FC Samtredia

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FC Samtredia
FC Samtredia Logo.png
Full nameFootball Club Samtredia
Founded1936; 85 years ago (1936) as Sanavardo Samtredia
GroundErosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia, Georgia
Capacity3,000
Chairman
CoachGiorgi Tsetsadze
LeagueErovnuli Liga
20207th

FC Samtredia (Georgian: სკ სამტრედია), commonly known simply as Samtredia, is a Georgian association football club based in the city of Samtredia.

The club competes in Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football. Their home ground is Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium.

Samtredia has won the national league title and Super Cup.

History[]

In the Soviet leagues[]

Established in 1936, Samtredia spent years in the Georgian championship before the club obtained the right to participate in Soviet Second League, the third tier of the Soviet football system. Several times Lokomotivi Samtredia finished their season as runners-up, twice won the league, although eventually failed to win the knock-out stages of the competition against winners of other two zones.[1]

Season League Pos Notes
1973 II, zone 4 12
1974 II, zone 3 9
1975 II, zone 1 10
1976 II, zone 1 13
1977 II, zone 4 12
1978 II, zone 4 8
1979 II, zone 4 2
1980 II, zone 9 1 Play-off, lost
1981 II, zone 9 2
1982 II, zone 9 2
1983 II, zone 9 4
1984 II, zone 9 4
1985 II, zone 9 10
1986 II, zone 9 7
1987 II, zone 9 1 Play-offs, lost
1988 II, zone 3 8
1989 II, zone 9 4

Below are all-time results of FC Samtredia during these 17 consecutive seasons in the Second league.

M W D L GD
626 300 121 205 992-813

Following the 1989 season the Samtredian team as well as all other Georgian clubs withdrew from their relevant Soviet leagues after Georgian Football Federation broke ties with the Soviet Football Federation and formed an independent championship.

After Independence[]

Sanavardo Samtredia became member of a new national Umaglesi liga. While twice, in 1993/94 and 1995/96, they finished in the 4th place, in 1994/1995 the club ended the season with the silver, which implied qualification for the preliminary round of UEFA Cup. The debut in European football competitions turned out unsuccessful, though.[2]

In 2014/15 Samtredia reached the final of David Kipiani Cup. In previous rounds they had knocked out four opponents, including contenders for the title Dinamo Batumi, Torpedo Kutaisi and Chikhura, but resistance offered to Dinamo Tbilisi proved insufficient.[3]

The most fruitful period for Samtredia was in mid-2010s when they finished among top three teams of Umaglesi liga for three seasons in a row. Moreover, in 2016, under head coach Giorgi Tsetsadze they became champions for the first time in their history after victory over Chikhura Sachkhere in the championship playoffs.[4] Samtredia completed the season with the double after they beat Georgian Cup holders Torpedo Kutaisi in the Super Cup game.[5]

In 2019 the club took part in Liga 2, although returned to the top division after one season. Manager Kakhaber Kacharava, who guided Samtredia back to the top flight, had to quit the club in September 2020 after just one point earned in last five league games and a shock Cup defeat from Liga 3 minnows Tbilisi City.[6]

New head coach Giorgi Mikadze steered Samtredia away from the relegation zone, although in February 2021 he was replaced by Giorgi Tsetsadze, who had once brought the club to their only champion's title.[7]

Season Div Position Notes Top scorers Cup
2006/07 2nd 11th of 18
2007/08 2nd 8th of 10
2008/09 2nd 1st of 11 Promoted 1/8
2009/10 1st 7th of 10 Georgia (country) Zaur Khachiperadze - 11 1/8
2010/11 1st 10th of 10 Relegated Georgia (country) Giga Kverenchkhiladze - 4 1/16
2011/12 2nd 9th of 10 Georgia (country) Papuna Shatirishvili - 3 1/16
2012/13 2nd 5th of 12 Georgia (country) Zaur Khachiperadze - 9 1/8
2013/14 2nd 1st of 14 Promoted Georgia (country) Zviad Kantaria - 11 1/16
2014/15 1st 6th of 16 Georgia (country) Tornike Kapanadze - 7 Runners-up
2015/16 1st 2nd of 16 Georgia (country) Budu Zivzivadze - 16 1/4
2016 1st 1st of 14 Winner Georgia (country) Budu Zivzivadze - 11 1/4
2017 1st 3rd of 10 Georgia (country) Davit Rajamashvili - 8 1/8
2018 1st 9th of 10 Relegation play-off, lost Georgia (country) Giorgi Pantsulaia - 6 1/8
2019 2nd 2nd of 10 Promotion play-off, won Georgia (country) Guram Samushia - 15 1/8
2020 1st 7th of 10 Azerbaijan Nijat Gurbanov - 4 1/8
2021 1st 1/16

