FC Dinamo Tbilisi
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FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian
football
team, based in Tbilisi
, the capital of Georgia
.
Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League
almost immediately after it was established in 1936. The club was then part of one of the leading sport societies in Soviet Union
, the All-Union Dynamo sports society which had several other divisions beside football and was sponsored by the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs. Its main claim to European fame was winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena
of East Germany 2–1 in the final in Düsseldorf. Throughout its history, FC Dinamo Tbilisi produced many famous Soviet players: Boris Paichadze
, Avtandil "Basa" Gogoberidze, Shota Iamanidze, Tengiz Sulakvelidze
, Vitali Daraselia, Vladimer Gutsaev, David Kipiani
, Mikheil Meskhi
, Ramaz Shengelia
, Alexandre Chivadze, Slava Metreveli
, Murtaz Khurtsilava
. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, it would later produce some of the finest Georgian players such as Temuri Ketsbaia
, Kakha Kaladze, Shota Arveladze
, Giorgi Kinkladze.
,
FC Dinamo Tbilisi was one of a handful of teams in the Soviet Top League
(along with FC Dynamo Moscow
and Dynamo Kyiv) that were never relegated. Their most famous coach was Nodar Akhalkatsi, who led the team to the Soviet title in 1978, two Soviet cups (1976 and 1979), and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1981. He was also assistant coach to the Soviet Union National Team during the FIFA World Cup in 1982. FC Dinamo Tbilisi are also 13-time Georgian league champions and 9-time Georgian Cup holders (the current record).
In 1927, FC Dinamo Tbilisi established a Junior club, "Norchi Dinamoeli" (young Dinamo). The Juniors club provided FC Dinamo Tbilisi with many young skillful players, including the first goalkeeper who played for Dinamo in the USSR championship, the first captain (Shota Savgulidze), defender (Mikhail Minaev), forward (Vladimer Berdzenishvili) and other famous players.
In the early years in Georgia, no official championship existed, so the teams played friendly games against each other. The first match was played with Azerbaijan team Dinamo Baku on 26 January 1926, with the more experienced Azerbaijan squad winning 1–0. The Dinamo team starred: D.Tsomaia, A.Pochkhua, M.Blackman, I.Foidorov, N.Anakin, A.Gonel, A.Pivovarov, O.Goldobin, A.Galperin, S.Maslenikov, V.Tsomaia.
Three days later, Dinamo played another Azerbaijan team, "Progress" and easily beat them 3–0.
Despite their success in the middle years of the 1930s, the football federation of the Soviet Union placed FC Dinamo Tbilisi in the first league instead of the premier league. Dinamo continued to show good form against the top teams, winning 9–5 in Tbilisi against probably the best team in the USSR championship, Dynamo Moscow. They later beat Dinamo Leningrad 3–2, winning 5 matches out of 6 plus a draw against Stalinec Moscow. This was enough for Dinamo to qualify for the premier league.
The first victory in the USSR championship was in the match against Spartak Moscow on 25 September with Mikheil Berdzenishvili scoring the winning goal. Dinamo finished the season in 3rd place. They challenged for the title, but this faded after the 2–3 loss against Krasnaia Zaria Leningrad. Dinamo also played an unforgettable match in Moscow with Spartak in the SU cup quarterfinal with Dinamo scoring 3 goals in stoppage time, beating Spartak 6–3. They reached the SU Cup Final, but lost 0–2 to Lokomotiv Moscow. Their first international match was against the Spanish team Baskonia in 1937, which Dinamo lost 0–2.
In the 1930s and 40s, Dinamo was one of the top Soviet football teams, even though they did not win a title. They were often referred to as the "crownless champions" with the team including: S.Shavgulidze, A.Dorokhov, S.Shudra, B.Frolov, M.Berdzenishvili, A.Kiknadze, V.Panjukov, V.Berezhnoi, G.Gagua, V.Jorbenadze, G.Jejelava.
A prominent place in Dinamo history belongs to Andro Zhordania, a coach who is considered as one most important figures in the club's history. His period in charge at the end of the 1950s was seen as "the Renaissance" of Dinamo's traditions, which laid the ground for the major successes connected with his name. FC Dinamo's Digomi practice ground is named after this club legend.
A popular French magazine "France Football" wrote: "the Dinamo team has great players. Their technique, skills and playing intellect enables us to name them the best Eastern representatives of 'South American Football Traditions', if Dinamo were able to participate in the UEFA Champions Cup, we are certain, they would bring the hegemony of Spanish-Italian teams to an end." However, no Soviet team appeared in the Champions Cup at that time.
The 1964 Soviet Championship team sheet was: S.Kotrikadze, B.Sichinava, G.Petriashvili, J.Zeinklishvili, G.Tskhovrebov, V.Rekhviashvili, G.Sichinava, S.Iamanidze, S.Metreveli, V.Barkaia, M.Meskhi, I.Datunashvili, A.Apshiev. Coach: Gavril Kachalin.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the quality of the Dinamo team was further enhanced by several skillful players: the legendary Mikheil Meskhi, the inimitable Slava Metreveli, the captain of Soviet Union national team Murtaz Khurtsilava, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Kakhi Asatiani, Gocha Gavasheli, Guram Petriashvili, Piruz Kanteladze and the brothers Nodia.
Dinamo's first appearance in Europe was in 1972 against the Dutch team Twente Enschede in the UEFA Cup
. Dinamo won 3–2, with two goals by Givi Nodia
and one by David Kipiani. The following players appeared on the field in this historic match: D.Gogia, R.Dzodzuashvili, V.Chelidze, M.Khurtsilava, S.Khinchagashvili, G.Petriashvili, M.Machaidze, K.Asatiani, V.Gutsaev, L.Nodia, G.Nodia, D.Kipiani.
In 1973, Dinamo won their first International tournament. After beating Athletic Madrid and Benfica, one of the best teams of the time, Dinamo won the Columbus's Caravela Trophy.
In 1976, Nodar Akhalkatsi
(a future President of the Georgian Football Federation
) was appointed as Dinamo's head coach. It was under his leadership that the team achieved their greatest success with Dinamo. The club was referred to as the "Great Team" between 1976–1982, characterised by a mobile, fast and technical style of play.
In this period, Dinamo won the Soviet Cup title in 1976, defeating Ararat Erevan (Armenia) 3–0 with goals scored by David Kipiani, Piruz Kanteladze (penalty) and Revaz Chelebadze. The team achieved the same success in 1979 when they beat Dinamo Moscow 5–4 on penalties. They also won the Soviet Top League for a second time in 1978. In 1979, the club played its first match in the UEFA European Cup tournament, defeated Liverpool FC (England) but were eliminated by Hamburger SV
(West Germany) in the next round.
and brought the precious prize to Tbilisi. It was a celebration not only for the team, but for whole Georgia as well.
Cup Winners` Cup winners:, O. Gabelia, T. Kostava, N.Khizanishvili, G.Tavadze, V.Daraselia, Z.Svanadze, T.Sulakvelidze, V.Gutsaev, D.Kipiani, R.Shengelia, N.Kakilashvili, V.Zhvania. Goals scored by V.Gutsaev (1:1) and V.Daraselia (2:1).
Helmut Schon, World Cup 1974 winner German National Team's head coach said: "It is to be said directly, Dinamo deserved the victory. This team has top quality performers." FC Dinamo Tbilisi became the easternmost team to win a European trophy.
In 1982 Dinamo qualified to semifinal in Cup Winners` Cup tournament. In the 1980s numerous skillful players appeared in the team, but for various reasons they were not able to do their best: Grigol Tsaava, Mikheil Meskhi (junior), Otar Korghalidze, Gia Guruli, Mamuka Pantsulaia, Merab Zhordania, Levan Baratashvili and many other talented players.
From 1983 a crisis began in the history of Dinamo Tbilisi. It was hard for the club to qualify from the first rounds of the Soviet Cup. They also performed poorly in the championship. From 1983 to 1989 the team appeared only once in the UEFA tournaments.
Dinamo Tbilisi played its last game in the Soviet Union championship on 27 October 1989 against Dinamo Kiev. Dinamo played its first and last official matches in SU championship with Dinamo Kiev, with both matches ending 2:2.
