The Georgian under-21 boys’ team hosted Croatia in the first UEFA 2025 U21 European Championship qualifying round playoff match at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium. Georgians defeated the opponent with a 1:0 score.Â
The youth team competes for the first time in the European Championship qualifying stage playoffs. The only goal in the match was scored in the first half.
The Georgia-Croatia match was attended by Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze, First Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports Shalva Gogoladze, Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze, and President of Georgian Football Federation Levan Kobiashvili.
The rematch will be held in Rijeka on Tuesday, November 19, and the winner of the two matches will play in the final stage of the European Championship.
It is remembered that in 2023, Georgia hosted the European Championship of footballers under 21 years old with Romania. Georgian footballers finished the competition in Group A of the European Championship in first place and went to the quarterfinals.
For information, Slovakia will host the European Under-21 Championship of 2025.
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest.
The Croatian Football Federation is the national governing body of Croatian football. It was originally formed in 1912 and is based in Zagreb. The organization is a member of FIFA and UEFA and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game in Croatia.
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, also known as the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men’s under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, it has also served as the UEFA qualification tournament for the Summer Olympics.
