Georgia national under-21 football team

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{{Infobox national football team

| Name = Georgia Under-21

| Badge =

| Nickname = ჯვაროსნები
Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)

| Association = Georgian Football Federation

| Confederation = UEFA

| Coach = Ramaz Svanadze

| Asst Manager =

| Captain = Saba Khvadagiani

| Vice-Captain =

| Most caps = Nika Kvekveskiri (20 games)

| Top scorer = Beka Gotsiridze (9 goals)

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| FIFA Trigramme = GEO

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| First game = {{Flagicon|GEO|1990}} Georgia 3–0 Moldova {{Flagicon|MLD}}
(Tbilisi, 27 May 1994)

| Largest win = {{Flagicon|GEO}} Georgia 7–1 Malaysia {{Flagicon|MYS}}
(Vienna, 26 March 2013)

| Largest loss = {{Flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine 6–0 Georgia {{Flagicon|GEO}}
(Chervonohrad, 12 October 2004)

| UEFAu21Champ apps = 2

| UEFAu21Champ first = 2023

| UEFAu21Champ best = Quarter-finals (2023)

| website = {{URL|https://nakrebi.ge/ka/team/u21/news|nakrebi.ge}}

}}

The Georgia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. It is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Georgian national football team. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.

The current team is for Georgian players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year European 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.

Georgia held its first official game in a 1996 UEFA European U21 Championship qualification campaign against Moldova. They made a debut in the final tournament of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 2023 for which they automatically qualified as a co-host nation.

Despite the lowest rating points among the 2023 Championship teams, Georgia produced a main surprise on the tournament. They finished the group on top of the table and remained unbeaten after 120 minutes of a quarter-final clash with Israel as well, before eventually losing on penalties.{{cite web |url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2023/2594 |title=Georgia loses to Israel in penalty shootout of UEFA U21 European Championship quarter-finals |date=2 July 2023 |website=agenda.ge}}

Georgia fought hard to qualify for the 2025 Championship. As runners-up of Group C, they beat Croatia after a dramatic penalty shoot-out in play-offs.{{cite web |title=Under-21 EURO play-offs: Czechia, Finland, Georgia qualify |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0292-1c1ade839b21-9d80995999ee-1000--under-21-euro-play-offs-czechia-finland-georgia-qualify/ |publisher=UEFA |date=19 November 2024 |access-date=20 November 2024}}

Georgia U21s do not have a permanent home ground and play in stadiums of Erovnuli Liga clubs across the country. The record attendance for their match was set on 1 July 2023 when Georgia played Israel in quarter-final of the European Championship in front of 44,338 spectators.{{cite web |title=Under-21 EURO finals attendance record broken |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0283-1863c9fc94e8-975cd500087e-1000--u21-euro-smashes-attendance-record/ |website=UEFA |publisher=UEFA |date=1 July 2023}}

Competitive record

=UEFA European U-21 Championship=

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Year

!width="100"|Round

!width="20"|Pld

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D*

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

{{flagicon|GEO}} {{flagicon|ROU}} 20231/4 finals413053
{{flagicon|SVK}} 2025

Note:

:*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

==Qualification==

{{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runners-up  {{Color box|#cc9966|border=darkgray}} Third place  {{border|{{0|0000}}|width=2px|lh=15px|color=red}} Tournament held on home soil  

