The Georgian national football team will play two Nations League matches against Ukraine and Albania in October.

The national team’s head coach, Willy Sagnol, has called up 23 players for these games. Among them is one debutant – Giorgi Guliashvili, the forward of Sarajevo and top scorer of the Bosnia and Herzegovina championship. Saba Kvirkvelia has returned to the national team after moving to Dinamo Tbilisi, while Irakli Azarov, who hasn’t had much playing time recently, is still not on the list.

The match against Ukraine will take place on October 11 in Poznan, Poland, while the Georgian national team will play against Albania on October 14 in Tbilisi, at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium.

The Georgian national team will begin preparations for the upcoming matches in Poland on October 7.

Georgia’s national team squad:

Goalkeepers: Giorgi Mamardashvili (“Valencia”, Spain), Giorgi Loria (“Omonia” Aradipu, Cyprus), Luka Gugeshashvili (“Panserraikos”, Greece)

Defenders: Guram Kashia (“Slovan”, Slovakia), Otar Kakabadze (“Cracovia”, Poland), Giorgi Gvelesiani (“Persepolis”, Iran), Solomon Kverkvelia (“Dinamo Tbilisi”), Lasha Dvali (APOEL, Cyprus), Luka Lochoshvili (“Cremonese”, Italy), Giorgi Gocholeishvili (“Copenhagen”, Denmark), Levan Shengelia (OFI, Greece), Saba Goglichidze (“Empoli”, Italy)

Midfielders/Forwards: Otar Kiteishvili (“Sturm”, Austria), Giorgi Kochorashvili (“Levante”, Spain), Sandro Altunashvili (“Wolfsberg”, Austria), Shota Nonikashvili (“Cherkasy”, Ukraine), Giorgi Chakvetadze (“Watford”, England), Giorgi Tsitaishvili (“Granada”, Spain), Zuriko Davitashvili (“Saint-Étienne”, France), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (“Napoli”, Italy), Giorgi Guliashvili (“Sarajevo”, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Budu Zivzivadze (“Karlsruhe”, Germany), Giorgi Mikautadze (“Lyon”, France).