva), Egidijus Vaitkūnas (FK Žalgiris Vilnius)
midfielders Karolis Chvedukas (RNK Split – CRO), Mindaugas Grigaravičius (FK Jelgava – LAT), Mantas Kuklys (FK Žalgiris Vilnius), Vytautas Lukša (FK Žalgiris Vilnius), Arvydas Novikovas (VfL Bochum – GER), Simonas Paulius (FK Ventspils – LAT), Vykintas Slivka (Hertogenboso Den Bosch – NED), Artūras Žulpa (Kostanajaus Tobol – KAZ);
forwards Fedor Černych (Balstogės Jagiellonia – POL), Deivydas Matulevičius (FC Botosani – ROM), Tomas Radzinevičius (Marijampolės Sūduva), Nerijus Valskis (FK Trakai)