Georgia national football team

The history of the 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 at 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,[2] enabling Georgia to play competitive matches. The first of these came in September 1994, a 1–0 defeat to Moldova[3] as part of the qualifiers for Euro 1996. Georgia finished third in their group, ahead of Moldova, Wales and Albania, 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 the FIFA World Ranking.

During UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying the Georgia national team won one match, drew two and finished at the 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 2006 FIFA World Cup 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 2010 FIFA 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 new manager of the Georgian national football team. Ketsbaia resigned as manager after a 4–0 defeat at home to Poland in the UEFA 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 two-times reigning European champions Spain 1–0 in their final pre-Euro 2016 friendly.[4]

In 2018, they were the first team to earn promotion in the new UEFA Nations League. They scored the event's first goal in a UEFA Nations League D game in Kazakhstan before beating Latvia twice and Andorra, with 2 games still to spare. In the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, Georgia had a disappointing run, with their only wins came over Gibraltar. Still, having finished first place in League D, Georgia was able to qualify for the country's first ever major playoff. Georgia managed to beat Belarus 1–0 and thus the hope to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020 increased, but it went in vain after the Georgians suffered a heartbreaking home defeat to North Macedonia in the decisive match and thus missed the opportunity to make a historic debut in a major competition.

Georgia showed improvements with a strong 2-0 win over Sweden at the 2022 World Cup qualification on 11 November 2021.[5]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2022

Georgia  v  Gibraltar

2 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League	Georgia	4–0	Gibraltar	Tbilisi, Georgia
20:00	Kvaratskhelia 12' Kashia 33' Mikautadze 87' Qazaishvili 88'	Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 43,412 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Bulgaria  v  Georgia

5 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League	Bulgaria	2–5	Georgia	Razgrad, Bulgaria
20:00	A. Iliev 50' Stefanov 83'	Report	Davitashvili 4' A. Hristov 31' (o.g.) Zivzivadze 52' Kvaratskhelia 58' (pen.) Qazaishvili 69'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

North Macedonia  v  Georgia

9 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League	North Macedonia	0–3	Georgia	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45		Report	Zivzivadze 52' Kvaratskhelia 62' Kiteishvili 84'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 10,775 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

Georgia  v  Bulgaria

12 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League	Georgia	0–0	Bulgaria	Tbilisi, Georgia
20:00		Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 54,200 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Georgia  v  North Macedonia

23 September 2022 2022–23 Nations League	Georgia	2–0	North Macedonia	Tbilisi, Georgia
20:00	Miovski 35' (o.g.) Kvaratskhelia 64'	Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 54,200 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Gibraltar  v  Georgia

26 September 2022 2022–23 Nations League	Gibraltar	1–2	Georgia	Gibraltar
20:45	Annesley 75'	Report	Kvaratskhelia 19' (pen.) Tsitaishvili 48'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 1,199 Referee: Rob Harvey (Ireland)

Morocco  v  Georgia

17 November 2022 Friendly	Morocco	3–0	Georgia	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
20:00	En-Nesyri 5' Ziyech 29' Boufal 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

2023

Georgia  v  Mongolia

25 March 2023 Friendly	Georgia	6–1	Mongolia	Batumi, Georgia
18:00	Volkovi 15' Chakvetadze 56', 58' Lobzhanidze 70' Beridze 88' Zivzivadze 90+1'	Report	Batbold 31'	Stadium: Batumi Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Georgia  v  Norway

28 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Georgia	1–1	Norway	Batumi, Georgia
18:00	Mikautadze 60'	Report	Sørloth 15'	Stadium: Batumi Stadium Attendance: 20,300 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Cyprus  v  Georgia

17 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Cyprus	v	Georgia	Larnaca, Cyprus
20:45		Report		Stadium: AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis

Scotland  v  Georgia

20 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Scotland	v	Georgia	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45		Report		Stadium: Hampden Park

Georgia  v  Spain

8 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Georgia	v	Spain	Tbilisi, Georgia
18:00		Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

Norway  v  Georgia

11 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Norway	v	Georgia	Oslo, Norway
20:45		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Georgia  v  Thailand

12 October 2023 Friendly	Georgia	v	Thailand	Tbilisi, Georgia
				Stadium: TBD

Georgia  v  Cyprus

15 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Georgia	v	Cyprus	Tbilisi, Georgia
15:00		Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

Georgia  v  Scotland

16 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Georgia	v	Scotland	Tbilisi, Georgia
18:00		Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

Spain  v  Georgia

19 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Spain	v	Georgia	Valladolid, Spain
20:45		Report		Stadium: El Sardinero

As of 20 June 2022[6]

Position	Name
Manager	Willy Sagnol
Assistant Manager	Adel Chedli Zurab Khizanishvili
Goalkeeping Coach	Davit Gvaramadze
Analyst	Irakli Chitauri Levan Zamtaradze

Coaching history

As of 19 November 2019[7]

