Georgia national under-17 football team

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.

Georgia U-17
Nickname(s)ჯვაროსნები
Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
AssociationGeorgian Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGocha Tkebuchava
CaptainNikolozi Kurshavishvili
Most capsZuriko Davitashvili (28)
Top scorerZuriko Davitashvili (24)
Home stadiumMikheil Meskhi Stadium
FIFA codeGEO
First colours
Second colours
European U-17 championships
Appearances3 (first in 1997)
Best resultSemi-Finals, 2012

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] 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
1997EURO. Group 003716
2002EURO. 1/4 f.12146
2012EURO. 1/2 f.11224

European Under 17 Championship Qualifiers Host in Georgia
Country Round Group
Euro 2000 qualifying roundGroup 2
Euro 2002 elite roundGroup 10
Euro 2011 qualifying roundGroup 3
Euro 2012 elite roundGroup 3
Euro 2013 qualifying roundGroup 13
Euro 2014 qualifying roundGroup 11
Euro 2015 qualifying roundGroup 2
Euro 2016 elite roundGroup 3
Euro 2018 qualifying roundGroup 13

References
  1. Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1994". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  2. Garin, Erik (28 June 2006). "European U-16 Championship 1997". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  3. "UEFA European U-17 C'ship". UEFA. 5 May 2002. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

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 1 1 3–3
 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 3 1–7
 Greece 2 2 4–9
 Hungary 1 2 2 9–12
 Iceland 1 1–0
 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 6–1
 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
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