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

FC Samtredia

Full name	Football Club Samtredia
Founded	1936; 86 years ago (1936) as Sanavardo Samtredia
Ground	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia, Georgia
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Gia Omanadze
Coach	Giorgi Shashiashvili
League	Erovnuli Liga 2
2021	10th in Erovnuli Liga, relegated
Home colours Away colours

The club was relegated to Erovnuli Liga 2, the second tier of Georgian football system, after the 2021 season. Their home ground is Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium.

In 2016, Samtredia won the champion's title and the 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 the 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 during these 17 consecutive seasons in the Second league.

M	W	D	L	GF–GA
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. But the debut in European football competitions turned out unsuccessful.[2] Soon they fell from the top flight followed by relegation from Pirveli Liga as well.

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, but in February 2021 he was replaced by Giorgi Tsetsadze, who had once brought the club to their only champion's title.[7] His second tenure lasted eight months, though. The team lost a survival struggle and finished at the bottom of the table.

Seasons

Domestic leagues

Season	Div	Pos	Top goalscorer	Goals	Cup
1990	1st	12/18			Round of 32
1991	1st	18/20			–
1991/92	1st	15/20			Round of 16
1992/93	1st	10/17			Round of 16
1993/94	1st	4/10			Round of 16
1994/95	1st	2/16	Gia Jishkariani	18	Quarterfinals
1995/96	1st	4/16	Zurab Ionanidze	23	Semifinals
1996/97	1st	14/16			Round of 16
1997/98	2nd	2/14			Quarterfinals
1998/99	1st	8/16			Round of 16
1999/2000	1st, Champ.Group	7/8			Round of 32
2000/01	1st	12/12			Round of 32
2001/02	2nd, Releg.Round	10/11			Round of 32
2002/03	2nd	/16			Round of 32
2003/04	2nd	14/16			Round of 32
2007/08	2nd	8/10			1st Round
2008/09	2nd	1/11			Round of 16
2009/10	1st	7/10	Zaur Khachiperadze	11	Round of 16
2010/11	1st	10/10	Giga Kverenchkhiladze	4	Round of 32
2011/12	2nd, A Group	3/8	Papuna Shatirishvili	3	Round of 32
2012/13	2nd	5/12	Zaur Khachiperadze	9	Round of 16
2013/14	2nd	1/14	Zviad Kantaria	11	Round of 32
2014/15	1st	6/16	Tornike Kapanadze	7	Runners-up
2015/16	1st	2/16	Budu Zivzivadze	16	Quarterfinals
2016	1st	1/14	Budu Zivzivadze	11	Quarterfinals
2017	1st	3/10	Davit Rajamashvili	8	Round of 16
2018	1st	9/10	Giorgi Pantsulaia	6	Round of 16
2019	2nd	2/10	Guram Samushia	15	Round of 16
2020	1st	7/10	Nijat Gurbanov	4	Round of 16
2021	1st	10/10	Nikola Prelčec	4	Round of 32

European record

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

Current squad

As of 9 March 2022[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  GEO Davit Mariamidze 3 DF  GEO Irakli Kamladze 4 MF  GUI Mohammad Kamara 5 MF  GEO Shalva Ekvtimishvili 6 DF  GEO Luka Asatiani 7 MF  GEO Giorgi Kurmashvili 8 MF  GEO Saba Kvetenadze 9 FW  GEO Zurab Ghirdaladze 10 FW  GEO Giorgi Iluridze 11 FW  GEO Davit Ionanidze 12 MF  GEO Levan Barabadze

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  BLR Jaroslav Burichenkov 15 MF  BLR Dmitry Rekish 17 MF  GEO Bakar Laghidze 20 MF  GEO Givi Ioseliani 21 DF  GEO Giorgi Jalagonia 22 DF  GEO Giorgi Mchedlishvili 25 FW  CMR Siril Chamba 26 MF  GEO Levan Grdzelidze 28 MF  GEO Giorgi Chichua 30 GK  URU Facundo Silva 34 DF  GEO Saba Sidamonidze

Managers

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.

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

External links

• Official Website
• Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] FC Samtredia

FC Samtredia (georgisch საფეხბურთო კლუბი სამტრედია .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Sapekhburto Klubi Samtredia) ist ein georgischer Fußballverein aus Samtredia.

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- [en] FC Samtredia

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[ru] Самтредиа (футбольный клуб)

«Самтредиа» (груз. საფეხბურთო კლუბი სამტრედია) — грузинский футбольный клуб из одноимённого города. Основан в 1936 году. Домашние матчи команда проводит на стадионе «Эроси Мангаладзе» общей вместимостью до 1 500 зрителей. Действующий участник Эровнули лиги, высшего дивизиона чемпионата Грузии по футболу. Чемпион Грузии 2016 года (сезон «Осень»).

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