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Georgia

Nickname(s)	ჯვაროსნები Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
Association	Georgian Football Federation (GFF) საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Willy Sagnol
Captain	Guram Kashia
Most caps	Jaba Kankava Guram Kashia Levan Kobiashvili (100)
Top scorer	Shota Arveladze (26)
Home stadium	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
FIFA code	GEO
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	78 4 (6 October 2022)[1]
Highest	42 (September 1998)
Lowest	156 (March 1994)
First international
Unofficial  Georgia 2–2 Lithuania  (Tbilisi, Georgia; 27 May 1990) Official  Lithuania 1–0 Georgia  (Kaunas, Lithuania; 2 September 1992)
Biggest win
Georgia 7–0 Armenia  (Tbilisi, Georgia; 30 March 1997)
Biggest defeat
Romania 5–0 Georgia  (Bucharest, Romania; 24 April 1996)  Denmark 6–1 Georgia  (Copenhagen, Denmark; 7 September 2005)

The Georgia national football team (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, romanized: sakartvelos erovnuli sapekhburto nak'rebi) represents the country of Georgia in men's international football matches, and it is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from Euro 1996 onwards, but have not achieved qualification yet, although they came very close to Euro 2020. Home games are played at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.

History

The history of the Georgia national football team began in 1990, when the team played their first international match against Lithuania, the first country to accept an invitation. The match was held on 27 May 1990 at national stadium. Georgia were coached by Givi Nodia. The friendly match ended in a 2–2 draw. This was the only match prior to the declaration of independence on 9 April 1991. Soon afterwards the team played another friendly match against Moldova.

The Georgian Football Federation became a member of both UEFA and FIFA in 1992,[2] enabling Georgia to play competitive matches. The first of these came in September 1994, a 1–0 defeat to Moldova[3] as part of the qualifiers for Euro 1996. Georgia finished third in their group, ahead of Moldova, Wales and Albania, but seven points behind second-placed qualifier Bulgaria.

Georgia failed to qualify for 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, obtaining 10 points and finishing in fourth place, level on points with Poland. At this time Georgia reached forty-second place in the FIFA World Ranking.

During UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying the Georgia national team won one match, drew two and finished at the bottom of the group with five points. This marked the beginning of a period of decline for Georgian football.

The team finished fifth (and last) with seven points in their qualifying group for Euro 2004, although they defeated Russia with a goal scored by Malkhaz Asatiani.

In the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Georgia beat Albania 2–0 at home and Kazakhstan away 2–1. They finished sixth (second bottom) with ten points in Group 2.

Georgia were sixth out of seven teams in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying group with ten points. They defeated Scotland 2–0 at home and the Faroe Islands 6–0 away and 3–1 at home.

Héctor Cúper became the manager of Georgia in August 2008. During the qualification round for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Georgia failed to win any matches and finished sixth (and last) with three points. Cuper didn't extend his contract, and on 6 November 2009 Temur Ketsbaia was appointed as the new manager of the Georgian national football team. Ketsbaia resigned as manager after a 4–0 defeat at home to Poland in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers on 14 November 2014, having previously stated he would do so before the match regardless of the result.

In June 2016, Georgia beat the two-times reigning European champions Spain 1–0 in their final pre-Euro 2016 friendly.[4]

In 2018, they were the first team to earn promotion in the new UEFA Nations League. They scored the event's first goal in a UEFA Nations League D game in Kazakhstan before beating Latvia twice and Andorra, with 2 games still to spare. In the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, Georgia had a disappointing run, with their only wins came over Gibraltar. Still, having finished first place in League D, Georgia was able to qualify for the country's first ever major playoff. Georgia managed to beat Belarus 1–0 and thus the hope to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020 increased, but it went in vain after the Georgians suffered a heartbreaking home defeat to North Macedonia in the decisive match and thus missed the opportunity to make a historic debut in a major competition.

