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Georgia U-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)ჯვაროსნები
Jvarosnebi (Crusaders)
AssociationGeorgian Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGocha Tkebuchava
CaptainNikolozi Kurshavishvili
Top scorerGiorgi Arabidze (2)
Home stadiumMikheil Meskhi Stadium
FIFA codeGEO
First colours
Second colours
European U-17 championships
Appearances3 (first in 1997)
Best resultSemi-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
Georgia (country) Euro 2018 qualifying round Group 13

Group 13

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elite round
2  Georgia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification based on ranking
4  Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 24 October 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Italy v Montenegro
Latvia v Georgia
Italy v Latvia
Georgia v Montenegro
Georgia v Italy
Montenegro v Latvia

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. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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