FC Torpedo Kutaisi

FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. 'Torpedo Kutaisi' was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. Torpedo play their home games at Ramaz Shengelia Stadium.

FC Torpedo Kutaisi
Full nameFootball Club Torpedo Kutaisi
Nickname(s)FC Torpedo
Founded1946 (1946)
GroundRamaz Shengelia Stadium
Kutaisi, Georgia
Capacity14,700
ChairmanFabio Maninni
ManagerMikheil Ashvetia
LeagueErovnuli Liga
20196th
WebsiteClub website

History

FC Torpedo Kutaisi was founded in 1946 on the base of Kutaisi Automotive Plant. In 1949 the club became the winner of the Georgian SSR Championship. In 1959 two football clubs "FC Torpedo Kutaisi" and "FC Locomotive Kutaisi" were united and the name remained "FC Torpedo Kutaisi". In 1962 "FC Torpedo Kutaisi" was firstly became a participant in the Soviet Top League. Many famous Georgian football players began their career in this club. For example, when Dinamo Tbilisi won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1980–81, five footballers were the ex-players of FC Torpedo Kutaisi.

When the Georgian National Championships started in 1990, the club changed its name into "FC Kutaisi". But after three years, the club restored the old name. The last years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st were the most successful years in the club's history. During 1999–02 the club won five domestic titles. During that time most players of the Georgia national football team were from "FC Torpedo Kutaisi". Besides this, Georgian managers (Jemal Kherkhadze, David Kipiani, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Otar Gabelia, Vladimir Gutsaev and others) worked in the club as a head coach and in the staff too.

After the season 2004–05, three times Georgian Premier League Champion and two times Georgian National Cup Winner FC Torpedo Kutaisi was dissolved. Its last game was in Borisov, Belarus against BATE Borisov (First Qualifying Round of UEFA Cup 2005–06) in which FC Torpedo Kutaisi lost 5–0. After this, a new football club "FC Kutaisi Torpedo" was founded, but it was not the successor of FC Torpedo Kutaisi and had no titles. "FC Kutaisi Torpedo" was participating in the Georgian Premier League during two seasons (2005–06 and 2006–07), but due to financial reasons it was removed from the top league and began playing in the Pirveli Liga. In 2017 Torpedo won the championship for the first time in 15 years in the most dramatic circumstances. They played their last fixture in Tbilisi against title rivals Dinamo, and needed to win in order to capture the title, while their opponents needed just a draw. Torpedo had a 1–0 advantage when they conceded a penalty in the last minute of the game. However, the penalty was saved by the goalkeeper and a dramatic win saw Torpedo crowned champions of Georgia.

Honours

Erovnuli Liga

Georgian Cup

Georgian Super Cup

Current squad

As of 5 August 2020[1][2]

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 Soso Kopaliani
2 DF  GEO Vaja Tabatadze
3 DF  GEO Bakar Mirtskhulava
4 DF  GEO Lasha Kasradze
5 DF  GEO Tsotne Nadaraia
6 DF  SRB Vanja Marković
7 MF  GEO Zaza Tsitskishvili
8 DF  GEO Irakli Dzaria
9 MF  UKR Ivan Bobko
10 FW  UKR Vitaliy Ponomar
11 FW  GEO Davit Ionanidze
13 DF  GEO Giorgi Abzianidze
14 FW  GEO Giorgi Pantsulaia
16 MF  GEO Zaur Goguadze
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK  GEO Levan Shovnadze
18 MF  GEO Mate Abuladze
19 FW  GEO Otar Kvernadze
20 MF  GEO Tamaz Sharvashidze
21 DF  GEO Vakhtang Botchorishvili
22 MF  GEO Giorgi Janelidze
23 MF  GEO Oleg Mamasakhlisi
24 MF   SUI Giorgi Ivanishvili
29 GK  GEO Davit Asatiani
30 DF  GEO Luka Kapianidze
31 GK  GEO Demetre Buliskeria
33 DF  GEO Tornike Grigalashvili
35 DF  GEO Guram Adamadze
40 MF  GEO Beka Tugushi