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Year

!Group

!{{abbr|Pld|Games played}}

!{{abbr|W|Games won}}

!{{abbr|D|Draw}}

!{{abbr|L|Games lost}}

!{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}

!{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

{{flagicon|ESP}} 1996

|Group 7

|8

|1

|0

|7

|7

|17

bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|ROU}} 1998

|Group 2

|8

|3

|3

|2

|10

|10

bgcolor="#cc9966"

|{{flagicon|SVK}} 2000

|Group 2

|8

|2

|5

|3

|11

|13

{{flagicon|SUI}} 2002

|Group 8

|8

|1

|0

|7

|9

|17

{{flagicon|GER}} 2004

|Group 10

|8

|1

|2

|5

|7

|16

{{flagicon|POR}} 2006

|Group 2

|12

|3

|2

|7

|7

|22

bgcolor="#cc9966"

|{{flagicon|NED}} 2007

|Group 3

|2

|0

|0

|2

|1

|4

{{flagicon|SWE}} 2009

|Group 4

|8

|2

|0

|6

|6

|22

bgcolor="#cc9966"

|{{flagicon|DEN}} 2011

|Group 2

|10

|4

|3

|3

|12

|9

bgcolor="#cc9966"

|{{flagicon|ISR}} 2013

|Group 5

|8

|3

|1

|4

|8

|18

{{flagicon|CZE}} 2015

|Group 3

|8

|3

|1

|4

|8

|15

{{flagicon|POL}} 2017

|Group 6

|10

|4

|1

|5

|17

|17

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|{{flagicon|ITA}} {{flagicon|SMR}} 2019

|Group 3

|8

|3

|3

|4

|11

|19

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|{{flagicon|HUN}} {{flagicon|SLO}} 2021

|Group 2

|10

|5

|0

|5

|17

|14

style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|GEO}} {{flagicon|ROU}} 2023colspan=8| Qualified as hosts
bgcolor=silver

|{{flagicon|SVK}} 2025

|Group C

|10

|6

|1

|3

|14

|10

{{flagicon|ALB}}{{flagicon|SRB}} 2027

| Group F

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|

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Results and fixtures

{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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=2023=

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|location=Belek, Turkey

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|team1={{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fbu|21|CYP}}

|goals1=

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|stadium=Mikheil Meskhi Stadium

|location= Tbilisi, Georgia

|attendance=

|result=W

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|round = UEFA Euro U21

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|21|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|POR}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2036128/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Boris Paichadze Stadium

|location = Tbilisi, Georgia

|attendance = 24,447

|referee = Espen Eskås (Norway)

|result=W

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|date = {{Start date|2023|06|24|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|BEL}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2036130/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Boris Paichadze Stadium

|location = Tbilisi, Georgia

|attendance = 41,886

|result=D

|referee = Duje Strukan (Croatia)

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|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|NED}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2036138/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Boris Paichadze Stadium

|location = Tbilisi, Georgia

|attendance = 43,004

|result = D

|referee = Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

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|round = UEFA Euro U21 Quarterfinal

|date = {{Start date|2023|7|1|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 0–0

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|21|ISR}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2036146/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Boris Paichadze Stadium

|location = Tbilisi, Georgia

|attendance = 44,338

|referee = Espen Eskås (Norway)

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 3–4

|penalties2 =

|result = D

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|date = {{Start date|2023|09|06|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GIB}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037320--georgia-vs-gibraltar/

|goals1 =

|stadium = Ramaz Shengelia Stadium

|location = Kutaisi, Georgia

|attendance =

|result = W

|referee = Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

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|date = {{Start date|2023|09|12|df=y}}

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|MLD}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037346--moldova-vs-georgia/matchinfo/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadionul Zimbru

|location = Chișinău, Moldova

|attendance =

|result = W

|referee = Antti Munukka (Finland)

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|date = {{Start date|2023|10|12|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 GET

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 0–3

|team2 = {{fbu|21|NED}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037339/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Batumi Stadium

|location = Batumi, Georgia

|attendance =

|result = L

|referee = Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)

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|round = UEFA Euro QR

|date = {{Start date|2023|10|17|df=y}}

|time = 19:00 GET

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SWE}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037342--georgia-vs-sweden/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Batumi Stadium

|location = Batumi, Georgia

|attendance =

|result = D

|referee = Michael Fabbri (Italy)

