The Georgia national football team (Georgian: ??????????? ???????? ?????????? ???????, translit.: sakartvelos erovnuli sapekhburto nak'rebi) is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from Euro 1996 onwards, but have not achieved qualification yet. Home games are played at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.
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History
The history of 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 on 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, enabling Georgia to play competitive matches. The first of these came in September 1994, a 1-0 defeat to Moldova as part of the qualifiers for Euro 1996. Georgia finished third in their group, ahead of Moldova and Wales, 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 FIFA rankings.
In the Euro 2000 qualifying Georgia national team won one match, drew two and finished 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 FIFA World Cup 2006 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 FIFA 2010 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 coach of the Georgian national football team. Ketsbaia resigned as manager after a 4-0 defeat at home to Poland in the Euro 2016 qualifiers on 14 November 2014, having previously stated he would do so before the match regardless of the result.
In June 2016, Georgian team made a stunt by winning against reigning European champions Spain 1-0.
Maps Georgia national football team
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup records
UEFA European Championship records
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group D
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
2017
Players
Current squad
The following players were called for the Friendly matches against Cyprus on 10 November 2017 and Belarus on 13 November 2017.
Caps and goals as of 13 November 2017 after the match against Belarus.
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.
- INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
- PRE Preliminary squad.
- RET Retired from international football.
Records
Lists of 10 players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Georgia, as of 13 November 2017 (players in bold are still available for selection):
Managers
As of 13 November 2017
Notable results
Record by opponents
As of 13 November 2017
Kits
Georgia's kit are currently supplied by German brand Adidas. They replaced German company Jako who supplied Georgia's kits between 2008 and 2013.
Kit suppliers
See also
- List of Georgian national football team captains
References
External links
- Georgian Football Federation
- Official Facebook
- Official Twitter
- FIFA profile
- UEFA profile
- RSSSF archive of results 1990-
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- Archive of results 1990-
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