Georgia national under-17 football team

Georgia U-17

Nickname(s)	ჯვაროსნები Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
Association	Georgian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gocha Tkebuchava
Captain	Nikolozi Kurshavishvili
Most caps	Zuriko Davitashvili (28)
Top scorer	Zuriko Davitashvili (24)
Home stadium	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
FIFA code	GEO
First colours Second colours
European U-17 championships
Appearances	3 (first in 1997)
Best result	Semi-Finals, 2012

The Georgia national under-17 football team represents the country of Georgia in association football at the under-17 youth level, and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation.

The team is for Georgian players aged 17 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-17 Football Championship cycle, so players can be up to 19 years old.

Competition history

Prior to Georgia's independence in 1991 Georgian players were eligible for selection to the Soviet Union U-16 team. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Georgian Football Federation was admitted to UEFA as a full member in 1992, and the team played their first competitive matches in the first phase of the qualifying tournament for the 1994 European U-16 Championship. Georgia U-17's competitive debut came on 21 October 1993 against Switzerland U-17 and they finished their first qualifying campaign as 3rd out of 3 teams, behind Switzerland and Slovenia.

The team's first successful campaign was for the 1997 European U-16 Championship, in which they failed to progress from the group stage after three defeats to Hungary, Italy and Belgium. Their second appearance came in the first tournament staged following UEFA's realignment of youth levels in the 2002 European U-17 Championship, in which they were knocked out in the quarter-final by later champions Switzerland U-17s. In 2012 Georgia made it through to the semi-finals but lost 2–0 to the Netherlands.

European Championship

Year	Round	W	D	L	GS	GA
1997	EURO. Group	0	0	3	7	16
2002	EURO. 1/4 f.	1	2	1	4	6
2012	EURO. 1/2 f.	1	1	2	2	4

European Under 17 Championship Qualifiers Host in Georgia

Country	Round	Group
	Euro 2000 qualifying round	Group 2
	Euro 2002 elite round	Group 10
	Euro 2011 qualifying round	Group 3
	Euro 2012 elite round	Group 3
	Euro 2013 qualifying round	Group 13
	Euro 2014 qualifying round	Group 11
	Euro 2015 qualifying round	Group 2
	Euro 2016 elite round	Group 3
	Euro 2018 qualifying round	Group 13
	Euro 2023 qualifying round	Group 3

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.
• Match dates: 25 – 31 October 2022
• Opposition: Israel, England and Lithuania
• Caps and goals correct as of: 28 October 2022, after the match against England

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Sosa Kopaliani	(2006-07-07) 7 July 2006	19	0	FC Locomotive Tbilisi
	1GK	Mate Sauri	Unknown	0	0	Unknown
	2DF	Aleksandre Amisulashvili	Unknown	2	1	Unknown
	2DF	Giorgi Gogatishvili	(2006-01-23) 23 January 2006	2	0	Unknown
	2DF	Gigi Gogia	Unknown	2	0	Unknown
	2DF	Rati Grigalava	Unknown	1	0	Unknown
	2DF	Davit Keldishvili	Unknown	2	0	Unknown
	2DF	Giorgi Mefarishvili	Unknown	0	0	Unknown
	2DF	Tornike Mindaishvili	Unknown	0	0	Unknown
	2DF	Giorgi Nikolaishvili	Unknown	2	0	Unknown
	3MF	Tsotne Berelidze	Unknown	1	0	Unknown
	3MF	Luka Bubuteishvili	Unknown	2	0	Unknown
	3MF	Saba Geguchadze	Unknown	2	1	Unknown
	3MF	Data Inaishvili	Unknown	2	0	Unknown
	3MF	Avtandil Mashava	Unknown	1	0	Unknown
	3MF	Temur Odikadze	Unknown	1	0	Unknown
	3MF	Aleksandre Peikrishvili	(2006-06-14) 14 June 2006	1	0	Unknown
	3MF	Vakho Salia	Unknown	2	0	Unknown
	3MF	Saba Samushia	Unknown	1	0	Unknown
	4FW	Alexander Turkia	Unknown	2	1	Unknown

Georgian under 17 (not friendly)

Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals
Albania	1	1		1–0
Austria			4	1–9
Azerbaijan	1		1	2–2
Armenia	1			5–2
Belarus			2	1–3
Belgium		1	2	3–11
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	6–4
Bulgaria	3	1	2	14–8
Croatia		1	2	1–7
Cyprus	1			4–2
Czech Republic	2		1	5–4
Denmark			1	1–3
England	1	1		2–1
Estonia	1			2–1
Faroe Islands	1			2–0
France		1	1	1–3
Finland			2	0–3
Germany		1	4	1–10
Greece		2	2	4–9
Hungary	2	2	2	10–12
Iceland	1	1		2–1
Republic of Ireland	1	1	1	5–4
Israel	1			1–0
Italy			4	3–9
Latvia	1		1	1–5
Liechtenstein	1			3–0
Luxembourg	1			3–1
North Macedonia	3			15–2
Moldova	1			2–1
Montenegro	1			2–0
Netherlands			4	1–7
Northern Ireland	1			4–2
Norway			1	0–5
Poland	1	2	1	5–5
Portugal			1	0–2
Romania	1		3	4–10
Russia			3	2–10
San Marino	1			3–1
Scotland	3		1	7–7
Serbia			2	0–4
Slovakia			1	3–4
Slovenia			2	2–6
Spain		1		1–1
Switzerland			2	1–7
Sweden	1		2	1–6
Turkey			1	0–5
Ukraine	1	1	5	4–14
Wales			1	0–2
Yugoslavia			1	0–2
49 countries	36	18	64	141–214

External links

• Official website of the Georgian Football Federation