Georgia showed improvements with a strong 2-0 win over Sweden at the 2022 World Cup qualification on 11 November 2021.[5]

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2022

2023

Coaching staff

As of 20 June 2022[6]

Position	Name
Manager	Willy Sagnol
Assistant Manager	Adel Chedli Zurab Khizanishvili
Goalkeeping Coach	Davit Gvaramadze
Analyst	Irakli Chitauri Levan Zamtaradze

Coaching history

As of 19 November 2019[7]

Manager	Georgia career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Givi Nodia	1990	1	0	1	0	000.00
Giga Norakidze	1991–1992	4	2	0	2	050.00
Aleksandre Chivadze	1993–1996	24	9	1	14	037.50
Vladimir Gutsaev (caretaker)	1996	2	0	0	2	000.00
David Kipiani	1997	7	4	1	2	057.14
Vladimir Gutsaev	1998	5	3	2	0	060.00
Gigla Imnadze (caretaker)	1998	1	0	0	1	000.00
Vladimir Gutsaev	1998–1999	8	2	1	5	025.00
Johan Boskamp	1999	5	0	1	4	000.00
David Kipiani Revaz Dzodzuashvili	2000–2001	16	5	5	6	031.25
Aleksandre Chivadze	2001–2003	11	4	3	4	036.36
Ivo Šušak	2003	2	1	0	1	050.00
Merab Jordania	2003	3	1	0	2	033.33
Gocha Tkebuchava (caretaker)	2004	3	0	0	3	000.00
Alain Giresse	2004–2005	10	2	2	6	020.00
Gaioz Darsadze (caretaker)	2005	7	2	2	3	028.57
Klaus Toppmöller	2006–2008	24	7	4	13	029.17
Petar Segrt (caretaker)	2008	2	0	1	1	000.00
Héctor Cúper	2008–2009	16	1	4	11	006.25
Temur Ketsbaia	2010–2014	40	13	9	18	032.50
Kakhaber Tskhadadze	2014–2016	10	3	1	6	030.00
Vladimír Weiss	2016–2020	47	16	15	16	034.04
Ramaz Svanadze (caretaker)	2020–2021	1	0	1	0	000.00
Willy Sagnol	2021–	17	8	2	7	047.06

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the friendly match against Morocco on November 17.
• Match date: November 17
• Opposition:  Morocco
• Caps and goals correct as of: 26 September 2022.[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Giorgi Loria	(1986-01-27) 27 January 1986 (age 36)	76	0	Anorthosis Famagusta
	1GK	Giorgi Mamardashvili	(2000-09-29) 29 September 2000 (age 22)	5	0	Valencia
	2DF	Giorgi Gocholeishvili	(2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Saburtalo
	2DF	Guram Kashia (captain)	(1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 35)	100	3	Slovan Bratislava
	2DF	Solomon Kvirkvelia	(1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 (age 30)	47	0	Neftchi Baku
	2DF	Luka Lochoshvili	(1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Cremonese
	2DF	Saba Sazonov	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Dynamo Moscow
	2DF	Jemal Tabidze	(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 26)	11	1	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Giorgi Aburjania	(1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 27)	35	1	Gil Vicente
	3MF	Giorgi Chakvetadze	(1999-08-29) 29 August 1999 (age 23)	14	5	Slovan Bratislava
	3MF	Zuriko Davitashvili	(2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 21)	21	3	Bordeaux
	3MF	Otar Kiteishvili	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 26)	28	1	Sturm Graz
	3MF	Nika Kvekveskiri	(1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 (age 30)	49	0	Lech Poznań
	3MF	Vladimer Mamuchashvili	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 25)	7	0	Dinamo Batumi
	3MF	Anzor Mekvabishvili	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 21)	6	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Levan Shengelia	(1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 27)	10	0	Panetolikos
	3MF	Heorhiy Tsitaishvili	(2000-11-18) 18 November 2000 (age 21)	12	1	Lech Poznań
	4FW	Giorgi Beridze	(1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 25)	5	0	Ankaragücü
	4FW	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 21)	19	10	Napoli
	4FW	Giorgi Kvilitaia	(1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 29)	34	5	APOEL
	4FW	Saba Lobzhanidze	(1994-12-18) 18 December 1994 (age 27)	29	2	Hatayspor
	4FW	Davit Volkovi	(1995-06-03) 3 June 1995 (age 27)	3	1	Sabah

