Georgia national under-19 football team

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.

Georgia Under-19

Nickname	ჯვაროსნები Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
Association	Georgian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Zurab Khizanishvili
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 (1999, 2013, 2017)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2029)

Zurab Khizanishvili took charge of the team in December 2025.

In 2029, Georgia will co-host the FIFA U-20 World Cup along with Armenia, marking their first time taking part in the tournament. The team also earned an automatic qualification as co-host.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1977	Part of Soviet Union
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025
2027
2029	Qualified as co-host
Total	TBD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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

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 and Elite rounds	6	3	0	3	7	13
2025	First and Elite rounds	6	2	1	3	8	11
2026	First round	3	1	0	2	2	5

Notes:

• Bold indicates qualification for the championship.

Fixtures and results 2025–26 season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2026 UEFA European Championship qualifiers

Georgia v Croatia

12 November 2025 (2025-11-12)	Georgia	0–2	Croatia	Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac
11:30		Report	Šimić 30' Baković 76'	Attendance: 224 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

Serbia v Georgia

15 November 2025 (2025-11-15)	Serbia	3–1	Georgia	Stadion Lučko, Lučko
13:45	Kostov 59' Djorđević I 76' Cvetković 90+4'	Report	Nioradze 36'	Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

Gibraltar v Georgia

18 November 2025 (2025-11-18)	Gibraltar	0–1	Georgia	Stadion Lučko, Lučko
11:30		Report	Doltmourziev 53'	Referee: Jacob Karlsen (Denmark)

Friendlies

Moldova v Georgia

6 June	Moldova	2–1	Georgia	Nisporeni stadium, Nisporeni
20:30	Bulmaga 90+3' Sava 90+5'	Report	Gvasalia 45'

Georgia v Moldova U20

8 June 2025	Georgia	0–0	Moldova U20	Stadionul CPSM, Vadul lui Vodă
18:30		Report

Georgia v Armenia

10 June 2025	Georgia	4–0	Armenia	Chișinău
18:30	Chikovani 5', 20' Gogilashvili 29', 32'	Report

Georgia v Greece

7 September 2025	Georgia	0–0	Greece	Davit Petriashvili Arena, Tbilisi
19:00		Report

Georgia v Greece

9 September 2025	Georgia	0–0	Greece	Davit Petriashvili Arena, Tbilisi
19:00		Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina v Georgia

10 October 2025	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Georgia	Zenica
18:00	Dimitric 46' Gojak 70'	Report	Elisashvili 26' (pen.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina v Georgia

12 October 2025	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Georgia	Zenica
17:00	Savic 47'	Report	Doltmurziev 49' Murvanidze 57' Danelia 82'

Georgia v Kazakhstan Kazakhstan U18

28 March 2026	Georgia	6–2	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan U18	Mikheil Meskhi reserve stadium, Tbilisi
16:00	Shalikiani Bendeliani Berikashvili Chkhetiani ((pen.)) Nebulishvili Diakonidze		Arturuly Arakelyants

Georgia v Kazakhstan Kazakhstan U18

30 March 2026	Georgia	0–2	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan U18	Mikheil Meskhi reserve stadium, Tbilisi
14:00			Makhmudov Valikhan

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches against Montenegro and Iceland on 3 and 9 June 2026.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Giorgi Kavlashvili	(2007-01-24) 24 January 2007	Union SG
	1GK	Saba Tartarashvili	(2007-02-18) 18 February 2007	Dinamo Tbilisi
	1GK	Mate Ghaghvishvili	(2007-02-12) 12 February 2007	Dinamo Tbilisi
12	1GK	Dachi Chochoshvili	(2008-12-27) 27 December 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
	1GK	Davit Ghvardzelashvili	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007	CD Roda
13	2DF	Dachi Gogoli	(2007-01-06) 6 January 2007	Lokomotivi
3	2DF	Mate Shatirishvili	(2008-05-25) 25 May 2008	Samgurali
	2DF	Giorgi Lomidze	(2008-02-17) 17 February 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
8	2DF	Nikoloz Khutsishvili	(2008-03-04) 4 March 2008	35-e Skola
15	2DF	Mate Tatishvili	(2007-01-22) 22 January 2007	Rot-Weiß Erfurt
6	2DF	Lasha Khutsishvili	(2007-04-04) 4 April 2007	Dinamo Tbilisi
2	2DF	Nikoloz Bochorishvili	(2007-10-27) 27 October 2007	Iberia 1999
5	2DF	Luka Kuprava	(2008-12-02) 2 December 2008	Torpedo Kutaisi
	3MF	Anri Dzneladze	(2007-02-16) 16 February 2007	Dinamo Tbilisi
4	3MF	Nikoloz Gvazava		Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Sandro Ratiani	(2007-08-24) 24 August 2007	Iberia 1999
7	3MF	Saba Murvanidze		Iberia 1999
14	3MF	Nikoloz Shalikiani	(2008-05-22) 22 May 2008	Iberia 1999
18	3MF	Andria Kobulidze	(2008-08-03) 3 August 2008	Lokomotivi
16	3MF	Georgiy Kobakhidze	(2008-07-30) 30 July 2008	Dila Gori
	3MF	Nikoloz Elisashvili	(2007-08-01) 1 August 2007	Dinamo Tbilisi
17	3MF	Saba Nioradze	(2007-01-16) 16 January 2007	Samtredia
10	3MF	Reziko Danelia (captain)	(2007-08-17) 17 August 2007	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Irakli Maruashvili	(2008-04-26) 26 April 2008	Homburg
11	4FW	Nikoloz Chikovani	(2007-06-21) 21 June 2007	Watford
	4FW	George Chubinidze	(2007-09-11) 11 September 2007	Bournemouth
21	4FW	Jamal Kaishvili	(2008-05-13) 13 May 2008	Bayern Munich
	4FW	Shota Diakonidze	(2008-05-18) 18 May 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
	4FW	Daniil Duplii	(2008-05-27) 27 May 2008	Gimnàstic Tarragona
	4FW	Nika Shatirishvili	(2008-01-25) 25 January 2008	Viktoria Köln
19	4FW	Halid Doltmurziev	(2007-05-22) 22 May 2007	Dinamo Tbilisi
9	4FW	Giorgi Peradze	(2007-08-11) 11 August 2007	Dinamo Tbilisi
	4FW	Davit Gogilashvili	(2007-02-21) 21 February 2007	Iberia 1999
	4FW	Nikoloz Tsartsidze		Lokomotivi

