The Georgia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. It is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Georgian national football team. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.

The current team is for Georgian players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year European Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23. As long as they are eligible, players can play for Georgia at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side, and again for the U21s. This has been the case for several senior team players like Jano Ananidze and Levan Kakubava.

Although the breakup of the Soviet Union occurred officially on 25 December 1991, the under-21 team continued as Soviet Union until the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. After that, Georgia and the other countries who split from the Soviet Union like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine became separate footballing entities.

Georgia held its first official game in a 1996 UEFA European U21 Championship qualification campaign against Moldova. They made a debut in the final tournament of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 2023 for which they automatically qualified as a co-host nation.

Despite the lowest rating points among the 2023 Championship teams, Georgia produced a main surprise on the tournament. They finished the group on top of the table and remained unbeaten after 120 minutes of a quarter-final clash with Israel as well, before eventually losing on penalties.

Georgia fought hard to qualify for the 2025 Championship. As runners-up of Group C, they beat Croatia after a dramatic penalty shoot-out in play-offs.

Georgia U21s do not have a permanent home ground and play in stadiums of Erovnuli Liga clubs across the country. The record attendance for their match was set on 1 July 2023 when Georgia played Israel in quarter-final of the European Championship in front of 44,338 spectators.

Competitive record UEFA European U-21 Championship

YearRoundPldWD*LGFGA 20231/4 finals4130 53 2025Group310248 Note:

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Qualification Runners-up   Third place   Tournament held on home soil   YearGroup 1996Group 78107717 1998Group 283321010 2000Group 282531113 2002Group 88107917 2004Group 108125716 2006Group 212327722 2007Group 3200214 2009Group 48206622 2011Group 210433129 2013Group 58314818 2015Group 38314815 2017Group 6104151717 2019Group 383341119 2021Group 2105051714 2023 Qualified as hosts 2025Group C106131410 2027 Group F102441315

Results and fixtures

2024

2025

2026

2027 European Championship

Current team Coaching staff As of 26 September 2026 + Position Name Head Coach Giorgi Adamia (caretaker) Assistant coach Zaur Svanadze Giorgi Dekanosidze Goalkeeper coach Temur Charkviani Fitness coach Bondo Gotsiridze Video analyst Jumber Burjanadze

Players The following players born in or after 2004 were called up for friendly matches against Greece, N.Ireland and Germany, played respectively on 26 September, 1 October and 6 October 2026.

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

Caps and goals correct as of 1 October 2026, after the match against Northern Ireland.

Recent call-up The following players have been called up within the last twelve months and are still eligible for selection.

Past squads 2023 UEFA European Championship squad 2025 UEFA European Championship squad

Statistics Most capped players

#NameCareerCapsGoals1Saba Khvadagiani2023–20253132Giorgi Kvernadze2022–2025242Otar Mamageishvili2022–202534Luka Gagnidze2021–20252315Nodar Lominadze2022–2025214

Leading goalscorers Last updated: 24 April 2026 #PlayerCareerGoalsCapsRatio1Giorgi Guliashvili2020–20238202Nika Kacharava2013–20167113Giorgi Arabidze2017–2019613

Record against opponent

Note: Includes friendly matches OpponentMatchesWinsDrawsLosses831421013210210110103003622231205014411276012101321040045014220070252002211040404112410352126420220063122101*5500952220115113202022002011721431026114410322002110210141034130600680174022621350324022 Total197634590 Luxemburg were awarded a 3–0 win

Notable results DateTournamentVenueTeamResultTeam10 September 1997Euro 1998Rustavi 2–010 October 1997Euro 1998Tbilisi5–120 November 2007Euro 2009 Tbilisi 2–0 9 September 2009 Euro 2011Zestaponi4–0 3 June 2011Euro 2013Dugopolje 0–1 4 September 2014Euro 2015Deventer0–116 November 2021FriendlyBatumi 3–221 June 2023Euro 2023Tbilisi2–0

Notable former players

Akaki Khubutia Aleksandre Amisulashvili Alexander Guruli Alexander Kobakhidze Davit Devdariani Dato Kvirkvelia David Targamadze George Popkhadze Giorgi Loria Giorgi Makaridze Gogita Gogua Gulverd Tomashvili Guram Kashia Jaba Kankava Jaba Lipartia Jano Ananidze Kakha Kaladze Levan Kakubava Levan Kenia Levan Mchedlidze Mate Vatsadze Murtaz Daushvili Nika Dzalamidze Nukri Revishvili Otar Martsvaladze Roin Kvaskhvadze Shota Grigalashvili Solomon Kvirkvelia Tornike Okriashvili Ucha Lobjanidze Valeri Kazaishvili Vladimir Dvalishvili Zurab Khizanishvili

Managerial history

Shota Cheishvili (1994–97) Vladimir Gutsaev (1997–1998) Gigla Imnadze (1998–1999) Murtaz Khurtsilava (1999–2001) Vakhtang Kopaleishvili (2001–2003) Revaz Arveladze (2003–2004) Gocha Tkebuchava (2004–2005) Koba Zhorzhikashvili (2005–2006) Ralf Minge (2006–2007) Petar Segrt (2007–2009) Kakha Tskhadadze (2009) Otar Gabelia (2009–2011) Soso Chedia (2011–2012) Aleksandre Chivadze (2012–2016) Gia Geguchadze (2016–2017) Giorgi Tsetsadze (2017–2019) Vasil Maisuradze (2020) Ramaz Svanadze (2021–2026)

Source

Media coverage Georgia Euro qualifiers and international friendlies are usually shown by the Public Broadcaster. The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship will be broadcast by the Setanta Sports.

See also Georgian national football team U19 team U17 team

References

External links Team Profile & Squad at UEFA.com