FC Meshakhte Tkibuli

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FC Meshakhte
FC Meshakhte Tkibuli.png
Full nameMeshakhte Tkibuli
Founded1938; 84 years ago (1938)
Ground
Tkibuli, Georgia
Capacity6000
ManagerDavid Burkadze
LeagueLiga 3
202110th of 14 in Liga 3

FC Meshakhte is a Georgian association football club based in Tkibuli, which currently competes in Liga 3, the third division of Georgian football system.

History[]

Meshakhte participated in the Georgian Soviet league and twice, in 1980 and 1981, became champions. In 1964 and 1976 they also won the domestic Cup.

The club spent 13 seasons in the Soviet third division with the following combined results:[1]

M W D L GD
303 127 60 116 414-399

The success of the club was attributed to the large coal mine industry based in Tkibuli which financed the local football as well.

First years after Georgian national league was formed, the club played in the second division. Between 1991 and 1996 they three times finished third and once, in 1997, came the second. After the 2008–09 season Meshakhte were relegated.[2]

The 3rd place taken in Group White in 2016 has been the best result achieved in recent period.[3] The next year Meshakhte were defeated in relegation battle by Merani Tbilisi.

After two years in Liga 3 Meshakhte, struggling the whole season, finished at the bottom in 2020,[4] although avoided the relegation due to some changes in the league introduced in late January 2021.

Seasons[]

Year League Pos MP W D L GD P Notes
2012/13 Pirveli Liga Group A 5th of 12 33 13 6 14 42-66 45
2013/14 Pirveli Liga Group A 7th of 13 24 8 8 8 37-38 32
2014/15 Pirveli Liga Group B 7th of 10 36 14 5 17 57-55 47
2015/16 Pirveli Liga 11th of 18 34 10 12 12 28-31 42
2016 Pirveli Liga Group White 3rd of 9 16 9 2 5 25-12 29 Relegation round, won
2017 Erovnuli Liga 2 9th of 10 36 7 6 23 33-75 27 Relegated
2018 Liga 3 8th of 20 38 17 6 15 59-54 57
2019 Liga 3 8th of 10 36 11 6 19 43-55 39
2020 Liga 3 10th of 10 18 1 3 14 10-45 6
2021 Liga 3 10th of 14 26 8 6 12 31-45 30

Players[]

As of June 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Georgia (country) GEO
2 DF Georgia (country) GEO
4 DF Georgia (country) GEO
5 DF Georgia (country) GEO
6 DF Georgia (country) GEO
7 FW Georgia (country) GEO
8 MF Georgia (country) GEO
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF Georgia (country) GEO (C)
11 MF Georgia (country) GEO
13 MF Ivory Coast CIV
14 MF Georgia (country) GEO
15 DF Georgia (country) GEO
16 MF Georgia (country) GEO
19 MF Georgia (country) GEO
22 GK Georgia (country) GEO

Head Coach[]

David Burkadze was appointed as head coach on 14 June 2021. Previously he was in charge of several youth teams at Kutaisi football school and also trained professional clubs such as Imereti Khoni and Sulori Vani.

Honours[]

  • Georgian Soviet Championship
    • Champion: 1980, 1981
  • Georgian Soviet Cup
    • Champion: 1964, 1976
  • Pirveli Liga
    • Silver Medal winner: 2008
    • Bronze Medal winner: 1991, 1994, 1995

Name[]

In 1990-91 the club took part in the second division as Okriba only to regain the current name the next season.

The name comes from shakhta which can be translated as a shaft in coal mine industry.

References[]

  1. ^ "Meshakhte in the Second League". wildstat.com.
  2. ^ "2008/09 regular season in Pirveli Liga". soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "2016 season". soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "2020 in Liga 3". gff.com.

External links[]

Page on Soccerway

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