FC Torpedo Kutaisi

FC Torpedo Kutaisi
Full name	Football Club Torpedo Kutaisi
Nickname(s)	FC Torpedo
Founded	1946
Ground	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium; Kutaisi, Georgia
Capacity	14,700
Chairman	Fabio Maninni
Manager	Mikheil Ashvetia
League	Erovnuli Liga
2019	6th
Website	Club website

FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. 'Torpedo Kutaisi' was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. Torpedo play their home games at Ramaz Shengelia Stadium.

History

FC Torpedo Kutaisi was founded in 1946 on the base of Kutaisi Automotive Plant. In 1949 the club became the winner of the Georgian SSR Championship. In 1959 two football clubs "FC Torpedo Kutaisi" and "FC Locomotive Kutaisi" were united and the name remained "FC Torpedo Kutaisi". In 1962 "FC Torpedo Kutaisi" was firstly became a participant in the Soviet Top League. Many famous Georgian football players began their career in this club. For example, when Dinamo Tbilisi won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1980–81, five footballers were the ex-players of FC Torpedo Kutaisi.

When the Georgian National Championships started in 1990, the club changed its name into "FC Kutaisi". But after three years, the club restored the old name. The last years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st were the most successful years in the club's history. During 1999–02 the club won five domestic titles. During that time most players of the Georgia national football team were from "FC Torpedo Kutaisi". Besides this, Georgian managers (Jemal Kherkhadze, David Kipiani, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Otar Gabelia, Vladimir Gutsaev and others) worked in the club as a head coach and in the staff too.

After the season 2004–05, three times Georgian Premier League Champion and two times Georgian National Cup Winner FC Torpedo Kutaisi was dissolved. Its last game was in Borisov, Belarus against BATE Borisov (First Qualifying Round of UEFA Cup 2005–06) in which FC Torpedo Kutaisi lost 5–0. After this, a new football club "FC Kutaisi Torpedo" was founded, but it was not the successor of FC Torpedo Kutaisi and had no titles. "FC Kutaisi Torpedo" was participating in the Georgian Premier League during two seasons (2005–06 and 2006–07), but due to financial reasons it was removed from the top league and began playing in the Pirveli Liga. In 2017 Torpedo won the championship for the first time in 15 years in the most dramatic circumstances. They played their last fixture in Tbilisi against title rivals Dinamo, and needed to win in order to capture the title, while their opponents needed just a draw. Torpedo had a 1–0 advantage when they conceded a penalty in the last minute of the game. However, the penalty was saved by the goalkeeper and a dramatic win saw Torpedo crowned champions of Georgia.

Honours

Erovnuli Liga

Champions: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2017

Georgian Cup

Champions: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2016, 2018

Georgian Super Cup

Champions: 2018, 2019

Current squad

As of 6 March 2020[1][2]

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Vaja Tabatadze
3	DF	Bakar Mirtskhulava
4	DF	Lasha Kasradze
6	DF	Vanja Marković
7	MF	Zaza Tsitskishvili
8	DF	Irakli Dzaria
9	MF	Ivan Bobko
10	FW	Vitaliy Ponomar
11	FW	Davit Ionanidze
13	DF	Giorgi Abzianidze
14	FW	Giorgi Pantsulaia
17	GK	Levan Shovnadze
18	MF	Mate Abuladze

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Otar Kvernadze
20	MF	Tamaz Sharvashidze
21	DF	Vakhtang Botchorishvili
22	MF	Giorgi Janelidze
23	MF	Saba Piranishvili
24	MF	Giorgi Ivanishvili
29	GK	Davit Asatiani
30	MF	Giorgi Kiknadze
31	GK	Demetre Buliskeria
33	DF	Tornike Grigalashvili
35	DF	Guram Adamadze

European history

Overall record

Accurate as of 18 July 2019

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	12	5	2	5	14	19	−5	041.67
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	22	5	2	15	27	48	−21	022.73
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	050.00
Total	38	12	5	21	50	70	−20	031.58

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

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Erebuni	6–0	1–1	7–1
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Lommel	1–2	1–0	2–2
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Lantana	4–2	5–0	9–2
1999–00	UEFA Cup	1R	AEK	0–1	1–6	1–7
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Crvena Zvezda	2–0	0–4	2–4
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Linfield	1–0	0–0	1–0
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Copenhagen	1–1	1–3	2–4
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	1QR	B36 Tórshavn	5–2	1–0	6–2
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Sparta Prague	1–2	0–3	1–5
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Lens	0–2	0–3	0–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1QR	BATE Borisov	0–1	0–5	0–6
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Aktobe	1–1	0–1	1–2
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Žilina	0–3	3–3	3–6
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Trenčín	0–3	1–5	1–8
2018–19	UEFA Champions League	1QR	FC Sheriff	2–1	0–3	2–4
	UEFA Europa League	2QR	Víkingur Gøta	3–0	4–0	7–0
		3QR	Kukësi	5–2	0–2	5–4
		PO	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	0–4	0–5
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Ordabasy	0–2	0–1	0–3

UEFA coefficient

Rank	Country	Team	Points
275		Torpedo Kutaisi	3.750

As of 8 August 2019.

