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.

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.

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

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

• The following players were called up for two friendly games held in Tbilisi against North Macedonia.^[4]
• Match dates: 24 and 26 February 2026

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
	1GK	Mate Chelidze	(2009-04-18) April 18, 2009	0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	1GK	Givi Tsiklauri		0	0	Locomotive
	1GK	Saba Tsartsidze		0	0	Kolkheti 1913
	2DF	Davit Tskvitaia		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Saba Kiladze		0	0	Iberia 1999
	2DF	Alika Getiashvili	(2009-01-07) January 7, 2009	0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Ioane Gogichaishvili		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Andria Lolua		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Luka Sharikadze		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Anzor Tsiramua		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Saba Khutsishvili		0	0	Inter Academy
	3MF	Saba Avdoevi	(2009-08-31) August 31, 2009	0	0	Iberia 1999
	3MF	Saba Sharvashidze		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Giorgi Gergedava		0	0	Torpedo
	3MF	Giorgi Lagvilava		0	0	Torpedo
	3MF	Luka Knoev	(2009-03-26) March 26, 2009	0	0	Osnabrück
	3MF	Rezi Gazdeliani		0	0	Sioni
	3MF	Beka Baramidze		0	0	Dinamo Batumi
	3MF	Giorgi Jamarauli		0	0	Meshakhte
	4FW	Sandro Mikautadze	(2009-03-06) March 6, 2009	2	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	4FW	Edvin Mkhoyan		0	0	Inter Academy
	4FW	Sandro Kunchulia		0	0	Iberia 1999
	4FW	Giorgi Gorgadze		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	4FW	Demir Ari	(2009-04-29) April 29, 2009	0	0	Nürnberg
	4FW	Nikoloz Khatoiani		0	0	Torpedo

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

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