Georgia national under-17 football team

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Georgia under-17
Nickname(s) "ჯვაროსნები" "Jvarosnebi" (Crusaders)
Association Georgian Football Federation
Confederation UEFA
Head coach Vasil Maisuradze
Captain Giorgi Aburjania
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.

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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 sadly lost 2-0 to the Netherlands.

Current Squad

Competition: 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round
Match Dates: 25, 27 & 30 March 2013
Opposition:  Serbia,  Republic of Ireland &  Austria

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No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Oto Goshadze (1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 15)
12 1GK Beka Kurdadze (1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 16)
2 2DF Omar Patarkatsishvili (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 17) Georgia (country) Lokomotivi Tbilisi
4 2DF Gagi Margvelashvili (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996 (age 16)
5 2DF Jemal Tabidze (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 17)
15 2DF Zurab Gelashvili (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 17)
17 2DF Akaki Shulaia (1996-09-06) 6 September 1996 (age 16) Georgia (country) Merani Martvili
2DF Nika Veliashvili (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 17)
3 3MF Zurab Malania (1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 (age 16)
14 3MF Giorgi Kharaishvili (1996-07-29) 29 July 1996 (age 16)
16 3MF Irakli Rukhadze (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 16)
18 3MF Revazi Baramidze (1996-07-19) 19 July 1996 (age 16)
3MF Tengiz Gorozia (1996-01-21) 21 January 1996 (age 17)
3MF Nika Lashkhia (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 16)
3MF Tsotne Meskhi (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 17)
3MF Giorgi Tevzadze (1996-08-25) 25 August 1996 (age 16)
17 3MF Guja Gobronidze (1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 15)
7 4FW Luka Zarandia (1996-02-17) 17 February 1996 (age 17) Georgia (country) Lokomotivi Tbilisi
9 4FW Roman Tchanturia (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 17)
10 4FW Giorgi Beridze (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 16)
11 4FW Ilia Kerdzevadze (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 17) Georgia (country) Zestafoni
13 4FW Grigol Chabradze (1996-04-20) 20 April 1996 (age 17)

European Championship

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

References

  1. ^ Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1994". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Garin, Erik (28 June 2006). "European U-16 Championship 1997". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  3. ^ "UEFA European U-17 C'ship". UEFA. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  4. ^ Squad

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