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)
Association	Georgian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gocha Tkebuchava
Captain	Nikolozi Kurshavishvili
Most caps	Zuriko Davitashvili (28)
Top scorer	Zuriko Davitashvili (24)
Home stadium	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
FIFA code	GEO
First colours Second colours
European U-17 championships
Appearances	3 (first in 1997)
Best result	Semi-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
1997	EURO. Group	0	0	3	7	16
2002	EURO. 1/4 f.	1	2	1	4	6
2012	EURO. 1/2 f.	1	1	2	2	4

European Under 17 Championship Qualifiers Host in Georgia

Country	Round	Group
	Euro 2000 qualifying round	Group 2
	Euro 2002 elite round	Group 10
	Euro 2011 qualifying round	Group 3
	Euro 2012 elite round	Group 3
	Euro 2013 qualifying round	Group 13
	Euro 2014 qualifying round	Group 11
	Euro 2015 qualifying round	Group 2
	Euro 2016 elite round	Group 3
	Euro 2018 qualifying round	Group 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
49 countries	34	17	62	136–203

External links

• Official website of the Georgian Football Federation