Recent call-ups

The following players have not been called up for the upcoming matches but have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Levan Shovnadze	(1997-11-19) 19 November 1997 (age 24)	0	0	Samgurali	v.  Gibraltar, 26 September 2022
GK	Lazare Kupatadze	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Unattached	v.  Bulgaria, 12 June 2022
DF	Otar Kakabadze	(1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 (age 27)	53	0	Cracovia	v.  Gibraltar, 26 September 2022
DF	Davit Khocholava	(1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 29)	39	0	Copenhagen	v.  Gibraltar, 26 September 2022
DF	Guram Giorbelidze	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 26)	11	0	Zagłębie Lubin	v.  Gibraltar, 26 September 2022
DF	Irakli Azarovi	(2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 (age 20)	10	0	Red Star Belgrade	v.  Gibraltar, 26 September 2022
DF	Grigol Chabradze	(1996-04-20) 20 April 1996 (age 26)	8	0	Dinamo Batumi	v.  Gibraltar, 26 September 2022
DF	Lasha Dvali	(1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 27)	25	1	APOEL	v.  Bulgaria, 12 June 2022
DF	Mamuka Kobakhidze	(1992-08-23) 23 August 1992 (age 30)	4	0	Dinamo Batumi	v.  Bulgaria, 12 June 2022
MF	Valerian Gvilia	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 28)	44	3	Raków Częstochowa	v.  Bulgaria, 12 June 2022
MF	Sandro Altunashvili	(1997-05-19) 19 May 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Dinamo Batumi	v.  Bulgaria, 12 June 2022
FW	Valeri Qazaishvili	(1993-01-29) 29 January 1993 (age 29)	62	13	Ulsan Hyundai	v.  Gibraltar, 26 September 2022
FW	Budu Zivzivadze	(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 28)	15	3	Fehérvár	v.  Gibraltar, 26 September 2022
FW	Georges Mikautadze	(2000-10-31) 31 October 2000 (age 22)	13	2	Metz	v.  Gibraltar, 26 September 2022
FW	Beka Mikeltadze	(1997-11-26) 26 November 1997 (age 24)	2	0	Newcastle Jets	v.  Bulgaria, 12 June 2022

Records

As of 26 September 2022[9]

Players in bold are still active with Georgia.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1930 to 1990	Part of the  Soviet Union									Part of the  Soviet Union
1994	Did not enter									Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify									8	3	1	4	7	9	4/5
2002										8	3	1	4	12	12	3/5
2006										12	2	4	6	14	25	6/7
2010										10	0	3	7	7	19	6/6
2014										8	1	2	5	3	10	4/5
2018										10	0	5	5	8	14	5/6
2022										8	2	1	5	6	12	4/5
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total		0/7								64	11	17	36	57	101	—

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1960 to 1992	Part of the  Soviet Union									Part of the  Soviet Union
1996	Did not qualify									10	5	0	5	14	13	3/6
2000										10	1	2	7	8	18	6/6
2004										8	2	1	5	8	14	5/5
2008										12	3	1	8	16	19	6/7
2012										10	2	4	4	7	9	5/6
2016										10	3	0	7	10	16	5/6
2020										10	3	2	5	8	12	4/5 (PO runners-up)
2024	To be determined									To be determined
Total		0/7								70	19	10	41	71	101	—

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	League	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	D	1	1st	6	5	1	0	12	2		40th
2020–21	C	2	3rd	6	1	4	1	6	6		42nd
2022–23	C	4	1st	6	5	1	0	16	3		33rd
2024–25	B	To be determined
Total				18	11	6	1	34	11	33rd