Manager	Georgia career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Givi Nodia	1990	1	0	1	0	000.00
Giga Norakidze	1991–1992	4	2	0	2	050.00
Aleksandre Chivadze	1993–1996	24	9	1	14	037.50
Vladimir Gutsaev (caretaker)	1996	2	0	0	2	000.00
David Kipiani	1997	7	4	1	2	057.14
Vladimir Gutsaev	1998	5	3	2	0	060.00
Gigla Imnadze (caretaker)	1998	1	0	0	1	000.00
Vladimir Gutsaev	1998–1999	8	2	1	5	025.00
Johan Boskamp	1999	5	0	1	4	000.00
David Kipiani Revaz Dzodzuashvili	2000–2001	16	5	5	6	031.25
Aleksandre Chivadze	2001–2003	11	4	3	4	036.36
Ivo Šušak	2003	2	1	0	1	050.00
Merab Jordania	2003	3	1	0	2	033.33
Gocha Tkebuchava (caretaker)	2004	3	0	0	3	000.00
Alain Giresse	2004–2005	10	2	2	6	020.00
Gaioz Darsadze (caretaker)	2005	7	2	2	3	028.57
Klaus Toppmöller	2006–2008	24	7	4	13	029.17
Petar Segrt (caretaker)	2008	2	0	1	1	000.00
Héctor Cúper	2008–2009	16	1	4	11	006.25
Temur Ketsbaia	2010–2014	40	13	9	18	032.50
Kakhaber Tskhadadze	2014–2016	10	3	1	6	030.00
Vladimír Weiss	2016–2020	47	16	15	16	034.04
Ramaz Svanadze (caretaker)	2020–2021	1	0	1	0	000.00
Willy Sagnol	2021–	17	8	2	7	047.06

As of 28 March 2023[9]

Players in bold are still active with Georgia.

Most appearances Guram Kashia is Georgia's most capped player with 102 appearances. Rank Player Caps Goals Career 1 Guram Kashia 102 3 2009–present 2 Jaba Kankava 100 10 2004–2021 Levan Kobiashvili 100 12 1996–2011 4 Zurab Khizanishvili 92 1 1999–2015 5 Kakha Kaladze 83 1 1996–2011 6 Giorgi Loria 77 0 2008–present 7 Giorgi Nemsadze 69 0 1992–2004 8 Aleksandre Iashvili 67 15 1996–2011 9 Gocha Jamarauli 62 6 1994–2004 Valeri Qazaishvili 62 13 2014–present Top goalscorers Shota Arveladze is Georgia's top scorer with 26 goals. Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career 1 Shota Arveladze 26 61 0.43 1992–2007 2 Temur Ketsbaia 17 52 0.33 1990–2003 3 Aleksandre Iashvili 15 67 0.22 1996–2011 4 Tornike Okriashvili 13 50 0.26 2010–present Valeri Qazaishvili 13 62 0.21 2014–present 6 Giorgi Demetradze 12 56 0.21 1996–2007 Levan Kobiashvili 12 100 0.12 1996–2011 8 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 10 20 0.5 2020–present Jaba Kankava 10 100 0.1 2004–2021 10 Mikheil Kavelashvili 9 46 0.2 1991–2002

As of 28 March 2023[10][11]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Albania	15	8	4	3	23	13	+10	053.33
Andorra	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	050.00
Armenia	7	3	2	2	14	8	+6	042.86
Austria	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Azerbaijan	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	033.33
Belarus	4	2	1	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Bulgaria	7	2	2	3	10	15	−5	028.57
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Croatia	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	033.33
Cyprus	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	033.33
Denmark	5	0	2	3	5	15	−10	000.00
Egypt	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
England	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	000.00
Estonia	8	4	2	2	9	7	+2	050.00
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00
Finland	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
France	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	000.00
Germany	5	0	0	5	2	12	−10	000.00
Gibraltar	6	6	0	0	19	3	+16	100.00
Greece	8	0	2	6	6	15	−9	000.00
Hungary	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	050.00
Iceland	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Iran	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Israel	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	016.67
Italy	8	0	1	7	2	14	−12	000.00
Jordan	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Kazakhstan	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Kosovo	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Latvia	10	5	2	3	18	10	+8	050.00
Lebanon	2	0	0	2	4	7	−3	000.00
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Lithuania	8	4	1	3	13	6	+7	050.00
Luxembourg	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Malta	9	6	2	1	12	5	+7	066.67
Moldova	12	4	4	4	17	14	+3	033.33
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
Montenegro	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Morocco	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
New Zealand	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	000.00
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
North Macedonia	5	2	2	1	7	3	+4	040.00
Norway	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	000.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Poland	5	1	0	4	4	13	−9	020.00
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Republic of Ireland	11	0	2	9	5	18	−13	000.00
Romania	8	1	2	5	6	20	−14	012.50
Russia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	033.33
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Scotland	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	050.00
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Serbia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Slovenia	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	025.00
South Africa	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
South Korea	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Spain	4	1	0	3	2	5	−3	025.00
Sweden	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Switzerland	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	000.00
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Turkey	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	020.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Ukraine	9	0	3	6	6	16	−10	000.00
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Uzbekistan	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Wales	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	060.00
Total:70 countries	272	86	58	128	319	379	−60	031.62

• Football in Georgia
• List of Georgia international footballers
• Georgia national football team results
• List of Georgian national football team captains
• Georgia national under-21 football team
• Georgia national under-19 football team
• Georgia national under-17 football team
• Georgia national futsal team
• Georgia national beach soccer team

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georgia national football team.

• Georgian Football Federation
• FIFA profile
• UEFA profile
• RSSSF archive of results 1990–
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Archive of results 1990–