The club played its first match in the Georgian National championship against Kolkheti Poti on 30 March 1990. Dinamo lost the historic match 0:1. Ultimately the club recovered from this setback and won the first Georgian National championship. The club won the next 9 championships. The club also won the Georgian Cup in 1992. They beat Tskhumi Sokhumi in the final game.
In 1993 Dinamo won a league and cup double. In 1993 Dinamo played its first international official match representing independent Georgia. Dinamo won the home match against Linfield (N.Ireland) 2:1 with goals from Shota Arveladze
and Gela Inalishvili
. The second leg in Belfast ended 1:1. However it was subsequently alleged that the club had tried to bribe match officials and the club was expelled from the tournament and suspended for two years from UEFA tournaments.
FC Dinamo Tbilisi continued to win Georgian championships and Georgian cup, but had no success in European club tournaments.
In 1996 Dinamo qualified passed 3 rounds in the UEFA Cup. They beat Grevenmacher (Luxemburg) 4:0 – 2:2, Molde (Norway) 2:1 – 0:0 and Torpedo (Russia) 1:0 – 1:1. In the next round the club was unable to overcome Portuguese side Boavista and left the tournament. This was the best result in Dinamo Tbilisi's history. Later, the migration of the key players to Western European clubs caused negative results. It became harder and harder for the club to win the Georgian Championship or Georgian Cup.
Before that, in place of the new Dinamo stadium
, there was a smaller stadium with a maximum capacity of 35 000. The demand for a new and bigger stadium had increased due to the successful performance of Dinamo Tbilisi. This was the Communist time, when every problem had to be solved by the USSR supreme government body. The leader and the first secretary of Georgian Communist Party Eduard Shevardnadze was able to persuade Official Moscow, that Georgia needed bigger and better stadium for home matches. By the time stadium was built, it took the third place with its capacity in Soviet Union. It could fit 78 000 supporters and fulfill every standards and requirements of Soviet Football Federation as well as UEFA.
The first official match played after stadium was built occurred on September 29, 1976. This was UEFA cups 1/32 final match between Dinamo Tbilisi and Cardiff City, Wales. The opening game ended successfully for Dinamo, score 3:0.
Even though stadium's maximum capacity was 78 000, Georgian football fans can remember matches with more accommodation. For instance, in 1979 Dinamo was hosting one of the best British teams – Liverpool. The first round was played in England with the score 2:1 Liverpool won. So the pressure was high on the second game. Stadium was attended by 110 000 people and their support played important role in winning. Dinamo beat Liverpool 3:0 and qualified in 1/8 final. In Soviet Union Dinamo stadium is record keeper of the average attendance of 45 000.
The record attendance was repeated in 1995 for Georgia vs. Germany. The football clubs Spartak Moscow (Russia) and Dinamo Kiev (Ukraine) often played their autumn international matches in the stadium.
Hundreds of Georgian, Russian, European and even South American stars played in Tbilisi Dinamo stadium. In 1985 the stadium hosted the qualifying stage of the Juniors World Cup. Taffarel and Muller played for the Brazilian national team.
In 1995 the stadium was renamed Boris Paichadze National Stadium after a major Georgian international footballer.
The National stadium was the home base of the Georgian National team for several years. Georgians played unforgettable matches against Wales 5:0 and Poland 3:0.
Holding lit torches, 80,000 fans came in 1981 to congratulate the team on their European Cup Winners Cup triumph.
As an architectural building the National Stadium is estimated as one of the best in Georgia. Nearly all of the seats in second circle are covered. In official games under UEFA regulations the stadium can fit only 22 000 supporters on individual seats. Because of that reason Sport organization "Dinamo" is reconstructing "Dinamo" Stadium.
The reconstruction of the Stadium is completed and it fulfills all the standards of UEFA and FIFA, it now can fit 78 000 football fans.
As of July 23, 2011. Source
1981
1964, 1978
1976, 1979
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009
1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2008
2004
(1971–72) Alexander Kotrikadze (1973) Givi Chokheli
(1974) Mikhail Yakushin
(1974–75) Nodar Akhalkatsi
(1976–83) David Kipiani
(1984–85) Nodar Akhalkatsi
(1985–86) Kakhi Asatiani
(1987–88) Germann Zonin (1988) David Kipiani
(1988–91) Revaz Dzodzuashvili
(1992) Givi Nodia
(1992–94) Temur Chkhaidze (1994) Sergo Kutivadze (1994–95) Vaja Jvania (1995) David Kipiani
(1996–97) Nodar Akobia (1998) Murtaz Khurtsilava
(1998–99)
Johan Boskamp
(1998) Gia Geguchadze (1999) Otar Korghalidze
(1999-00) Jemal Chimakadze (2000) Revaz Arveladze
(2000–01) Gocha Tkebuchava
(2001) Givi Nodia
(2001) Ivo Šušak
(2002–04) Gia Geguchadze (2004–05) Kakhaber Tskhadadze
(2005–06) Andrei Chernyshov
(2006) Kakha Kacharava (2006) Dušan Uhrin
(2006–08) Rainer Zobel
(2008–09) Kakha Kacharava (2009–10) Kakha Kacharava (2010–11) Álex García (2011-present)
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USSR Kakhi Asatiani
Aleksandr Chivadze
Avtandil Chkuaseli
Vitaly Daraselia
Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Otari Gabelia
Valery Gazzaev
Vladimir Gutsaev
Anzor Kavazashvili
Shota Khinchagashvili
Nodar Khizanishvili
Murtaz Khurtsilava
David Kipiani
Vakhtang Koridze
Tamaz Kostava
Sergei Kutivadze
Manuchar Machaidze
Mikheil Meskhi
Slava Metreveli
Givi Nodia
Ramaz Shengelia
Tengiz Sulakvelidze
Guram Tskhovrebov
Ramaz Urushadze/
Omari Tetradze
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/ Akhrik Tsveiba
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Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Shota Arveladze
Giorgi Demetradze Kakhaber Kaladze Temuri Ketsbaia
Georgi Kinkladze Levan Kobiashvili
Europe Semir Hadzibulic
Georgia (country)
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football
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team, based in Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, the capital of Georgia
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Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
almost immediately after it was established in 1936. The club was then part of one of the leading sport societies in Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, the All-Union Dynamo sports society which had several other divisions beside football and was sponsored by the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs. Its main claim to European fame was winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...
of East Germany 2–1 in the final in Düsseldorf. Throughout its history, FC Dinamo Tbilisi produced many famous Soviet players: Boris Paichadze
Boris Paichadze
Boris Paichadze was a renowned Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi.The largest stadium in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, is named after him.-External links:*...
, Avtandil "Basa" Gogoberidze, Shota Iamanidze, Tengiz Sulakvelidze
Tengiz Sulakvelidze
Tengiz Grigorjević Sulakvelidze is a former Georgian footballer.-Honours:* Olympic bronze medalist: 1980.* Soviet Top League winner: 1978.* Soviet Cup winner: 1979.* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1981....
, Vitali Daraselia, Vladimer Gutsaev, David Kipiani
David Kipiani
David Kipiani was a Georgian football midfielder and manager.Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team and also for a year for Lokomotiv Tbilsi...
, Mikheil Meskhi
Mikheil Meskhi
Mikheil Meskhi was a Georgian footballer. Nicknamed the "Georgian Garrincha" for his dazzling wing play, Meskhi was a creative force on the left flank for the Soviet Union.During his career he played for Dynamo Tbilisi and Lokomotiv Tbilisi...
, Ramaz Shengelia
Ramaz Shengelia
Ramaz Aleksandrovich Shengelia is a former Georgian footballer. He won 26 caps and scored 10 goals for the USSR national football team, and played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:*Soviet Top League Champion: 1978...
, Alexandre Chivadze, Slava Metreveli
Slava Metreveli
Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli was a Georgian football player and later a football manager.Metreveli played most of his career for Torpedo Moscow and Dinamo Tbilisi ....
, Murtaz Khurtsilava
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava is a former Georgian footballer. He was a famed defender....
. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, it would later produce some of the finest Georgian players such as Temuri Ketsbaia
Temuri Ketsbaia
Temuri "Temur" Ketsbaia is a Georgian football manager and former player. As a player he represented the Georgian national team and played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, AEK, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dundee.Ketsbaia is often regarded as having played a major role...
