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Georgia national under-21 football team


Georgia national under-21 football team


The Georgia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. It is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Georgian national football team. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.

The current team is for Georgian players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23. As long as they are eligible, players can play for Georgia at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side, and again for the U21s. This has been the case for several senior team players like Jano Ananidze and Levan Kakubava.

Although the breakup of the Soviet Union occurred officially on 25 December 1991, the under-21 team continued as Soviet Union until the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. After that, Georgia and the other countries who split from the Soviet Union like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine became separate footballing entities.

Georgia held its first official game in a 1996 UEFA European U21 Championship qualification campaign against Moldova and achieved the best result in the next round by coming second in their group. Since the establishment of the Georgian under-21 side, it never reached a final tournament of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, until the 2023 edition for which they automatically qualified as a co-host nation.

Despite the lowest rating points among the 2023 Championship teams, Georgia produced a main surprise on the tournament. They finished the group on top of the table and remained unbeaten after 120 minutes of a quarter-final clash with Israel as well, before eventually losing on penalties.

Georgia U21s do not have a permanent home ground and play in stadiums of Erovnuli Liga clubs across the country. The record attendance for their match was set on 1 July 2023 when Georgia played Israel in quarter-final of the European Championship in front of 44,338 spectators.

Competitive record

Georgia Under 21 at European Championship

Note:

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European U-21 Championship qualification

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2024

2023

2022

Source

Current team

Coaching staff

As of June 2023

Players

The following players born in or after 2002 were called up for a friendly game against Turkey and 2025 UEFA European under-21 championship qualification match against Gibraltar in March 2024.

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

Caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2024, after the match against Gibraltar.

Recent call-up

The following players have been called up within the last twelve months and are still eligible for selection.

Statistics

Last update: 26 March 2024

Note: Includes friendly matches

  • Luxemburg were awarded a 3–0 win

Most capped players

Note: Competitive matches only

Last updated: 16 June 2023

Source: UEFA

Top goalscorers

Note: Competitive matches only

Last updated: 16 June 2023

Source: UEFA

Notable results

Notable former players

Managerial history

Source

See also

  • Georgian national football team
  • U19 team
  • U17 team

References

External links

  • Team Profile & Squad at UEFA.com

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