Seasons

Key

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

UML = Umaglesi Liga
ERL = Erovnuli Liga
PIL = Pirveli Liga
STL = Soviet Top League
SFL = Soviet First League
SSL = Soviet Second League
GW = Group White
Z = Zone
TUR = Union republics

R1 = First round
R2 = Second round
GS = Group stage
PR = Preliminary Round
QR = Qualifying Round
1Q = First Qualifying Round
2Q = Second Qualifying Round

Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Promoted	Relegated

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Domestic Cup	Federation Cup	Super Cup	UEFA FIFA	Name	Goals
Season	League									Domestic Cup	Federation Cup	Super Cup	UEFA FIFA	Top goalscorer
1949	SFL/UR	26	16	8	2	58	25	40	2nd	1/32	n/a			?	?
1953										1/64	n/a			?	?
1955										Z4,1/128	n/a			?	?
1957	SFL/Z3	30	16	6	8	54	28	38	6th	Z3,1/2	n/a			?	?
1958	SFL/Z4	30	17	6	7	66	35	40	4th	Z4,1/4	n/a			?	?
1959	SFL/Z3	26	11	6	9	36	34	28	6th	n/a	n/a			?	?
1960	SFL	30	21	7	2	70	21	49	1st	Z3,1/4	n/a			?	?
1961	SFL	30	22	2	6	49	23	46	1st	1/32	n/a			?	?
1962	STL	18	7	5	6	21	16	19	15th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1963	STL	38	6	21	11	22	37	33	12th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1964	STL	32	10	7	15	20	37	27	13th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1965	STL	32	8	3	21	29	69	19	16th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1966	STL	36	9	10	17	44	59	28	15th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1967	STL	36	8	15	13	37	50	31	13th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1968	STL	38	9	10	19	27	48	28	19th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1969	STL	26	4	6	16	20	50	14	14th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1970	STL	32	6	11	15	24	42	23	16th	1/8	n/a			?	?
1971	SFL	42	12	15	15	47	53	39	11th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1972	SFL	38	19	6	13	49	32	44	5th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1973	SFL	38	16	4	18	40	46	34	9th	1/16	n/a			?	?
1974	SFL	38	14	10	14	37	42	38	8th	1/32	n/a			?	?
1975	SFL	38	18	13	7	55	31	49	3rd	PR	n/a			Ramaz Shengelia	15
1976	SFL	38	13	15	10	46	38	41	7th	R2	n/a			Ramaz Shengelia	12
1977	SFL	38	15	8	15	45	48	38	9th	R1	n/a			?	?
1978	SFL	38	14	9	15	44	41	37	9th	R1	n/a			?	?
1979	SFL	46	17	15	14	44	40	46	11th	GS	n/a			?	?
1980	SFL	46	18	9	19	62	54	45	13th	GS	n/a			?	?
1981	SFL	46	26	4	16	57	46	56	2nd	GS	n/a			Deviz Darjania	19
1982	STL	34	10	10	14	39	45	30	13th	GS	n/a			Merab Megreladze	19
1983	STL	34	4	12	18	26	58	18[3]	16th	1/4	n/a			?	?
1984	SFL	42	23	9	10	76	55	55	2nd	1/16	n/a			Otar Korghalidze	24
1985	STL	34	11	9	14	40	51	31	11th	1/32	n/a			?	?
1986	STL	30	5	7	18	24	60	17	16th	1/16	GS			?	?
1987	SFL	42	11	12	19	30	51	34	21st	1/16				?	?
1988	SSL	30	24	4	2	70	21	52	1st	1/32				?	?
1989	SFL	42	18	5	19	69	73	41	13th	1/4				Merab Megreladze	33
1990	UML[4]	34	20	5	9	62	33	65	4th	1/4[5]				?	?
1991	UML	19	11	2	6	34	30	35	3rd	n/a[6]				?	?
1991–92	UML	38	15	4	19	66	60	49	11th	1/2				?	?
1992–93	UML	32	16	4	12	70	54	52	5th	1/2				?	?
1993–94	UML	32	15	7	10	56	49	52	3rd	1/16				?	?
1994–95	UML	30	14	2	14	58	47	44	6th	1/8				?	?
1995–96	UML	30	15	7	8	69	49	52	7th	1/4				?	?
1996–97	UML	30	14	4	12	70	58	46	5th	1/8				?	?
1997–98	UML	30	15	9	6	51	30	54	4th	1/8				?	?
1998–99	UML	30	21	4	5	73	27	67	2nd	Winners		Runners-up	Intertoto Cup – R2	?	?
1999–00	UML	28	19	7	2	70	16	64	1st	Runners-up		n/a	UEFA Cup – R1	Zurab Ionanidze	25
2000–01	UML	32	20	8	4	49	15	68	1st	Winners		n/a	UEFA Champions League – 2Q	?	?
2001–02	UML	32	23	5	4	64	18	74	1st	Runners-up		n/a	UEFA Champions League – 2Q	Andriy Poroshin	17
2002–03	UML	32	22	6	4	65	20	72	2nd	1/2			UEFA Champions League – 2Q	Zurab Ionanidze	26
2003–04	UML	32	15	6	11	46	38	51	7th	Runners-up			UEFA Cup – QR	Suliko Davitashvili	20
2004–05	UML	36	20	10	6	56	31	70	2nd	1/4				?	?
2005–06	UML	30	8	6	16	28	42	30	12th	1/8			UEFA Cup – 1Q	?	?
2006–07	UML	26	9	4	13	24	35	31	7th[7]	1/4				?	?
2007–08	PIL	27	11	6	10	38	31	39	11th	GS				?	?
2008–09	PIL	30	14	3	13	32	22	45	9th	1/16				?	?
2009–10	PIL	28	22	4	2	70	12	70	1st	R2				Revaz Kvernadze	14
2010–11	UML	36	14	13	9	31	22	55	4th	Runners-up				Giorgi Megreladze	14
2011–12	UML	36	20	7	9	50	32	67	3rd	1/4			UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Revaz Gotsiridze	13
2012–13	UML	32	19	7	6	57	30	64	3rd	1/4			UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Nika Sabanadze	12
2013–14	UML	32	14	6	12	43	44	48	7th	1/4			UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Nika Sabanadze	13
2014–15	UML	30	10	11	9	39	33	41	8th	1/4				Otar Kvernadze	10
2015–16	UML	30	14	6	10	50	42	48	6th	1/4				Tornike Kapanadze	9
2016	UML/GW	12	4	3	5	16	12	15	6th	Winners				Oleg Mamasakhlisi	5
2017	ERL	36	23	7	6	59	27	76	1st	Runners-up		Runners-up	UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Tornike Kapanadze	14
2018	ERL	36	20	9	7	66	25	69	3rd	Winners		Winners	UEFA Champions League – 1Q UEFA Europa League – Play-off	Tornike Kapanadze	21
2019	ERL	36	12	8	16	53	54	44	6	1/2		Winners	UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Budu Zivzivadze	13
2020	ERL	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	10

