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The Georgia Euro 2024 squad don’t devour got wherever shut to to the match, had qualifying still operated prefer it ancient to. Their most efficient victories in Group A got right here in opposition to Cyprus – even though they did organize to support Scotland and Norway to attracts in Tbilisi.
No longer that they’ll care at this point. Georgia devour never licensed for a foremost match finals as an independent country, but now devour the chance to succeed in barely that.
Their wonderful Worldwide locations League campaign of 5 wins, one plot and no defeats in opposition to Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Gibraltar has earned them a Euro 2024 play-off in opposition to Luxembourg later this month, with the winner going on to face Greece or Kazakhstan for a articulate in the neighborhood stage this summer.
Georgia’s squad
Georgia’s Euro 2024 squad: The squad for the November qualifiers
All clubs as of the time of the November qualifying games
- GK: Giorgi Loria (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- GK: Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia)
- GK: Luka Gugeshashvili (Qarabağ)
- DF: Otar Kakabadze (Cracovia)
- DF: Aleksandre Kalandadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- DF: Guram Kashia (Slovan Bratislava)
- DF: Solomon Kvirkvelia (Arabia Al-Okhdood)
- DF: Giorgi Gocholeishvili (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- DF: Luka Lochoshvili (Cremonese)
- DF: Irakli Azarovi (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- DF: Iva Gelashvili (Spezia)
- MF: Giorgi Aburjania (Hatayspor)
- MF: Zuriko Davitashvili (Bordeaux)
- MF: Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford)
- MF: Giorgi Kochorashvili (Levante)
- MF: Nika Kvekveskiri (Lech Poznań)
- DF: Vladimer Mamuchashvili (Dinamo Batumi)
- MF: Sandro Altunashvili (Wolfsberger AC)
- MF: Anzor Mekvabishvili (Universitatea Craiova)
- MF: Levan Shengelia (Panetolikos)
MF: Gabriel Sigua (Basel)*- FW: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)
- FW: Budu Zivzivadze (Karlsruher SC)
- FW: Davit Volkovi (Sabah)
- FW: Georges Mikautadze (Metz)
* Withdrawn from the squad
Georgia Euro 2024 squad numbers
Squad numbers are yet to be confirmed for Euro 2024.
Georgia manager: Willy Sagnol
A really acquainted title from his embellished taking part in profession with St Etienne, Monaco and Bayern Munich on high of 58 caps for France (together with starting in the 2006 World Cup closing).
To blame of Georgia since 2021, Sagnol has prior trip of global coaching from his time as technical director and France below-21 manager, and used to be head coach at Bordeaux from 2014 to 2016.
Following his dismissal there, he went support to Bayern in 2017 to work as Carlo Ancelotti’s assistant – a lag that proved brief-lived as the Italian used to be sacked proper about a months later, with Sagnol taking intervening time price for one sport before furthermore departing.
Georgia’s star player
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Already established as with out a doubt one of Georgia’s key gamers, Kvaratskhelia emerged at Dinamo Tbilisi outdated proper 16 in 2017 but rapidly moved to within sight Rustavi after a falling-out together with his fatherland membership.
His continued ascent quick attracted passion from the Russian Premier League in the form of a loan spell at Lokomotiv Moscow and then a everlasting lag to Rubin Kazan. Kvaratskhelia briefly returned dwelling to Georgia in early 2022 with Dinamo Batumi following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, before making his greatest lag yet, joining Napoli that summer.
His form for the Italian aspect has been minute in want of sensational. In not rather two full seasons, Kvaratskhelia has claimed 23 targets and assists apiece in 78 appearances for Napoli, serving to them to build up Serie A at a canter final season and ensuing in talk about of transfer passion from a bevvy of the very handiest Premier League clubs.
With 15 targets in 28 global caps up to now, Kvaratskhelia is properly on the appropriate observe to turn into Georgia’s all-time leading goalscorer. Former Ajax and Rangers striker (and Hull Metropolis manager) Shota Arveladze holds the recent fable, with 26.
FAQs
What number of gamers are Georgia allowed to rob to Euro 2024?
UEFA confirmed in February that every competing nation will be ready to title a closing squad of 23 gamers in their Euro 2024 squads, together with a needed three goalkeepers.
After a pair of tournaments that contains 26-player teams, UEFA devour now reverted from the expanded squad.
National managers had been allowed to bring 26 gamers to 2021’s European Championship for the first time at a foremost match, as a special measure brought in because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ensuing from the fixture congestion, the expanded squads returned for the World Cup. With out these same problems, 23-player squads devour made a return.