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|round=UEFA Euro QR

|time= 16:00 GET

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|MKD}}

|score=0–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037345--north-macedonia-vs-georgia/

|team2={{fbu|21|GEO}}

|goals2=

|stadium=FFM Training Centre

|location=Skopje, North Macedonia

|attendance=

|result= W

|referee = Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)

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=2024=

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|date = {{Start date|2024|03|22|df=y}}

|time = 21:30 GET

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|TUR}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|report = https://www.flashscore.com/match/r7UjaUwU/#/match-summary/match-summary

|goals1 =

  • Kilicsoy {{goal|16}}
  • Yildirim {{goal|55|pen.}}

|goals2 = Abuashvili {{goal|58}}

|stadium = Pendik Stadyumu

|location = Istanbul

|attendance =

|result = L

|referee =

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|round = UEFA Euro QR

|date = {{Start date|2024|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 GEO

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GIB}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037326--gibraltar-vs-georgia/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Victoria Stadium

|location = Gibraltar

|attendance = 211

|result = W

|referee = J.Sundberg (Denmark)

}}

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|round = Friendly

|date = {{Start date|2024|06|06|df=y}}

|time = 19:00 GEO

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|KAZ}}

|report = https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/06/world/under-21-friendlies/georgia-under-21/kazakhstan-under-21/4360333/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mikheil Meskhi Stadium

|location = Tbilisi

|attendance =

|result = D

|referee =

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|date = {{Start date|2024|09|05|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 GEO Time

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|MLD}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037336--georgia-vs-moldova/

|goals1 =

|stadium = Batumi Stadium

|location = Batumi

|result = W

|attendance = 5,250

|referee = Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)

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|date = {{Start date|2024|09|09|df=y}}

|time = 22:00 GEO Time

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|NED}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037329--netherlands-vs-georgia/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Covebo Stadion – De Koel

|location = Venlo

|attendance = 3,458

|result = L

|referee = Robert Schröder (Germany)}}

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|id = SWE v GEO

|date = {{Start date|2024|10|10|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 GEO Time

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SWE}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadsparksvallen

|location = Jönköping

|attendance = 1,620

|result = L

|referee = Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037332/

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|round = UEFA Euro QR

|id = GEO v MKD

|date = {{Start date|2024|10|15|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 GEO Time

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|MKD}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

  • Isaki {{goal|52}}

|stadium = Ramaz Shengelia Stadium

|location = Kutaisi

|attendance =

|result = W

|referee = Viktor Shimusik (Belarus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037335/

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|round = UEFA Euro play-off 1st leg

|id = GEO v CRO

|date = 15 November 2024

|time = 19:00 GEO Time

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|CRO}}

|goals1 = Soldo {{goal|4|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mikheil Meskhi Stadium

|location = Tbilisi

|attendance = 9,372

|result = W

|referee = Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2042711--georgia-vs-croatia/

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|round = UEFA Euro play-off 2nd leg

|id = CRO v GEO

|date = 19 November 2024

|time = 22:00 GEO Time

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|CRO}}

|score = 3–2

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 6–7

|penalties2 =

|stadium = Stadion HNK Rijeka

|location = Rijeka

|attendance = 2,575

|result = L

|referee = Simone Sozza (Italy)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2042712--croatia-vs-georgia/

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=2025=

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|round = Friendly

|id = FIN v GEO

|date = 22 March 2025

|time = 18:00 GEO Time

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|FIN}}

|score = 2–4

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|location = Belek

|stadium = Gloria Sports Arena

|result = W

|report = https://www.flashscore.com/match/44y5oQ4d/#/match-summary/match-summary

