FC WIT Georgia

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WIT Georgia
Georgia-Tbilisi.png
Full nameFootball Club WIT Georgia
Founded1997; 25 years ago (1997)
Ground
Tbilisi, Georgia
Capacity>1,000
Chairman
ManagerGocha Eradze
LeagueErovnuli Liga 2
20209th

FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team from Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd (a subsidiary of the United States WIT, Inc.), a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies. They play their home games at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium#2 in Tbilisi.

In 2004 FC WIT Georgia won the Georgian Championship, qualifying them for the early stages of the UEFA Champions League. In 2009, they won the championship for the second time.[1] In 2010, the team won the Georgian Cup for the first time.[2] However, performance of WIT Georgia was faded after 2010–11 season and relegated to Pirveli Liga in 2014–15 season. In 2017–18, they finished second in the Erovnuli Liga 2 and secured promotion to the Erovnuli Liga.

History[]

  • 1997: Founded as FC WIT Georgia Tbilisi.

Honours[]

Current squad[]

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
4 DF Georgia (country) GEO Lasha Kasradze
6 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Vasadze
8 MF Georgia (country) GEO
10 FW Georgia (country) GEO Irakli Sikharulidze
12 GK Georgia (country) GEO
14 DF Georgia (country) GEO
15 MF Georgia (country) GEO
16 FW Georgia (country) GEO
17 FW Georgia (country) GEO
18 MF Georgia (country) GEO
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Georgia (country) GEO David Khurtsilava
22 DF Georgia (country) GEO
23 FW Georgia (country) GEO
24 MF Georgia (country) GEO
25 GK Georgia (country) GEO Nika Daushvili
26 FW Georgia (country) GEO
27 MF Georgia (country) GEO
28 DF Georgia (country) GEO
29 DF Georgia (country) GEO
30 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Janelidze

European cups history[]

Season Competition Round Country Team Home Away
2000–01 UEFA Cup QR Israel Beitar Jerusalem 0–3 1–1
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Austria Ried 1–0 1–2
2R France Troyes 1–1 0–6
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Belgium Lokeren 3–2 1–3
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Austria Pasching 2–1 0–1
2004–05 UEFA Champions League 1QR Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 5–0 0–3
2QR Poland Wisła Kraków 2–8 0–3
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Hungary Lombard-Papa 0–1 1–2
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1QR Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka 2–1 0–2
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1QR Slovakia Spartak Trnava 1–0 2–2
2QR Austria Austria Vienna X 0–2
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 1QR Slovenia Maribor 0–0 1–3
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2QR Czech Republic Baník Ostrava 0–6 0–0

Managers[]

  • Georgia (country) Elguja Gugushvili (1997–199?)
  • Georgia (country) Sergo Kotrikadze (March 8, 1999 – 2001)
  • Georgia (country) (2006 – August 2009)
  • Georgia (country) (August 2009 – 2009)
  • Georgia (country) (2009–2010)
  • Georgia (country) (July 16, 2010–??)
  • Georgia (country) Zurab Beridze (April 20, 2011 – March 11, 2012)
  • Georgia (country) (March 2012–1?)
  • Georgia (country) Zurab Beridze (April 1, 2013–1?)
  • Georgia (country) (June 1, 2013–)
  • Georgia (country) (2015–)

References[]

  1. ^ "Season review: Georgia". UEFA. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. ^ "WIT claim maiden Georgian Cup triumph". UEFA. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

External links[]

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