FC Saburtalo Tbilisi
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Full name | FC Saburtalo Tbilisi | ||
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Nickname(s) | Red Eagles | ||
Founded | August 20, 1999 | ||
Ground | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
Capacity | 25,453 | ||
Chairman | |||
Manager | Levan Korgalidze | ||
League | Erovnuli Liga | ||
2021 | 4th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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FC Saburtalo is a Georgian football club,[1] based in Tbilisi.
History[]
Saburtalo was founded on August 20, 1999 in Tbilisi.[2] In 2005, the club was bought by Iberia Business Group and its owner Tariel Khechikashvili, who later became the Minister of Sport & Youth Affairs of Georgia.
Saburtalo has one of the top football academies in the country.[2] The club has a full-size stadium, called Bendela, with the capacity of 1,800 spectators.[2]
In March 2016, Manolo Hierro was appointed as the sporting director of the club.[3]
Saburtalo is the name of one of Tbilisi's central districts.
Honours[]
Type | Competition | Titles | Seasons |
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Domestic | Erovnuli Liga | 1 | 2018 |
Erovnuli Liga 2 | 1 | 2014–15 | |
Georgian Cup | 2 | 2019, 2021 | |
Georgian Super Cup | 1 | 2020 |
Statistics[]
Domestic[]
Season League Pos. Pl. W D L GF GA P Cup Europe Notes Manager 2013–14 Erovnuli Liga 2 8 26 9 5 12 38 34 32 DNP Temur Shalamberidze 2014–15 Erovnuli Liga 2 1 36 28 3 5 92 25 82 First round Promoted Giorgi Chiabrishvili 2015–16 Erovnuli Liga 8 30 11 6 13 47 61 39 First round Giorgi Chiabrishvili 2016 Erovnuli Liga 3 12 5 4 3 17 12 19 First round Lost Bronze play-offs to Dinamo Tbilisi Pablo Franco 2017 Erovnuli Liga 4 36 18 6 12 61 42 60 Fourth round Giorgi Chiabrishvili 2018 Erovnuli Liga 1 36 24 7 5 64 29 79 Third round Giorgi Chiabrishvili 2019 Erovnuli Liga 3 36 21 7 8 67 36 70 Winners Champions League - 2QR
Europa League - 3QRGiorgi Chiabrishvili 2020 Erovnuli Liga 5 18 7 6 5 28 21 27 Semi-final Europa League - 1QR Teimuraz Shalamberidze,
European record[]
As of 27 August 2020
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
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2019–20 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | ![]() |
1–3 | 3–0 | 4−3 |
2QR | ![]() |
0−2 | 0−3 | 0−5 | ||
UEFA Europa League | 3QR | ![]() |
0−2 | 2−1 | 2−3 | |
2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | ![]() |
N/A | 1–5 | N/A |
2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR | ![]() |
- Notes
- QR: Qualifying round
Overall record[]
- Accurate as of 27 August 2020
Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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UEFA Champions League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 25.00 |
UEFA Europa League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 33.33 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Total | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 28.57 |
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
Players[]
First team squad[]
- As of 23 September 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Georgia – FC Saburtalo Tbilisi – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
- ^ a b c "The history of FC Saburtalo Tbilisi". FCsaburtalo.ge. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "მანოლო იერო "საბურთალოს" სპორტულ დირექტორად". FCsaburtalo.ge. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017. (in Georgian)
- Football clubs in Georgia (country)
- Football clubs in Tbilisi
- Association football clubs established in 1999
- 1999 establishments in Georgia (country)
- Football clubs in Georgia (country) stubs