The Georgia women's national football team represents Georgia in international football. Georgia took part in the world cup qualification group 7 for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, but withdrew after two matches, against Yugoslavia (0–11) and Turkey (0–1). After this, Georgia did not take part in qualification until the European Championships in 2009. Then, Georgia were placed in a group with Turkey, Northern Ireland and Croatia. Georgia finished last, with no points.
| Association | Georgian Football Federation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Iris Antman | |||
| Captain | Lela Chichinadze | |||
| Most caps | Nino Pasikashvili (79) | |||
| Top scorer | Lela Chichinadze (10) | |||
| FIFA code | GEO | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 118  1 (16 August 2024)[1] | |||
| Highest | 88 (December 2009, December 2017) | |||
| Lowest | 128 (October – December 2022) | |||
| First international | ||||
 Yugoslavia 11–0 Georgia  (Kula, FR Yugoslavia; 10 September 1997) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
 Andorra 0–7 Georgia  (Ta'Qali, Malta; 9 April 2015) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
 Denmark 15–0 Georgia (Vejle, Denmark; 24 October 2009) Georgia 0–15 Sweden  (Gori, Georgia; 7 April 2022) | ||||
Georgia won their first match on 11 May 2009, winning 3–1 against Macedonia, and also scoring their first goal in a competitive game that year, in a 1–3 defeat to Scotland in the qualification for the 2011 World Cup. However, they also set a new negative record that year; the qualification opened with a 0–15 defeat to Denmark. In the subsequent qualifiers for the 2013 European Championship and 2015 World Cup the team couldn't make it past the preliminary round, ranking third of four teams in both occasions.
Results and fixtures
editThe following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2023
edit| 22 September 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League | Georgia | 0–3 | | Tbilisi,Georgia |
| 16:00 (18:00 GET) | Report | Cin Sadikoğlu Uraz |
Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Audrey Gerbel (France) |
| 26 September 2023 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League | Luxembourg | 1–1 | | Esch-sur-Alzette,Luxembourg |
| 19:30 UTC±0 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch Referee: Eirini Pingiou (Greece) |
| 27 October 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League | Lithuania | 0–0 | | Vilnius,Lithuania |
| 16:00 (17:00 EEST) | Report | Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 83 Referee: Zoe Stavrou (Cyprus) |
| 31 October 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League | Georgia | 0–3 | | Tbilisi,Georgia |
| 16:00 (19:00 GET) | Report |
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Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 793 Referee: Cristina Trandafir (Romania) |
| 1 December 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League | Georgia | 4–2 | | Tbilisi |
| 14:00 (17:00 GET) |
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Report | Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 375 Referee: Lisa Benn (England) |
| 5 December 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League | Turkey | 2–0 | | Mersin |
| 16:00 (18:00 TRT) | Report | Stadium: Mersin Stadium Referee: Jelena Jermolajeva (Latvia) |
2024
edit| 25 February Friendly | Georgia | 3–0 | | Tbilisi |
| Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium |
| 28 February Friendly | Georgia | 1–0 | | Tbilisi |
| Tatushvili |
Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium |
| 5 April Euro 2025 qualifying | Georgia | 2–2 | | Tbilisi |
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Report |
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Stadium: M. Meskhi II Stadium Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (Armenia) |
| 9 April Euro 2025 qualifying | Belarus | 3–0 | | Dasaki Achnas (Cyprus)[note 1] |
| Report | Stadium: Dasaki Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: María Eugenia Gil Soriano (Spain) |
| 31 May Euro 2025 qualifying | Cyprus | 0–2 | | Dasaki Achnas |
| 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3) | Report |
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Stadium: Dasaki Stadium Attendance: 270 Referee: Karoline Marie Jensen (Norway) |
| 4 June Euro 2025 qualifying | Georgia | 1–0 | | Tbilisi |
| 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4) | Bakradze |
Report | Stadium: M. Meskhi II Stadium Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Farida Lutfaliyeva (Azerbaijan) |
| 12 July Euro 2025 qualifying | Georgia | 0–2 | | Tbilisi |
| TBC | Report | Stadium: M. Meskhi II Stadium |
| 16 July Euro 2025 qualifying | Lithuania | 0–1 | | Druskininkai |
| 19:00 (20:00 UTC+3) | m.bebia | Report | Stadium: LSC sporto kompleksas |
| 25 October Euro 2025 play-offs | Georgia | v | | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 20:00 GET | Report | Stadium: M. Meskhi II Stadium Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania) |
| 29 October Euro 2025 play-offs | Republic of Ireland | v | | Dublin, Ireland |
| 19:30 GMT | Report | Stadium: Tallaght Stadium |
Coaching staff
editCurrent coaching staff
