Georgia Under-19

Nickname(s)	ჯვაროსნები Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
Association	Georgian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Vasil Maisuradze
Captain	Sandro Narimanidze
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	GEO
First colours Second colours
First international
Israel 0–1 Georgia (Tel-Aviv, 16 November 1993)
Biggest win
Estonia 1–8 Georgia (Tallinn, 12 October 2003) Georgia 7–0 Liechtenstein (Tbilisi, 14 November 2018)
Biggest defeat
Georgia 0–6 Turkey (Dubnica, 19 May 2006) England 6–0 Georgia (Hjørring, 24 September 2022)
UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1999)
Best result	Group stage

The Georgia national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Football Federation, the governing body for football in Georgia. Primarily, it competes to qualify for the annual UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

The squad are currently coached by Vasil Maisuradze who was appointed in 2021.^[1]

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Year	Round	W	D	L	GS	GA
1999	Group Stage	0	1	2	4	9
2013	Group Stage	0	1	2	2	5
2017	Group Stage	1	0	2	2	4

UEFA European Under-19 Championship Qualifying Rounds

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	First Round	3	0	1	1	2	5
2003	First Round	3	2	0	1	4	1
2004	First Round	3	1	0	2	8	5
2005	First Round	3	1	1	1	7	6
2006	First and Elite Rounds	6	3	1	2	10	14
2007	First and Elite Rounds	6	2	2	2	6	8
2008	First Round	3	0	0	3	1	5
2009	First Round	3	0	1	2	2	3
2010	First round	3	0	2	1	1	2
2011	First round	3	0	1	2	1	6
2012	First and Elite Rounds	6	4	1	1	13	8
2013	First and Elite Rounds	6	3	2	1	9	5
2014	First and Elite Rounds	6	5	0	1	16	4
2015	First Round	3	2	0	1	6	4
2016	First Round	3	1	1	1	3	3
2017	Qualified as hosts
2018	First Round	3	0	2	1	2	3
2019	First Round	3	1	1	1	9	3
2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	First and Elite rounds	6	3	0	3	5	6
2023	First Round	3	0	0	3	2	12
2024	First Round*	3	2	0	1	4	5
2025	To be determined

Notes:

• Bold indicates qualification for the championship.
• Qualified for the Elite round.

Current squad

For the 2023–24 season, players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible.^[2]

The following players were called up for the matches against  Cyprus,  Moldova and  Spain to be played between 15 and 21 November 2023.^[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2023, after the match against Moldova.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Soso Kopaliani	(2006-07-07) 7 July 2006	0	0	Locomotive Tbilisi
1	1GK	Revaz Kurtanidze	(2005-01-11) 11 January 2005	2	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi
12	1GK	Giorgi Bediashvili	(2005-06-21) 21 June 2005	1	0	Gagra
14	2DF	Davit Bukia	(2005-07-27) 27 July 2005	1	0	Locomotive Tbilisi
19	2DF	Tengiz Gobeshia	(2005-01-07) 7 January 2005	0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
3	2DF	Sandro Narimanidze	(2005-07-03) 3 July 2005	3	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi
	2DF	Amiran Tkeshelashvili	(2006-07-11) 11 July 2006	0	0	Torpedo Kutaisi
2	2DF	Gela Sadgobelashvili	(2005-01-19) 19 January 2005	3	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
4	2DF	Akaki Giunashvili	(2005-03-01) 1 March 2005	3	0	Frosinone
5	2DF	Nikoloz Chikovani	(2005-03-01) 1 March 2005	3	0	Sioni Bolnisi
	2DF	Davit Paghava	(2005-09-24) 24 September 2005	0	0	Dinamo Batumi
17	2DF	Nikoloz Tsetskhladze	(2005-10-29) 29 October 2005	3	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
15	2DF	Giorgi Gogsadze	(2006-10-03) 3 October 2006	2	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi
16	3MF	Tsotne Berelidze	(2006-03-24) 24 March 2006	3	1	Dinamo Tbilisi
6	3MF	Aleksandre Peikrishvili	(2006-06-14) 14 June 2006	2	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
8	3MF	Saba Geguchadze	(2006-02-20) 20 February 2006	3	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi
13	3MF	Dachi Lortkipanidze	(2005-03-01) 1 March 2005	3	1	Cremonese
	3MF	Giorgi Tsetskhladze	(2005-03-04) 4 March 2005	0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
10	3MF	Avtandil Mashava	(2006-01-17) 17 January 2006	2	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
18	3MF	Nikoloz Ninidze	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005	1	0	Locomotive Tbilisi
11	4FW	Aleko Basiladze	(2005-12-30) 30 December 2005	3	0	Torpedo Kutaisi
20	4FW	Sandro Avaliani	(2005-01-05) 5 January 2005	1	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi
7	4FW	Saba Samushia	(2006-11-07) 7 November 2006	3	0	Anorthosis Famagusta
9	4FW	Luka Sherozia	(2005-02-18) 18 February 2005	3	2	Dinamo Tbilisi

