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.
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| Association | Georgian Football Federation | ||
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Teimuraz Svanadze | ||
| Captain | Lela Chichinadze | ||
| Most caps | Nino Pasikashvili (79) | ||
| Top scorer | Lela Chichinadze (10) | ||
| FIFA code | GEO | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 127  1 (24 March 2023)[1] | ||
| Highest | 88 (December 2009, December 2017) | ||
| Lowest | 133 (2014) | ||
| 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 fixturesEdit
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 Fixture
2022Edit
| 7 April 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier | Georgia | 0–15 | Sweden | Gori |
| Report | Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria) |
| 12 April 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier | Finland  | 6–0 | Georgia | Helsinki |
| Report | Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia) |
| 27 June[note 1] 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier | Georgia | 0–9 |  Republic of Ireland | Gori |
| Report | Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey) |
| 1 September 2023 FIFA WWC qualifier | Georgia | 0–4 |  Slovakia | Gori |
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Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Referee: Viki De Cremer (Belgium) |
Coaching staffEdit
Current coaching staffEdit
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- As of 7 July 2021
| Position | Name | Ref. |
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| Head coach | Teimuraz Svanadze |
Manager historyEdit
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- Teimuraz Svanadze (20??–)
PlayersEdit
Current squadEdit
The following players were called up for an away match against Slovakia on 26 October 2021.[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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| 1 | GK | Teona Sukhashvili | 6 February 1994 | 7 | 0 | Lanchkhuti
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| 12 | GK | Tatia Gabunia | 7 July 2000 | 5 | 0 | Lanchkhuti
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| 22 | GK | Tekle Gulordava | 22 April 1994 | 0 | 0 | Kvartali FC
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| 2 | DF | Gvantsa Kadagishvili | 28 May 2002 | 4 | 0 | Kvartali FC
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| 4 | DF | Nino Chkhartishvili | 5 January 1999 | 10 | 0 | Lanchkhuti
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| 5 | DF | Ia Alelishvili | 19 January 1996 | Lanchkhuti
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| 13 | DF | Tamari Tatuashvili | 12 April 1991 | 6+ | 0+ | Unknown |
| 17 | DF | Nino Sutidze | 27 March 1992 | 33 | 0 | Kvartali FC
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| 18 | DF | Nino Gurielidze | 14 April 2002 | |||
| 21 | DF | Nino Gujabidze | 15 November 2000 | 0 | 0 | Lanchkhuti
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| 3 | MF | Nino Pasikashvili | 4 December 1991 | 79 | 2 | Kvartali FC
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| 6 | MF | Natia Danelia | 23 September 2003 | 3 | 0 | Kvartali FC
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| 9 | MF | Irina Khaburdzania | 25 October 1999 | 2+ | 0+ | Lanchkhuti
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| 14 | MF | Anastasia Bolkvadze | 6 November 2002 | 2+ | 0+ | Lanchkhuti
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| 15 | MF | Lana Gorgadze | 15 February 1997 | |||
| 19 | MF | Teona Todadze | 3 March 1993 | 31 | 0 | Lanchkhuti
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| 23 | MF | Salomi Dimopoulou | 12 January 2000 | |||
| 8 | FW | Lela Chichinadze | 22 December 1988 | 30 | 10 | Nike
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| 10 | FW | Teona Bakradze | 24 January 1996 | 17 | 0 | Lanchkhuti
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| 11 | FW | Mariami Janikashvili | 5 June 2000 |  Sivasspor
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| 16 | FW | Natela Tsotseria | 30 May 2002 | 2+ | 0+ | Lanchkhuti
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Recent call-upsEdit
The 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 |
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RecordsEdit
*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 recordEdit
FIFA Women's World CupEdit
| 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 | |
 1991 |
Part of  Soviet Union
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Part of Soviet Union
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| 1995 |
did not enter | UEFA Euro 1995 | ||||||||||||||
 1999 |
did not qualify | Annulled (withdrew) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003
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did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| 2007
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 2011
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 42 | −39 | |||||||||
 2015
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | |||||||||
 2019
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
  2023
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 54 | −54 | |||||||||
| Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 106 | −95 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Group AEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sweden
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8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 | +30 | 22 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 17 | Play-offs | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 11–0 | |
| 3 | Finland
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 10 | 0–5 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 6–0 | ||
| 4 | Slovakia
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8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Georgia
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 54 | −54 | 0 | 0–15 | 0–9 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |
UEFA Women's ChampionshipEdit
| UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| 1984 to 1991 |
Part of Soviet Union
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Part of Soviet Union
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 1993 to  2005 |
did not enter | did not enter | ||||||||||||
| 2009 |
did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | |||||||
| 2013
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
 2017
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11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 36 | ||||||||
| 2022
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 45 | ||||||||
| Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 101 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
HonoursEdit
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NotesEdit
See alsoEdit
- 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
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "New date set for Georgia v Republic of Ireland". www.fai.ie/ireland. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ^ "საქართველოს ქალთა ნაკრები ამხანაგური მატჩებისთვის ემზადება" [Georgian women's team is preparing for friendly matches]. nakrebi.ge. Georgian Football Federation (GFF). Retrieved 6 September 2021.