The Georgian national football team will begin preparations for this year’s first friendly matches on 19 March. Head coach Vladimir Weiss has called up 23 players for the encounters against Lithuania and Estonia. The 18 year old AA Ghent midfielder Giorgi Chakvetadze received his first call-up, while another prospective debutant – FC Rustavi’s Levan Gegechkori – had to pull out of the squad because of injury.
The Georgian national football team squad for the matches against Lithuania and Estonia:
Goalkeepers: Giorgi Loria (Anzhi Makhachkala), Giorgi Makaridze (Rio Ave), Roin Kvaskhvadze (Torpedo Kutaisi)
Defenders: Otar Kakabadze (Gimnastic de Tarragona), Guram Kashia (Vitesse Arnhem), Solomon Kverkvelia (Lokomotiv Moscow), Davit Khocholava (Shakhtar Donetsk), Giorgi Navalovski (SKA-Energiya), Lasha Shergelashvili (Rigas), Jimi Tabidze (Ufa)
Midfielders: Jaba Kankava (Tobol Kostanay), Nika Kvekveskiri (Tobol Kostanay), Valerian Gvilia (Luzern), Giorgi Aburgania (Sevilla B), Jano Ananidze (Spartak Moscow), Vako Kazaishvili (San Jose Earthquakes), Giorgi Merebashvili (Wisla Plock), Giorgi Papunashvili (Real Zaragoza), Jaba Jighauri (Ordabasy), Giorgi Chakvetadze (Ghent)
Forwards: Giorgi Kvilitaia (Rapid Vienna), Nika Kacharava (Korona Kielce), Bachana Arabuli (Balmazujvaros)
A further 10 players are being considered by the head coach as part of the extended squad:
Nukri Revishvili (FC Rustavi), Ucha Lobzhanidze (FC Samtredia), Lasha Dvali (Pogon Szczecin), Bakar Kardava (Dinamo Tbilisi), Vakhtang Chanturishvili (Spartak Trnava), Sandro Kobakhidze (Vorskla Poltava), Saba Lobzganidze (Randers), Lado Dvalishvili (Hapoel Ashkelon), David Skhirtladze (Silkeborg), Irakli Sikharulidze (Slovacko).
The Georgian national team will face Lithuania on 24 March, and Estonia on 27 March. Both matches will kick off at 19:00 local time at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium. Entrance will be free of charge.
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