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Georgia under-19 squad and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Jorge Karseladze	(2005-03-18) 18 March 2005	0	0	Rio Ave	v.  Belarus, June 2023
DF	Giorgi Meparishvili	(2006-06-11) 11 June 2006	0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi	v.  Belarus, June 2023
DF	Giorgi Nikolaishvili	(2006-02-14) 14 February 2006	0	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi	v.  Belarus, June 2023
MF	Nika Nakhashvili		0	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi	v.  Belarus, June 2023
MF	Nikoloz Kantidze		0	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi	v.  Belarus, June 2023
MF	Givi Khachidze	(2005-12-11) 11 December 2005	0	0	Saburtalo Tbilisi	v.  Belarus, June 2023

Statistics

As of 21 November 2023^[5]

Opponent	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
Albania	3	2	0	1	2	1
Andorra	1	0	1	0	1	1
Australia	2	1	1	0	2	1
Azerbaijan	4	0	1	3	3	8
Belarus	4	1	1	2	4	5
Belgium	4	2	0	2	5	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	5	5
Bulgaria	4	2	1	1	4	2
Croatia	4	2	0	2	4	5
Cyprus	6	3	3	0	11	3
Czech Republic	4	0	0	4	2	9
Denmark	3	0	1	2	3	8
England	4	0	1	3	3	13
Estonia	4	4	0	0	14	2
Faroe Islands	1	1	0	0	2	0
Finland	2	2	0	0	4	1
France	4	1	2	1	4	5
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	2
Greece	2	1	0	1	2	2
Hungary	2	1	1	0	5	3
Iceland	2	1	1	0	3	1
Republic of Ireland	2	1	1	0	3	2
Israel	6	2	3	1	6	4
Italy	4	1	1	2	4	6
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	3	1
Kosovo	1	1	0	0	1	0
Latvia	4	1	1	2	5	6
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	7	0
Lithuania	4	2	1	1	9	5
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	2	0
Malta	1	0	1	0	1	1
Moldova	2	2	0	0	4	1
Montenegro	5	1	1	3	4	8
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4
North Macedonia	2	2	0	0	9	4
Northern Ireland	2	1	1	0	2	1
Norway	2	1	0	1	1	1
Poland	4	2	0	2	6	8
Portugal	8	0	1	7	3	19
Romania	3	1	0	2	4	9
Russia	3	3	0	0	3	0
Scotland	2	1	0	1	4	3
Serbia	6	2	1	3	6	7
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	5	7
Slovenia	1	0	1	0	1	1
Spain	4	0	1	3	2	12
Sweden	2	1	1	0	2	1
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	5	2
Turkey	5	1	2	2	6	13
Ukraine	5	1	1	2	2	4
Wales	3	1	1	1	5	4

Managerial history

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