Georgia national beach soccer team

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Georgia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationGeorgian Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachJaba Tchanturia
FIFA codeGEO
BSWW ranking 68 Increase 1 (8 April 2024)[1]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Georgia 3–15  Portugal
(Benidorm, Spain; 11 May 2008)
Biggest win
 Georgia 6–3  Norway
(Nazaré, Portugal; 6 July 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Georgia 3–15  Portugal
(Benidorm, Spain; 11 May 2008)

The Georgian national beach soccer team represents Georgia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Georgia. The team has played competitively in two World Cup qualifiers, in 2008 and 2016, but have yet to win a match. The majority of the current squad also plays for club team FC Dinamo Batumi in Georgia who have competed in the Euro Winners Cup.[2]

Current squad[edit]

Current as of September 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Georgia (country) GEO Khvicha Makharadze
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Gocha Beridze
5 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zaur Kekelidze
6 DF Georgia (country) GEO Vaja Ivaniadze
7 FW Georgia (country) GEO Levan "Leo" Nadaraya
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Georgia (country) GEO Kakhi Todadze
13 GK Georgia (country) GEO Roman Aslanyan
14 FW Georgia (country) GEO Levan Partenadze
16 FW Georgia (country) GEO Nukri Goguadze
20 MF Georgia (country) GEO Zurabi Shamiladze

Coach: Jaba Tchanturia

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)[edit]

Year Pos Round Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Spain Spain 2008 24th Group Stage 3 0 0 3 4 26 –22
Spain Spain 2009 Did not enter
Italy Italy 2011
Russia Moscow 2013
Italy Italy 2015 Withdrew
Italy Italy 2017 17th Group Stage 2 0 0 2 9 15 –6
Russia Russia 2019 Did not enter
Portugal Portugal 2021
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2023
Total 0 titles 2/9 5 0 0 5 13 41 –28

Achievements[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Beach Soccer Worldwide". Archived from the original on 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
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