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SFC Sturmi is a Georgian football club based in Sartichala. Being one of the youngest domestic teams, they take part in Liga 4, the fourth tier of Georgian league system.

SFC Shturmi

Full name	SFC Shturmi Sartichala
Founded	2020
Ground	Sartichala Central stadium
Manager	Tornike Chaduneli
League	Liga 4
2021	3th in Liga 4 Relegation Round

History

On 6 March 2020 some media outlets announced that newly formed FC Shturmi Sartichala would replace FC Sarti Sartichala, dissolved in 2018, and represent the town in Regional league. Tornike Chaduneli, the former Torpedo Kutaisi defender and Sarti manager, took charge of the team.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended until August, when a single-round competition between 14 clubs of Group D East began.[1]

Being debutants in the Georgian league, the club from the very outset displayed an attacking football which greatly contributed to thrashing some rivals. By mid-season with the seven matches behind Shturmi had won five of them with a large margin and reached an astonishing 31:5 aggregate goal difference.

In mid-October the team was placed in a two-week COVID quarantine. Straight after the games were resumed, Shturmi set their own record by winning 12–0. Until the final game week the club kept beating all other opponents, although so did Dinamo-2 Tbilisi who, apart from the same winning run, had a better goal advantage. The decisive tie was supposed to determine a winner of the league group with promotion to Liga 4.

The match on 20 December in Sartichala drew a great interest among the cheering locals who, unable to get inside the ground, gathered around it. Shturmi took the lead after ten minutes with Dinamo equalizing five minutes later. Numerous attempts to break the well-defending rivals reached a dramatic end in stoppage time when the hosts were awarded a penalty kick. However, goalkeeper Omar Migineishvili saved it and with final score 1-1 Shturmi were denied a victory.[2]

In late January 2021 Georgian Football Federation decided to enlarge Liga 4 at the expense of all four second-placed Regionuli Liga clubs from the previous season[3] with Shturmi being among these promoted teams.

The start in the fourth tier was less impressive. However, the team drastically improved in the second stage, won ten games, including with 7-0 and 9-0, and prevailed in the final match of the season with a 12-0 victory.

Seasons

Year	League	Pos	M	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts	Notes	Georgian Cup
2020	Regionuli Liga D Group	2nd of 14	13	12	1	0	62-7	40	Promoted
2021	Liga 4 White Group	8th of 10	18	5	2	11	29-37	17		Round 2
	Relegation Round	3rd of 10	18	10	3	5	61-21	33

Players

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 Giorgi Ugrekhelidze 3 DF  GEO Tornike Latsabidze 4 DF  GEO Tornike Kiknadze (C) 6 MF  GEO Sergi Archuadze 7 MF  GEO Giorgi Bregvadze 8 MF  GEO Giorgy Khmaladze 9 MF  GEO Lasha Butskhrikidze 10 FW  GEO Beka Jugashvili 11 MF  GEO Giorgi Kapanadze 12 GK  GEO Guja Akhalkatsi 13 DF  GEO Davit Udumashvili

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  GEO Beka Pilpani 16 FW  GEO Nika Mekoshkishvili 17 MF  GEO Guram Shetsiruli 18 MF  GEO Lasha Jincharashvili 19 DF  GEO Beka Rukhadze 20 MF  GEO Saba Kurtanidze 21 DF  GEO Berika Dokhnadze 22 GK  GEO Nika Gabelia 23 FW  GEO Giorgi Gvasalia 30 MF  GEO Giorgy Aptsiauri 33 FW  GEO Berika Barbakadze

Stadium

Shturmi play home matches at Central stadium in Sartichala, which is due to undergo major reconstruction works according to an electronic tender, announced in January 2021.[4] For this reason the team hosted all their Liga 4 rivals at Sagarejo football ground.

Name

SFC stands for Sartichala Football Club while Georgian word shturmi can be translated as assault.

External links

• Page on Facebook

References

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