The

Georgia national football team The Georgia national football team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents the country of Georgia in men's international football matches, and it is c ...

( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents the nation of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

in international association football. It is fielded by the

Georgian Football Federation The Georgian Football Federation ( GFF; ka, საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია, ''sakartvelos pekhburtis pederatsia'') was founded in 1936. Based in Tbilisi, it was part of the Football Fede ...

( ka, საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია), the

governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ge ...

football in Georgia Football is one of the most popular sports in Georgia. It is governed by the Georgian Football Federation (GFF). The GFF organises the men's, women's, and futsal national teams. Modern football was introduced by English sailors playing in Pot ...

, and competes as a member of the

Union of European Football Associations Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

(UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. The team played its first official international match on 27 May 1990 against

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. Since its first competitive match, more than 200 players have made at least one international appearance for the team. As hundreds of players have played for the team since it started officially registering its players in 1990, only players with 10 or more official

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are included.

Georgi Nemsadze Georgi Nemsadze (born 10 May 1972) is a Georgian former professional football midfielder and manager. In addition to Georgian teams, he played for many European clubs such as Trabzonspor, Grasshopper Club Zürich, AC Reggiana and Dundee. Nems ...

became the first Georgian international to reach 10 caps, doing so on 26 June 1994 in a 3–1 win against

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. Midfielder

Levan Kobiashvili Levan Kobiashvili ( ka, ლევან კობიაშვილი, born 10 July 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer and the current president of the Georgian Football Federation and a member of Parliament of Georgia. He playe ...

holds the record for most caps, appearing in 100 of official games for Georgia between 1996 and 2011. Defender

Zurab Khizanishvili Zurab Khizanishvili ( ka, ზურაბ ხიზანიშვილი; born 6 October 1981) is a Georgian football coach, currently the assistant manager of Georgia U-21, and former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Early ...

had the longest national team career with Georgia, making his 92 appearances over 16-year period between 1999 and 2015. The goalscoring record is held by forward

Shota Arveladze Shota Arveladze ( ka, შოთა არველაძე; born 22 February 1973) is a Georgian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of EFL Championship club Hull City. Arveladze played at Dinamo Tb ...

, scoring 26 times in 61 matches between 1992 and 2007, including two hat-tricks.

Key

Players

''Appearances and goals are composed of

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, UEFA European Championship qualification,

FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments are hel ...

, Cyprus International Tournament, Malta International Tournament and international friendly matches. Players are listed by number of caps, then number of goals scored. If number of caps and goals are equal, the players are then listed alphabetically. Statistics correct as of match played on 15 November 2019.'' Shota Arveladze

Notes

References

External links

Profile at National-Football-Teams.com

List of players at eu-football.info
{{Association football players Association football player non-biographical articles