FC Dinamo Batumi

FC Dinamo Batumi

Founded	1923 (1923)
Ground	Chele Arena, Kobuleti, Georgia
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Otar Fedichkin
Manager	George Geguchadze
League	Erovnuli Liga 2
2017	Erovnuli Liga, 8th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

FC Dinamo Batumi is a Georgian football club based in Batumi, Adjara. They regularly play in top division of Georgian football – Erovnuli Liga. The club plays their home games at Chele Arena, Kobuleti.

History

Dinamo was founded in Batumi in 1923.^[1] However, before the club formed, there were some other teams founded in the city. In 1923 newly established two clubs, called Mezgvauri (The Sailor) and Tsiteli Raindi (The Red Knight) merged and became Dinamo Batumi.^[1]

Football was becoming more popular in Adjara later, although Dinamo didn't have any success in the lower divisions of Soviet championship. However, there were some players in the club, who later became successful footballers in USSR, including Revaz Chelebadze, Nodar Khizanishvili and Vakhtang Koridze. The famous Greek footballer Andreas Niniadis also started his career in the club. He later played for Olympiacos and Greece national football team.

The success for the Batumi-based club came when they won Georgian Cup in 1998, after losing two previous finals. The club defeated Dinamo Tbilisi in final. The goals were scored by Aleksandre Kantidze and Davit Chichveishvili.^[2] The club won Georgian Super Cup during the same year as well. They again defeated Dinamo Tbilisi, by 2-1.^[3]

In 1995, Dinamo played in European competitions for the first time in the club's history. In 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup they defeated FK Obilić in the qualifying round, but later were eliminated by Celtic. Dinamo managed to draw with PSV Eindhoven in the following season of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Goals in this game were scored by Amiran Mujiri and Luc Nilis.^[1] However, the Georgian club lost the second game of the tie in The Netherlands by the score 0-3.

Dinamo hasn't yet won Erovnuli Liga. They were runners-up two times: in 1997–98 and in 2014–15.

Statistics

European

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	FK Obilić	2–2	1–0	3–2
		1R	Celtic	2–3	0–4	2–7
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	HB Torshavn	6–0	3–0	9–0
		1R	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	0–3	1–4
1997–98	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Ararat Yerevan	0–3[4]	2–0	2–3
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	FK Partizan	1–0	0–2	1–2
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1QR	AC Omonia	1–0	0–2	1–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Jagiellonia Białystok	0–1	0–4	0–5

Honours

• Georgian Cup

Winners (1): 1997–98

• Georgian Super Cup

Winners (1): 1998

• Football championship of Georgian SSR:
  • Winners (2): 1938, 1940

Current squad

As of 20 May 2018.

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Roman Takidze 2 DF Mirza Partenadze 3 MF Vazha Koridze 4 MF Giorgi Ganugrava 5 MF Beka Varshanidze 6 MF Gela Gogitidze 7 MF Giorgi Kavtaradze 8 MF Temuri Shonia 9 FW Tato Abuselidze 10 MF Vako Tevdoradze 12 GK Mikheil Alavidze 14 MF Giorgi Janelidze 17 FW Beka Tchkuaseli

No. Position Player 18 MF Giorgi Chankotadze 19 GK Levan Shovnadze 21 FW Giorgi Iluridze 24 DF Malkhaz Gagoshidze 30 FW Nikoloz Sabanadze 44 MF Lasha Chaladze 77 DF Zaza Chelidze 88 MF Gegi Kekua 92 MF Besik Dekanoidze 96 MF Flamarion — MF Levan Sharikadze — FW Vakhtang Kvaratskhelia

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FC Dinamo Batumi.

• Official website (in Georgian)
• Official Facebook (in Georgian)