editThis section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2021) |
- As of 7 July 2021
| Position | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Teimuraz Svanadze |
Manager history
editThis section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2021) |
- Teimuraz Svanadze (20??–)
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- The following players were part of the squad ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying match against Belarus and Lithuania on the 12 and 16 July 2024, respectively.[3]
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 7 July 2021.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Tatia Gabunia | 7 July 2000 | ||||
| GK | Eka Tabagari | 22 October 2003 | ||||
| GK | Svetlana Gabelaia | 19 April 2002 | ||||
| 2 | DF | Gvantsa Kadagishvili | 28 May 2002 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Mariam Kalandadze | 19 December 2000 | |||
| DF | Sopiko Narsia | 3 May 2000 | ||||
| DF | Salome Gasviani | 30 January 2000 | ||||
| 4 | DF | Nino Chkhartishvili | 5 January 1999 | 10 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Tamar Kvelidze | 17 August 1990 | |||
| 3 | MF | Nino Pasikashvili | 4 December 1991 | 79 | 2 | |
| 19 | MF | Nino Bukhrikidze | 19 April 2005 | 0 | ||
| 19 | MF | Tinatin Ambalia | 3 November 2006 | 0 | ||
| 19 | MF | Irina Khaburdzania | 25 October 1999 | 0 | ||
| 3 | MF | Ana Tsulaya | 8 November 2002 | |||
| 23 | MF | Salomi Dimopoulo | 12 January 2000 | |||
| 19 | MF | Lizi Kankia | 21 November 2006 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | Mariam Kapanadze | 9 February 2003 | |||
| 3 | MF | Anastasia Bolkvadze | 6 November 2002 | |||
| 19 | MF | Maiko Bebia | 22 May 2003 | 0 | ||
| 6 | FW | Natia Danelia | 23 September 2003 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Teona Bakradze | 24 January 1996 | 17 | 0 | |
| 3 | FW | Ana Cheminava | 1 February 1996 | |||
Recent call-ups
editThe following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Teona Sukhashvili | 6 February 1994 | 7 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Elene Enjibadze | v. | ||||
| DF | Tamar Tatuashvili | v. | ||||
| DF | Natela Tsopsarta | v. | ||||
| DF | Sofiko Narsia | v. | ||||
| DF | Nino Gujabidze | 15 November 2000 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Natia Jojua | v. | ||||
| MF | Mariam Tsiskarishvili | v. | ||||
| MF | Lizi Mtskerashvili | 0 | v. | |||
| MF | Tatiana Matveeva | v. | ||||
| MF | Ana Pavliashvili | v. | ||||
| MF | Tinatin Ambalia | v. | ||||
| MF | Tata Matveeva | v. | ||||
| MF | Teona Todadze | 3 March 1993 | 31 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Salomi Gasviani | |||||
| MF | Salome Qasviani | 0 | v. | |||
| MF | Sopiko Narsia | v. | ||||
| FW | Khatia Chkonia | 0 | v. | |||
| FW | Lizzie Kankia | Quarter | v. | |||
| FW | Lela Chichinadze | v. | ||||
| FW | Mariami Janikashvili | 5 June 2000 | v. | |||
Records
edit*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 6 September 2021.
Most capped playersedit
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Top goalscorersedit
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Competitive record
editFIFA Women's World Cup
edit| FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| Part of |
Part of | |||||||||||||||
| did not enter | UEFA Euro 1995 | |||||||||||||||
| did not qualify | Annulled (withdrew) | |||||||||||||||
| did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 42 | −39 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 54 | −54 | ||||||||||
| To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
| Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 106 | −95 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Championship
edit| UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| 1984 to |
Part of |
Part of | ||||||||||||
| did not enter | did not enter | |||||||||||||
| did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 36 | |||||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 45 | |||||||||
| to be determined | to be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 101 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Nations League
edit| UEFA Women's Nations League record | ||||||||||||
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| Season | Division | Group | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | RK | |
| 2023–24 | C | 1 | 4th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 48th | ||
| 2025–26 | C | To be determined | ||||||||||
| Total | 18th | |||||||||||
Honours
editThis section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2021) |
Notes
edit- ^ Due to Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus is required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice.[2]
See also
edit- Sport in Georgia
- Football in Georgia
- Women's football in Georgia (country)|Women's football in Georgia
- Football in Georgia
- Georgia women's national under-20 football team
- Georgia women's national under-17 football team
- Georgia men's national football team
References
edit- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ კვიპროსი - საქართველო / ევრო 2025-ის საკვალიფიკაციო ეტაპის მესამე მატჩი. Nakrebi.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 16 July 2024.