Georgia national football team results (1990–2019)

The Georgia national football team represents Georgia in association football and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation (GFF), the governing body of the sport there. It competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. Organised football has been played in the country since the 20th century. Georgia joined UEFA and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) in 1992;^[1] the country played two friendlies before joining. In 1990-91, due to succession from the Football Federation of the Soviet Union, football in Georgia was under sanctions from the Soviet federation and international ban.^[2] In its inspiration to independence from the Russian dominance, Georgia became the first Soviet republic which football parted with the Soviet football.

Georgia's first match—a 2–2 draw against Lithuania—took place on 27 May 1990 and was their only match as the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.^[3] Their first victory came in their next match, 4–2 against Moldova.^[4] They entered their first major international competition in 1994: the qualifying rounds for 1996 UEFA European Football Championship.^[5] The team won their first competitive match on 10 February 1994 when they defeated Malta 1–0 in the 1994 Rothmans International Tournament.^[6] Georgia made its first appearance in the qualifying rounds of the FIFA World Cup during the 1998 edition, but the country has yet to reach the finals of the World Cup or the European Football Championship.^[7]

The team's largest victory came on 30 March 1997 when they defeated Armenia by seven goals to nil in a friendly.^[8] Their worst loss is a 6–1 against Denmark in 2005.^[8] Georgia have also been defeated by five goals to nil against Romania in 1996.^[8] Levan Kobiashvili holds the appearance record for Georgia, having been capped 100 times during an international career that lasted 15 years.^[9] The goalscoring record is held by Shota Arveladze, who scored 26 times in 61 matches.^[10] As of April 2019, Georgia are ranked 94th in the FIFA World Rankings.^[11] Its highest ever ranking of 42nd was achieved in September 1998.^[12]

International matches[]

Result by year

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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All-time record[]

Updated to game played 12 October 2019.

Record by opponent[]

Georgia's first team has competed in a number of competitions and friendlies, and their record against each team faced in these competitions is listed below. Since their first official match against Lithuania in May 1990 Georgia have faced a total of 62 teams, they met their most recent different opponent, Andorra, for the first time in November 2018. The team that Georgia has met most is Albania, against whom they have contested 14 matches; having won eight of these Albania are also the side Georgia have beaten the most. Georgia have tied four games with Moldova, they are the team that they have drawn with the most. The team that has defeated Georgia the most are the Republic of Ireland, who have won nine of their ten matches with Georgia.

Opponents	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	First	Last
Albania	14	8	3	3	23	13	+10	057.14	1994	2015
Andorra	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	050.00	2018	2018
Armenia	5	3	1	1	11	4	+7	060.00	1997	2011
Austria	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00	2016	2017
Azerbaijan	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	033.33	1992	2007
Belarus	4	2	1	1	4	4	+0	050.00	2012	2020
Bulgaria	5	1	1	3	6	15	−9	020.00	1994	2009
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	2010	2010
Croatia	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00	2011	2011
Cyprus	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	033.33	1992	2017
Denmark	5	0	2	3	5	15	−10	000.00	2004	2019
Egypt	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	2012	2012
England	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	000.00	1996	1997
Estonia	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	050.00	1998	2018
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00	2006	2007
Finland	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00	2012	2013
France	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	000.00	2007	2013
Germany	5	0	0	5	2	12	−10	000.00	1995	2015
Gibraltar	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00	2014	2015
Greece	7	0	1	6	5	14	−9	000.00	1996	2011
Hungary	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	050.00	2001	2001
Iceland	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00	2009	2009
Iran	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	2000	2000
Israel	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	016.67	1994	2011
Italy	8	0	1	7	2	14	−12	000.00	1996	2009
Jordan	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00	2005	2017
Kazakhstan	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	050.00	2005	2018
Latvia	10	5	2	3	18	10	+8	050.00	1994	2018
Lebanon	2	0	0	2	4	7	−3	000.00	1996	1996
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	2014	2014
Lithuania	8	4	1	3	13	6	+7	050.00	1990	2018
Luxembourg	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	050.00	2001	2018
Malta	9	6	2	1	12	5	+7	066.67	1994	2018
Moldova	12	4	4	4	17	14	+3	033.33	1991	2017
Montenegro	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00	2009	2009
New Zealand	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00	2006	2006
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	000.00	1994	1994
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00	2008	2008
Norway	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	000.00	1996	1999
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	2006	2006
Poland	5	1	0	4	4	13	−9	020.00	1997	2015
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00	2008	2008
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	2007	2007
Republic of Ireland	11	0	2	9	5	18	−13	000.00	2003	2019
Romania	7	0	2	5	4	19	−15	000.00	1996	2016
Russia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	033.33	1998	2003
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	2014	2014
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	2017	2017
Scotland	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	050.00	2007	2015
Serbia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00	2017	2017
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00	2000	2016
Slovenia	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	025.00	1994	2010
South Africa	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00	2002	2002
South Korea	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00	2019	2019
Spain	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	033.33	2012	2016
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	000.00	2002	2019
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00	1994	1998
Turkey	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	020.00	2002	2012
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	2014	2014
Ukraine	9	0	3	6	6	16	−10	000.00	1998	2015
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	2006	2006
Uzbekistan	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00	2017	2017
Wales	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	060.00	1994	2017

Record by competition[]

Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	First	Last
Cyprus International Tournament	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	033.33	2000	2004
FIFA World Cup qualification	56	9	16	31	51	89	−38	016.07	1996	2017
Friendly	97	33	22	42	125	138	−13	034.02	1990	2019
Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament	7	6	0	1	13	3	+10	085.71	1994	2006
UEFA European Championship qualifying	64	16	10	38	63	92	−29	025.00	1994	2019
UEFA Nations League	9	7	2	0	15	3	+12	077.78	2018	2020
Total	235	71	49	115	268	332	−64	030.21	1990	2019

See also[]

Georgia national football team results (2020–present)

Notes[]

References[]

General

• "Georgia national football team complete 'A' international record". 11v11.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
• "MATCHES → international football match results of Georgia". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
• Courtney, Barrie; Di Maggio, Roberto. "Georgia - International Results". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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