Georgia national under-17 football team
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| Nickname(s) | ჯვაროსნები "Jvarosnebi" (Crusaders) | ||
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| Association | Georgian Football Federation GFF საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Gocha Tkebuchava | ||
| Captain | Nikolozi Kurshavishvili | ||
| Top scorer | Giorgi Arabidze (2) | ||
| Home stadium | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | GEO | ||
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| 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1997 | EURO. Group | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
 2002 | EURO. 1/4 f. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
 2012 | EURO. 1/2 f. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
European Under 17 Championship Qualifiers Host in Georgia
| Country | Round | Group |
|---|---|---|
.svg.png){kind=small} | Euro 2000 qualifying round | Group 2 |
| Euro 2002 elite round | Group 10 |
 | Euro 2011 qualifying round | Group 3 |
| Euro 2012 elite round | Group 3 |
| Euro 2013 qualifying round | Group 13 |
| Euro 2014 qualifying round | Group 11 |
| Euro 2015 qualifying round | Group 2 |
| Euro 2016 elite round | Group 3 |
Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Slovakia (A) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Elite round |
| 2 | Georgia (A) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 |  Romania (E) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 |  Hungary (H, E) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (H) Host.
Notes:
24 October 2015 13:30 |
| Georgia |
3–4 | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|
Kavtaradze  10' (pen.)Ninua 66'Kharabadze 71' |
Report | Gerebenits 22' Vician 55'Vaško 59'Kopas 80+1' |
29 October 2015 13:30 |
| Georgia |
2–2 | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| Kavtaradze 21' Ozbetelashvili 80+2' |
Report | Timári 22' Virág 44' |
References
- ↑ Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1994". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ Garin, Erik (28 June 2006). "European U-16 Championship 1997". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ "UEFA European U-17 C'ship". UEFA. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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