, Kakha Kaladze, Shota Arveladze
Shota Arveladze
Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the manager of Kayserispor. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team...
, Giorgi Kinkladze.
,
FC Dinamo Tbilisi was one of a handful of teams in the Soviet Top League
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
(along with FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow
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and Dynamo Kyiv) that were never relegated. Their most famous coach was Nodar Akhalkatsi, who led the team to the Soviet title in 1978, two Soviet cups (1976 and 1979), and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1981. He was also assistant coach to the Soviet Union National Team during the FIFA World Cup in 1982. FC Dinamo Tbilisi are also 13-time Georgian league champions and 9-time Georgian Cup holders (the current record).
Club colours
| Blue | White |
The Beginning: 1920s
The history of FC Dinamo Tbilisi began in autumn 1925 when the Dinamo sports society set out to form a football club, at a time when football was gradually becoming one of the most popular sports in the world.In 1927, FC Dinamo Tbilisi established a Junior club, "Norchi Dinamoeli" (young Dinamo). The Juniors club provided FC Dinamo Tbilisi with many young skillful players, including the first goalkeeper who played for Dinamo in the USSR championship, the first captain (Shota Savgulidze), defender (Mikhail Minaev), forward (Vladimer Berdzenishvili) and other famous players.
In the early years in Georgia, no official championship existed, so the teams played friendly games against each other. The first match was played with Azerbaijan team Dinamo Baku on 26 January 1926, with the more experienced Azerbaijan squad winning 1–0. The Dinamo team starred: D.Tsomaia, A.Pochkhua, M.Blackman, I.Foidorov, N.Anakin, A.Gonel, A.Pivovarov, O.Goldobin, A.Galperin, S.Maslenikov, V.Tsomaia.
Three days later, Dinamo played another Azerbaijan team, "Progress" and easily beat them 3–0.
Despite their success in the middle years of the 1930s, the football federation of the Soviet Union placed FC Dinamo Tbilisi in the first league instead of the premier league. Dinamo continued to show good form against the top teams, winning 9–5 in Tbilisi against probably the best team in the USSR championship, Dynamo Moscow. They later beat Dinamo Leningrad 3–2, winning 5 matches out of 6 plus a draw against Stalinec Moscow. This was enough for Dinamo to qualify for the premier league.
World War II: 1930s and '40s
The second championship started in autumn 1936. Altogether Dinamo played 1424 matches in the SU championship. The first match was against Dinamo Kiev, finishing 2–2, with goals by Nikolas Somov and Boris Paichadze The team sheet was: A.Dorokhov, S.Shavgulidze (E.Nikolaishvili), B.Berdzenishvili, N.Anakin, V.Jorbenadze, G.Gagua, I.Panin, M.Berdzenishvili, B.Paichadze, M.Aslamazov and N.Somov.The first victory in the USSR championship was in the match against Spartak Moscow on 25 September with Mikheil Berdzenishvili scoring the winning goal. Dinamo finished the season in 3rd place. They challenged for the title, but this faded after the 2–3 loss against Krasnaia Zaria Leningrad. Dinamo also played an unforgettable match in Moscow with Spartak in the SU cup quarterfinal with Dinamo scoring 3 goals in stoppage time, beating Spartak 6–3. They reached the SU Cup Final, but lost 0–2 to Lokomotiv Moscow. Their first international match was against the Spanish team Baskonia in 1937, which Dinamo lost 0–2.
In the 1930s and 40s, Dinamo was one of the top Soviet football teams, even though they did not win a title. They were often referred to as the "crownless champions" with the team including: S.Shavgulidze, A.Dorokhov, S.Shudra, B.Frolov, M.Berdzenishvili, A.Kiknadze, V.Panjukov, V.Berezhnoi, G.Gagua, V.Jorbenadze, G.Jejelava.
1950s
In the 1950s, the team was led by Avtandil Ghoghoberidze who spent 14 years with Dinamo. He still holds the record for games played and goals scored for Dinamo, with 341 matches and 127 goals. In the same period, the following players starred for Dinamo: G.Antadze, V.Marghania, N.Dziapshipa, M.Minaev, A.Zazroev, V.Eloshvili, A.Chkuaseli.A prominent place in Dinamo history belongs to Andro Zhordania, a coach who is considered as one most important figures in the club's history. His period in charge at the end of the 1950s was seen as "the Renaissance" of Dinamo's traditions, which laid the ground for the major successes connected with his name. FC Dinamo's Digomi practice ground is named after this club legend.
First Soviet successes: 1960s
The first major success came in 1964 when Dinamo won the Soviet Union championship, with the team unbeaten in the last 15 matches. At the end, Dinamo was tied with Torpedo Moscow so the teams played an additional match in Tashkent, Uzbekistan which Dinamo won 4–1. Georgian supporters celebrated the victory by naming their team "Golden Guys".A popular French magazine "France Football" wrote: "the Dinamo team has great players. Their technique, skills and playing intellect enables us to name them the best Eastern representatives of 'South American Football Traditions', if Dinamo were able to participate in the UEFA Champions Cup, we are certain, they would bring the hegemony of Spanish-Italian teams to an end." However, no Soviet team appeared in the Champions Cup at that time.
The 1964 Soviet Championship team sheet was: S.Kotrikadze, B.Sichinava, G.Petriashvili, J.Zeinklishvili, G.Tskhovrebov, V.Rekhviashvili, G.Sichinava, S.Iamanidze, S.Metreveli, V.Barkaia, M.Meskhi, I.Datunashvili, A.Apshiev. Coach: Gavril Kachalin.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the quality of the Dinamo team was further enhanced by several skillful players: the legendary Mikheil Meskhi, the inimitable Slava Metreveli, the captain of Soviet Union national team Murtaz Khurtsilava, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Kakhi Asatiani, Gocha Gavasheli, Guram Petriashvili, Piruz Kanteladze and the brothers Nodia.
European years: 1970s
Dinamo's first appearance in Europe was in 1972 against the Dutch team Twente Enschede in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
. Dinamo won 3–2, with two goals by Givi Nodia
Givi Nodia
Givi Georgiyevich Nodia was a Soviet Georgian footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972.* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1970.* Grigory Fedotov Club member.* UEFA Euro 1972 runner-up.-International career:...
and one by David Kipiani. The following players appeared on the field in this historic match: D.Gogia, R.Dzodzuashvili, V.Chelidze, M.Khurtsilava, S.Khinchagashvili, G.Petriashvili, M.Machaidze, K.Asatiani, V.Gutsaev, L.Nodia, G.Nodia, D.Kipiani.
In 1973, Dinamo won their first International tournament. After beating Athletic Madrid and Benfica, one of the best teams of the time, Dinamo won the Columbus's Caravela Trophy.
In 1976, Nodar Akhalkatsi
Nodar Akhalkatsi
Nodar Akhalkatsi was a professional football manager from Georgia.Akhalkatsi coached Soviet club Dinamo Tbilisi to the USSR league championship in 1978, with a side that contained the likes of David Kipiani, Ramaz Shengelia, Vitaly Daraselia, Tengiz Sulakvelidze and Aleksandr Chivadze, all of whom...
(a future President of the Georgian Football Federation
Georgian Football Federation
The Georgian Football Federation was founded in 1936. It was part of the Football Federation of Soviet Union from 1936 to 1989. The Independent Georgian Football Federation was established on 15 February 1990. It is the governing body of football in Georgia. It organizes the football league, the...
) was appointed as Dinamo's head coach. It was under his leadership that the team achieved their greatest success with Dinamo. The club was referred to as the "Great Team" between 1976–1982, characterised by a mobile, fast and technical style of play.
In this period, Dinamo won the Soviet Cup title in 1976, defeating Ararat Erevan (Armenia) 3–0 with goals scored by David Kipiani, Piruz Kanteladze (penalty) and Revaz Chelebadze. The team achieved the same success in 1979 when they beat Dinamo Moscow 5–4 on penalties. They also won the Soviet Top League for a second time in 1978. In 1979, the club played its first match in the UEFA European Cup tournament, defeated Liverpool FC (England) but were eliminated by Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
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(West Germany) in the next round.
