Georgia national football team

Georgia

Nickname(s)	ჯვაროსნები Jvarosnebi (The Crusaders)
Association	Georgian Football Federation (GFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Willy Sagnol
Captain	Guram Kashia
Most caps	Guram Kashia (123)
Top scorer	Shota Arveladze (26)
Home stadium	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena (main) Adjarabet Arena (second) Mikheil Meskhi Stadium & Ramaz Shengelia Stadium (third)
FIFA code	GEO
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	68 (19 December 2024)[1]
Highest	42 (September 1998)
Lowest	156 (March 1994)
First international
Unofficial Georgian SSR 2–4 Azerbaijan SSR (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR; December 1926) 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	Round of 16 (2024)
Website	nakrebi.ge (in Georgian)

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 governing body for football in Georgia. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions.

The Georgian team's first match took place on 27 May 1990 against Lithuania, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from Euro 1996 onwards. Their efforts culminated in their first successful qualification for a major tournament, the UEFA Euro 2024, secured with a win against Greece in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-off final.

The team is colloquially referred to as Jvarosnebi (The Crusaders) and has adopted Saint George as their symbol, which is a patron of Georgia.

Upon its admission into FIFA ranked 156th, Georgia ascended to their peak World Ranking of 42nd in 1998. The team plays their home games at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.