Georgia national under-21 football team

Georgia Under-21

Nickname(s)	ჯვაროსნები Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
Association	Georgian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Vasil Maisuradze
Captain	Luka Gugeshashvili
FIFA code	GEO
First colours Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	TBD

The Georgia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Georgian national football team. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. Since the establishment of the Georgian under-21 side, the under-21 side has never reached a final tournament of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

The current team is for Georgian players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23. As long as they are eligible, players can play for Georgia at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side, and again for the U21s. This has been the case for several senior team players like Jano Ananidze and Levan Kakubava.

Although the breakup of the Soviet Union occurred officially on 25 December 1991, the under-21 team continued as Soviet Union until the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. After that, Georgia and the other countries who split from the Soviet Union like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine became separate footballing entities.

Competitive record[]

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

Silver background colour indicates second place finish.

Bronze background colour indicates third place finish.

Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA European U-21 Championship[]

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1960–1994	Part of Soviet Union
1996	Did not qualify
1994
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023	Qualified as a host
Total	–	0	0	0	0	0	0

UEFA European U-21 Championship qualification[]

Tournament	Qualifying
1996	qualifying
1998	qualifying
2000	qualifying
2002	qualifying
2004	group 10
2006	qualifying
2007	qualifying
2009	group 4
2011	group 2
2013	group 5
2015	group 3
2017	group 6
2019	group 3
2021	group 2

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	9	0	1	32	10	+22	27	Final tournament		—	3–1	3–2	1–0	5–0	5–0
2	Switzerland	10	9	0	1	26	8	+18	27			3–1	—	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–0
3	Georgia	10	5	0	5	17	14	+3	15			0–2	0–3	—	2–1	1–0	4–0
4	Slovakia	10	4	0	6	22	21	+1	12			3–5	1–2	3–2	—	2–1	6–0
5	Azerbaijan	10	2	0	8	6	18	−12	6			1–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	—	1–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	1	0	9	3	35	−32	3			0–5	0–5	0–2	2–4	1–0	—

Georgian under 21 only Official games (not friendly)[]

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Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals
Albania	3	1	2	6 - 6
Armenia	1		1	3 - 4
Azerbaijan	2			4 - 0
Bulgaria			2	1 - 3
Croatia	1	2	1	4 - 4
Denmark			3	4 - 10
England		1	1	0 - 1
Estonia	5		1	10 - 4
Faroe Islands			1	1 - 3
Finland	1	1		4 - 3
France			2	2 - 5
Germany			2	0 - 5
Greece		2	2	4 - 8
Hungary			2	1 - 4
Republic of Ireland		4		4 - 4
Italy	1		3	4 - 11
Kazakhstan	2		2	4 - 6
Latvia	2			6 - 3
Liechtenstein	2			6 - 0
Lithuania	2	1	2	6 - 4
Luxembourg	1		1	3 - 3
Malta	2			4 - 2
Moldova	2	1	1	5 - 2
Netherlands	1		1	1 - 6
Norway		1	1	0 - 3
Poland	1	1	3	8 - 14
Romania			2	1 - 5
Russia	1		3	4 - 10
San Marino	2			7 - 0
Scotland	1	1		3 - 2
Serbia			1	1 - 3
Slovakia	1		3	5 - 8
Slovenia		2		2 - 2
Spain			6	4 - 24
Switzerland		1	7	1 - 16
Sweden			2	2 - 4
Turkey	2	1	1	5 - 2
Ukraine			2	0 - 9
Wales			2	2 - 7
40 Countries	36	20	63	132 - 210

Current squad[]

The following players were called up to the squad for match against Slovakia on 18 November 2019.^[1] Caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Luka Gugeshashvili (captain)	(1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 22)	12	0	Dila Gori
23	1GK		(2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Toredo Kutaisi
2	2DF	Nikoloz Mali	(1999-01-27) 27 January 1999 (age 23)	8	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi
3	2DF	Ilia Beriashvili	(1998-06-09) 9 June 1998 (age 23)	4	0	Telavi
4	2DF	Luka Lochoshvili	(1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 23)	12	2	Dinamo Tbilisi
5	2DF		(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 24)	14	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
15	2DF		(1999-04-09) 9 April 1999 (age 22)	0	0	Locomotive Tbilisi
16	2DF		(1999-08-25) 25 August 1999 (age 22)	0	0	Sioni Bolnisi
22	2DF		(1999-11-29) 29 November 1999 (age 22)	2	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi
6	3MF	Giorgi Kochorashvili	(1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 22)	4	0	Atlético Levante UD
7	3MF	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 20)	1	1	Rubin Kazan
8	3MF		(1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 (age 22)	9	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
9	3MF	Nika Ninua	(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 22)	9	0	PAOK
11	3MF	Zuriko Davitashvili	(2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 20)	4	0	Rubin Kazan
18	3MF		(1999-04-21) 21 April 1999 (age 22)	6	0	Valmieras
20	3MF	Irakli Bugridze	(1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 24)	10	4	Dinamo Tbilisi
21	3MF		(1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Rukh Lviv
10	3MF	Giorgi Kokhreidze	(1998-11-18) 18 November 1998 (age 23)	12	1	Saburtalo Tbilisi
13	4FW		(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 23)	5	0	Dila Gori
14	4FW	Beka Kavtaradze	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 22)	6	1	Saburtalo Tbilisi

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.^[2]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Giorgi Mamardashvili	(2000-09-29) 29 September 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Locomotive Tbilisi	v.   Switzerland, 11 October 2019[3]
DF	Luka Lakvekheliani	(1998-10-20) 20 October 1998 (age 23)	6	2	Mezőkövesdi	v.  Azerbaijan, 10 September 2019[4]
DF		(1999-07-19) 19 July 1999 (age 22)	2	0	Torpedo Kutaisi	v.  France, 15 November 2019[5]
DF		(1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 24)	3	0	Dinamo Batumi	v.  France, 15 November 2019[6]
MF		(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Rustavi	v.   Switzerland, 11 October 2019[7]
MF		(1998-02-05) 5 February 1998 (age 24)	4	1	Locomotive Tbilisi	v.  Liechtenstein, 5 September 2019[8]
MF		(1999-11-07) 7 November 1999 (age 22)	2	0	Locomotive Tbilisi	v.  Liechtenstein, 5 September 2019[9]
FW	Giorgi Arabidze	(1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 23)	13	5	Nacional	v.   Switzerland, 11 October 2019[10]
FW	Vato Arveladze	(1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 23)	11	3	Locomotive Tbilisi	v.   Switzerland, 11 October 2019[11]

• ^INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
• ^PRE Preliminary squad.
• ^RET Retired from international football.

Statistics[]

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Notable former players[]

Managerial history[]

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Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Team Profile & Squad at UEFA.com