NEWS

Georgia’s Football Federation receives special UEFA award for best progress

The UEFA says Georgian football is progressing.Photo by Georgia’s Football Federation press office.

Agenda.ge, 05 Jan 2018 - 13:24, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia’s Football Federation has won one of the top three awards of UEFA and received the prize of the Most Progressive Country, Georgia’s Football Federation has announced.

The UEFA is the administrative body for football in Europe; it chose three winners from its 55 members for its Fair Play ranking.

The prize revealed Georgia showed the best progress in the Fair Play rating of UEFA in 2016/2017 than other members of the organization.

Two other nominations were for the best UEFA Fair Play country and the country with the best football fans.

The Island remains the leader of the Fair Play ranking, while Finland was awarded for its most distinguished fans.

403,214 GEL from world football stars match will help restore burnt Borjomi forest

29 Sep 2017

A unique charity match between the all-time football stars has ended with a score of six to five as the "World XI” team defeated "GFF XI” at Tbilisi Dinamo Arena today. GEL 403,214 gathered from the sales for the event will now be spent on the restoration of the forest burnt in Borjomi Gorge in August.

World football stars play in Tbilisi to help restore Borjomi forest

28 Sep 2017

Georgian capital of Tbilisi will become the venue of a unique charity match between the all-time football stars who will play at Tbilisi Dinamo Arena on September 29.

The charity match between the world stars united under "World XI” and "GFF XI” teams is scheduled for 9 pm. The money gathered from the sales for the event will be spent on the restoration of the forest burnt in Borjomi Gorge in August.

World football stars play in Tbilisi to help burnt Borjomi forest

19 Sep 2017

The charity match is scheduled for 9pm and the money accumulated from the sales for the event will be spent on the restoration of the forest burnt in Borjomi Gorge in August.

Construction of new football stadium in Black Sea city of Batumi kicks off

21 Jan 2018

Football fans in Georgia’s Black Sea resort city of Batumi will soon be able to watch football matches at a new, modern stadium with the capacity to hold 20,000 spectators. Named Batumi Stadium, the construction is expected to be completed by late 2020.

Football academy opens in Rustavi, Georgia

25 Oct 2018

A football academy has opened in the Georgian town of Rustavi to engage children, adolescents and youth in sports and promote football from early ages.

Georgian football awards unveil 2017 winners

28 Dec 2017

The top players, managers, referees and honoured figures of the past year in football were acknowledged in Tbilisi within the annual Georgian Football Federation (GFF) Awards on Wednesday.

UEFA Category IV stadium to open in Georgia’s Black Sea town of Batumi in 2020

08 Jan 2019

Construction of the international football stadium that will comply with Category IV of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) standards is steadily developing in Georgia’s Black Sea resort town of Batumi.

Tbilisi competes for hosting the UEFA Europa League club finals in 2021

23 Feb 2019

Tbilisi's Boris Paitchadze Dinamo Arena is among the candidate venues for hosting the UEFA Europa League club competition finals in 2021.

Georgian national football leagues suspended for coronavirus prevention

11 Mar 2020

Matches in Georgian national football leagues have been suspended until next month as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus outbreak.

Georgian national football league to resume in June

04 Jun 2020

The Georgian national football league will exit its COVID-19 suspension later this month with a Tbilisi city derby resuming the championship.

Young amputee football players from Georgia, Europe, Central America train together in Tbilisi-hosted camp

19 Jul 2022

Young players from Georgia were joined by their counterparts from Europe and Central America this month to train together as part of the International Camp for Amputee Football Players, which came to a close on Tuesday in Tbilisi, the Georgian Football Federation announced.