FC Samtredia
Full nameFootball Club Samtredia
Founded1936 (1936) as Sanavardo Samtredia
GroundErosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia, Georgia
Capacity3,000
ChairmanGia Omanadze
CoachDimitar Kapinkovski
LeagueErovnuli Liga
20239th of 10 in Erovnuli Liga, Play-offs

FC Samtredia (Georgian: სკ სამტრედია), commonly known simply as Samtredia, is a Georgian association football club based in the city of Samtredia.

The club gained promotion to Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football system, after the 2022 season. Their home ground is Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium.

In 2016, Samtredia won the league and the Super Cup.

Pre-Independence

Soviet League Era

Established in 1936, Samtredia spent years in the Georgian SSR Championship before the club eventually obtained the right to participate in the Soviet Second League, the third tier of the Soviet football system. Lokomotivi Samtredia finished their season as runners-up several times and even won the league twice, although they eventually failed to win the knockout stages of the competition against winners of two other SSR Countries.[1]

SeasonLeaguePosNotes
1973II, zone 412
1974II, zone 39
1975II, zone 110
1976II, zone 113
1977II, zone 412
1978II, zone 48
1979II, zone 42
1980II, zone 91Play-off, lost
1981II, zone 92
1982II, zone 92
1983II, zone 94
1984II, zone 94
1985II, zone 910
1986II, zone 97
1987II, zone 91Play-offs, lost
1988II, zone 38
1989II, zone 94

Below are the all-time results during the 17 consecutive seasons in the Soviet Second League.

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Following the 1989 season, the Samtredian team as well as all other Georgian clubs withdrew from their relevant Soviet leagues after Georgian Football Federation broke ties with the Soviet Football Federation and formed an independent championship.

After Independence

Early Years

Right after Georgia's independence, Sanavardo Samtredia became a member of the new national top tier, the Umaglesi Liga.

While twice, in 1993/94 and 1995/96, they finished in 4th, in 1994/1995 the club ended the season in 2nd which gave them qualification for the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup.

The debut in European competition turned out unsuccessful.[2] Soon they fell from the top flight followed by relegation from Pirveli Liga as well.

Recent Times

In 2014/15 Samtredia reached the final of the David Kipiani Cup. In the previous rounds they had knocked out four opponents, including favourites Dinamo Batumi, Torpedo Kutaisi and Chikhura, but they weren't able to upset the odds again against Dinamo Tbilisi.[3]

The most fruitful period for Samtredia was in the mid-2010s, when they finished amongst the top three teams of Umaglesi Liga for three seasons in a row. Moreover, in 2016, under head coach Giorgi Tsetsadze, they became champions for the first time in their history after a victory over Chikhura Sachkhere in the championship playoffs.[4] Samtredia completed the season with the double after they beat Georgian Cup holders Torpedo Kutaisi in the Super Cup game.[5]

In 2019, the club were in Liga 2, although they returned to the Erovnuli Liga after one season. Manager Kakhaber Kacharava, who guided Samtredia back to the top flight, had to quit the club in September 2020 after just one point earned in their last five league games and a shock cup defeat from Liga 3 minnows Tbilisi City.[6]

New head coach Giorgi Mikadze steered Samtredia away from the relegation zone, but in February 2021 he was replaced by Giorgi Tsetsadze, who had once brought the club to their only champion's title.[7] His second tenure lasted eight months, though. The team lost the relegation struggle and finished bottom of the table.[8]

Just like the previous case three years earlier, it took Samtredia a year to move back to the top flight. Under Giorgi Shashiashvili the team beat their rivals for a playoff spot and qualified for decisive matches for the third time in the last five years. Another victory over Sioni completed their successful league campaign in 2022.[9]

Seasons

Domestic leagues

SeasonDivPosTop goalscorerGoalsCup
19901st12/18Round of 32
19911st18/20–
1991/921st15/20Round of 16
1992/931st10/17Round of 16
1993/941st4/10Round of 16
1994/951st2/16Gia Jishkariani18Quarterfinals
1995/961st4/16Zurab Ionanidze23Semifinals
1996/971st14/16↓Round of 16
1997/982nd2/14↑Quarterfinals
1998/991st8/16Round of 16
1999/20001st, Champ.Group7/8Round of 32
2000/011st12/12↓Round of 32
2001/022nd, Releg.Round10/11Round of 32
2002/032nd16/16Round of 32
2003/042nd14/16Round of 32
2007/082nd8/101st Round
2008/092nd1/11↑Round of 16
2009/101st7/10Georgia (country) Zaur Khachiperadze11Round of 16
2010/111st10/10↓Georgia (country) Giga Kverenchkhiladze4Round of 32
2011/122nd, A Group3/8Georgia (country) Papuna Shatirishvili3Round of 32
2012/132nd5/12Georgia (country) Zaur Khachiperadze9Round of 16
2013/142nd1/14↑Georgia (country) Zviad Kantaria11Round of 32
2014/151st6/16Georgia (country) Tornike Kapanadze7Runners-up
2015/161st2/16Georgia (country) Budu Zivzivadze16Quarterfinals
20161st1/14Georgia (country) Budu Zivzivadze11Quarterfinals
20171st3/10Georgia (country) Davit Rajamashvili8Round of 16
20181st9/10↓Georgia (country) Giorgi Pantsulaia6Round of 16
20192nd2/10↑Georgia (country) Guram Samushia15Round of 16
20201st7/10Azerbaijan Nijat Gurbanov4Round of 16
20211st10/10↓Croatia Nikola Prelčec4Round of 32
20222nd3/10↑Georgia (country) Dato Kirkitadze8Round of 32
20231st9/10Georgia (country) Zurab Nachkebia North Macedonia Aleksandar Mishov8Round of 32

