Georgia national football team
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Nickname(s) |
ჯვაროსნები jvarosnebi (Crusaders) | ||
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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 | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current |
93 | ||
Highest | 42 (September 1998) | ||
Lowest | 156 (March 1994) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current |
73 | ||
Highest | 49 (11 October 1995) | ||
Lowest | 108 (late 2009) | ||
First international | |||
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 27 May 1990) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 30 March 1997) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Bucharest, Romania; 24 April 1996) (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 | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Position | |
Part of |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
Did not enter | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4/5 | |||||||||
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3/5 | ||||||||||
12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 6/7 | ||||||||||
10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 6/6 | ||||||||||
8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4/5 | ||||||||||
10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5/6 | ||||||||||
To be determined | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Total | 0/9 | 56 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 51 | 89 | — |
UEFA European Championship record
UEFA European Championship record | UEFA European Championship qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Position | ||
Part of |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 3/6 | ||||||||||
10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6/6 | |||||||||||
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5/5 | |||||||||||
12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 6/7 | |||||||||||
10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5/6 | |||||||||||
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5/6 | |||||||||||
To be determined | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Total | 0/7 | 60 | 16 | 8 | 36 | 63 | 89 | — |
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
2017
6 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Georgia | 0–1 | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4) |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Lawrence |
Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) |
9 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Serbia | 1–0 | Belgrade, Serbia | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
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Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Stadium: Red Star Stadium Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
10 November 2017 Friendly | Georgia | 1–0 | Gori, Georgia | |
15:00 UTC+04:00 | Kvilitaia |
Report | Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia) |
13 November 2017 Friendly | Georgia | 2–2 | Kutaisi, Georgia | |
14:00 UTC+04:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ramaz Shengelia Stadium Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia) |
2018
24 March 2018 Friendly | Georgia | 4–0 | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
17:00 (UTC+4) |
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Report | Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova) |
27 March 2018 Friendly | Georgia | 2–0 | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
19:00 (UTC+4) |
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Report | Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) |
1 June 2018 Friendly | Malta | 0–1 | Schwaz, Austria | |
19:00 (UTC+4) | Report | Stadium: Silberstadt Arena Schwaz Attendance: 50 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria) |
5 June 2018 Friendly | Luxembourg | 1–0 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | |
22:00 (UTC+4) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Attendance: 1,786 Referee: Iwan Griffith (Wales) |
6 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Kazakhstan | 0–2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | |
16:00 (20:00 UTC+6) |
Report |
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Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey) |
9 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Georgia | 1–0 | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4) |
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Report | Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece) |
13 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Georgia | 3–0 | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4) |
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Report | Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus) |
16 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Latvia | v | Riga, Latvia | |
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Report | Stadium: Skonto Stadium |
15 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Andorra | v | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1) |
Report | Stadium: Estadi Nacional |
19 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League | Georgia | v | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
18:00 (21:00 UTC+4) |
Report | Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena |
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.
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 |
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GK | Giorgi Makaridze | 31 March 1990 | 13 | 0 | v. | |
GK | Zauri Makharadze | 24 March 1993 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Lasha Shergelashvili | 17 January 1992 | 7 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Levan Gegetchkori | 5 June 1994 | 3 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Levan Kharabadze | 26 January 2000 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Ucha Lobjanidze | 23 February 1987 | 54 | 1 | v. | |
DF | Gia Grigalava | 5 August 1989 | 24 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Jaba Jighauri | 8 July 1992 | 12 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Giorgi Arabidze | 4 March 1998 | 4 | 3 | v. | |
MF | Saba Lobzhanidze | 18 December 1994 | 5 | 1 | v. | |
MF | Giorgi Kharaishvili | 29 July 1996 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Vakhtang Chanturishvili | 5 August 1993 | 3 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Giorgi Beridze | 12 May 1997 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Beka Vachiberadze | 5 March 1996 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Giorgi Kvilitaia | 1 October 1993 | 14 | 4 | v. | |
FW | Vladimir Dvalishvili | 20 April 1986 | 44 | 6 | v. | |
FW | Bachana Arabuli | 5 January 1994 | 5 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Budu Zivzivadze | 3 October 1994 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Irakli Sikharulidze | 18 July 1990 | 2 | 1 | v. |
- 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]
Most caps
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Top goalscorers
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Managers
As of 13 October 2018[6]
Manager | Georgia career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
1991–1992 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 | |
1993–1996 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 37.50 | |
1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
1997 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 57.14 | |
1998 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 | |
1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
1998–1999 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25.00 | |
1999 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | |
2000–2001 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 31.25 | |
2001–2003 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36.36 | |
2003 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |
2003 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 | |
2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
2004–2005 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 20.00 | |
2005 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28.57 | |
2006–2008 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 29.17 | |
2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
2008–2009 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6.25 | |
2010–2014 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 32.50 | |
2014–2016 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 30.00 | |
2016– | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 37.04 |
Notable results
Date | Team | Result | Team |
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16 November 1994 | 5–0 | ||
7 June 1995 | 0–1 | ||
11 October 1995 | 2–1 | ||
30 March 1997 | 7-0 | ||
10 September 1997 | 0–0 | ||
11 October 1997 | 3–0 | ||
1 September 2001 | 3–1 | ||
27 March 2002 | 4–1 | ||
30 April 2003 | 1–0 | ||
15 November 2006 | 2–0 | ||
7 February 2007 | 1–0 | ||
17 October 2007 | 2–0 | ||
20 August 2008 | 1–2 | ||
26 March 2011 | 1–0 | ||
20 October 2011 | 1–1 | ||
6 September 2013 | 0–0 | ||
4 September 2015 | 1–0 | ||
7 June 2016 | 0–1 |
Record by opponents
Opponents | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
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14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 57.14 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 60.00 | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 33.33 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 33.33 | |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 20.00 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 50.00 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 33.33 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0.00 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 50.00 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 100.00 | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 | |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0.00 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 100.00 | |
7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0.00 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 50.00 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 16.67 | |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0.00 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 50.00 | |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 40.00 | |
9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 44.44 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 0.00 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 | |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 50.00 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 50.00 | |
9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 66.67 | |
12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 33.33 | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0.00 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 | |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 20.00 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | |
9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 0.00 | |
7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 0.00 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 33.33 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50.00 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 50.00 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 25.00 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 33.33 | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 50.00 | |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 20.00 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 | |
9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 0.00 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 | |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 60.00 | |
Total: 62 countries | 228 | 69 | 46 | 113 | 262 | 327 | −65 | 30.26 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Georgian Football Federation". UEFA. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
- ↑ "Georgia – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
- ↑ "Spain fall to Georgia in final friendly ahead of Euro 2016". ESPN FC. 7 Jun 2016. Retrieved 8 Jun 2016.
- ↑ "Georgia international footballers of all-time". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Georgia national football team goal scorers of all-time". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Georgia national team managers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Georgia national football team match results". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Georgia - International Results". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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