Georgia national under-17 football team

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Georgia U-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) ჯვაროსნები "Jvarosnebi" (Crusaders)
Association Georgian Football Federation GFF საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Gocha Tkebuchava
Captain Nikolozi Kurshavishvili
Top scorer Giorgi Arabidze (2)
Home stadium Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
FIFA code GEO
First colours
Second colours
European U-17 championships
Appearances 3 (First in 1997)
Best result Semi-Finals, 2012

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.

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 realignment 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.

European Championship

Year Round W D L GS GA
Germany 1997 EURO. Group 0 0 3 7 16
Denmark 2002 EURO. 1/4 f. 1 2 1 4 6
Slovenia 2012 EURO. 1/2 f. 1 1 2 2 4

European Under 17 Championship Qualifiers Host in Georgia

Country Round Group
Georgia (country) Euro 2000 qualifying round Group 2
Georgia (country) Euro 2002 elite round Group 10
Georgia (country) Euro 2011 qualifying round Group 3
Georgia (country) Euro 2012 elite round Group 3
Georgia (country) Euro 2013 qualifying round Group 13
Georgia (country) Euro 2014 qualifying round Group 11
Georgia (country) Euro 2015 qualifying round Group 2
Georgia (country) Euro 2016 elite round Group 3

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia (A) 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5 Elite round
2  Georgia (A) 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Romania (E) 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  Hungary (H, E) 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(A) Advanced to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (H) Host.
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ranked by head-to-head record (Georgia: 3 pts; Romania: 0 pts).

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
13:15
Hungary  1–2  Romania
Bévárdi Goal 66' Report Craiu Goal 8'
Dragomir Goal 68'
Globall Football Park, Telki
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
13:30
Georgia  3–4  Slovakia
Kavtaradze Goal 10' (pen.)
Ninua Goal 66'
Kharabadze Goal 71'
Report Gerebenits Goal 22'
Vician Goal 55'
Vaško Goal 59'
Kopas Goal 80+1'
Városi Stadium, Dabas
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)
13:30
Hungary  1–1  Slovakia
Virág Goal 24' (pen.) Report Almási Goal 80+4'
Pancho Arena, Felcsút
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)
13:30
Romania  0–3  Georgia
Report Spanderashvili Goal 24'
Chakbetadze Goal 44'
Ninua Goal 68'
Városi Stadium, Dabas
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)
13:30
Georgia  2–2  Hungary
Kavtaradze Goal 21'
Ozbetelashvili Goal 80+2'
Report Timári Goal 22'
Virág Goal 44'
Pancho Arena, Felcsút
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)
13:30
Slovakia  1–1  Romania
Almási Goal 80+3' Report Craiu Goal 10'
Városi Stadium, Dabas
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

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