FC Tskhinvali

FC Tskhinvali is a Georgian football club which plays in the Liga 4, the fourth tier in Georgian football. The original club was founded in 1936 in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia. The current club was founded in 2007, in an effort for the Georgian government to regain control over South Ossetia.[2] Due to the enduring Georgian–Ossetian conflict, FC Tskhinvali has played its home games in Georgia state-controlled territory.

FC Tskhinvali
Full nameFC Tskhinvali
Nickname(s)Kartvelebi
Founded1936
GroundPoladi Stadium, Rustavi,[1] Georgia
Capacity10,720
ManagerVladimer Vashadze
LeagueLiga 4

The name of the team was changed several times. As usual, the name was FC Spartak. Tskhinvali is the new name for FC Tskhinvali, who withdrew in winter 2015.

History

Spartak Tskhinvali

The original Spartaki Tskhinvali were founded in 1936, and during the time of the Soviet Union were a mainstay in the regional Georgian League, which was the fourth division in the Soviet league table. The club's biggest success came in 1987 when they won the regional Georgian Cup.[3]

In 2005–06 FC Spartak Tskhinvali was based in Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori. Since January 2015 the team withdrew their name from FC Spartak to FC Tskhinvali.[4]

In the 2014/15 season, finishing 4th in the Georgian Premier League, FC Tskhinvali qualified to 2015–16 Europa League first qualifying round. [5]

Honours
Champion: 1987 [6]
Champion: 2013
Bronze medal winner: 1997, 2005

Current squad

As of August 2019[7]

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 Mindia Gogiashvili
2 MF  GEO Nikoloz Gabelaia
3 DF  GEO Achiko Shalamberidze
4 DF  GEO Jemal Gogiashvili
5 DF  GEO Luka Maghradze
7 MF  GEO Tornike Mosiashvili
8 MF  GEO Soso Malania
9 DF  GEO Beka Kebadze
11 FW  GEO Guram Kavelashvili
12 GK  GEO Giorgi Kutateladze
13 DF  GEO Lasha Khatiashvili
14 MF  GEO Nikoloz Gabrichidze
16 MF  GEO Luka Janashia
17 MF  GEO Luka Beriashvili
18 MF  GEO Sandro Kvirikashvili
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  GEO Zviad Gogia
20 DF  GEO Giorgi Narimanidze
21 MF  GEO Givi Ioseliani
22 MF  GEO Tsotne Samushia
23 MF  GEO Akaki Janelidze
24 MF  GEO Aleksandre Gamtsemlidze
25 DF  GEO Giga Cheishvili
26 FW  GEO Luka Khardziani
27 MF  GEO Zviad Lobjanidze
29 DF  GEO Avtandil Siradze
30 GK  GEO Tariel Khaindrava
32 MF  GEO Davit Dvalishvili
33 DF  GEO Giorgi Didebashvili
35 FW  GEO Giorgi Muzashvili

Eurocups record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q FC Botoșani 1–3 1–1
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round

Managers

References
  1. Football players of South Ossetia are ready to participate in the Congo national championship, but not in Georgian Archived 2011-08-23 at Archive.today (in Russian)
  2. Displaced Georgians keep memories alive with soccer in exile - Eurasianet
  3. "Spartaki Tskhinvali: Georgia's football memorial to South Ossetia".
  4. Georgia 2015/16 - RSSSF
  5. FC Tskhinvali qualified to 2015–16 Europa League first qualifying round – 2015–16 UEFA Europa League list of participants.
  6. Georgia - List of Cup Winners - RSSSF
  7. "Players". Erovnuliliga. Retrieved 17 August 2019.


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