Georgia national football team
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| Nickname | '"Jvarosnebi" (Crusaders)' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Georgian Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Klaus Toppmöller (2006-) |
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| Captain | Kakhaber Kaladze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Georgi Nemsadze (69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Shota Arveladze (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | GEO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 42 (September 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 156 (March 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 49 (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Georgia 2 - 2 Lithuania  (Tbilisi, Georgia; May 27, 1990) |
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Largest win Georgia 7 - 0 Armenia  (Tbilisi, Georgia; March 30, 1997) |
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Worst defeat Romania 5 - 0 Georgia (Bucharest, Romania; April 24, 1996)  Denmark 6 - 1 Georgia  (Copenhagen, Denmark; September 7, 2005) |
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The Georgia national football team is the national football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. After the split of Soviet Union, they played their first match against Lithuania on May 27, 1990. Before that, Georgian players played for the USSR national football team.
By beating the then title holders, Uruguay, in a friendly on 15 November 2006, Georgia became the Unofficial Football World Champions.
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Gorgia National Team:
Goalkeppers: 1. Giorgi Lomaia 34. Grigol Chanturia 39. Nukri Revishvili
Defenders: 3. Othar Khizaneishvili 4. Kakha Kaladze (C) 6. Kakha Aladashvili 13. Zurab Khizanishvili 14. Gogita Gogua 16. Malkhaz Asatiani 35. Ilia Kandelaki 36. Davit Imedashvili 37. Giorgi Shashiashvili
Midfilders: 5. Davit Kvirkvelia 7. Levan Ckitishvili 10. Levan Kobiashvili (Vice-C) 18. Zurab Menteshashvili 20. Davit Mujiri 22. Jaba Kankava 38. Shota Grigalashvili
Forwards: 9. Alexsandre Iashvili 11. Shota Arveladze 19. Vasil Gigiadze 21. Othar Marcvaladze 24. Zurab Ionanidze 30. Giorgi Demetradze 31. Mikheil Ashvetia
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