Georgia national under-19 football team

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)

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.

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

2027 UEFA European Championship qualifiers, League B

Montenegro v Georgia

3 June 2026 (2026-06-03)	Montenegro	1–1	Georgia	Davit Petriashvili Arena, Tbilisi
	Vukoje 58'	Report	Bartishvili 56' (pen.)	Referee: Joakim Sars (Sweden)

Georgia v Iceland

9 June 2026 (2026-06-09)	Georgia	2–3	Iceland	Davit Petriashvili Arena, Tbilisi
	Kharebashvili 86' Bartishvili 90+6'	Report	Karason 52' Arnarsson 90+3' Gurnarsson 90+8'	Referee: Karl Koppel (Estonia)

Friendlies

Moldova v Georgia

6 June 2025	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

Georgia v Latvia

2 October 2026	Georgia	2–2	Latvia	Davit Petriashvili Arena, Tbilisi
18:00	Shatirishvili 5' Barikhashvili 21' (pen.)	Report	Menniks 25' Kuprava 73' (o.g.)

Georgia v Latvia

5 October 2026	Georgia	1–1	Latvia	Davit Petriashvili Arena, Tbilisi
18:00	Barikhashvili 57'	Report	Gomins 36'

Current squad

The following players were called up for two friendly home matches against Latvia due to be played on 2 and 5 October 2026.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Mate Chelidze	(2009-04-18) 18 April 2009	Dinamo Tbilisi
	1GK	Saba Asanidze	(2008-10-07) 7 October 2008	Locomotive
	1GK	Dachi Chochoshvili	(2008-12-27) 27 December 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Saba Marsagishvili	(2008-06-27) 27 June 2008	Iberia 1999
	2DF	Shotiko Diakonidze	(2008-05-18) 18 May 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Mate Shatirishvili	(2008-05-25) 25 May 2008	Samgurali
	2DF	Giorgi Lomidze	(2008-02-17) 17 February 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Luka Kuprava	(2008-02-12) 12 February 2008	Torpedo Kutaisi
	2DF	Luka Sharikadze	(2009-09-26) 26 September 2009	Dinamo Tbilisi
	2DF	Aleksandre Getsadze	(2008-11-11) 11 November 2008	Locomotive
	2DF	Luka Chabradze	(2008-09-01) 1 September 2008	Locomotive
	2DF	Erekle Dzerkorashvili	(2009-01-03) 3 January 2009	Locomotive
	2DF	Nikoloz Bendeliani	(2008-07-03) 3 July 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Sandro Mikautadze	(2009-06-03) 3 June 2009	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Luka Tsikolia	(2008-02-03) February 3, 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Saba Avdoevi	(2009-08-31) 31 August 2009	Iberia 1999
	3MF	Nikoloz Shalikiani	(2008-05-22) 22 May 2008	Iberia 1999
	3MF	Koba Kakashvili	(2008-10-04) October 4, 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Saba Chkhetiani	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008	Meshakhte
	3MF	Giorgi Kobakhidze	(2008-07-30) 30 July 2008	Dila Gori
	3MF	Nikoloz Barikhashvili-Sheklashvili		Atletico Osasuna
	3MF	Nikoloz Aduashvili	(2008-05-28) 28 May 2008	Dinamo Tbilisi
	3MF	Andria Kvirikadze	(2007-08-17) 17 August 2007	Paris
	3MF	Luka Gurchiani	(2008-05-18) 18 May 2008	Gagra
	4FW	Giorgi Kurdovanidze		Dinamo Tbilisi
	4FW	Dato Melashvili	(2007-02-07) 7 February 2007	Locomotive

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 6 October 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	3	1	1	1	5	4
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	6	1	3	2	8	9
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	2	4	6	12
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)