2011–12 FC Torpedo Kutaisi season

The 2011-12 season was Torpedo Kutaisi's 20th season in Georgian Umaglesi Liga.

Torpedo Kutaisi
2011–12 season
ChairmanLevan Phkhakadze
ManagerGiorgi Kiknadze
(until 18 September 2011) Gia Geguchadze
(since 30 September 2011)
StadiumGivi Kiladze
Umaglesi Liga3rd
D. Kipiani Georgian CupRound of 8
Top goalscorerLeague:
Revaz Gotsiridze (10)
All:
Revaz Gotsiridze (13)
Highest home attendance?
Lowest home attendance?
Average home league attendance?

Torpedo began the season with a clash with local rival Zestafoni at the home ground on 7 August 2011. This was the official debut for new coach Giorgi Kiknadze, who was focused on experienced older players. But in his first match, Kiknadze lost the game 1-2. After this, the team won some matches, but these were only home games and Torpedo lost all their away matches, furthermore the team did not show good performance. After the 6th match (Metalurgi Rustavi 0-2), the team held 8th position in the league. Because of this failure Kiknadze was sacked and replaced by Gia Geguchadze.

Before Geguchadze came, Torpedo Kutaisi had a clash with their biggest rival from the Soviet time - Dinamo Tbilisi. These matches are called as Georgian Classico because of their fights and intensity. The coach of the hosts was caretaker Giorgi Sukhiashvilli, and fans insisted on a win over their rival. Sukhiashvili and his team won the game 2-1 on 21 September.

Geguchadze's rival in his debut match in Torpedo was Gagra. Literally in this match won team their first match away. Than they made six matches winning run and for a one-week lead the scoreboard. After the regular season, Torpedo Kutaisi held 3rd position, below Zestafoni and Dinamo Tbilisi. In the play-off round they tried to save this position (3rd position goes to UEFA Europa League). Their competitor was Dinamo, but Torpedo won against them on their ground with Datunaishvili's score 1-0. So they held 3rd position and deserved to play on European competition.

Torpedo reached 1/4 finals of the cup competition and in dramatic battle was eliminated by Zestafoni. in added 4 minutes Zestafoni scored two goals and both of them with ricochet.

Pre-season and friendlies
Place Date Oppon. Flag Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers
Ureki, Georgia 27 June 2011 Mertskhali 7:0 Ioseliani 60', Gotsiridze (2) 65', 70', D. Bolkvadze (2) 74', 77', D. Kirkitadze 82', T. Tarkhnishvili 86'
Ureki, Georgia 29 June 2011 Guria 7:1 Kukhianidze 8', Dighmelashvili 12', D. Kirkitadze 52', Guruli 60', Kharabadze 65', Megreladze 75', 78'
Ureki, Georgia 2 July 2011 Dinamo Bat. 0:0
Ureki, Georgia 15 July 2011 Merani Martv. 1:0 D. Bolkvadze 26'
Ureki, Georgia 19 July 2011 Chikhura 0:0
Murska Sobota, Slovenia 25 July 2011 Hapoel Haifa 1:0 Megreladze 68'
Murska Sobota, Slovenia 28 July 2011 Baki 2:2 Chikviladze 53', Gotsiridze 70'
Murska Sobota, Slovenia 31 July 2011 Hapoel Ramat Gan 2:1 Dolidze 23', Sabanadze 75'
Kutaisi, Georgia 5 September 2011 Kolkheti Poti 3:0 Sabanadze 7', Kukhianidze 55', Dolidze 87'
Kutaisi, Georgia 10 October 2012 Chkherimela 7:0 Gotsiridze (2) 18', 45', Sabanadze 41', Kukhianidze 54', Dolidze61', D. Bolkvadze 66', Megreladze 69'
Kutaisi, Georgia 15 January 2012 Merani Martv. 2:0 Shergelashvili 49', Kukhianidze 79'
Antalya, Turkey 25 January 2012 Brasov 0:2
Antalya, Turkey 26 January 2012 Simurq 1:1 Gamezardashvili 71'
Antalya, Turkey 28 January 2012 Korona 0:0
Antalya, Turkey 1 February 2012 Banik 0:0
Antalya, Turkey 3 February 2012 Zorya 1:3 D. Janelidze 71'
Kutaisi, Georgia 10 February 2012 Merani Martv. 1:2 Pharulava 68'
Kutaisi, Georgia 14 February 2012 Kolkheti Poti 3:0 Aleksandr Kvakhadze30', T. Tarkhnishvili 47', Sabanadze 87'
Kutaisi, Georgia 18 March 2012 Imereti 7:0 Kukhianidze (2), T. Tarkhnishvili (2), Sabanadze, D. Janelidze, Pantsulaia