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995–96 UEFA Cup PR North Macedonia FK Vardar 0–2 0–1 0–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1QR Azerbaijan Gabala 2–1 1–5 3–6
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 2QR Azerbaijan Qarabag 0–1 0–5 0–6
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1QR Kazakhstan Tobol 0–1 0–2 0–3

Current squad

As of 20 September 2023[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Georgia (country) GEO Rezo Lomidze
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Juba Dvalishvili
4 DF Georgia (country) GEO Mate Abuladze
6 MF Georgia (country) GEO Saba Piranashvili
7 MF Georgia (country) GEO Revaz Injgia
8 MF Serbia SRB Strahinja Pavišić
9 MF Azerbaijan AZE Abdulakh Khaybulayev (on loan from Sabah)
10 FW Georgia (country) GEO Tornike Akhvlediani
11 MF Georgia (country) GEO Dato Kirkitadze
13 DF Georgia (country) GEO Ilia Akhvlediani
15 FW North Macedonia MKD Aleksandar Mishov
17 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zviad Nachkebia
18 MF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Khmaladze
20 MF Georgia (country) GEO Givi Ioseliani (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Georgia (country) GEO Vakhtang Bochorishvili
22 GK Georgia (country) GEO Avtandil Labadze
23 DF Georgia (country) GEO Varlam Kilasonia
24 MF Georgia (country) GEO Roin Odishelidze
25 FW Nigeria NGA Sunday Faleye
27 MF Nigeria NGA Mathew Olatunji
28 MF Georgia (country) GEO Anzor Tevzadze
29 FW Georgia (country) GEO Vano Chargeishvili
30 MF Georgia (country) GEO Malkhaz Chitaishvili
31 GK Georgia (country) GEO Luka Kharatishvili (on loan from Dinamo Batumi)
34 FW Mali MLI Maharafa Tandina
35 DF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Kveladze
40 DF Georgia (country) GEO Davit Ubilava

Managers

  • Georgia (country) Levan Anjaparidze (Jan - Jul 2011)
  • Georgia (country) Koba Mikadze (Aug - Oct 2011)
  • Georgia (country) Gia Bendeliani (Oct 2011 - Sep 2012)
  • Georgia (country) Leri Megeneishvili (Sep - Dec 2012)
  • Georgia (country) Dato Chelidze (Jan - Jun 2013)
  • Georgia (country) Ucha Sosiashvili (Jul - Dec 2013)
  • Georgia (country) Gela Sanaia (Jan - Oct 2014)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Tsetsadze (Oct 2014 - Sep 2018)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Daraselia (Sep - Dec 2018)
  • Georgia (country) Kakhaber Kacharava (Jan 2019 - Aug 2020)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Mikadze (Aug 2020 - Jan 2021)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Tsetsadze (Feb - Oct 2021)
  • Georgia (country) Leri Megeneishvili (Oct 2021 - Jan 2022)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Shashiashvili (Feb 2022 - Apr 2023)
  • North Macedonia Dimitar Kapinkovski (Since April 2023)

Notable players

Born in Samtredia, Kаkha Kaladze began his football career at the age of 11 in FC Samtredia's junior team as a striker.

Honours

League

Cup

Sponsors

Since 2019 Archi development company has been a general sponsor of FC Samtredia.[12]

Name

Throughout their history Samtredia have also been named Lokomotivi, Sanavardo, Juba and Iberia[13] with the current name regained in 2006.

Samtredia literally means a place where pigeons reside and comes from Georgian word mtredi - pigeon.

References

  1. ↑ "Samtredia in 1970-80s". wildstat.com.
  2. ↑ "Samtredia vs Vardar 1995 History". uefa.com.
  3. ↑ "დინამო (თბ)-სამტრედია 5:0 - ძლევაი საკვირველი". sportall.ge (in Georgian), 27 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "ფეხბურთი: "სამტრედია" საქართველოს ჩემპიონი გახდა". netgazeti.ge (in Georgian), 11 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "სამტრედია - ტორპედო: პირველი სუპერთასი და პირველი დუბლი". sportall.ge (in Georgian), 27 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "კახა კაჭარავამ "სამტრედია" დატოვა". fanebi.com (in Georgian), 23 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "გია ცეცაძე: სამტრედიაში იმიტომ დავბრუნდი, რომ ეს ჩემი უსაყვარლესი გუნდია". 1tv.ge (in Georgian), 10 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "სამტრედია შაშიაშვილმა ჩაიბარა". leadersport.ge (in Georgian). 14 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "სამტრედია" ეროვნულ ლიგაში დაბრუნდა, „სიონი" ლიგა 2-ში გავარდა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 11 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Players". erovnuliliga.ge. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Georgia – List of Champions – RSSSF
  12. ↑ "არქი "სამტრედიას" გენერალური სპონსორი გახდა". sportall.ge (in Georgian), 17 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "The history of FC Samtredia". fcsamtredia.com. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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