FC Metalurgi Rustavi

FC Rustavi

Founded	1948 (1948)
Ground	Poladi Stadium Rustavi, Georgia
Capacity	6,200
Coach	Ucha Sosiashvili
League	Erovnuli Liga
2017	Erovnuli Liga 2, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

FC Rustavi is a Georgian football team, which are playing in Rustavi. The club play their home games at Poladi Stadium. After FC Tbilisi merged with second division club FC Rustavi in 2006, FC Olimpi Rustavi was established. In 2007, FC Olimpi Rustavi won their first Georgian Premier League title. In 2011, they changed name to Metalurgi Rustavi. In 2015 Metalurgi Rustavi was again renamed and began to play in Erovnuli Liga 2 as FC Rustavi. In 2017 season FC Rustavi won the league and promoted to Erovnuli Liga.

Honours

• Erovnuli Liga

Winners (2): 2007, 2010

• Georgian Super Cup

Winners (1): 2010

• Erovnuli Liga 2

Winners (1): 2017

• Football championship of Georgian SSR:
  • Winners (4): 1959, 1974, 1979, 1984

History

Football in Rustavi could be track back to Metallurg Rustavi in Soviet era. The club was a member of Umaglesi Liga until relegated in 2003. In order to back to top division, the club merged with FC Tbilisi and renamed as Olimpi Rustavi, to take their player and seat on Umaglesi Liga, where they won the league title in the first season they merged. For the 2011/12 season the club changed its name to Metalurgi Rustavi.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	1Q		FC Astana	0–0	0–3
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1Q		B36 Tórshavn	2–0	2–0
		2Q		Legia Warszawa	0–1	0–3
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	2Q		Aktobe	1–1	0–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q		Banants	1–1	1–0
		2Q		Irtysh Pavlodar	1–1	2–0
		3Q		Stade Rennais	2–5	0–2
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q		Teuta Durrës	6–1	3–0
		2Q		Viktoria Plzeň	1–3	0–2

Current squad

As of 4 October 2018 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 5 MF Giorgi Papava 7 MF Luka Silagadze 11 MF Mate Kvirkvia 12 GK Omar Migineishvili 13 MF Irakli Klimiashvili 14 FW Beka Kavtaradze 15 FW Elguja Lobjanidze 16 DF Davit Kvirkvelia 18 DF Tsotne Kapanadze 19 GK Koka Sepiashvili 20 MF Temur Chogadze 21 FW Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 22 MF Papuna Poniava

No. Position Player 25 MF Tornike Tarkhnishvili 27 DF Georgi Bugulov 31 MF Luka Zviadadze 32 DF Teimuraz Gongadze 55 MF Giorgi Kilasonia 70 MF Zaza Tsitskishvili 77 FW Otar Martsvaladze 80 DF Tornike Kirkitadze 89 DF Luka Gadrani 90 DF Ukwubile Chukwurah 97 DF Avtandil Gujabidze 99 FW Revaz Barabadze — DF Akaki Khubutia

Managers

• Giorgi Kiknadze (July 1, 2006 – Jan 1, 2007)
• Anatoliy Piskovets (Sept 1, 2007 – Feb 1, 2008)
• Khvicha Kasrashvili
• Teimuraz Makharadze (July 1, 2008 – Oct 4, 2010)
• Nestor Mumladze (Oct 10, 2010 – Nov 1, 2010)
• Armaz Jeladze (Nov 2010 – Aug 11)
• Koba Zhorzhikashvili (Aug 9, 2011 – Oct 1, 2012)
• Georgi Kipiani (Oct 3, 2012 – May 31, 2013)
• Gela Sanaia (June 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
• Varlam Kilasonia (Jan 1, 2014–)

External links

• Official website

References