Last Soviet Days: 1980s
The highlight of Dinamo's history was 13 May 1981 when they beat Carl Zeiss (DDR) in the Cup Winners` Cup final game 2:1 in DüsseldorfDüsseldorf
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and brought the precious prize to Tbilisi. It was a celebration not only for the team, but for whole Georgia as well.
Cup Winners` Cup winners:, O. Gabelia, T. Kostava, N.Khizanishvili, G.Tavadze, V.Daraselia, Z.Svanadze, T.Sulakvelidze, V.Gutsaev, D.Kipiani, R.Shengelia, N.Kakilashvili, V.Zhvania. Goals scored by V.Gutsaev (1:1) and V.Daraselia (2:1).
Helmut Schon, World Cup 1974 winner German National Team's head coach said: "It is to be said directly, Dinamo deserved the victory. This team has top quality performers." FC Dinamo Tbilisi became the easternmost team to win a European trophy.
In 1982 Dinamo qualified to semifinal in Cup Winners` Cup tournament. In the 1980s numerous skillful players appeared in the team, but for various reasons they were not able to do their best: Grigol Tsaava, Mikheil Meskhi (junior), Otar Korghalidze, Gia Guruli, Mamuka Pantsulaia, Merab Zhordania, Levan Baratashvili and many other talented players.
From 1983 a crisis began in the history of Dinamo Tbilisi. It was hard for the club to qualify from the first rounds of the Soviet Cup. They also performed poorly in the championship. From 1983 to 1989 the team appeared only once in the UEFA tournaments.
Dinamo Tbilisi played its last game in the Soviet Union championship on 27 October 1989 against Dinamo Kiev. Dinamo played its first and last official matches in SU championship with Dinamo Kiev, with both matches ending 2:2.
A League Of Their Own: 1990s
In 1990 the Georgian Football Federation refused to participate in the Soviet Union championship. That meant that no Georgian Football Clubs would appear in Soviet tournaments. From that moment the more recent history of FC Dinamo Tbilisi began.The club played its first match in the Georgian National championship against Kolkheti Poti on 30 March 1990. Dinamo lost the historic match 0:1. Ultimately the club recovered from this setback and won the first Georgian National championship. The club won the next 9 championships. The club also won the Georgian Cup in 1992. They beat Tskhumi Sokhumi in the final game.
In 1993 Dinamo won a league and cup double. In 1993 Dinamo played its first international official match representing independent Georgia. Dinamo won the home match against Linfield (N.Ireland) 2:1 with goals from Shota Arveladze
Shota Arveladze
Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the manager of Kayserispor. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team...
and Gela Inalishvili
Gela Inalishvili
Gela Inalishvili is a former Soviet and Georgian footballer.Inalishvili made his Georgia debut on 11 June 1994, a friendly match....
. The second leg in Belfast ended 1:1. However it was subsequently alleged that the club had tried to bribe match officials and the club was expelled from the tournament and suspended for two years from UEFA tournaments.
FC Dinamo Tbilisi continued to win Georgian championships and Georgian cup, but had no success in European club tournaments.
In 1996 Dinamo qualified passed 3 rounds in the UEFA Cup. They beat Grevenmacher (Luxemburg) 4:0 – 2:2, Molde (Norway) 2:1 – 0:0 and Torpedo (Russia) 1:0 – 1:1. In the next round the club was unable to overcome Portuguese side Boavista and left the tournament. This was the best result in Dinamo Tbilisi's history. Later, the migration of the key players to Western European clubs caused negative results. It became harder and harder for the club to win the Georgian Championship or Georgian Cup.
Stadium
The Dinamo stadium was completed in 1976, after 10 years of construction. A large group of architects, under the supervision of famous Georgian specialist Gia Kurdiani, worked on the project.Central Stadium (Tbilisi)
Central Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was the home ground of the FC Dinamo Tbilisi until the current Boris Paichadze Stadium opened in 1976. The stadium held 35,000 spectators.-External links:*...
, there was a smaller stadium with a maximum capacity of 35 000. The demand for a new and bigger stadium had increased due to the successful performance of Dinamo Tbilisi. This was the Communist time, when every problem had to be solved by the USSR supreme government body. The leader and the first secretary of Georgian Communist Party Eduard Shevardnadze was able to persuade Official Moscow, that Georgia needed bigger and better stadium for home matches. By the time stadium was built, it took the third place with its capacity in Soviet Union. It could fit 78 000 supporters and fulfill every standards and requirements of Soviet Football Federation as well as UEFA.
The first official match played after stadium was built occurred on September 29, 1976. This was UEFA cups 1/32 final match between Dinamo Tbilisi and Cardiff City, Wales. The opening game ended successfully for Dinamo, score 3:0.
Even though stadium's maximum capacity was 78 000, Georgian football fans can remember matches with more accommodation. For instance, in 1979 Dinamo was hosting one of the best British teams – Liverpool. The first round was played in England with the score 2:1 Liverpool won. So the pressure was high on the second game. Stadium was attended by 110 000 people and their support played important role in winning. Dinamo beat Liverpool 3:0 and qualified in 1/8 final. In Soviet Union Dinamo stadium is record keeper of the average attendance of 45 000.
The record attendance was repeated in 1995 for Georgia vs. Germany. The football clubs Spartak Moscow (Russia) and Dinamo Kiev (Ukraine) often played their autumn international matches in the stadium.
Hundreds of Georgian, Russian, European and even South American stars played in Tbilisi Dinamo stadium. In 1985 the stadium hosted the qualifying stage of the Juniors World Cup. Taffarel and Muller played for the Brazilian national team.
In 1995 the stadium was renamed Boris Paichadze National Stadium after a major Georgian international footballer.
The National stadium was the home base of the Georgian National team for several years. Georgians played unforgettable matches against Wales 5:0 and Poland 3:0.
Holding lit torches, 80,000 fans came in 1981 to congratulate the team on their European Cup Winners Cup triumph.
As an architectural building the National Stadium is estimated as one of the best in Georgia. Nearly all of the seats in second circle are covered. In official games under UEFA regulations the stadium can fit only 22 000 supporters on individual seats. Because of that reason Sport organization "Dinamo" is reconstructing "Dinamo" Stadium.
The reconstruction of the Stadium is completed and it fulfills all the standards of UEFA and FIFA, it now can fit 78 000 football fans.
