FC Chikhura Sachkhere

The name Chikhura derives from the name of a river in Sachkhere. The club was founded in 1938. During World War II, the club disbanded, but re-formed after it ended. [1] Chikhura has had different names throughout of the history of the club, including: "Spartaki", "Kolmeurne", "Peikari". [1]

Since 2002, Chikhura has been financed by the Georgian businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili. [1]

Their home is the 2,000-seat "Central stadium", where they have played since their establishment but for the Europa League they play at 27,223-seat Mikheil Meskhi Stadium which is located 130 km from their hometown.

In 2013 the club achieved the greatest success in its history when they played in the Georgian Cup final against Dinamo Tbilisi and lost 3–1 but qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round. This was the first season that Chikhura Sachkhere appeared in European Competition, their first opponent in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was Liechtenstein's Cup Winners Vaduz.

The next season, Chikhura eliminated Turkish club Bursaspor in the second round of Europa League. [2] This remains one of the most memorable successes in the history of the club.

• Georgian Cup

Winners (1): 2017

• Georgian Super Cup

Winners (1): 2013

As of 5 March 2020

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 Avto Kapanadze 2 DF Goderdzi Machaidze 3 DF Irakli Kamladze 4 DF Shota Kashia 6 MF Oleg Mamasakhlisi 7 MF Beso Dekanoidze 8 MF Shota Gvazava 9 FW Kakha Kakhabrishvili 10 MF Irakli Lekvtadze 11 FW Vili Isiani 13 GK Zurab Mtskerashvili

No. Position Player 14 FW Giorgi Pantsulaia 15 MF Giorgi Koripadze 17 MF Tengiz Tsikaridze 18 MF Levan Nonikashvili 19 DF Otar Javashvili 21 MF Rezo Gavtadze 24 DF Lasha Chikvaidze 27 FW Davit Mujiri (on loan from Dinamo Tbilisi) 30 GK Dino Hamzić 37 MF Aleksandre Tepnadze

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