European history

Overall record

Accurate as of 18 July 2019
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
UEFA Champions League 12 5 2 5 14 19 −5 041.67
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 22 5 2 15 27 48 −21 022.73
UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 050.00
Total 38 12 5 21 50 70 −20 031.58

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Erebuni 6–0 1–1 7–1
2R Lommel 1–2 1–0 2–2
1999–00 UEFA Cup QR Lantana 4–2 5–0 9–2
1R AEK 0–1 1–6 1–7
2000–01 UEFA Champions League 2QR Crvena Zvezda 2–0 0–4 2–4
2001–02 UEFA Champions League 1QR Linfield 1–0 0–0 1–0
2QR Copenhagen 1–1 1–3 2–4
2002–03 UEFA Champions League 1QR B36 Tórshavn 5–2 1–0 6–2
2QR Sparta Prague 1–2 0–3 1–5
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Lens 0–2 0–3 0–5
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1QR BATE Borisov 0–1 0–5 0–6
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1QR Aktobe 1–1 0–1 1–2
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1QR Žilina 0–3 3–3 3–6
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1QR Trenčín 0–3 1–5 1–8
2018–19 UEFA Champions League 1QR FC Sheriff 2–1 0–3 2–4
UEFA Europa League 2QR Víkingur Gøta 3–0 4–0 7–0
3QR Kukësi 5–2 0–2 5–4
PO Ludogorets Razgrad 0–1 0–4 0–5
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1QR Ordabasy 0–2 0–1 0–3

UEFA coefficient

Rank Country Team Points
275 Torpedo Kutaisi 3.750

As of 8 August 2019.

