Georgia national football team

Georgia
Nickname(s) ჯვაროსნები
jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
Association Georgian Football Federation (GFF)
საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Vladimír Weiss
Captain Jaba Kankava
Most caps Levan Kobiashvili (100)
Top scorer Shota Arveladze (26)
Home stadium Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
FIFA code GEO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 93 Increase 3 (20 September 2018)
Highest 42 (September 1998)
Lowest 156 (March 1994)
Elo ranking
Current 73 Increase 2 (13 October 2018)
Highest 49 (11 October 1995)
Lowest 108 (late 2009)
First international
Georgia (country) Georgia 2–2 Lithuania 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 27 May 1990)
Biggest win
Georgia (country) Georgia 7–0 Armenia 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 30 March 1997)
Biggest defeat
 Romania 5–0 Georgia Georgia (country)
(Bucharest, Romania; 24 April 1996)
 Denmark 6–1 Georgia Georgia (country)
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 7 September 2005)

The Georgia national football team (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, translit.: sakartvelos erovnuli sapekhburto nak'rebi) is the national association football team of Georgia and 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. Home games are played at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.

History

The history of 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 on 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,[1] enabling Georgia to play competitive matches. The first of these came in September 1994, a 1–0 defeat to Moldova[2] as part of the qualifiers for Euro 1996. Georgia finished third in their group, ahead of Moldova and Wales, 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 FIFA rankings.

In the Euro 2000 qualifying Georgia national team won one match, drew two and finished 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 FIFA World Cup 2006 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 FIFA 2010 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 coach of the Georgian national football team. Ketsbaia resigned as manager after a 4–0 defeat at home to Poland in the 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 reigning European champions Spain 1–0 in their final pre-Euro 2016 friendly.[3]

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

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
Uruguay 1930 to Italy 1990 Part of  Soviet Union ———————
United States 1994 Did not enter ———————
France 1998 Did not qualify 8314794/5
South Korea Japan 2002 831412123/5
Germany 2006 1224614256/7
South Africa 2010 100377196/6
Brazil 2014 81253104/5
Russia 2018 100558145/6
Qatar 2022 To be determined ———————
Canada Mexico United States 2026 ———————
Total 0/9 56916315189—

UEFA European Championship record

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
France 1960 to Sweden 1992 Part of  Soviet Union ———————
England 1996 Did not qualify 1050514133/6
Belgium Netherlands 2000 101278186/6
Portugal 2004 82158145/5
Austria Switzerland 2008 1231816196/7
Poland Ukraine 2012 10244795/6
France 2016 1030710165/6
European Union 2020 To be determined ———————
Total 0/7 60168366389—

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2017

2018

Players

Current squad

The following players were called for the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D matches against Andorra on October 13 and Latvia on October 16, 2018.
Caps and goals as of 9 September 2018 after the match against Latvia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Giorgi Loria (1986-01-27) 27 January 1986 44 0 Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara
1GK Roin Kvaskhvadze (1989-05-31) 31 May 1989 8 0 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
1GK Lazare Kupatadze (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 0 0 Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi
2DF Guram Kashia (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 67 2 United States San Jose Earthquakes
2DF Giorgi Navalovski (1986-06-28) 28 June 1986 33 0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
2DF Solomon Kvirkvelia (1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 31 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
2DF Otar Kakabadze (1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 19 0 Switzerland Luzern
2DF Davit Khocholava (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 13 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
2DF Lasha Dvali (1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 10 1 Poland Pogoń Szczecin
2DF Jemal Tabidze (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 6 1 Russia Ufa
3MF Jaba Kankava (captain) (1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 75 7 Kazakhstan Tobol
3MF Jano Ananidze (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 39 6 Russia Spartak Moscow
3MF Valeri Qazaishvili (1993-01-29) 29 January 1993 35 8 United States San Jose Earthquakes
3MF Tornike Okriashvili (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 34 9 Russia Krasnodar
3MF Giorgi Merebashvili (1986-08-15) 15 August 1986 29 1 Poland Wisła Płock
3MF Nika Kvekveskiri (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 17 0 Kazakhstan Tobol
3MF Giorgi Chanturia (1993-04-11) 11 April 1993 15 2 Russia Ural Yekaterinburg
3MF Valerian Gvilia (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 15 1 Switzerland Luzern
3MF Giorgi Aburjania (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 10 0 Spain Lugo
3MF Giorgi Papunashvili (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 9 1 Spain Zaragoza
3MF Otar Kiteishvili (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 6 0 Austria Sturm Graz
3MF Giorgi Chakvetadze (1999-08-29) 29 August 1999 3 2 Belgium Gent
3MF Luka Zarandia (1996-02-17) 17 February 1996 0 0 Poland Arka Gdynia
4FW Levan Mchedlidze (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 31 2 Italy Empoli
4FW Nika Kacharava (1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 13 1 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta

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 Giorgi Makaridze (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990 13 0 Portugal Rio Ave v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
GK Zauri Makharadze (1993-03-24) 24 March 1993 0 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
DF Lasha Shergelashvili (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992 7 0 Latvia RFS v.  Latvia, 9 September 2018
DF Levan Gegetchkori (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 3 0 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
DF Levan Kharabadze (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 2 0 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
DF Ucha Lobjanidze (1987-02-23) 23 February 1987 54 1 Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi v.  Belarus, 13 November 2017
DF Gia Grigalava (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 24 0 Russia Arsenal Tula v.  Belarus, 13 November 2017
MF Jaba Jighauri (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 12 0 France Grenoble v.  Latvia, 9 September 2018
MF Giorgi Arabidze (1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 4 3 Portugal Nacional v.  Kazakhstan, 6 September 2018
MF Saba Lobzhanidze (1994-12-18) 18 December 1994 5 1 Denmark Randers v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
MF Giorgi Kharaishvili (1996-07-29) 29 July 1996 4 0 Sweden Göteborg v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
MF Vakhtang Chanturishvili (1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 3 0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
MF Giorgi Beridze (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 2 0 Hungary Újpest v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
MF Beka Vachiberadze (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 0 0 Latvia RFS v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
FW Giorgi Kvilitaia (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 14 4 Belgium Gent v.  Kazakhstan, 6 September 2018
FW Vladimir Dvalishvili (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 44 6 Israel Saburtalo Tbilisi v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
FW Bachana Arabuli (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 5 0 Hungary Puskás Akadémia v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
FW Budu Zivzivadze (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 4 0 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi v.  Luxembourg, 5 June 2018
FW Irakli Sikharulidze (1990-07-18) 18 July 1990 2 1 Latvia RFS v.  Belarus, 13 November 2017
  • INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
  • PRE Preliminary squad.
  • RET Retired from international football.

Records

Lists of 10 players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Georgia, as of 9 September 2018 (players in bold are still available for selection):[4][5]

Managers

As of 13 October 2018[6]

Manager Georgia career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Georgia (country) Givi Nodia 1990 1 0 1 0 000.00
Georgia (country) Giga Norakidze 1991–1992 4 2 0 2 050.00
Georgia (country) Aleksandre Chivadze 1993–1996 24 9 1 14 037.50
Georgia (country) Vladimir Gutsaev (caretaker) 1996 2 0 0 2 000.00
Georgia (country) David Kipiani 1997 7 4 1 2 057.14
Georgia (country) Vladimir Gutsaev 1998 5 3 2 0 060.00
Georgia (country) Gigla Imnadze (caretaker) 1998 1 0 0 1 000.00
Georgia (country) Vladimir Gutsaev 1998–1999 8 2 1 5 025.00
Netherlands Johan Boskamp 1999 5 0 1 4 000.00
Georgia (country) David Kipiani / Revaz Dzodzuashvili 2000–2001 16 5 5 6 031.25
Georgia (country) Aleksandre Chivadze 2001–2003 11 4 3 4 036.36
Croatia Ivo Šušak 2003 2 1 0 1 050.00
Georgia (country) Merab Jordania 2003 3 1 0 2 033.33
Georgia (country) Gocha Tkebuchava (caretaker) 2004 3 0 0 3 000.00
France Alain Giresse 2004–2005 10 2 2 6 020.00
Georgia (country) Gaioz Darsadze (caretaker) 2005 7 2 2 3 028.57
Germany Klaus Toppmöller 2006–2008 24 7 4 13 029.17
Croatia Petar Segrt (caretaker) 2008 2 0 1 1 000.00
Argentina Héctor Cúper 2008–2009 16 1 4 11 006.25
Georgia (country) Temur Ketsbaia 2010–2014 40 13 9 18 032.50
Georgia (country) Kakhaber Tskhadadze 2014–2016 10 3 1 6 030.00
Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 2016– 27 10 8 9 037.04

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
30 March 1997  Georgia 7-0  Armenia
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
20 October 2011  Greece 1–1  Georgia
6 September 2013  Georgia 0–0  France
4 September 2015  Georgia 1–0  Scotland
7 June 2016  Spain 0–1  Georgia

Record by opponents

As of 13 October 2018[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Georgian Football Federation". UEFA. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
  2. ↑ "Georgia – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
  3. ↑ "Spain fall to Georgia in final friendly ahead of Euro 2016". ESPN FC. 7 Jun 2016. Retrieved 8 Jun 2016.
  4. ↑ "Georgia international footballers of all-time". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Georgia national football team goal scorers of all-time". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Georgia national team managers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Georgia national football team match results". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Georgia - International Results". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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