Eurocups record
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–73 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1/32 | FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
3–2, 0–2 | |
| 1973–74 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1/32 |  |
PFC Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia is a Bulgarian football club founded on 10 April 1913 in Sofia. Slavia's ground is Slavia Stadium with a capacity of 15,992. The team's colours are white and black.... |
4–1, 0–2 |
| 1/16 |  |
OFK Beograd OFK Beograd Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian... |
3–0, 5–1 | ||
| 1/8 |  |
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
1–1, 1–5 | ||
| 1976–77 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1/16 |  |
Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for... |
0–1, 3–0 |
| 1/8 |  |
MTK Budapest FC | 1–4, 0–1 | ||
| 1977–78 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1/32 |  |
FC Inter F.C. Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always... |
1–0, 0–0 |
| 1/16 |  |
KB Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded April 26, 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Football and cricket has been played in KB since 1879, making KB the oldest football club on Continental Europe and... |
4–1, 2–1 | ||
| 1/8 |  |
Grasshopper-Club Zürich Grasshopper-Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshopper is a Swiss multisports club based in Zürich. The oldest and best known section of Grasshopper Club Zürich is its football team... |
1–0, 0–4 | ||
| 1978–79 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1/32 | |
S.S.C. Napoli S.S.C. Napoli Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season.... |
2–0, 1–1 |
| 1/16 |  |
Hertha BSC | 0–2, 1–0 | ||
| 1979–80 | European Cup | 1/16 | |
Liverpool F.C. Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
1–2, 3–0 |
| 1/8 | |
Hamburg Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department... |
1–3, 2–3 | ||
| 1980–81 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1/16 |  |
Kastoria F.C. Kastoria F.C. Kastoria FC, or AGS Kastoria , the Athletic and Gymnastic Association of Kastoria, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece.-History:... |
0–0, 2–0 |
| 1/8 |  |
Waterford FC | 1–0, 4–0 | ||
| 1/4 | |
West Ham United | 4–1, 0–1 | ||
| 1/2 | Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division... |
3–0, 0–2 | |||
| Final |  |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
2–1 | ||
| 1981–82 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1/16 |  |
Grazer AK Grazer AK Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005... |
2–0, 2–2 |
| 1/8 |  |
SC Bastia SC Bastia Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2... |
1–1, 3–1 | ||
| 1/4 |  |
Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions... |
1–0, 1–0 | ||
| 1/2 |  |
Standard Liège Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège.... |
0–1, 0–1 | ||
| 1982–83 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1/32 | |
S.S.C. Napoli S.S.C. Napoli Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season.... |
2–1, 0–1 |
| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1/32 | |
PFC Lokomotiv Sofia PFC Lokomotiv Sofia PFC Lokomotiv Sofia is a Bulgarian football club from the capital city of Sofia, which currently competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. It was founded on September 2, 1929 by a group of railway workers under the name Railway Sports Club . The club's home ground is the Lokomotiv... |
1–3, 3–0 |
| 1/16 |  |
Victoria Bucureşti Victoria Bucuresti Victoria Bucureşti is a former Romanian football club, dissolved right after the Romanian Revolution of 1989.- History :The club was sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs . In 1985 Victoria played for the first time in the Romanian top division, becoming very fast one of the most... |
2–1, 0–0 | ||
| 1/8 | |
Werder Bremen | 1–2, 1–1 | ||
| 1993–94 | UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1Q |  |
Linfield F.C. Linfield F.C. Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team.... |
2–1, 1–1 |
| 1994–95 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1Q | |
FC Universitatea Craiova FC Universitatea Craiova Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83... |
2–0, 2–1 |
| 1/32 | |
FC Tirol Innsbruck FC Tirol Innsbruck FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association footballclub from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared.... |
1–0, 1–5 | ||
| 1995–96 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1Q | |
PFC Botev Plovdiv PFC Botev Plovdiv PFC Botev Plovdiv , is the oldest Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv, which currently competes in Bulgaria's second football league, the B PFG.... |
0–1, 0–1 |
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1Q |  |
CS Grevenmacher CS Grevenmacher Club Sportif Grevenmacher is a football club, based in Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg.- History :The club was founded in 1909 as 'Stade Mosellan' . The current name, 'CS Grevenmacher' , was adopted in 1919.... |
4–0, 2–2 |
| 2Q |  |
Molde F.K. Molde F.K. Molde Fotballklubb is a football club from Molde, Norway. It was founded on 19 June 1911.They currently play in Tippeligaen, the Norwegian top division. Molde's home matches are played at Aker Stadion , which holds a record attendance of 13,308 . Aker Stadion's maximum capacity now is 11,800... |
2–1, 0–0 | ||
| 1/32 | |
FC Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009... |
1–0, 1–1 | ||
| 1/16 |  |
Boavista FC Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista , is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country, and currently plays in the third division... |
1–0, 0–5 | ||
| 1997–98 | UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1Q | |
Crusaders Crusaders F.C. Crusaders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish association football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1898, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Seaview. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Stephen Baxter, appointed in 2005... |
3–1, 5–1 |
| 2Q | |
Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November... |
1–6, 1–0 | ||
| 1997–98 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1/32 |  |
MPKC Mozyr | 1–1, 1–0 |
| 1/16 | |
SC Braga SC Braga Sporting Clube de Braga , commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club, from the city of Braga. Its football team plays at the AXA Stadium, also known as The Quarry, which was built for UEFA Euro 2004... |
0–4, 0–1 | ||
| 1998–99 | Uefa Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1Q |  |
Vllaznia Shkodër KS Vllaznia Shkodër Klub Futboll Vllaznia Shkodër is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. KF Vllaznia have been Albanian champions nine times and won the National Cup six times, the last success coming at the end of the 2007–08 season, after a long 21 year drought in the competition... |
3–0, 1–3 |
| 2Q |  |
Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions... |
2–1, 0–1 | ||
| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1/32 |  |
Willem II | 0–3, 0–3 |
| 1999–00 | Uefa Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1Q |  |
Zimbru Chişinău FC Zimbru Chisinau FC Zimbru Chişinău is a Moldovan football club based in Chişinău, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:... |
2–1, 0–2 |
| 2001–02 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1Q | |
Bate Borisov FC BATE FC BATE Borisov is a Belarusian football team playing in the city of Borisov. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. BATE are the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and for the group stage of the UEFA... |
2–1, 0–4 |
| 2002–03 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1Q |  |
TVMK Tallinn FC TVMK Tallinn FC TVMK is a defunct Estonian football club. TVMK won the Estonian Meistriliiga in 2005. They are also multiple winners of the Estonian Cup.-Name History:*TVMK Tallinn *TVMV Tallinn *Tevalte-Marlekor... |
4–1, 1–0 |
| 2Q |  |
Slovan Liberec FC Slovan Liberec FC Slovan Liberec is a Czech football club founded in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won two league titles and the domestic cup since 1993. Slovan Liberec is also one of the richest clubs in the Czech league... |
0–1, 2–3 | ||
| 2003–04 | Uefa Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1Q | |
KF Tirana | 3–0, 0–3 |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1Q | |
Bate Borisov FC BATE FC BATE Borisov is a Belarusian football team playing in the city of Borisov. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. BATE are the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and for the group stage of the UEFA... |
1–0, 3–2 |
| 2Q | |
Slavia Prague SK Slavia Praha Sportovní Klub Slavia Praha is a Czech professional football club founded in 1892 in the city of Prague.They play in the Gambrinus liga—the highest competition in the Czech Republic. Alongside Sparta Prague, they are considered one of the top Czech clubs and the rivalry between the two clubs is... |
1–3 , 2–0 | ||
| 3Q | |
Wisła Kraków | 3–4 , 2–1 | ||
| Group Stage | |
Sochaux | 0–2 | ||
| Group Stage |  |
Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
0–2 | ||
| Group Stage | |
Sporting CP | 0–4 | ||
| Group Stage | |
Panionios | 2–5 | ||
| 2005–06 | Uefa Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1Q | |
Levadia FC Levadia Tallinn MTÜ SK FC Levadia Tallinn is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. The club was founded in 1998, under the name FC Levadia Maardu. FC Levadia currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football... |
0–1, 2–0 |
| 2Q | |
Brøndby IF Brøndby IF Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short... |
0–2, 1–3 | ||
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1Q |  |
Vaduz FC Vaduz FC Vaduz is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz, that play in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 6,127 when all seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity... |
2–0, 0–0 |
| 2Q | |
Rapid Wien | 0–3, 0–5 | ||
| 2008–09 | Uefa Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1Q |  |
NSÍ Runavík NSÍ Runavík NSÍ Runavík is a Faroese football club, playing in Runavík founded March 24, 1957. In 2003 NSÍ participated for the first time on a European stage.In 2007 the club won the Faroe Islands Premier League for the first time.... |
3–0, 0–1 |
| 2Q | |
Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most... |
0–3, 0–0 | ||
| 2009/10 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q |  |
FK Liepājas Metalurgs | 1–2, 3–1 |
| 3Q |  |
Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions... |
2–0, 2–5 | ||
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | |
FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora Tallinn MTÜ JK FC Flora is an Estonian football club that was founded in 1990. FC Flora are a multiple winner of the Meistriliiga title and the Estonian Cup. They have for years been raising the most number of players for the national team, and have also grown players from their successful youth system... |
2–1, 0–0 |
| 2Q |  |
Gefle IF Gefle IF Gefle IF is a Swedish football club located in Gävle. The club's name is the old spelling of the town Gävle. The club, formed 5 December 1882, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. Gefle IF and Brynäs IF merged and played under the name Gefle IF/Brynäs between the 1979... |
2–1, 2–1 | ||
| 3Q | |
SK Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white.... |
0–2, 1–1 | ||
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | |
FC Milsami | 2–0, 3–1 |
| 2Q | |
Llanelli A.F.C. Llanelli A.F.C. Llanelli Association Football Club is a Welsh semi-professional football club that plays in the Welsh Premier League for the 2010–11 season. The team has been based at Stebonheath Park since 1920, and as of 2009 is managed by Andy Legg.... |
1–2, 5–0 | ||
| 3Q |  |
KR Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, , for short KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic athletic club based in the capital, Reykjavík. KR is the oldest and most successful club in Icelandic football.-History:... |
2–0, 4–1 | ||
| Play Off | |
AEK Athens | 1-1, 0-1 | ||
UEFA Team Ranking 2011
| Rank | Country | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 216 | |
Dnepr Mogilev | 4.691 |
| 217 | |
Dinamo Tbilisi | 4.558 |
| 217 | |
Zestafoni | 4.558 |
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Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol is a Greek Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon F.C... |
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APOP Kinyras Peyias | 4.524 |
| 222 | |
Malmö FF Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white... |
4.440 |
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Sponsor
| Period | Kit Supplier | Kit Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–05 | 2K | Borjomi |
| 2005–09 | JAKO | BEKO |
| 2009–11 | Saller | VTB |
| 2011– | Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport... |
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Current squad
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||
| 1 | Soso Grishikashvili Soso Grishikashvili Soso Grishikashvili is a Georgian goalkeeper, born in 1973. He has played for Russian club FC Alania Vladikavkaz and won Russian champion title in 1996. He also played for FK Ventspils, FK Baku, FC Dinamo Tbilisi. He has played for Georgia national football team and has won 10 caps, all in... |
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GK | 21 July 1971 (age 40) | ||
| 12 | Giorgi Nadiradze | |
GK | 14 March 1992 (age 19) | ||
| 27 | Giorgi Loria Giorgi Loria Giorgi Loria is Georgian football player. He is a goalkeeper and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia. His height is 196 cm and he weighs 85 kg. He also plays for the national team of Georgia.... |
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GK | 27 January 1986 (age 26) | ||
| 32 | Tornike Zarkua Tornike Zarkua Tornike Zarkua is a Georgian footballer currently under contract for Georgian side FC Dinamo Tbilisi.- External links :* * *... |
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GK | 1 September 1990 (age 21) | ||
| Defenders | ||||||
| 3 | Gulverd Tomashvili Gulverd Tomashvili Gulverd Tomashvili is Georgian football player. He is a defender and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia. He has represented Georgia at Under-19 and Under-21 level.-Club career:... |
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DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
13 October 1988 (age 23) | ||
| 4 | Jiří Homola Jirí Homola Jiří Homola is a professional footballer who currently plays for MFK Karviná in the Czech 2. Liga.Homola played in his youth for Sokol Přerov nad Labem, SK Česk ý Brod, Spartak Čelákovice, Slavia Prague and once more Spartak Čelákovice... |
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DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
2 July 1980 (age 31) | ||
| 16 | Shota Kashia Shota Kashia Shota Kashia is Georgian football player. He is a defender and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia.He is the older brother of Vitesse defender, Guram Kashia.-External links:... |
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DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
22 October 1984 (age 27) | ||
| 23 | Giorgi Rekhviashvili Giorgi Rekhviashvili Giorgi Rekhviashvili is a Georgian footballer currently under contract for Georgian side FC Dinamo Tbilisi.- External links :* * *... |
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DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
1 February 1988 (age 24) | ||
| 24 | Levan Kakubava Levan Kakubava Levan Kakubava is Georgian football player. He is a defender and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia.- Career statistics:-External links: * *... |
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DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
15 October 1990 (age 21) | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||
| 6 | Jambul Jigauri Jambul Jigauri Jambul Jigauri is Georgian football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia.-External links:* *... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
8 July 1992 (age 19) | ||
| 7 | Alexandre Koshkadze Aleksandre Koshkadze Aleksandre Koshkadze is Georgian football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia. He also plays for the national team of Georgia.-External links: *... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
4 December 1981 (age 30) | Captain | |
| 8 | Levan Khmaladze Levan Khmaladze Levan Khmaladze is Georgian football midfielder currently playing for Dinamo Tbilisi who previously played for Hapoel Haifa in Israel. A member of the Georgian national team, He signed for Hapoel Haifa on 18 January 2010.- Honours :... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
6 April 1985 (age 26) | ||
| 9 | Giorgi Kakhelishvili Georgi Kakhelishvili Georgi Kakhelishvili is a Georgian footballer currently under contract for Georgian side FC Dinamo Tbilisi.He scored in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying match against FC Flora Tallinn.-External links:* * *... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
22 May 1987 (age 24) | ||
| 11 | Mikel Álvaro Mikel Álvaro Mikel Álvaro Salazar is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia, as a midfielder.... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
20 December 1982 (age 29) | ||
| 13 | Giorgi Tekturmanidze Giorgi Tekturmanidze Giorgi Tekturmanidze is Georgian football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia.- Career statistics:-External links: *... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
17 September 1990 (age 21) | ||
| 17 | Goga Beraia | |
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
26 January 1984 (age 28) | ||
| 18 | David Odikadze David Odikadze David Odikadze is a Georgian football player who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Dinamo Tbilisi in the Georgian Umaglesi Liga.- Career :... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
14 April 1981 (age 30) | ||
| 21 | Carles Coto Carles Coto Carles Coto Pagès , is a Spanish footballer right winger who plays for Anorthosis. His arrival at FC Barcelona was in 2001 in Child A, from the Figueres. Rodolfo Borrell was the one who opted for his signing.His father was the one who put him in this world, is a former player Figueres... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
11 February 1988 (age 23) | ||
| 22 | Irakli Lekvtadze Irakli Lekvtadze Irakli Lekvtadze is an Georgian association footballer currently playing for Dinamo Tbilisi in the Georgian Umaglesi Liga. He plays as a Midfielder-Career:Lekvtadze made his debut in 2010 for Tbilisi... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
30 August 1991 (age 20) | ||
| 28 | Xisco Muñoz | |
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
5 September 1980 (age 31) | ||
| 30 | Nika Kvekveskiri Nika Kvekveskiri Nika Kvekveskiri is a Georgian footballer currently under contract for Georgian side FC Dinamo Tbilisi.- External links : * *... |
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MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
29 May 1992 (age 19) | ||
| Forwards | ||||||
| 10 | Vakhtang Pantskhava Vakhtang Pantskhava Vakhtang Pantskhava is a Georgian football player who currently plays for Győri ETO FC.- References :*... |
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FW | 8 October 1989 (age 22) | ||
| 19 | Albert Yagüe Albert Yagüe Jiménez Albert Yagüe Jiménez is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia, as a forward.-Football career:... |
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FW | 27 March 1988 (age 23) | ||
| 20 | Robertinho Roberto Soares Anghinetti Roberto Soares Anghinetti is Brazilian football player. He is a winger and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia.- Career statistics:-External links:* * * *... |
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FW | 13 June 1988 (age 23) | ||
Dinamo Tbilisi 2
Management positions
| Position | Name | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| President: | Roman Pipia | |
| Head Coach: | Álex García | |
| Fitness Coach: | Marc Huguet Cots | |
| Coach: | Zaur Svanadze | |
| Coach: | Miloš Jevtić | |
Honors
- UEFA Cup Winners' CupUEFA Cup Winners' CupThe UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
: 1
1981
- Soviet Top LeagueSoviet Top LeagueThe Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
: 2
1964, 1978
Soviet Top League 1978
-Overview:It was performed in 16 teams, and Dinamo Tbilisi won the championship.-League standings:-Top scorers:19 goals* Georgi Yartsev 15 goals* Ramaz Shengelia 13 goals* Oleg Blokhin 11 goals...
- Soviet CupSoviet CupThe Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup , was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union.-Finals:-Performance by club:-Performance by republic:-References:*, rsssf.com. Accessed on 16 May 2006....
: 2
1976, 1979
- Georgian LeagueUmaglesi LigaThe Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
: 13
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008
- Georgian CupGeorgian CupThe Georgian Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Georgian football.The competition is a knockout tournament.Previous winners are:-Soviet era cup winners:* 1944: Team of Sukhumi* 1945: Dinamo Sukhumi...
: 9
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009
- Georgian Super CupGeorgian Super CupThe Georgian Super Cup is a competition consisting of a single football played between the champions of the Umaglesi Liga and the winners of the Georgian Cup. It was first held in 1996....