Seasons

Key

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Domestic Cup Federation Cup GSSR Cup Super Cup UEFA
FIFA
Name Goals
League Top goalscorer
1946 STL 12228122064th n/a ??
1948 DSSC 100113012 n/a ??
1949 SFL/UR 2616825825402nd 1/32 n/a Runners-up ??
1953 1/64 n/a ??
1955 Z4,1/128 n/a ??
1957 SFL/Z3 3016685428386th Z3,1/2 n/a Guram Gomelauri, Omar Kakhiani10
1958 SFL/Z4 3017676635404th Z4,1/4 n/a ??
1959 SFL/Z3 2611693634286th n/a n/a Amiran Zardania, Givi Lejava10
1960 SFL 3021727021491st Z3,1/4 n/a ??
1961 SFL 3022264923461st 1/32 n/a Givi Lejava15
1962 STL 1875621161915th 1/16 n/a Valerian Chkhartishvili7
1963 STL 386211122373312th 1/16 n/a Roman Siradze5
1964 STL 321071520372713th 1/16 n/a Valerian Chkhartishvili9
1965 STL 32832129691916th 1/16 n/a Jumber Khajalia10
1966 STL 369101744592815th 1/16 n/a Jumber Khajalia11
1967 STL 368151337503113th 1/16 n/a Demuri Vekua10
1968 STL 389101927482819th 1/16 n/a Demuri Vekua11
1969 STL 26461620501414th 1/16 n/a Jemal Kherkhadze16
1970 STL 326111524422316th 1/8 n/a Jemal Kherkhadze9
1971 SFL 4212151547533911th 1/16 n/a Demuri Vekua10
1972 SFL 38196134932445th 1/16 n/a Jemal Kherkhadze12
1973 SFL 38164184046349th 1/16 n/a Jemal Kherkhadze8
1974 SFL 381410143742388th 1/32 n/a Jemal Kherkhadze, Merab Chakhunashvili8
1975 SFL 38181375531493rd PR n/a Ramaz Shengelia15
1976 SFL 381315104638417th R2 n/a Ramaz Shengelia12
1977 SFL 38158154548389th R1 n/a Giorgi Gabechvadze9
1978 SFL 38149154441379th R1 n/a Badri Parulava, Aleksandre Kvernadze7
1979 SFL 4617151444404611th GS n/a Aleksandre Kvernadze9
1980 SFL 461891962544513th GS n/a Aleksandre Kvernadze9
1981 SFL 46264165746562nd GS n/a Deviz Darjania19
1982 STL 3410101439453013th GS n/a Merab Megreladze19
1983 STL 3441218265818[3]16th 1/4 n/a Merab Megreladze8
1984 SFL 42239107655552nd 1/16 n/a Otar Korghalidze24
1985 STL 341191440513111th 1/32 n/a Merab Megreladze8
1986 STL 30571824601716th 1/16 GS Otar Korgalidze8
1987 SFL 4211121930513421st 1/16 Yason Bzikadze, Melori Bigvava, Gocha Gogrichiani, Aleksandre Kvernadze, Giorgi Tkavadze, David Ugrelidze, Vasili Shengelia3
1988 SSL 3024427021521st 1/32 Merab Megreladze29
1989 SFL 421851969734113th 1/4 Merab Megreladze33
1990 UML[4] 3420596233654th 1/4[5] Teimuraz Paikidze10
1991 UML 1911263430353rd n/a[6] Mamuka Khundadze10
1991–92 UML 381541966604911th 1/2 David Janashia17
1992–93 UML 32164127054525th 1/2 Mamuka Khundadze19
1993–94 UML 32157105649523rd 1/16 Mirza Maglakelidze13
1994–95 UML 30142145847446th 1/8 Mamuka Khundadze25
1995–96 UML 3015786949527th 1/4 Mikheil Ashvetia31
1996–97 UML 30144127058465th 1/8 Mikheil Ashvetia24
1997–98 UML 3015965130544th 1/8 Giorgi Megreladze17
1998–99 UML 3021457327672nd Winners Runners-up Intertoto Cup – R2 Zurab Ionanidze16
1999–00 UML 2819727016641st Runners-up n/a UEFA Cup – R1 Zurab Ionanidze27
2000–01 UML 3220844915681st Winners n/a UEFA Champions League – 2Q Zurab Ionanidze11
2001–02 UML 3223546418741st Runners-up n/a UEFA Champions League – 2Q Andriy Poroshin17
2002–03 UML 3222646520722nd 1/2 UEFA Champions League – 2Q Zurab Ionanidze28
2003–04 UML 32156114638517th Runners-up UEFA Cup – QR Suliko Davitashvili20
2004–05 UML 36201065631702nd 1/4 Giorgi Megreladze23
2005–06 UML 30861628423012th 1/8 UEFA Cup – 1Q Mamuka Gongadze, Otar Kvernadze4
2006–07 UML 2694132435317th[7] 1/4 David Gamezardashvili4
2007–08 PIL 271161038313911th GS ??
2008–09 PIL 30143133222459th 1/16 ??
2009–10 PIL 2822427012701st R2 Revaz Kvernadze14
2010–11 UML 36141393122554th Runners-up Giorgi Megreladze14
2011–12 UML 3620795032673rd 1/4 UEFA Europa League – 1Q Revaz Gotsiridze13
2012–13 UML 3219765730643rd 1/4 UEFA Europa League – 1Q Nika Sabanadze12
2013–14 UML 32146124344487th 1/4 UEFA Europa League – 1Q Nika Sabanadze13
2014–15 UML 30101193933418th 1/4 Otar Kvernadze10
2015–16 UML 30146105042486th 1/4 Tornike Kapanadze9
2016 UML/GW 124351612156th Winners Oleg Mamasakhlisi5
2017 ERL 3623765927761st Runners-up Runners-up UEFA Europa League – 1Q Tornike Kapanadze14
2018 ERL 3620976625693rd Winners Winners UEFA Champions League – 1Q

UEFA Europa League – Play-off

Tornike Kapanadze21
2019 ERL 36128165354446 1/2 Winners UEFA Europa League – 1Q Budu Zivzivadze13
2020 ERL 923471397 1/16 Giorgi Pantsulaia4

Managers

Notes and references

  1. "Squad". Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. "Torpedo squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. -2 points
  4. Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation - federation of native country.
  5. Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation – federation of native country.
  6. due to changing the basis of the calendar from spring/autumn to autumn/spring, 1991 season the cup competition did not conducted
  7. FC Torpedo Kutaisi was relegated due to financial reasons by GFF. See the final standings

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