European record[]

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995–96 UEFA Cup PR North Macedonia FK Vardar 0–2 0–1 0–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1QR Azerbaijan Gabala 2–1 1–5 3–6
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 2QR Azerbaijan Qarabag 0–1 0–5 0–6
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1QR Kazakhstan Tobol 0–1 0–2 0–3

Notable players[]

Born in Samtredia, Kаkha Kaladze began his football career at the age of 11 in FC Samtredia's junior team as a striker.

Current squad[]

As of 31 July 2021[8]

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 Giorgi Kulua
2 DF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Mchedlishvili
3 MF Georgia (country) GEO Tamaz Tsetskhladze
4 DF Georgia (country) GEO Jemal Gogiashvili
6 MF Azerbaijan AZE Ibrahim Qadirzada
7 MF Georgia (country) GEO Mate Kvirkvia
8 MF Georgia (country) GEO Anatoli Mesiachenko
9 MF Georgia (country) GEO Otar Kobakhidze
10 FW Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Iluridze
11 FW Brazil BRA Nathan Júnior
12 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zurab Eradze
13 GK Georgia (country) GEO Rezo Lomidze
14 MF Georgia (country) GEO Guram Lukava
15 DF Georgia (country) GEO Shalva Nadiradze
16 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Akhaladze
17 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Lomtadze
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Georgia (country) GEO Givi Ioseliani
21 MF Georgia (country) GEO Avto Endeladze
22 MF Georgia (country) GEO Luka Robakidze
25 DF Serbia SRB Mihailo Milutinovic
26 DF Uruguay URU Esteban Mascareña
27 MF Georgia (country) GEO Shota Kerdzevadze
28 FW Georgia (country) GEO Davit Jikia
29 DF The Gambia GAM Kaba Sambou
30 GK Georgia (country) GEO Beka Kurdadze
31 FW Georgia (country) GEO Luka Shengelia
33 DF Georgia (country) GEO Andro Giorgadze
36 DF Georgia (country) GEO Tornike Meparishvili
37 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zurab Chachua
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Gadrani
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Arabidze (on loan from Nacional)

Managers[]

Honours[]

Sponsors[]

Since 2019 Archi development company has been a general sponsor of FC Samtredia.[10]

Name[]

Throughout their history Samtredia have also been named Lokomotivi, Sanavardo, Juba and Iberia[11] with the current name regained in 2006.

Samtredia literally means a place where pigeons reside and comes from Georgian word mtredi - pigeon.

References[]

  1. ^ "Samtredia in 1970-80s". Wildstat.
  2. ^ "Samtredia vs Vardar 1995 History". uefa.com.
  3. ^ "Dinamo beat Samtredia to make it three in a row". uefa.com.
  4. ^ "Chikhura vs Samtredia 11 Dec 2016". Socceway.
  5. ^ "Samtredia wins the Super Cup". 27 Feb 2017.
  6. ^ "Kacharave leaves Samtredia". goal.ge (in Georgian).
  7. ^ "Gia Tsetsadze: I have returned to my most favourite team". 1tv.ge (in Georgian).
  8. ^ "Players". Erovnuliliga. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  9. ^ Georgia - List of Champions - RSSSF
  10. ^ "Archi becomes general sponsor of Samtredia (in Georgian)". sportall.ge.
  11. ^ "The history of FC Samtredia". fcsamtredia.com. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

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