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|round = Friendly

|id = SER v GEO

|date = 25 March 2025

|time = 17:00 GEO Time

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SER}}

|score = 1–3

|goals1 = Mitrovic {{goal|28|pen.}}

|goals2 =

  • Sigua {{goal|11}}
  • Morchiladze {{goal|45+3|pen.}}
  • Iakobidze {{goal|84}}

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|location = Antalya

|result = W

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|round = UEFA Euro

|date = {{Start date|2025|06|11|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|POL}}

|score =

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2043329/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Štadión pod Dubňom

|location = Žilina

|attendance =

|referee =

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|round = UEFA Euro

|date = {{Start date|2025|06|14|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|FRA}}

|score =

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2043339/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Štadión pod Dubňom

|location = Žilina

|attendance =

|referee =

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|round = UEFA Euro

|date = {{Start date|2025|06|17|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score =

|team2 = {{fbu|21|POR}}

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2043346/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Štadión Sihoť

|location = Trenčín

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

=2027 European Championship=

{{main|2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group F}}

{{:2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group F|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules|showteam=GEO}}

Current team

=Coaching staff=

As of 15 March 2025{{cite web |title=U21 coaches |url=https://nakrebi.ge/ka/team/u21/coaches |website=nakrebi.ge (in Georgian) |access-date=15 March 2025}}

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|+

PositionName
Head Coach{{Flagicon|GEO}} Ramaz Svanadze
Assistant coach{{Flagicon|GEO}} Giorgi Adamia
{{Flagicon|GEO}} Zaur Svanadze
{{Flagicon|GEO}} Giorgi Dekanosidze
Goalkeeper coach{{Flagicon|GEO}} Temur Charkviani
Fitness coach{{Flagicon|GEO}} Bondo Gotsiridze
Video analyst{{Flagicon|GEO}} Jumber Burjanadze

=Players=

The following players born in or after 2002 were called up for two friendly games against Finland and Serbia in March 2025.{{cite news |title=მარტის შეკრება - ახალგაზრდულის შემადგენლობა და მატჩების განრიგი |url=https://nakrebi.ge/ka/team/u21/news/9803-martis-shekreba-akhalgazrdulis-shemadgenloba |access-date=15 March 2025 |publisher=საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია|date=14 March 2025 |language=Georgian}}

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

Caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2025, after the match against Serbia.{{cite web |title=Squad |url=https://nakrebi.ge/ka/team/u21/squad |website=nakrebi.ge (in Georgian) |access-date=26 March 2025}}

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{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=Mikheil Makatsaria|age={{birth date and age|2004|06|11|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Dinamo Tbilisi|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=GK|name=Luka Kharatishvili|age={{birth date and age|2003|01|13|df=y}}|caps=14|goals=0|club=Dinamo Batumi|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=Levan Tandilashvili|age={{birth date and age|2003|2|27|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Telavi|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=Zurab Rukhadze|age={{birth date and age|2003|7|30|df=y}}|caps=7|goals=0|club=Dila|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=Saba Khvadagiani|age={{birth date and age|2003|1|30|df=y}}|caps=27|goals=3|club=Dinamo Tbilisi|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=Nikoloz Ugrekhelidze|age={{birth date and age|2003|8|15|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=0|club=Dinamo Tbilisi|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=Saba Mamatsashvili|age={{birth date and age|2002|8|23|df=y}}|caps=14|goals=1|club=Sirius|clubnat=SWE}}

{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=DF|name=Giorgi Maisuradze|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|31|df=y}}|caps=15|goals=0|club=Polissya|clubnat=UKR}}

{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=Lado Odishvili|age={{birth date and age|2003|5|28|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=Telavi|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=Irakli Iakobidze|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|15|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=1|club=Dinamo Tbilisi |clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=DF|name=Tornike Morchiladze|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|10|df=y}}|caps=8|goals=1|club=Dinamo Tbilisi |clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name=Lasha Odisharia|age={{birth date and age|2002|10|23|df=y}}|caps=16|goals=1|club=Rigas FS|clubnat=LAT}}

{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=Luka Gagnidze|age={{birth date and age|2003|2|28|df=y}} |caps=21|goals=1|club=Krylia Sovetov|clubnat=RUS}}

