Georgia national under-17 football team

Georgia Under-17

Nickname(s)	ჯვაროსნები Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
Association	Georgian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Aleksandre Kobakhidze
Most caps	Zuriko Davitashvili Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (28 games)
Top scorer	Zuriko Davitashvili (24 goals)
Home stadium	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium (main) Ramaz Shengelia Stadium (2nd venue)
FIFA code	GEO
First colours Second colours Third colours
European Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1997 )
Best result	Semifinals (2012)
Website	nakrebi.ge

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.

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 renaming 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.

Georgia Under 17 at European Championships

Year	Round	W	D	L	GS	GA	Players
1997	Group	0	0	3	7	16	Squad
2002	1/4 f.	1	2	1	4	6	Squad
2012	1/2 f.	1	1	2	2	4	Squad

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
	Euro 2023 qualifying round	Group 3
	Euro 2024 qualifying round	Group 1
	Euro 2024 elite round	Group 6
	Euro 2026 qualifying round	Group 14

Current squad

• The following players were called up for two friendly games held in Tbilisi against Lithuania. ^[4]
• Match dates: 28 and 30 September 2025

Caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2025, after the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification match against Lithuania . ^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Mate Chelidze	(2009-04-18) April 18, 2009 (age 16)	0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	1 GK	Giorgi Kakhidze		0	0	GFF Kutaisi Academy
	1 GK	Saba Tsartsidze		0	0	Kolkheti 1913
	2 DF	Davit Tskvitaia		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2 DF	Saba Kiladze		0	0	Iberia 1999
	2 DF	Nikoloz Potskhveria		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2 DF	Ioane Gogichaishvili		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2 DF	Andria Potskhveria	(2010-01-26) January 26, 2010 (age 15)	0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2 DF	Luka Sharikadze		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2 DF	Anzor Tsiramua		0	0	GFF Kutaisi Academy
	2 DF	Tornike Pilauri		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3 MF	Saba Avdoevi	(2009-08-31) August 31, 2009 (age 16)	0	0	Iberia 1999
	3 MF	Saba Sharvashidze		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3 MF	Revaz Vardania		0	0	Locomotive
0	3 MF	Saba Saralidze		0	0	GFF Kutaisi Academy
	3 MF	Luka Knoev	(2009-03-26) March 26, 2009 (age 16)	0	0	Osnabruck
	3 MF	Giorgi Gorgadze		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3 MF	Giorgi Razmadze		0	0	Torpedo
	4 FW	Sandro Mikautadze	(2009-03-06) March 6, 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	4 FW	Tornike Kvaratskhelia		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	4 FW	Sandro Kunchulia		0	0	Iberia 1999
	4 FW	Andria Bartishvili	(2009-03-30) March 30, 2009 (age 16)	5	2	Kolkheti 1913
	4 FW	Nikoloz Khatoiani		0	0	Torpedo

Statistics

Last updated: 2 October 2025 ^[6]

Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals
Albania	1	1	0	5–0
Armenia	4	0	0	15–5
Austria	0	1	6	5–14
Azerbaijan	6	3	3	12–7
Belarus	6	0	4	20–15
Belgium	3	3	2	19–16
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	1	3–2
Bulgaria	3	1	1	11–6
Croatia	1	0	2	4–9
Cyprus	3	1	0	8–6
Czech Republic	2	0	0	3–1
Denmark	2	0	3	8–14
England	1	1	1	4–7
Estonia	1	0	2	2–3
Faroe Islands	1	0	0	2–0
France	0	1	1	1–3
Finland	0	0	5	0–8
Germany	0	1	6	2–15
Greece	0	1	1	1–2
Hungary	2	1	1	5–4
Iceland	3	1	1	7–6
Republic of Ireland	1	1	1	5–4
Israel	1	1	3	3–10
Italy	0	0	2	0–3
Kazakhstan	3	3	1	28–11
Latvia	3	1	3	12–13
Liechtenstein	4	2	4	15–18
Lithuania	2	2	4	9–18
Luxembourg	3	0	0	10–1
North Macedonia	3	0	0	15–2
Moldova	8	1	0	33–9
Montenegro	1	0	0	2–0
Netherlands	0	0	4	1–7
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	7–2
Norway	1	2	2	2–10
Poland	2	3	5	12–19
Portugal	0	1	1	0–2
Romania	1	1	2	4–4
Russia	0	1	3	3–11
San Marino	1	0	0	3–1
Scotland	2	0	1	6–7
Serbia	0	0	3	0–6
Slovakia	2	2	4	8–18
Slovenia	0	0	1	1–2
Spain	0	1	1	2–7
Switzerland	0	0	1	0–3
Sweden	0	1	3	1–8
Turkey	1	1	3	8–13
Ukraine	3	1	9	13–26
Wales	0	0	2	2–6
Yugoslavia	0	0	1	0–2

See also

• Georgia national football team
• Georgia national under-21 football team
• Georgia national under-19 football team

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.
4. "17-წლამდე ნაკრები ლიეტუვას დაუპირისპირდება - შემადგენლობა და მატჩების განრიგი". nakrebi.ge (in Georgian). 24 September 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
5. "Squad". UEFA . Retrieved 26 March 2025.
6. "Georgia U17 statistics". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2025.

External links

• Official website Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine of the Georgian Football Federation