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FC Kolkheti-1913 is a Georgian football club based in Poti, which currently takes part in Liga 3, the third division of Erovnuli Liga.

FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti

Founded	1913; 109 years ago (1913)
Ground	Fazisi Stadium Poti, Georgia
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Giorgi Chaduneli
Manager	Gia Gigatadze
League	Erovnuli Liga 3
2021	2nd of 14
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Being registered in 1913, Kolkheti is considered one of the oldest clubs in the South Caucasus.[1] They were a long-time participant of the first tier of Georgian national league.

History

Domestic leagues

The Soviet period

The football club from Poti under the name Kolkhida for many years was a member of the Georgian Soviet championship until early 1960s. From 1962 to 1990, they spent 24 seasons in fourth and third divisions of the Soviet football system, including last consecutive 11 years in zone 9 of the Second league, with the 2nd place in 1989 being the best result.[2]

Earning league trophies

When GFF formed the national league in early 1990, Kolkheti-1913 took part in an opening game against Iberia Tbilisi. The historic match held at Boris Paichadze stadium ended 1–0 in favour of the guest team.[3] Therefore, Kolkheti became the first club to win a game in the history of Georgian national leagues.

Throughout the first decade, the Kolkhs were considered one of the strongest rivals. Apart from 1992/93, when they finished in 9th place, the club completed each season among top five teams with twice, in 1993-94 and 1996–97, coming second.[4] In this period the team also earned the bronze medals three times.

This success of the club was largely contributed to their sponsors from mid-1990s, the naval port of Poti.

Crisis begins

In 2006, after a foreign business company took over the port administration, the football club abruptly lost a significant income.[5] Despite being 10th among 16 clubs in 2005/06, due to the severe financial crisis Kolkheti had to quit the league.[6]

The club climbed back to Umaglesi Liga following the 2009/10 season, but returned to the second league three years later.[7] In 2011, a sponsorship deal with the naval port resumed at a less extent, which lasted for four years.[8]

Battle for survival

Kolkheti were back in the top division in 2014-15, although further financial difficulties hit the club in 2018, which pushed them to the verge of bankruptcy. As Kolkheti amassed a large amount of debts, they were deducted six points. Eventually, the team was relegated.[9]

While in Liga 2, Kolkheti still could not afford to pay off debts. In an emergency statement, the club appealed for urgent help.[10] Meanwhile, they were slapped with another 6 points deduction.[11] The overall situation badly affected the team. Three managers were sacked for unsatisfactory results within initial five months of the season.[12] The tide remained unchanged, though. Only in the last matchday did Kolkheti manage to avoid automatic relegation, but after being thrashed by Samgurali Tskaltubo in play-offs they slumped to the third division.[13]

In tier 3

In the initial two seasons Kolkheti were among primary promotion-chasers, although in both cases they suffered a setback in pursuit for an automatic promotion slot. The play-off results proved also unsuccessful despite the team's unbeaten aggregate score in the regular time. First they failed to beat WIT Georgia on penalties,[14] and a year later lost in extra time to Rustavi on away goals.[15]

European competitions

Based on successful performance in Umaglesi Liga, Kolkheti-1913 represented Georgia on UEFA Cup for four consecutive seasons from 1996 until 2000.

The only victory achieved in this competition against Dinamo Minsk was insufficient for qualifying for the next round. Having lost the first leg 0-1, Kolkheti conceded an early goal at home and scored twice afterwards, but the away goals rule gave a final advantage to their opponents.[16]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996	UEFA Intertoto Cup	GS	Zemun	2–3	-	5th
			FF Jaro	-	0–2
			Guingamp	1–3	-
			Dinamo București	-	0–2
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	Dinamo Minsk	2–1	0–1	2–2
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1Q	Red Star Belgrade	0–4	0–7	0–11
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Cementarnica 55	0–4	2–4	2–8

