FC Saburtalo Tbilisi

Georgian football club

Football club

FC Saburtalo Tbilisi

Nickname(s)| Red Eagles
Founded| August 20, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-08-20)
Ground| Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Tbilisi, Georgia
Capacity| 25,453
Chairman| Tariel Khechikashvili
Manager| Omar Tetradze
League| Erovnuli Liga
2023| 6th
Website| Club website

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FC Saburtalo is a Georgian football club,[1] based in Tbilisi, the capital of the country.

## History[edit]

Saburtalo was founded on August 20, 1999, in Tbilisi.[2] In 2005, the club was bought by Iberia Business Group and its owner Tariel Khechikashvili, who later became the Minister of Sport & Youth Affairs of Georgia.

Saburtalo has one of the top football academies in the country.[2] The club has a full-size stadium, called Bendela, with the capacity of 1,800 spectators.[2]

In March 2016, Manolo Hierro was appointed as the sporting director of the club.[3]

Saburtalo is the name of one of Tbilisi's central districts.

## Honours[edit]

FC Saburtalo Tbilisi honours  Type  | Competition  | Titles  | Seasons

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Domestic | Erovnuli Liga | 1  | 2018
Erovnuli Liga 2 | 1  | 2014–15
Georgian Cup | 3  | 2019, 2021, 2023
Georgian Super Cup | 1  | 2020

## Statistics[edit]

### Domestic[edit]

Season  | League  | Pos.  | Pl.  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | P  | Cup | Europe  | Notes  | Manager

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2013–14 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 8 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12  | 38 | 34 | 32 | DNP  |  |  | Temur Shalamberidze
2014–15 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 1 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 5  | 92 | 25 | 82 | First round  |  | Promoted | Giorgi Chiabrishvili
2015–16 | Erovnuli Liga | 8 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13  | 47 | 61 | 39 | First round  |  |  | Giorgi Chiabrishvili
2016 | Erovnuli Liga | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3  | 17 | 12 | 19 | First round  |  | Lost Bronze play-offs to Dinamo Tbilisi | Pablo Franco
2017 | Erovnuli Liga | 4 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12  | 61 | 42 | 60 | Fourth round  |  |  | Giorgi Chiabrishvili
2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 1 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5  | 64 | 29 | 79 | Third round  |  |  | Giorgi Chiabrishvili
2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 3 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8  | 67 | 36 | 70 | Winners  | Champions League \- 2QR
Europa League \- 3QR  |  | Giorgi Chiabrishvili
2020 | Erovnuli Liga | 5 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5  | 28 | 21 | 27 | Semi-final  | Europa League \- 1QR  |  | Teimuraz Shalamberidze,

Levan Korgalidze

### European record[edit]

As of 14 July 2022

Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | Home  | Away  | Agg.

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2019–20 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR |  Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–3  | 3–0  | 4−3
2QR |  Dinamo Zagreb | 0−2  | 0−3  | 0−5
UEFA Europa League | 3QR |  Ararat-Armenia | 0−2  | 2−1  | 2−3
2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Apollon Limassol | —  | 1–5 | —
2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR |  Partizani | 0–1  | 1–0 (a.e.t.)  | 1−1 (5–4 p)
2QR |  FCSB | 1–0  | 2–4  | 3–4
2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 1QR |  |  |  |

Notes

* QR: Qualifying round

### Overall record[edit]

Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win%

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UEFA Champions League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4  | 025.00
UEFA Europa League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5  | 033.33
UEFA Europa Conference League | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1  | 050.00
Total | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | −10  | 036.36

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

## Players[edit]

### First team squad[edit]

As of 31 October 2023

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

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1  | GK |  GEO | Tornike Megrelishvili
4  | DF |  GEO | Giorgi Jgerenaia
5  | DF |  GEO | Jemali-Giorgi Jinjolava
6  | MF |  GEO | Shota Nonikashvili
7  | FW |  GEO | Iuri Tabatadze
8  | MF |  GEO | Bakar Kardava
9  | MF |  GEO | Luka Silagadze
11  | MF |  GEO | Levan Nonikashvili
12  | FW |  GEO | Giorgi Kokhreidze
13  | GK |  GEO | Lazare Kupatadze
14  | MF |  GEO | Tornike Askurava
15  | DF |  GEO | Irakli Komakhidze
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17  | MF |  GEO | Gizo Mamageishvili
18  | FW |  GEO | Irakli Sikharulidze
20  | DF |  GEO | Tsotne Kapanadze
22  | FW |  GEO | Zaza Tsitskishvili
23  | MF |  GEO | Otar Mamageishvili
24  | DF |  UKR | Hlib Hrachov
25  | MF |  GEO | Oleg Mamasakhlisi
26  | DF |  RUS | Artyom Yuran
28  | FW |  GEO | Giorgi Omarashvili
29  | FW |  GUI | Cheikhne Sylla
31  | MF |  GEO | Beka Gvaradze
40  | DF |  GEO | Gia Chaduneli

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* FC Saburtalo results

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Georgia – FC Saburtalo Tbilisi – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
2. ^ a b c "The history of FC Saburtalo Tbilisi". FCsaburtalo.ge. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
3. ^ "მანოლო იერო "საბურთალოს" სპორტულ დირექტორად". FCsaburtalo.ge. 23 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2017. (in Georgian)

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