Statistics

Players with most appearances

Last updated: 24 April 2026

#	Name	Career	Caps
1	Nikoloz Chikovani	2024–	17
	Tsotne Berelidze	2023–2025
3	Saba Geguchadze	2023–2025	16
4	Saba Samushia	2023–2025	15

Topscorers

#	Name	Career	Caps
1	Giorgi Guliashvili	2018–2020	7
2	Valeri Qazaishvili	2010–2011	6
3	Zuriko Davitashvili	2017–2018	4
	Giorgi Chanturia	2010–2012
	Guram Goshteliani	2015–2018

Note: Official UEFA matches only

Source

===Record against opponents===

As of 4 April 2026

Opponent	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
Albania	3	2	0	1	2	1
Andorra	1	0	1	0	1	1
Armenia	1	1	0	0	4	0
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	2	0	3	9	8
Bulgaria	4	2	1	1	4	2
Croatia	4	2	0	3	4	7
Cyprus	6	3	3	0	11	3
Czech Republic	5	0	0	5	2	10
Denmark	3	0	1	2	3	8
England	4	0	1	3	3	13
Estonia	4	4	1	0	15	3
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
Gibraltar	1	1	0	0	1	0
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	8	2	4	2	8	7
Italy	5	1	1	3	4	11
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	9	5
Kosovo	1	1	0	0	1	0
Latvia	4	1	1	2	5	6
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	7	0
Lithuania	6	3	2	1	11	5
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	2	0
Malta	1	0	1	0	1	1
Moldova	3	2	0	1	5	3
Montenegro	6	1	1	4	5	11
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4
North Macedonia	4	3	1	0	11	4
Northern Ireland	2	1	1	0	2	1
Norway	3	1	0	2	3	4
Poland	5	2	0	3	6	11
Portugal	8	0	1	7	3	19
Romania	3	1	0	2	4	9
Russia	3	3	0	0	3	0
Scotland	3	2	0	1	7	5
Serbia	6	2	1	4	7	10
Slovakia	6	2	1	2	9	9
Slovenia	1	0	1	0	1	1
Spain	4	0	1	3	2	12
Sweden	3	2	1	0	4	2
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

• Gela Gomelauri (2000–2001)
• Otar Korgalidze (2002–2003)
• Koba Zhorzhikashvili (2003–2004)
• Vakhtang Kopaleishvili (2004–2005)
• Koba Zhorzhikashvili (2005–2006)
• Heinz Toppmöller (2006–2008)
• Zaur Svanadze (2008–2009)
• Gela Shekiladze (2009–2010)
• Vladimer Gutsaev (2010–2011)
• Giorgi Devdariani (2011–2012)
• Otar Korgalidze (2012)
• Kakha Kacharava (2012–2013)
• Giorgi Tsetsadze (2013)
• Vasil Maisuradze (2013–2014)
• Giorgi Devdariani (2014–2015)
• Vasil Maisuradze (2015–2016)
• Giorgi Kipiani (2016–2017)
• Giorgi Mikadze (2018)
• Ramaz Svanadze (2019–2021)
• Vasil Maisuradze (2021–2024)
• Lasha Pirtskhalaishvili (2024–2025)
• Vasil Maisuradze (2025)