Georgia women's national football team

Georgia women's national football team represents Georgia in international football. Georgia took part in the qualification for the European Championships in 1999, 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.

Georgia

Association	Football Federation of Georgia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Teimuraz Svanadze
Captain	Lela Chichinadze
Most caps	Nino Pasikashvili (79)
Top scorer	Lela Chichinadze (10)
FIFA code	GEO
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	114 1 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest	88 (December 2009, December 2017)
Lowest	133 (2014)
First international
Yugoslavia 11–0 Georgia  (Tula, Russia 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 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.

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Teimuraz Svanadze

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Euro 2021 qualification fixtures against  Malta on 26 November 2020.[2]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Teona Sukhashvili	6 February 1994	7	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
12	GK	Tatia Gabunia	7 July 2000	5	0	Lanchkhuti
22	GK	Svetlana Gabelaia	19 April 2002			Unknown
2	DF	Gvantsa Kadagishvili	28 May 2002	4	0	Kvartali FC
4	DF	Nino Chkhartishvili	5 January 1999	10	0	Lanchkhuti
5	DF	Megi Ejibia	7 July 2002			Unknown
15	DF	Elene Kakhniashvili	6 June 2004			Unknown
16	DF	Ani Dzadzua	20 January 2004			Unknown
17	DF	Nino Sutidze	27 March 1992	33	0	Kvartali FC
20	DF	Ana Jojua	8 August 2001			Unknown
3	MF	Maiko Bebia	20 May 2003			Unknown
6	MF	Natia Danelia	23 September 2003	3	0	Nike
7	MF	Teona Bakradze	24 January 1996	17	0	Hakkarigücü Spor
8	MF	Lela Chichinadze	22 December 1988	30	10	Nike
19	MF	Teona Todadze	3 March 1993	31	0	Lanchkhuti
23	MF	Ana Kuldonashvili	9 May 1996			Unknown
9	FW	Khatia Tchkonia	16 October 1989	25	7	Lanchkhuti
10	FW	Ana Cheminava	1 February 1996	23	1	MFA Žalgiris
11	FW	Anastasia Bolkvadze	6 November 2002			Unknown
13	FW	Tamta Shengelia	31 October 1996			Unknown
14	FW	Natela Tsotseria	30 May 2002			Unknown
18	FW	Tamari Epitashvili	21 February 2000			Unknown
21	FW	Lizi Mtskerashvili	17 February 2003			Unknown

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Georgia squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Tamar Nadirashvili	8 January 1990	12	0	Nike	v.  Israel, 10 March 2020
DF	Tamari Tatuashvili	12 April 1991	28	0	Hakkarigücü Spor	v.  Israel, 10 March 2020
DF	Natia Skhirtladze	3 March 1990	24	1	Nike	v.  Israel, 10 March 2020
DF	Mariam Kalandadze	19 December 2000	6	0	Lanchkhuti	v.  Israel, 10 March 2020
DF	Elene Raukh	30 June 2002	6	0	GirlPower Tbilisi FC	v.  Israel, 10 March 2020
DF	Tamar Kvelidze	17 August 1990	20	0	KIT Sport-Club	v.  Malta, 5 March 2020
MF	Nino Pasikashvili	4 December 1991	79	2	Kvartali FC	v.  Israel, 27 October 2020
MF	Mariam Danelia	6 May 1997	15	1	Lanchkhuti	v.  Israel, 27 October 2020
MF	Tatiana Matveeva	25 July 1990	24	5	Unattached	v.  Malta, 5 March 2020

Individual records

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Managers

• Teimuraz Svanadze (–present)

Results and fixtures

• The 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   Fixtures

2020

26 November 2020 UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying	Georgia	0–4	Malta	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi
12:00 (15:00 GET)		Report	S. Zammit  34', 52' Bugeja  44', 58'	Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

1 December 2020 UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying	Georgia	0–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Tbilisi, Georgia
12:00 (15:00 GET)		Report	Damjanović  22' Krajšumović  64', 77'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

Head-to-head records against other teams

Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals
Andorra	1			7 – 0
Armenia		1		0 – 0
Azerbaijan	1	2	1	5 – 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina			2	1 – 10
Bulgaria		1	1	1 – 6
Croatia			1	0 – 6
Czech Republic			2	1 – 7
Denmark			4	0 – 38
Faroe Islands	2		1	4 – 2
Estonia	1			2 – 1
Greece			2	0 – 8
Israel			1	1 - 2
Italy			4	1 – 20
Kazakhstan			1	0 – 1
Latvia		1		1 – 1
Lithuania	1		1	5 – 5
North Macedonia	1		1	3 – 3
Moldova		1		1 – 1
Malta			3	1 – 7
Montenegro			1	0 – 2
Northern Ireland			3	0 – 11
Scotland			2	2 – 6
Serbia			1	0 – 11
Switzerland			2	0 – 7
Turkey			6	2 – 29
United Arab Emirates	5	1		17 – 3
26 Countries	12	7	40	55 – 193

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup finals Tournament Qualifying 1999 qualifying 2011 group 3 2015 preliminary round

UEFA Women's Championship record UEFA Women's EURO finals Tournament Qualifying 2009 preliminary round 2013 preliminary round 2017 preliminary round Group 6 2021 Group B

Standings

EURO 2021

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (Q)	10	9	1	0	48	1	+47	28	Final tournament		—	0–0	2–0	8–0	4–0	14–0
2	Italy (X)	9	7	1	1	25	5	+20	22	Final tournament if among three best runners-up (play-offs otherwise)		1–3	—	2–0	5–0	24 Feb	6–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (E)	10	6	0	4	19	17	+2	18			0–4	0–5	—	2–0	1–0	7–1
4	Malta (E)	10	3	1	6	11	30	−19	10			0–8	0–2	2–3	—	1–1	2–1
5	Israel (E)	9	2	1	6	10	18	−8	7			0–3	2–3	1–3	0–2	—	4–0
6	Georgia (E)	10	0	0	10	3	45	−42	0			0–2	0–1	0–3	0–4	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2020. Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least play-offs.

See also

Georgia national teams

Men's

• Footballers
• Football team
• Results
• Under-23 football team
• Under-21 football team
• Under-19 football team
• Under-17 football team
• Futsal team
• Beach soccer team

Women's

• Footballers
• Football team
• Results
• Under-20 football team
• Under-17 football team

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile