Georgia national under-17 football team

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.

Georgia Under-17

Nickname(s)	ჯვაროსნები Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
Association	Georgian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Giorgi Chitauri
Most caps	Zuriko Davitashvili (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 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.

Competition history

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.

Georgia Under 17 at European Championships

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

European Under 17 Championship Qualifiers Host in Georgia

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

Current squad

• The following twenty players were called up for 2025 UEFA European U17 championship qualifiers in Group B7 of League B against Kazakhstan and Lithuania to be played in Almaty.^[4]
• Match dates: 19 and 22 March 2025

Caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2025, after the match against Lithuania.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Sandro Kupatadze	(2008-06-26) June 26, 2008 (age 17)	1	0	35th School
1	1GK	Saba Asanidze	(2008-10-07) October 7, 2008 (age 16)	3	0	Locomotive
3	2DF	Nikoloz Khutsishvili	(2008-03-04) March 4, 2008 (age 17)	5	0	35th School
15	2DF	Andria Potskhveria	(2010-01-26) January 26, 2010 (age 15)	1	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Giorgi Lomidze	(2008-02-17) February 17, 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
13	2DF	Giorgi Tchekhani	(2008-01-25) January 25, 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Gagra
2	2DF	Luka Kuprava	(2008-12-02) December 2, 2008 (age 16)	5	0	Torpedo
14	2DF	Aleko Getiashvili	(2009-01-07) January 7, 2009 (age 16)	3	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
7	2DF	Shota Diakonidze	(2008-05-18) May 18, 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
17	3MF	Luka Jabua	(2008-01-19) January 19, 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
9	3MF	Gigi Bulia	(2008-01-16) January 16, 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
16	3MF	Saba Khoperia	(2008-02-14) February 14, 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
10	3MF	Andria Bartishvili	(2009-03-30) March 30, 2009 (age 16)	5	2	Kolkheti 1913
6	3MF	Luka Tsikolia	(2008-03-02) March 2, 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
8	3MF	Luka Geladze	(2008-04-11) April 11, 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Locomotive
19	3MF	Nikoloz Shalikiani	(2008-05-22) May 22, 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Iberia 1999
5	3MF	Giorgi Khetsuriani	(2008-01-08) January 8, 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Samgurali
18	3MF	Nikoloz Aduashvili	(2008-05-28) May 28, 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
11	4FW	Tengiz Nebulishvili	(2008-09-22) September 22, 2008 (age 16)	4	0	Iberia 1999
20	4FW	Sandro Mikautadze	(2009-03-06) March 6, 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Dinamo Tbilisi

Statistics

Last updated: 26 March 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	0	0–0
Hungary	2	1	1	5–4
Iceland	3	1	0	6–1
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	2	2	3	9–15
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

See also

• Georgia national football team
• Georgia national under-21 football team
• Georgia national under-19 football team