Managers

Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1978), (1988–89)
David Kipiani (1 July 1999 – Sept 17, 2001)
Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1 June 2001 – 1 Jan 2002)
Otar Gabelia (2004–05)
Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1 June 2005 – 1 June 2007)
Giorgi Kiknadze (1 Feb 2007 – 1 March 2007)
Nestor Mumladze (1 July 2010 – Sept 24, 2010)
Gia Gigatadze (3 Nov 2010 – 30 June 2011)
Giorgi Kiknadze (1 July 2011 – Sept 11)
Zaza Zamtaradze (1 July 2011 – Sept 25, 2011)
Gia Geguchadze (1 Oct 2011 – 31 May 2013)
Gerard Zaragoza (31 May 2013 – 31 Dec 2013)
Revaz Dzodzuashvili (10 Jan 2014 – 7 Dec 2015)
Giorgi Daraselia (15 Dec 2014 – 5 Oct 2016)
Kakhaber Chkhetiani (Oct, 2016 – Dec, 2019)
Mikheil Ashvetia (7 Feb 2020 – )

Notes and references

"Squad". Retrieved 17 September 2018.
"Torpedo squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
-2 points
Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation - federation of native country.
Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation – federation of native country.
due to changing the basis of the calendar from spring/autumn to autumn/spring, 1991 season the cup competition did not conducted
FC Torpedo Kutaisi was relegated due to financial reasons by GFF. See the final standings

External links

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[1] "Squad". Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[2] "Torpedo squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[3] -2 points

[4] Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation - federation of native country.

[5] Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation – federation of native country.

[6] ue to changing the basis of the calendar from spring/autumn to autumn/spring, 1991 season the cup competition did not conducted

[7] FC Torpedo Kutaisi was relegated due to financial reasons by GFF. See the final standings