Georgia national football team
The Georgia national football team (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, romanized: sakartvelos erovnuli sapekhburto nak'rebi) represents Georgia in men's international football matches, and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from Euro 1996 onwards, with their first participation set to be at UEFA Euro 2024. Home games are played at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.
| Nickname(s) | ჯვაროსნები Jvarosnebi (Crusaders) | |||
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| Association | Georgian Football Federation (GFF) საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Willy Sagnol | |||
| Captain | Guram Kashia | |||
| Most caps | Guram Kashia (112) | |||
| Top scorer | Shota Arveladze (26) | |||
| Home stadium | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena (minor), Adjarabet Arena (second), Mikheil Meskhi Stadium and Ramaz Shengelia Stadium | |||
| FIFA code | GEO | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 75 2 (4 April 2024) | |||
| Highest | 42 (September 1998) | |||
| Lowest | 156 (March 1994) | |||
| First international | ||||
| Unofficial Georgian SSR 2–2 Lithuania (Tbilisi, Georgia; 27 May 1990) Official Lithuania 1–0 Georgia (Kaunas, Lithuania; 2 September 1992) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
| Georgia 8–0 Thailand (Tbilisi, Georgia; 12 October 2023) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
| Georgia 1–7 Spain (Tbilisi, Georgia; 8 September 2023) | ||||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2024) | |||
| Best result | TBD (2024) | |||
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