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	Aleksandre Kobakhidze
Most caps	Zuriko Davitashvili Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (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.

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. 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. 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
	Euro 2026 qualifying round	Group 14

Current squad

• The following players were called up for international friendlies against Romania and Turkey.
• Match dates: 6 and 9 June 2026
• Location: Buftea, Romania

Caps and goals correct as of 16 April 2026, after the UEFA European U17 Championship Group B3 qualifying match against Wales.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Shota Metonidze		0	0	Torpedo
	1GK	Elias Muller		0	0	SV Wacker Burghausen
	2DF	Andria Potskhveria	(2010-01-26) January 26, 2010	3	0	Inter Academy
	2DF	Nikoloz Tomaevi		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Nikoloz Kobzonadze		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Nikoloz Ughrelidze		0	0	Iberia 1999
	2DF	Ilia Kvaratskhelia		0	0	Celero
	2DF	Sandro Kharazi		0	0	Inter Academy
	2DF	Demetre Chkhartishvili		0	0	Inter Academy
	2DF	Gabriel Gogua		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Aleksandre Chikovani		0	0	Inter Academy
	3MF	Davit Macharashvili		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Andria Ochigava		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Erekle Kakulia		0	0	Celero
	3MF	Demetre Kurasbediani		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Tornike Kvaratskhelia	(2010-07-02) July 2, 2010	0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Jumber Dumbadze		0	0	Portus Batumi
	3MF	Kaki Kochuashvili		0	0	Iberia 1999
	4FW	Levan Chikaidze		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	4FW	Nikoloz Sakhvadze		0	0	Dinamo Tbilisi

Statistics

Most appearances

With 14 caps, Zuriko Davitashvili is the most capped player of the U17 team in UEFA competitive matches

Last updated: 24 April 2026

#	Name	Career	Caps
1	Zuriko Davitashvili	2016–2018	14
2	Anzor Mekvabishvili	2016–2018	12
	Saba Khvadagiani	2018–2020
4	Iva Gelashvili	2016–2018	11
	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	2016–2018
	Luka Kharshiladze	2017–2019
	Giorgi Gvasalia	2023–2024
	Giorgi Guliashvili	2016–2018
	Vakhtang Salia	2022–2024
	Giorgi Abuashvili	2019–2020
	George Chubinidze	2023–2024

Source: worldfootball.net

Record against opponents

Last updated: 24 April 2026

Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals
Albania	1	1	0	5–0
Andorra	1	1	0	1–0
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	2	1	0	7–4
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	1	1–2
Hungary	2	1	1	5–4
Iceland	3	1	1	7–6
Iran	2	2	2	6–10
Republic of Ireland	1	1	1	5–4
Israel	1	1	3	3–10
Italy	0	0	2	0–3
Japan	1	0	1	6–5
Kazakhstan	3	3	1	28–11
Kyrgyzstan	2	0	0	16–0
Latvia	3	1	3	12–13
Liechtenstein	1	0	0	3–0
Lithuania	2	2	4	9–18
Luxembourg	3	0	0	10–1
North Macedonia	3	0	0	15–2
Moldova	7	1	0	30–8
Montenegro	1	0	0	2–0
Netherlands	0	0	4	1–7
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	7–3
Norway	1	2	2	2–10
Poland	2	2	5	11–18
Portugal	0	1	1	0–2
Romania	1	1	2	4–4
Russia	0	0	3	2–10
San Marino	2	0	0	7–2
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	0	3	0–7
Tajikistan	0	0	1	1–2
Turkey	1	1	3	8–13
Ukraine	3	1	9	13–26
Uzbekistan	1	0	1	2–4
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

External links

• Official website Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine of the Georgian Football Federation