: 5
1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2008
- CIS Cup winner: 1
2004
Topscorers by season
| Season | Name | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Gia Guruli |
23 |
| 1991 | Mikheil Kavelashvili |
12 |
| 1991/92 | Kakha Kacharava |
26 |
| 1992/93 | Shota Arveladze Shota Arveladze Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the manager of Kayserispor. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team... |
18 |
| 1993/94 | Mikheil Kavelashvili Alexander Iashvili Alexander Iashvili Alexander Iashvili is a Georgian football striker. He currently plays for German club Karlsruher SC.He started his career in Dinamo Tbilisi, where he was a great goalscorer. With 24 goals in 24 games and 26 goals in 25 games he attracted interest from foreign clubs, and decided to join VfB... |
19 |
| 1994/95 | Alexander Iashvili Alexander Iashvili Alexander Iashvili is a Georgian football striker. He currently plays for German club Karlsruher SC.He started his career in Dinamo Tbilisi, where he was a great goalscorer. With 24 goals in 24 games and 26 goals in 25 games he attracted interest from foreign clubs, and decided to join VfB... |
24 |
| 1995/96 | Alexander Iashvili Alexander Iashvili Alexander Iashvili is a Georgian football striker. He currently plays for German club Karlsruher SC.He started his career in Dinamo Tbilisi, where he was a great goalscorer. With 24 goals in 24 games and 26 goals in 25 games he attracted interest from foreign clubs, and decided to join VfB... |
26 |
| 1996/97 | Giorgi Demetradze |
26 |
| 1997/98 | Levan Khomeriki |
23 |
| 1998/99 | Mikheil Ashvetia Mikheil Ashvetia Mikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov... |
26 |
| 1999/00 | Rati Aleksidze Rati Aleksidze Rati Aleksidze is a football striker from Georgia, who plays for Győri ETO FC.- Career :His club career started in Dinamo Tbilisi in the 1996/97 season. His goal-scoring abilities helped them win the league titles in 1997, 1998 and 1999 as well as the 1997 cup... Mikheil AshvetiaMikheil Ashvetia Mikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov... |
12 |
| 2000/01 | Robert Zirakishvili |
21 |
| 2001/02 | Mikheil Bobokhidze Mikheil Bobokhidze Mikheil Bobokhidze is a Georgian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Sioni Bolnisi.-External links:*... |
13 |
| 2002/03 | Vitaly Daraselia Vitaly Daraselia Vitaly Kuhinović Daraselia was a Georgian football player.Born to a Georgian father and Abkhaz mother, Daraselia played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union national team... |
15 |
| 2003/04 | Lado Akhalaia |
12 |
| 2004/05 | Levan Melkadze Levan Melkadze Levan Melkadze is a Georgian footballer.He has played for TSU Tbilisi, Tbilisi, FC WIT Georgia, AC Siena and FC Dinamo Tbilisi. In the 2005 season Melkadze was the topscorer in the Georgian Premier League scoring 27 goals in 31 matches for FC Dinamo Tbilisi... |
27 |
| 2005/06 | Giorgi Megreladze Giorgi Megreladze Giorgi Merabovich Megreladze is a Georgian footballer who plays for FC Torpedo Kutaisi.He is the son of former Georgian football player and Torpedo Kutaisi legend Merab Megreladze.... |
14 |
| 2006/07 | Sandro Iashvili Sandro Iashvili Sandro Iashvili is a Georgian football striker. As of February 2009, he plays for FC Anzhi Makhachkala.He is the brother of Giga Iashvili, also a footballer.-References:... |
20 |
| 2007/08 | Mikheil Khutsishvili Mikheil Khutsishvili Mikhail Khutsishvili is a retired Georgian football striker who last played for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina. He unexpectedly retired because of serious heart problems.-Career:... |
16 |
| 2008/09 | Giorgi Merebashvili Giorgi Merebashvili Giorgi Merebashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina.-Club career:...  Ilija SpasojevićIlija Spasojevic Ilija Spasojević is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for PSM Makassar in the Indonesian Premier League. Spasojević has often been described as an English-style centre forward due to his physical presence and great aerial ability.-Career:Spasojević started his senior career in 2004 at the age of... |
13 |
| 2009/10 |  Georges AkieremyGeorges Akieremy Georges Akieremy Owondo is a Gabonese football striker currently playing for Ironi Ramat HaSharon.-International career:... |
11 |
| 2010/11 | Levan Khmaladze Levan Khmaladze Levan Khmaladze is Georgian football midfielder currently playing for Dinamo Tbilisi who previously played for Hapoel Haifa in Israel. A member of the Georgian national team, He signed for Hapoel Haifa on 18 January 2010.- Honours :... Aleksandre KoshkadzeAleksandre Koshkadze Aleksandre Koshkadze is Georgian football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia. He also plays for the national team of Georgia.-External links: *... |
8 |
Managerial history
Viacheslav Soloviov (1967–68) Gavriil KachalinGavriil Kachalin
Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin was a Soviet/Russian football player and coach....
(1971–72) Alexander Kotrikadze (1973) Givi Chokheli
Givi Chokheli
Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli was a Georgian football defender.Chokheli played most of his career for Dinamo Tbilisi. After ending his playing career he worked in various coaching positions for Dinamo Tbilisi and in 1969-1970 and 1974 was a head coach...
(1974) Mikhail Yakushin
Mikhail Yakushin
Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin was a Russian football player and manager....
(1974–75) Nodar Akhalkatsi
Nodar Akhalkatsi
Nodar Akhalkatsi was a professional football manager from Georgia.Akhalkatsi coached Soviet club Dinamo Tbilisi to the USSR league championship in 1978, with a side that contained the likes of David Kipiani, Ramaz Shengelia, Vitaly Daraselia, Tengiz Sulakvelidze and Aleksandr Chivadze, all of whom...
(1976–83) David Kipiani
David Kipiani
David Kipiani was a Georgian football midfielder and manager.Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team and also for a year for Lokomotiv Tbilsi...
(1984–85) Nodar Akhalkatsi
Nodar Akhalkatsi
Nodar Akhalkatsi was a professional football manager from Georgia.Akhalkatsi coached Soviet club Dinamo Tbilisi to the USSR league championship in 1978, with a side that contained the likes of David Kipiani, Ramaz Shengelia, Vitaly Daraselia, Tengiz Sulakvelidze and Aleksandr Chivadze, all of whom...
(1985–86) Kakhi Asatiani
Kakhi Asatiani
Kakhi Asatiani was a Georgian footballer and sports manager.During his career he played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi , Asatiani earned 16 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He coached FC Dinamo Tbilisi between 1978 and 1982, and...
(1987–88) Germann Zonin (1988) David Kipiani
David Kipiani
David Kipiani was a Georgian football midfielder and manager.Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team and also for a year for Lokomotiv Tbilsi...
(1988–91) Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Revaz Mikhaylovich Dzodzuashvili is a Georgian football manager and a former player.He earned 49 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972...
(1992) Givi Nodia
Givi Nodia
Givi Georgiyevich Nodia was a Soviet Georgian footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972.* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1970.* Grigory Fedotov Club member.* UEFA Euro 1972 runner-up.-International career:...
(1992–94) Temur Chkhaidze (1994) Sergo Kutivadze (1994–95) Vaja Jvania (1995) David Kipiani
David Kipiani
David Kipiani was a Georgian football midfielder and manager.Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team and also for a year for Lokomotiv Tbilsi...
(1996–97) Nodar Akobia (1998) Murtaz Khurtsilava
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava is a former Georgian footballer. He was a famed defender....
(1998–99)
Johan Boskamp
Johan Boskamp
Johannes Boskamp is a Dutch football manager, his most recent job was in Belgium managing KSK Beveren, but he was dismissed in late December 2009-Career:...
(1998) Gia Geguchadze (1999) Otar Korghalidze
Otar Korghalidze
Otar Korghalidze is a former Georgian professional football player and manager.During his playing career Korgalidze played for various clubs in Georgia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Estonia. He spent several seasons in the Soviet Top League and Soviet First League with FC Guria Lanchkhuti, FC Dinamo...
(1999-00) Jemal Chimakadze (2000) Revaz Arveladze
Revaz Arveladze
Revaz Arveladze is a retired Georgian professional footballer.He has played for various sides in Europe. After a youth career, the midfielder began his senior career with Georgian club Dinamo Tbilisi. Arveladze played abroad in Germany, and Belgium, and returned to Georgia in 1998. He won 11...
