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]
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| Association | Georgian Football Federation | ||
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Jaba Tchanturia | ||
| FIFA code | GEO | ||
| BSWW ranking | 68  1 (8 April 2024)[1] | ||
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| 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) | |||
Current squad
editCurrent as of July 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coach: Kakhi Todadze
Competitive record
editFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
edit| Year | Pos | Round | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 24th | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | –22 | |
| Did not enter | |||||||||
| Withdrew | |||||||||
| 17th | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | –6 | |
| Did not enter | |||||||||
| Total | 0 titles | 2/9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 41 | –28 |
Achievements
edit- 2008 Season
- 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
- Group Stage
- 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
- 2016 Season
- 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
- Group Stage (T17th)
- 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
Sources
edit- ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Beach Soccer Worldwide". Archived from the original on 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2017-02-15.