{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name=Levan Osikmashvili|age={{birth date and age|2002|04|20|df=y}}|caps=12|goals=0|club=Hapoel Hadera||clubnat=ISR}}

{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=Otar Mamageishvili|age={{birth date and age|2003|1|15|df=y}}|caps=20|goals=3|club=Famalicão|clubnat=POR}}

{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=MF|name=Gizo Mamageishvili|age={{birth date and age|2003|1|15|df=y}}|caps=11|goals=2|club=Iberia 1999|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=MF|name=Irakli Yegoian|age={{birth date and age|2004|3|19|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=0|club=Vitesse|clubnat=NED}}

{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=Nodar Lominadze |age={{birth date and age|2002|4|04|df=y}}|caps=18|goals=3|club=Dinamo Tbilisi|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=MF|name=Gabriel Sigua|age={{birth date and age|2005|6|30|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=1|club=Basel|clubnat=SWI}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=FW|name=Giorgi Abuashvili|age={{birth date and age|2003|2|8|df=y}}|caps=15|goals=2|club=Kolkheti 1913|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=Giorgi Kvernadze|age={{birth date and age|2003|2|7|df=y}}|caps=20|goals=2|club=Frosinone|clubnat=ITA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=FW|name=Davit Gotsiridze|age={{birth date and age|2004|9|6|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=Gagra|clubnat=GEO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=FW|name=Jaduli Iobashvili|age={{birth date and age|2004|1|1|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=1|club=Dinamo Tbilisi}}

{{nat fs end}}

=Recent call-up=

The following players have been called up within the last twelve months and are still eligible for selection.

{{nat fs r start}}

{{nat fs r player|no=16|pos=DF|name=Irakli Azarovi|age={{birth date and age|2002|2|21|df=y}}|caps=11|goals=0|club=Shakhtar Donetsk|clubnat=UKR|latest=v.{{fbu|21|CRO}}, 19 November 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=15|pos=DF|name=Luka Latsabidze|age={{birth date and age|2004|3|18|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Chornomorets|clubnat=UKR|latest=v.{{fbu|21|CRO}}, 19 November 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Dachi Lordkipanidze|age={{birth date and age|2005|3|1|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Cremonese|clubnat=ITA|latest=v.{{fbu|21|CRO}}, 19 November 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=22|pos=FW|name=Vasilios Gordeziani|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|29|df=y}}|caps=11|goals=2|club=Dinamo Tbilisi|clubnat=GEO|latest=v.{{fbu|21|CRO}}, 19 November 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=16|pos=DF|name=Davit Zurabiani |age={{birth date and age|2002|2|22|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=Kolkheti 1913|clubnat=GEO|latest=v.{{fbu|21|NED}}, 9 September 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=15|pos=DF|name=Saba Sazonov|age={{birth date and age|2002|2|01|df=y}}|caps=9|goals=1|club=Empoli |clubnat=ITA|latest=v.{{fbu|21|NED}}, 9 September 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=17|pos=DF|name=Davit Gogotishvili|age={{birth date and age|2003|1|24|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Telavi|clubnat=GEO|latest=v.{{fbu|21|NED}}, 9 September 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=Lasha Kvaratskhelia|age={{birth date and age|2002|2|27|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Samtredia|clubnat=GEO|latest=v. {{fbu|21|KAZ}}, 6 June 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=17|pos=MF|name=Shalva Ogbaidze|age={{birth date and age|2002|1|8|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=Den Bosch|clubnat=NED|latest=v. {{fbu|21|KAZ}}, 6 June 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Giorgi Kharebava |age={{birth date and age|2004|2|26|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Kolkheti 1913|clubnat=GEO|latest=v. {{fbu|21|KAZ}}, 6 June 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Vakhtang Salia |age={{birth date and age|2007|7|30|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Dinamo Tbilisi|clubnat=GEO|latest=v. {{fbu|21|KAZ}}, 6 June 2024}}