(2000–01) Gocha Tkebuchava
Gocha Tkebuchava
Gocha Karlovich Tkebuchava is a Georgian professional football coach and former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1982 for FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi. He played 1 game in the UEFA Cup 1982–83 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-References:...
(2001) Givi Nodia
Givi Nodia
Givi Georgiyevich Nodia was a Soviet Georgian footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972.* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1970.* Grigory Fedotov Club member.* UEFA Euro 1972 runner-up.-International career:...
(2001) Ivo Šušak
Ivo Šušak
Ivo Šušak is a Croatian football manager. He was the head coach of Dinamo Vinkovci, NK Zagreb, NK Osijek, NK Publikum Celje, NK Maribor , Dinamo Tbilisi .Also he was the head coach of Croatia U21 team and Georgian national team....
(2002–04) Gia Geguchadze (2004–05) Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze is a Georgian football coach and former player.-Career:His club career started in 1986 in Dinamo Tbilisi. He became known in Western Europe with German team Eintracht Frankfurt, who he joined in 1992. After a couple of successful seasons he gradually found himself struggling...
(2005–06) Andrei Chernyshov
Andrei Chernyshov
Andrei Alekseyevich Chernyshov is an association football manager and former player. He currently manages FC Akzhayik.Chernyshov was in the winning squad of UEFA U-21 Championship 1990 and participated in Euro 92.-Honours:...
(2006) Kakha Kacharava (2006) Dušan Uhrin
Dušan Uhrin
Dušan Uhrin is a Czech and Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of Slovan Bratislava...
(2006–08) Rainer Zobel
Rainer Zobel
Rainer Zobel is a former German football player and current football coach.- Coaching career :In 2005, Zobel was head coach of Persepolis F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League...
(2008–09) Kakha Kacharava (2009–10) Kakha Kacharava (2010–11) Álex García (2011-present)
Notable past players
USSR-era players listed have at least one cap for the USSR national football teamUSSR national football team
The Soviet Union National Football Team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist after the break up of the Union...
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USSR Kakhi Asatiani
Kakhi Asatiani
Kakhi Asatiani was a Georgian footballer and sports manager.During his career he played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi , Asatiani earned 16 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He coached FC Dinamo Tbilisi between 1978 and 1982, and...
Aleksandr Chivadze
Aleksandr Chivadze
Aleksandr Gavrilovich Chivadze , is a former Georgian football defender and coach.Chivadze spent his entire club career at FC Dinamo Tbilisi, playing from 1974 to 1987...
Avtandil Chkuaseli
Avtandil Chkuaseli
Avtandil Noyevich Chkuaseli was a Soviet football player.-International career:Chkuaseli played his only game for USSR on 22 July 1952 in the 1952 Olympics game against Yugoslavia....
Vitaly Daraselia
Vitaly Daraselia
Vitaly Kuhinović Daraselia was a Georgian football player.Born to a Georgian father and Abkhaz mother, Daraselia played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union national team...
Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Revaz Mikhaylovich Dzodzuashvili is a Georgian football manager and a former player.He earned 49 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972...
Otari Gabelia
Otari Gabelia
Otar Ambrosievich Gabelia is a retired Georgian football player and a coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1978.* Soviet Cup winner: 1979.* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1981.* Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1979....
Valery Gazzaev
Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgievich Gazzaev is a Russian football manager and former footballer who is currently the president of FC Alania Vladikavkaz. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the...
Vladimir Gutsaev
Vladimir Gutsaev
Vladimir Gutsaev is a retired Soviet and Georgian footballer and coach of Ossetian ethnicity. He was a member of the Parliament of Georgia from the ruling United National Movement party from 2004 to 2008.- Football career :...
Anzor Kavazashvili
Anzor Kavazashvili
Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili , is a Soviet former football goalkeeper of Georgian ethnicity.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1965, 1969.* Soviet Cup winner: 1968, 1971.* Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1965, 1967....
Shota Khinchagashvili
Shota Khinchagashvili
Shota Yuriyevich Khinchagashvili is a retired Georgian football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1978.* Soviet Cup winner: 1976, 1979.* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1981.-International career:...
Nodar Khizanishvili
Nodar Khizanishvili
Nodar Georgiyevich Khizanishvili is a retired Soviet football player of Georgian ethnicity. He is the father of Zurab Khizanishvili.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1978.* Soviet Cup winner: 1976, 1979....
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava is a former Georgian footballer. He was a famed defender....
David Kipiani
David Kipiani
David Kipiani was a Georgian football midfielder and manager.Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team and also for a year for Lokomotiv Tbilsi...
Vakhtang Koridze
Vakhtang Koridze
Vakhtang Ionovich Koridze is a retired Soviet football player.-International career:Koridze made his debut for USSR on 28 March 1979 in a friendly against Bulgaria. He played in a UEFA Euro 1980 qualifier against Hungary and scored a goal in a friendly against Czechoslovakia.-References:...
Tamaz Kostava
Tamaz Kostava
Tamaz Giviyevich Kostava is a retired Soviet football player.-International career:Kostava made his debut for USSR on November 19, 1978 in a friendly against Japan. In fact, all of the national team games he played in were against Japan .-References:...
Sergei Kutivadze
Sergei Kutivadze
Sergei Kutivadze is a retired Soviet football player.-International career:Kutivadze played his only game for USSR on 4 September 1965 in a friendly against Yugoslavia.-External links:...
Manuchar Machaidze
Manuchar Machaidze
Manuchar Domentyevich Machaidze was a Georgian football player. He spent most of his career with Dinamo Tbilisi, for whom his brother Gocha also played.-International career:...
Mikheil Meskhi
Mikheil Meskhi
Mikheil Meskhi was a Georgian footballer. Nicknamed the "Georgian Garrincha" for his dazzling wing play, Meskhi was a creative force on the left flank for the Soviet Union.During his career he played for Dynamo Tbilisi and Lokomotiv Tbilisi...
Slava Metreveli
Slava Metreveli
Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli was a Georgian football player and later a football manager.Metreveli played most of his career for Torpedo Moscow and Dinamo Tbilisi ....
Givi Nodia
Givi Nodia
Givi Georgiyevich Nodia was a Soviet Georgian footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972.* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1970.* Grigory Fedotov Club member.* UEFA Euro 1972 runner-up.-International career:...
Ramaz Shengelia
Ramaz Shengelia
Ramaz Aleksandrovich Shengelia is a former Georgian footballer. He won 26 caps and scored 10 goals for the USSR national football team, and played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:*Soviet Top League Champion: 1978...
Tengiz Sulakvelidze
Tengiz Sulakvelidze
Tengiz Grigorjević Sulakvelidze is a former Georgian footballer.-Honours:* Olympic bronze medalist: 1980.* Soviet Top League winner: 1978.* Soviet Cup winner: 1979.* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1981....
Guram Tskhovrebov
Guram Tskhovrebov
Guram Yasonovich Tskhovrebov was a Soviet football player.-International career:Tskhovrebov made his debut for USSR on 28 July 1967 in a 1968 Summer Olympics qualifier against Poland. He also played in UEFA Euro 1968 qualifiers, but was not selected for the final tournament squad.-External links:...
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Omari TetradzeOmari Tetradze
Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...
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Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
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Kakhaber TskhadadzeKakhaber Tskhadadze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze is a Georgian football coach and former player.-Career:His club career started in 1986 in Dinamo Tbilisi. He became known in Western Europe with German team Eintracht Frankfurt, who he joined in 1992. After a couple of successful seasons he gradually found himself struggling...
Shota Arveladze
Shota Arveladze
Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the manager of Kayserispor. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team...
Giorgi Demetradze Kakhaber Kaladze Temuri Ketsbaia
Temuri Ketsbaia
Temuri "Temur" Ketsbaia is a Georgian football manager and former player. As a player he represented the Georgian national team and played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, AEK, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dundee.Ketsbaia is often regarded as having played a major role...
Georgi Kinkladze Levan Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...
Europe Semir Hadzibulic
Semir Hadžibulic
Semir Hadžibulić is a Serbian-born Bosniak football player. The midfielder currently plays for FK Novi Pazar .-Career:...