Competitions

Umaglesi Liga

Regular Season
Date Matchday Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers League
position
8 August 2011 1 Zestafoni H 1:2 Megreladze 78' 9th
14 August 2011 2 Dila A 1:0 D. Bolkvadze 72', 6th
27 August 2011 4 Merani Martv. A 0:1 9th
10 September 2011 5 Sioni H 2:0 Datunaishvili 21', Sabanadze 43' 6th
17 September 2011 6 Metalurgi A 0:2 8th
21 September 2011 3 Dinamo Tb. H 2:1 Dolidze 6', Megreladze 10' 6th
25 September 2011 7 Baia H 0:0 8th
2 October 2011 8 Gagra A 1:0 Datunaishvili 13' 5th
16 October 2011 9 Spartaki Tskh. H 2:0 Dolidze 54', T. Tarkhnishvili 71' 5th
22 October 2011 10 WIT Georgia A 1:0 Gotsiridze 76' 5th
26 October 2011 11 Kolkheti P. H 4:1 Gotsiridze 16', 43', Datunaishvili 54', Dolidze 72' 3rd
30 October 2011 12 Zestafoni A 1:0 Dighmelashvili 66' 2nd
6 November 2011 13 Dila H 2:1 Gamezardashvili 14', Megreladze 65' 1st
20 November 2011 14 Dinamo Tb. A 0:2 3rd
4 December 2011 16 Sioni A 3:1 D. Janelidze 10', T. Tarkhnishvili 56', Sabanadze 66' 3rd
11 December 2011 17 Metalurgi H 3:0 Gotsiridze 6', T. Tarkhnishvili 42', Gamezardashvili 51' 2nd
14 December 2011 15 Merani Martv. H 2:1 Gotsiridze 8', Dolidze 13' 2nd
18 December 2011 18 Baia A 1:1 T. Tarkhnishvili 49' 2nd
19 February 2012 20 Spartaki Tskh. A 0:2 2nd
22 February 2012 19 Gagra H 5:2 Gotsiridze 22', 24', Datunaishvili 45', 48', Sabanadze 90+1' 2nd
26 February 2012 21 WIT Georgia H 2:2 Kukhianidze 26', Pirtskhalava 86' 3rd
8 March 2012 22 Kolkheti P. A 0:0 3rd
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zestafoni 22 17 3 2 45 17 +28 54 Qualification to championship group
2 Dinamo Tbilisi 22 14 3 5 44 24 +20 45
3 Torpedo Kutaisi 22 13 4 5 33 19 +14 43
4 Metalurgi Rustavi 22 9 6 7 25 26 −1 33
5 Merani Martvili 22 9 3 10 23 26 −3 30
Source: GFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The winner of the 2011–12 Georgian Cup will qualify for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.

Championship Round

After the regular season points were corrected:

Zestafoni: 30 points, 24 goals for, 12 goals against
Torpedo Kutaisi: 24 points, 17 goals for, 12 goals against
Dinamo Tbilisi: 23 points, 27 goals for, 20 goals against
Metalurgi Rustavi: 23 points, 18 goals for, 19 goals against
Baia: 16 points, 11 goals for, 15 goals against
Dila: 15 points, 16 goals for, 17 goals against
Merani Martvili: 13 points, 12 goals for, 22 goals against
Kolkheti Poti: 12 points, 8 goals for, 16 goals against

Date Matchday Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers League
position
21 March 2012 3 Kolkheti P. A 0:1 4th
25 March 2012 4 Dinamo Tb. H 1:1 Gotsiridze 42', 4th
29 March 2012 2 Zestafoni A 0:0 4th
2 April 2012 5 Metalurgi A 1:2 Kvakhadze 85' 4th
6 April 2012 6 Baia H 2:1 Gamezardashvili 3', Gotsiridze 28' 3rd
10 April 2012 1 Merani Martv. H 2:0 Sabanadze 37', V. Bolkvadze 86' 3rd
14 April 2012 7 Dila A 0:1 3rd
22 April 2012 8 Merani Martv. A 0:3 3rd
28 April 2012 9 Zestafoni H 2:1 Kukhianidze 12', Pirtskhalava 90+2' 3rd
2 May 2012 10 Kolkheti P. H 3:1 Kvakhadze 31', Sabanadze 38', 41' 3rd
6 May 2012 11 Dinamo Tb. A 1:0 Datunaishvili 30' 3rd
12 May 2012 12 Metalurgi H 0:0 3rd
16 May 2012 13 Baia A 2:0 Revaz Gotsiridze 65', Nika Sabanadze 90' 3rd
20 May 2012 14 Dila H 3:2 Gamezardashvili 10', Pantsulaia 46', Shergelashvili 89' 3rd
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zestafoni (C) 28 16 7 5 52 28 +24 55 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Metalurgi Rustavi 28 17 4 7 39 28 +11 55 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Torpedo Kutaisi 28 14 6 8 33 25 +8 48
4 Dinamo Tbilisi 28 10 10 8 47 35 +12 40
5 Dila Gori 28 10 7 11 38 32 +6 37 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
Source: http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=geo/index.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. The winners of the 2011–12 Georgian Cup, Dila Gori, qualified for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.

D. Kipiani Georgian Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers
17 August 2012 1/16 Final
First leg		 Meskheti H 2:0 Ioseliani 23', Tabatadze 68'
13 September 2012 1/16 Final
Second leg		 Meskheti A 6:1 Sabanadze 3', Manchkhava 25', Ioseliani (3) 30', 64', 89', Gotsiridze 82'
28 September 2012 1/8 Final
First leg		 Dinamo Bat. A 2:0 Sabanadze 16', Gotsiridze 27'
2 October 2012 1/8 Final
Second leg		 Dinamo Bat. H 1:1 Megreladze 28'
24 October 2012 1/4 Final
First leg		 Zestafoni H 1:1 Gamezardashvili 34'
2 October 2012 1/4 Final
Second leg		 Zestafoni A 1:2 Gotsiridze 62'

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