{{nat fs end}}

=Past squads=

Statistics

{{small|Last update: 25 March 2025}}{{cite web |title=U21 statistics |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/georgien-u-21-h-team/11/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=26 March 2025}}

Note: Includes friendly matches

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Opponent

!Matches

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!GF

!GA

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ALB}}

|8

|3

|1

|4

|7

|10

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ARM}}

|2

|1

|0

|1

|3

|4

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|AZE}}

|3

|2

|1

|0

|5

|1

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|BLR}}

|2

|1

|0

|1

|4

|2

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|BEL}}

|1

|0

|1

|0

|2

|2

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|BUL}}

|3

|0

|0

|3

|1

|4

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|CRO}}

|6

|2

|2

|2

|7

|7

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|CYP}}

|3

|1

|2

|0

|4

|2

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|DEN}}

|5

|0

|1

|4

|7

|15

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ENG}}

|4

|1

|1

|2

|4

|9

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|EST}}

|7

|6

|0

|1

|14

|5

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|FRO}}

|2

|1

|0

|1

|2

|3

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|FIN}}

|3

|2

|1

|0

|8

|5

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|FRA}}

|3

|0

|0

|3

|3

|10

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|GER}}

|3

|0

|1

|2

|2

|7

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|GIB}}

|2

|2

|0

|0

|4

|0

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|GRE}}

|5

|0

|2

|3

|4

|11

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|HUN}}

|2

|0

|0

|2

|1

|4

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ISL}}

|2

|1

|1

|0

|7

|5

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|IRL}}

|4

|0

|4

|0

|4

|4

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ISR}}

|4

|1

|1

|2

|3

|5

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ITA}}

|4

|1

|0

|3

|4

|11

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|KAZ}}

|5

|2

|1

|2

|4

|6

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|LVA}}

|4

|4

|0

|0

|11

|3

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|LIE}}

|2

|2

|0

|0

|6

|0

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|LTU}}

|6

|3

|1

|2

|9

|6

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|LUX}}

|2

|1

|0

|1*

|3

|3

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|MLT}}

|3

|3

|0

|0

|9

|4

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|MDA}}

|8

|5

|2

|1

|12

|4

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|MNE}}

|2

|0

|1

|1

|2

|3

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|NED}}

|5

|1

|1

|3

|3

|13

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|MKD}}

|2

|2

|0

|0

|3

|1

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|NOR}}

|2

|0

|1

|1

|0

|3

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|POL}}

|6

|1

|1

|4

|8

|17

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|POR}}

|2

|1

|0

|1

|3

|4

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ROM}}

|5

|1

|1

|3

|5

|8

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|RUS}}

|4

|1

|0

|3

|4

|10

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SMR}}

|2

|2

|0

|0

|7

|0

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SCO}}

|2

|1

|1

|0

|3

|2

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SRB}}

|2

|1

|0

|1

|4

|4

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SVK}}

|4

|1

|0

|3

|5

|8

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SVN}}

|4

|1

|3

|0

|6

|3

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|ESP}}

|6

|0

|0

|6

|4

|24

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SUI}}

|8

|0

|1

|7

|1

|16

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|SWE}}

|4

|0

|2

|2

|4

|7

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|TUR}}

|6

|2

|1

|3

|6

|5

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|UKR}}

|5

|0

|3

|2

|7

|16

style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|21|WAL}}

|4

|0

|2

|2

|5

|10

class="sortbot

! Total

183604182234306

  • Luxemburg were awarded a 3–0 win{{cite web |title=Georgia vs Luxemburg |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2011435--georgia-vs-luxembourg/ |website=UEFA |publisher=UEFA |date=5 March 2014}}

= Most capped players =

Note: Competitive matches only

File:Lech Poznań football team 2022-07-21 Nika Kwekweskiri.jpg is the most capped player of the U21 team]]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
#

