The Georgia national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Football Federation, the governing body for football in Georgia. Primarily, it competes to qualify for the annual UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Zurab Khizanishvili took charge of the team in December 2025.
In 2029, Georgia will co-host the FIFA U-20 World Cup along with Armenia, marking their first time taking part in the tournament. The team also earned an automatic qualification as co-host.
Competitive record
FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup recordYearResultPldWDLGFGASquad 1977Part of 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993Did not qualify 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023 2025 2027 2029Qualified as co-hostTotalTBD———————
UEFA European Under-19 Championship YearRoundWDLGSGAPlayers 1999 Group Stage01249– 2013 Group Stage01225 Squad 2017 Group Stage10224 Squad
UEFA European Under-19 Championship Qualifying Rounds YearRoundGPWDLGSGA 2002First Round 301125 2003First Round 320141 2004 First Round 310285 2005First Round 311176 2006First and Elite Rounds 63121014 2007First and Elite Rounds 622268 2008First Round300315 2009First Round301223 2010First round302112 2011First round301216 2012First and Elite Rounds 6411138 2013First and Elite Rounds632195 2014First and Elite Rounds6501164 2015First Round 320164 2016First Round311133 2017Qualified as hosts 2018First Round302123 2019First Round 311193 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022First and Elite rounds 630356 2023First Round3003212 2024First and Elite rounds6303713 2025First and Elite rounds6213811 2026First round 310225 Notes: Bold indicates qualification for the championship.
Fixtures and results 2025–26 season
2027 UEFA European Championship qualifiers, League B
Friendlies
Current squad The following players were called up for two friendly home matches against Latvia due to be played on 2 and 5 October 2026.
Statistics Players with most appearances
#NameCareerCaps1 Nikoloz Chikovani2024–17 Tsotne Berelidze2023–20253 Saba Geguchadze2023–2025164Saba Samushia2023–202515 Topscorers #NameCareerCaps1 Giorgi Guliashvili2018–202072 Valeri Qazaishvili2010–201163 Zuriko Davitashvili2017–20184Giorgi Chanturia2010–2012 Guram Goshteliani2015–2018 Note: Official UEFA matches only
Source Record against opponents
OpponentMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA3201211010111100402110214013384112454202563203984211424203476330113500521030123840133134410153110020220041412145100102110010210122211053311154211032824287511341132019511001061328911007063211151100201010113201536124612310234431011421102131023452036118017319310249330030320175621471062129910101140132123210423210525122613511224311154
Managerial history
Gela Gomelauri (2000–2001) Otar Korgalidze (2002–2003) Koba Zhorzhikashvili (2003–2004) Vakhtang Kopaleishvili (2004–2005) Koba Zhorzhikashvili (2005–2006) Heinz Toppmöller (2006–2008) Zaur Svanadze (2008–2009) Gela Shekiladze (2009–2010) Vladimer Gutsaev (2010–2011) Giorgi Devdariani (2011–2012) Otar Korgalidze (2012) Kakha Kacharava (2012–2013) Giorgi Tsetsadze (2013) Vasil Maisuradze (2013–2014) Giorgi Devdariani (2014–2015) Vasil Maisuradze (2015–2016) Giorgi Kipiani (2016–2017) Giorgi Mikadze (2018) Ramaz Svanadze (2019–2021) Vasil Maisuradze (2021–2024) Lasha Pirtskhalaishvili (2024–2025) Vasil Maisuradze (2025)
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