Georgia national beach soccer team

Georgia

Association	Georgian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jaba Tchanturia
FIFA code	GEO
BSWW ranking	79 (Feb '17)
First colours Second colours
First international
Georgia 3–15 Portugal (Benidorm, Spain; 11 May 2008)
Biggest win
Georgia 6–3 Norway (Nazaré, Portugal; 6 July 2019)
Biggest defeat
Georgia 3–15 Portugal (Benidorm, Spain; 11 May 2008)

The Georgian national beach soccer team represents Georgia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Georgia. The team has played competitively in two World Cup qualifiers, in 2008 and 2016, but have yet to win a match. The majority of the current squad also plays for club team FC Dinamo Batumi in Georgia who have competed in the Euro Winners Cup.

Current squad

Current as of September 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GEO	Khvicha Makharadze
3	DF	GEO	Gocha Beridze
5	DF	GEO	Zaur Kekelidze
6	DF	GEO	Vaja Ivaniadze
7	FW	GEO	Levan "Leo" Nadaraya

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	GEO	Kakhi Todadze
13	GK	GEO	Roman Aslanyan
14	FW	GEO	Levan Partenadze
16	FW	GEO	Nukri Goguadze
20	MF	GEO	Zurabi Shamiladze

Coach: Jaba Tchanturia

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Year	Pos	Round	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain 2008		Group Stage	3	0	0	3	4	26	–22
Spain 2009	Did not enter
Italy 2011
Moscow 2013
Italy 2015	Withdrew
Italy 2017	T17th	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	9	15	–6
Total	0 titles	2/6	5	0	0	5	13	41	–28

Achievements

• 2008 Season
  • 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
    • Group Stage
• 2016 Season
  • 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
    • Group Stage (T17th)

Sources

• (in Russian) Team profile on Beach Soccer Russia
• Team profile at Beach Soccer Worldwide