Seasons

Year	Div.	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts	Cup
1990	1st	5/18	34	19	5	10	53-31	62	Quarterfinals
1991	1st	4/20	19	10	3	6	30-19	33	—
1991/92	1st	5/20	38	15	11	12	49-45	56	Round of 32
1992/93	1st	9/17	32	12	6	14	47-45	42	Round of 16
1993/1994	1st, Group West	1/8	14	9	2	3	36-21	29	Semifinals
	1-10 Places	2/10	18	14	2	2	51-20	44
1994/95	1st	3/16	30	20	3	7	72-28	63	Round of 32
1995/96	1st	3/16	30	22	2	6	69-38	68	Quarterfinals
1996/97	1st	2/16	30	20	4	6	75-28	64	Quarterfinals
1997-98	1st	3/16	30	17	6	7	56-27	57	Quarterfinals
1998/99	1st	4/16	30	15	7	8	57-36	52	Round of 16
1999/2000	1st, Group B	2/8	14	8	1	5	19-15	25	Quarterfinals
	1-8 Places	5/8	14	7	3	4	18-10	37
2000/01	1st	6/12	22	8	7	7	22-18	31	Quarterfinals
	1-6 Places	5/6	10	2	2	6	10-19	24
2001/02	1st	5/12	22	10	5	7	32-29	35	Round of 16
	1-6 Places	4/6	10	2	2	6	9-16	26
2002/03	1st	6/12	22	9	3	10	28-33	30	Round of 16
	1-6 Places	6/6	10	0	5	5	5-23	20
2003/04	1st	9/12	22	7	3	12	18-35	24	Round of 16
	7-12 Places	8/12	10	6	3	1	14-6	33
2004/05	1st	9/10	36	9	5	22	32-63	32	Quarterfinals
2005/06	1st	10/16[lower-alpha 1]	30	9	5	16	26-35	32	Quarterfinals
2006/07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007/08	2nd	5/10	27	11	7	9	36-33	40	1st Round
2008/09	2nd	5/11	30	13	6	11	45-40	45	Round of 16
2009/10	2nd, Group A	2/15	28	19	4	5	63-21	61	Quarterfinals
2010/11	1st	7/10	36	10	10	16	25-47	40	Round of 16
2011/12	1st	8/12	22	6	8	8	19-24	26	Round of 16
2012/13	1st	10/10	22	0	4	18	11-43	4	Round of 16
	Relegation round	6/6	32	3	8	21	22-56	17
2013/14	2nd, Group A	2/13	24	17	4	3	51-13	55	2nd Round
2014/15	1st	10/16	30	9	10	11	31-31	37	2nd Round
2015/16	1st	12/16	30	7	6	17	21-41	27	2nd Round
2016	1st, Group Red	4/7	12	6	0	6	10-18	18	Quarterfinals
2017	1st	9/10	36	6	8	22	31-73	26	5th Round
2018	1st	10/10	36	4	8	24	26-76	14[lower-alpha 2]	3rd Round
2019	2nd	9/10	36	10	4	22	31-80	28[lower-alpha 3]	3rd Round
2020	3rd	2/10	18	12	2	4	47-18	38	2nd Round
2021	3rd	2/10	26	14	7	5	54-28	49	2nd Round

Notes

Overall

Seasons spent in Georgian leagues since 1990:

• Umaglesi Liga / Erovnuli Liga (1st tier): 24

• Pirveli Liga / Erovnuli Liga 2 (2nd tier): 5

• Meore Liga / Liga 3 (3rd tier): 2

Correct up to 2021 season

Current squad

As of April 2022

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  GEO Luka Nanava 2 DF  GEO Nikoloz Gabelaia 3 DF   Jose Kuch Nyuar 4 DF  GEO Giorgi Napishvili 5 DF  GEO Giorgi Beraia 6 MF  GEO Guram Lezhava 7 MF  GEO Lasha Gvalia (C) 8 MF  GEO Luka Kadaria 9 MF  GEO Shakro Dvalishvili 10 FW  GEO Data Sitchinava 11 FW  GEO Tornike Mumladze 13 MF  GEO Beka Kakushadze

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  GEO Beka Kharshiladze 17 DF  GEO Erekle Jijavadze 19 FW  GEO Beka Gabiskiria 22 MF  GEO Tornike Kuprava 24 FW  GEO Mate Kometiani 25 MF  GEO Dato Megrelishvili 29 MF  GEO Tamaz Shalikashvili 30 MF  GEO Giorgi Kharebava 33 GK  GEO Luka Sherozia 35 MF  GEO Giorgi Kakhelishvili 37 FW  GEO Demetre Gvasalia 39 GK  GEO Irakli Chaligava

Managers

• Gela Sanaia (March - August 2017)
• Oleksandr Shtelin (September - December 2017)
• Konstantin Galkin (February - March 2018)
• Nugzar Tvaradze (March - September 2018)
• Viktor Demidov (September - December 2018)
• Paata Metreveli (February - April 2019)
• Soso Pilia (April - June 2019)
• Giorgi Krasovski (June - August 2019)
• Nugzar Tvaradze (August - October 2019)
• Vladimer Chkonia (October - December 2019)
• Davit Makharadze (February - October 2020)
• Nugzar Tvaradze (October - December 2020)
• Giorgi Krasovski (February - June 2021)
• Gia Gigatadze since June 2021

The current manager took charge of the team on 6 June 2021. Previously he had worked in different Georgian clubs, including Torpedo Kutaisi, Samgurali Tskhaltubo, Merani Martvili, Dila Gori and Meshakhte Tkibuli.[17]

Honours

Georgian Soviet Championship

Winners (2): 1978, 1988[18]

Umaglesi Liga

Runners-up (2): 1993-94 and 1996-97

Third place (3): 1994-95, 1995-96, 1997-98

Pirveli Liga

Runners-up (2): 2009-2010, 2013-2014 (A Group)

Soviet Second League Zone IX (Caucasus)

Runner-up (1): 1989

Third place (4): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987.

Stadium

Fazisi was built in 1961. Its reconstruction got under way in 2013, but it took seven years before the works were completed. Meanwhile, Kolkheti-1913 held their home games on Rugby Arena in Poti or in some neighbouring cities. Football returned to Fazisi in October 2019.[19]

References

External links

• Profile on Soccerway

На других языках

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[ru] Колхети-1913

«Колхети-1913» — грузинский футбольный клуб из города Поти. Основан в 1913 году. Домашние матчи играет на стадионе «Фазиси». Ранее клуб назывался «Колхида» и «Колхети». В советское время выступал в классе «Б» и второй лиге (1962—1974, 1979—1989)[1]. Неоднократный призёр чемпионатов Грузии в 1990-е годы[2].

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