The Georgia national under-21 football team is the

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and is controlled 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 ...

. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the senior

Georgian 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 ...

. The team competes in the

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, held every two years. Since the establishment of the Georgian under-21 side, the under-21 side has never reached a final tournament of the

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. The current team is for Georgian players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year

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 Jano Ananidze ( ka, ჯანო ანანიძე, ; ; born 10 October 1992) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Spartak Moscow Ananidze appeared in Spartak Moscow colours in spring of 200 ...

and Levan Kakubava. Although the breakup of the

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occurred officially on 25 December 1991, the under-21 team continued as

until the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. After that, Georgia and the other countries who split from the Soviet Union like

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became separate footballing entities.

Competitive record

:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.'' :''Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.'' :''Silver background colour indicates second place finish.'' :''Bronze background colour indicates third place finish.'' :''Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.''

UEFA European U-21 Championship

UEFA European U-21 Championship qualification

Standings

Record

''Note: Only competitive matches''

Current squad

* The following players were called-up for the friendly matches. * Match dates: 16 and 21 November 2022 * Opposition: and * Caps and goals correct as of: 27 September 2022, after the match against

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 2 November 2012

Notable former players

* Akaki Khubutia * Aleksandr Amisulashvili * Alexander Guruli * Alexander Kobakhidze * Davit Devdariani * Dato Kvirkvelia * David Targamadze * George Popkhadze *

Giorgi Loria Giorgi Loria ( ka, გიორგი ლორია, ; born 27 January 1986) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta FC. Club career During the 2014–15 season, Lor ...

* Giorgi Makaridze *

Gogita Gogua Gogita Gogua ( ka, გოგიტა გოგუა; born 4 October 1983) is a Georgian footballer who plays for FC Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi. While he mainly plays midfield, he can also play as a defender. Gogua has previously played for FC ...

* Gulverd Tomashvili *

Guram Kashia Guram Kashia ( ka, გურამ კაშია, tr, ; born 4 July 1987) is a Georgia (country), Georgian professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for ŠK Slovan Bratislava, Slovan Bratislava and captain (associ ...

Jaba Kankava Jaba Kankava ( ka, ჯაბა კანკავა, tr, ; born 18 March 1986) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Slovan Bratislava. He has previously played for Reims, Dinamo Tbilisi, Alania Vlad ...

* Jaba Lipartia *

Kakha Kaladze Kakhaber "Kakha" Kaladze ( ka, კახაბერ (კახა) კალაძე, ; born 27 February 1978) is a Georgian politician and former footballer who serves as the Mayor of Tbilisi since November 2017. A versatile player, he was c ...

* Levan Kakubava *

Levan Kenia Levan Kenia ( ka, ლევან ყენია; born 18 October 1990) is a Georgia (country), Georgian professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German club KFC Uerdingen 05, KFC Uerdingen. Club ca ...

* Levan Mchedlidze *

Mate Vatsadze Mate Vatsadze (born 17 December 1988) is Georgian football player who plays for Dinamo Batumi. Playing career Vatsadze started his professional career with FC Dinamo Tbilisi, playing 96 games and scoring 42 goals for the first team between 2 ...

* Murtaz Daushvili *

Nika Dzalamidze Nika Dzalamidze ( ka, ნიკა ძალამიძე; born 6 January 1992) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a winger. Career Club On 18 December 2009, CSKA Moscow signed Dzalamidze on loan from Baia Zugdidi. ...

* Nukri Revishvili *

Otar Martsvaladze Otar Martsvaladze ( ka, ოთარ მარცვალაძე; born 14 July 1984) is a former professional Georgian footballer who played for the national team. Career Club Otar Martsvaladze was born in Tbilisi. He spent first four years ...

* Roin Kvaskhvadze *

Shota Grigalashvili Shota Grigalashvili ( ka, შოთა გრიგალაშვილი; born 21 June 1986) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the older brother of Elgujja, also footballer. Career Club In 2007, Grigalashvili ...

* Solomon Kvirkvelia *

Tornike Okriashvili Tornike Okriashvili (, , born 12 February 1992) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays for Gagra and the Georgia national team. He plays mainly as an attacking midfielder but also can play as a winger. Club career He signed with Russi ...

* Ucha Lobjanidze * Valeri Kazaishvili *

Vladimir Dvalishvili Vladimir "Lado" Dvalishvili ( ka, ვლადიმერ დვალიშვილი; born 20 April 1986 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian former footballer who now works for Dinamo Batumi as their Sport Director. Career Dvalishvili was signed by ...

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 ...

Managerial history

Vladimir Gutsaev Vladimir Gutsaev ( ka, ვლადიმერ გუცაევი, russian: Владимир Гаврилович Гуцаев, ''Vladimir Gavrilovich Gutsayev''; born 21 December 1952) is a retired Soviet and Georgian footballer and coach ...

(1997–1998) * Gigla Imnadze (1998–1999) *

Murtaz Khurtsilava Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava ( ka, მურთაზ ხურცილავა, russian: Муртаз Калистратович Хурцилава, born 5 January 1943) is a former Georgia (country), Georgian association football defende ...

(1999–2001) * Show Kopaleishvili (2001–2003) *

Revaz Arveladze Revaz Arveladze ( ka, რევაზ არველაძე; born 15 September 1969) is a Georgia (country), Georgian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for various sides in Georgia, Germany and Be ...

(2003–2004) * Gocha Tkebuchava (2004–2005) * Koba Zhorzhikashvili (2005–2006) *

Ralf Minge Ralf Minge (born 8 October 1960) is a German footballer former coach and player who works as sporting director of Dynamo Dresden. He was an international for East Germany, and spent his entire professional career with Dynamo Dresden. Playing c ...

(2006–2007) *

Petar Segrt Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros (given name), Petros cognate to Peter (given name), Peter. Derivative forms include Pero (given name) ...

(2007–2009) * Otari Gabelia (2009–2011) * Soso Chedia (2011–2012) * Aleksandr Chivadze (2012–2016) *

Giorgi Tsetsadze Giorgi (Gia) Tsetsadze (, born on 3 September 1974) is a Georgian football manager. Most recently he was the head coach of Telavi. Career In 2011 Tsetsadze led FC Dila Gori to gain promotion to the Georgia top division (Umaglesi Liga). In 2013 ...

(2017–2019)

Notes

References

External links

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