Head-to-head record

As of 26 September 2022[10][11]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Albania	15	8	4	3	23	13	+10	053.33
Andorra	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	050.00
Armenia	7	3	2	2	14	8	+6	042.86
Austria	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Azerbaijan	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	033.33
Belarus	4	2	1	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Bulgaria	7	2	2	3	10	15	−5	028.57
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Croatia	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	033.33
Cyprus	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	033.33
Denmark	5	0	2	3	5	15	−10	000.00
Egypt	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
England	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	000.00
Estonia	8	4	2	2	9	7	+2	050.00
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00
Finland	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
France	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	000.00
Germany	5	0	0	5	2	12	−10	000.00
Gibraltar	6	6	0	0	19	3	+16	100.00
Greece	8	0	2	6	6	15	−9	000.00
Hungary	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	050.00
Iceland	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Iran	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Israel	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	016.67
Italy	8	0	1	7	2	14	−12	000.00
Jordan	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Kazakhstan	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Kosovo	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Latvia	10	5	2	3	18	10	+8	050.00
Lebanon	2	0	0	2	4	7	−3	000.00
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Lithuania	8	4	1	3	13	6	+7	050.00
Luxembourg	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Malta	9	6	2	1	12	5	+7	066.67
Moldova	12	4	4	4	17	14	+3	033.33
Montenegro	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
New Zealand	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	000.00
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
North Macedonia	5	2	2	1	7	3	+4	040.00
Norway	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	000.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Poland	5	1	0	4	4	13	−9	020.00
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Republic of Ireland	11	0	2	9	5	18	−13	000.00
Romania	8	1	2	5	6	20	−14	012.50
Russia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	033.33
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Scotland	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	050.00
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Serbia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Slovenia	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	025.00
South Africa	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
South Korea	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Spain	4	1	0	3	2	5	−3	025.00
Sweden	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Switzerland	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	000.00
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Turkey	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	020.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Ukraine	9	0	3	6	6	16	−10	000.00
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Uzbekistan	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Wales	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	060.00
Total:69 countries	269	85	57	127	312	374	−62	031.60

Notable results

Date	Team	Result	Team
16 November 1994	Georgia	5–0	Wales
7 June 1995	Wales	0–1	Georgia
11 October 1995	Georgia	2–1	Bulgaria
10 September 1997	Georgia	0–0	Italy
11 October 1997	Georgia	3–0	Poland
1 September 2001	Georgia	3–1	Hungary
27 March 2002	Georgia	4–1	South Africa
30 April 2003	Georgia	1–0	Russia
15 November 2006	Georgia	2–0	Uruguay
7 February 2007	Georgia	1–0	Turkey
17 October 2007	Georgia	2–0	Scotland
20 August 2008	Wales	1–2	Georgia
26 March 2011	Georgia	1–0	Croatia
6 September 2013	Georgia	0–0	France
4 September 2015	Georgia	1–0	Scotland
7 June 2016	Spain	0–1	Georgia
8 September 2019	Georgia	0–0	Denmark
2 June 2021	Romania	1–2	Georgia
11 November 2021	Georgia	2–0	Sweden
25 March 2022	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	Georgia
5 June 2022	Bulgaria	2–5	Georgia
9 June 2022	North Macedonia	0–3	Georgia
23 September 2022	Georgia	2–0	North Macedonia

See also

• Football in Georgia
• List of Georgia international footballers
• Georgia national football team results
• List of Georgian national football team captains
• Georgia national under-21 football team
• Georgia national under-19 football team
• Georgia national under-17 football team
• Georgia national futsal team
• Georgia national beach soccer team

References

External links

• Georgian Football Federation
• FIFA profile
• UEFA profile
• RSSSF archive of results 1990–
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Archive of results 1990–

На других языках

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