FC Samtredia
FC Samtredia (Georgian: სკ სამტრედია), commonly known simply as Samtredia, is a Georgian association football club based in Samtredia, Georgia. The club plays in the Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football. Their home ground is Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium.
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| Full name | Football Club Samtredia | ||
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| Founded | 1936 as Sanavardo Samtredia | ||
| Ground | Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia, Georgia | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Gia Omanadze | ||
| Coach | Giorgi Mikadze | ||
| League | Erovnuli Liga | ||
| 2020 | 7th | ||
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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 2nd, 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, Samtredia finished in 4th place, in 1994/1995 they ended the season with the silver which implied a qualification for preliminary round of UEFA Cup. The debut in European football competitions turned out unsuccessful, though.[2]
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 a transitional competition 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.[3] Samtredia completed the season with the Double after they beat Georgian Cup holders FC Torpedo Kutaisi in the Super Cup game.[4]
In 2019 the club played in Liga 2, although returned to the top division after one season.
| Season | Div | Pos | Notes | Top goalscorers | Cup |
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| 2006/07 | II | 11 | |||
| 2007/08 | II | 8 | |||
| 2008/09 | II | 1 | Promoted | 1/8 | |
| 2009/10 | I | 7 |  Zaur Khachiperadze - 11 | 1/8 | |
| 2010/11 | I | 10 | Relegated | Giga Kverenchkhiladze - 4 | 1/16 |
| 2011/12 | II | 9 | Papuna Shatirishvili - 3 | 1/16 | |
| 2012/13 | II | 5 | Zaur Khachiperadze - 9 | 1/8 | |
| 2013/14 | II | 1 | Promoted | Zviad Kantaria - 11 | 1/16 |
| 2014/15 | I | 6 | Tornike Kapanadze - 7 | Runners-up | |
| 2015/16 | I | 2 | Budu Zivzivadze - 16 | 1/4 | |
| 2016 | I | 1 | Won the league | Budu Zivzivadze - 11 | 1/4 |
| 2017 | I | 3 | Davit Rajamashvili - 8 | 1/8 | |
| 2018 | I | 9 | Relegation play-off, lost | Giorgi Pantsulaia - 6 | 1/8 |
| 2019 | II | 2 | Promotion play-off, won | Guram Samushia - 15 | 1/8 |
| 2020 | I | 7 |  Nijat Gurbanov - 4 | 1/8 |
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 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 |
Distinguished players
Born in Samtredia, Kаkha Kaladze began his football career at the age of 11 in FC Samtredia's junior team as a striker.
Name
Throughout their history Samtredia have also been named Lokomotivi, Sanavardo, Juba and Iberia[5] with the current name regained in 2006.
Samtredia literally means a place where pigeons reside and comes from Georgian word mtredi - pigeon.
Current squad
As of 5 March 2020[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
| Name | Year |
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| Levan Anjaparidze | Jan 2011 - Jul 2011 |
| Koba Mikadze | Aug 2011 - Oct 2011 |
| Gia Bendeliani | Oct 2011 - Sep 2012 |
| Leri Megeneishvili | Sep 2012 - Dec 2012 |
| Dato Chelidze | Jan 2013 - Jun 2013 |
| Ucha Sosiashvili | Jul 2013 - Dec 2013 |
| Gela Sanaia | Jan 2014 - Oct 2014 |
| Giorgi Tsetsadze | Oct 2014 - Sep 2018 |
| Giorgi Daraselia | Sep 2018 - Dec 2018 |
| Kakhaber Kacharava | Jan 2019 - Aug 2020 |
| Giorgi Mikadze | Aug 2020 - |
References
- "Samtredia in 1970-80s". Wildstat.
- "Samtredia vs Vardar 1995 History". uefa.com.
- "Chikhura vs Samtredia 11 Dec 2016". Socceway.
- "Samtredia wins the Super Cup". 27 Feb 2017.
- "The history of FC Samtredia". fcsamtredia.com. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Players". Erovnuliliga. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- Georgia - List of Champions - RSSSF