! class="unsortable" |Name

! class="unsortable" |Career

!Caps

!Goals

1

| style="text-align: left;" |Nika Kvekveskiri

|2009–2014

|20

|2

2

|style="text-align: left;"|Gulverd Tomashvili

|2008–2010

|18

|0

3

| style="text-align: left;" |Giorgi Khidesheli

|2005–2010

|16

|1

rowspan="2"|4

| style="text-align: left;" |Saba Khvadagiani

| style="text-align: left;" |2023–

|15

|2

style="text-align: left;" |Davit Ubilava

|2013–2016

|15

|0

rowspan="2"| 6

|style="text-align: left;"|Mikheil Ashvetia

|1997–1999

|14

|6

style="text-align: left;" |Solomon Kverkvelia

|2011–2013

|14

|0

{{small|Last updated: 19 November 2024}}

{{small|[https://www.uefa.com/under21/history/teams/257157--georgia/ Source: UEFA]}}

=Top goalscorers=

Note: Competitive matches only

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=50px|#

!width=150px|Player

!width=100px|Career

!width=100px|Goals

rowspan="2"| 1

|style="text-align: left;"|Mikheil Ashvetia

|1997–1999

|rowspan="2"|6

style="text-align:left;"|Nika Kacharava

|2013–2016

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|3

|style="text-align:left;"|Rati Aleksidze

|1997–1999

|rowspan="3"|4

style="text-align:left;"|Vladimir Akhalaia

|2002–2003

style="text-align:left;"|Beka Mikeltadze

|2017–2018

Last updated: 16 June 2023

{{small|[https://www.uefa.com/under21/history/teams/257157--georgia/ Source: UEFA]|small}}

Notable results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Tournament

!Venue

!Team

!Result

!Team

10 September 1997

|Euro 1998

|Rustavi

|{{fb|GEO|1990}}

|[https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/italien-u21-h-team/1997/3/ 2–0]

|{{fb|ITA}}

20 November 2007

|Euro 2009

|Tbilisi

|{{fb|GEO|2004}}

|[https://www.worldfootball.net/report/u-21-h-em-qualifikation-2007-2008-gruppe-4-georgien-russland/ 2–0]

| {{fb|RUS}}

9 September 2009

|Euro 2011

|Zestaponi

|{{fb|GEO|2004}}

|[https://www.worldfootball.net/report/u-21-h-em-qualifikation-2009-2010-gruppe-2-georgien-tuerkei/ 4–0]

| {{fb|TUR}}

3 June 2011

|Euro 2013

|Dugopolje

|{{fb|CRO}}

|[https://www.worldfootball.net/report/u-21-h-em-qualifikation-2011-2012-gruppe-5-kroatien-georgien/ 0–1]

| {{fb|GEO|2004}}

4 September 2014

|Euro 2015

|Deventer

|{{fb|HOL}}

|[https://www.worldfootball.net/report/u-21-h-em-qualifikation-2013-2014-gruppe-3-niederlande-georgien/ 0–1]

|{{fb|GEO|2004}}

16 November 2021

|Friendly

|Batumi

|{{fb|GEO|2004}}

|[https://www.worldfootball.net/report/u21-h-freundschaft-2021-november-georgien-england/ 3–2]

|{{fb|ENG}}

21 June 2023

|Euro 2023

|Tbilisi

|{{fb|GEO|2004}}

|[https://www.worldfootball.net/report/u21-h-em-2023-georgien-rumaenien-gruppe-a-georgien-portugal/ 2–0]

|{{fb|POR}}

Notable former players

Managerial history

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Source{{cite web |title=ახალგაზრდული ნაკრების ყველა მატჩი |url=https://1tv.ge/news/akhalgazrduli-nakrebis-yvela-matchi-gamarjveba-bufonis-italiastan-marckhi-farerebtan-1tvsport/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian), p.33 |access-date=29 June 2023}}

Media coverage

Georgia Euro qualifiers and international friendlies are currently shown by the Public Broadcaster.

See also

References

{{Reflist}}