Tomorrow Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga 13th round match will be held in Tskaltubo in which FC Samgurali will host FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The match will start at 16:00.
Our rival
Tskaltubo Samgurali was founded in 1945. At first the team competed under the name of Mediki, and then until the end of the eighties it was called Shardrevani (The Fountain). Samgurali club colors are green and orange. The team plays its home matches at May 26 Tskaltubo Stadium. Tskaltubo team returned to Umaghlesi Liga after 18-years pause. The team played in Umaghlesi Liga for 11 seasons from the start of the first championship until 2002. The 80s are considered to be the most successful in the history of Samgurali. Tskaltubo became the champions of Georgia in 1983, 1985 and 1989. In 1986 the team became ice-Champion and in 1987 it won Bronze Medals. In 1989, Samgurali won the Georgian championship under the leadership Gari Sordia and defeated Tskhinvali Spartak in the cup final. Samgurali held the best season in the Georgian National Championship in 1992/93, when he finally took the fourth place in the tournament table. Tskaltubo was close to the trophy in the 1998/99 Cup final, but lost in penalties. Varlam Festvenidze has played the most matches in the history of the team (144), and Merab Megreladze became the best scorer with 41 goals scored in one season.
Coach and Samgurali
Georgian football specialist Giorgi Tchelidze is the head coach of FC Samgurali since January 2023. Under his leadership the team is on the 2nd place with 25 points gained in 12 rounds.
Dinamo -Samgurali | Head to head
These teams have played 28 matches during their history. From them our team won 17 matches and lost four. The goal difference is 75/21 in favor of our team.
Dinamo won with the big score for 11 times. The match in the first championship held on June 16 finished with the score 7:1. Gia Guruli and Kakha Katcharava performed double. Besides them Gocha Chikovani, Zaza Revshvili and Kakhi Gogichaishvili also scored. Dinamo defeated the rival with the same score on November 19, 1999. Rati Aleksidze (2), Klimenti Tsitaishvili (2), Mikheil Ashvetia, Irakli Vashakidze and Giorgi Shengelia scored. The biggest different in score was recorded on May 22, 1995, when Dinamo won with 7 unanswered goals. Giorgi demetradze (2), Aleksandre Iashvili, Giorgi Kiknadze, Gocha Jamarauli, Levan Kipiani and Levan Tskitishvili scored. Dinamo won with the score 6:90 twice. The first was on August 1, 1996 when Levan Kobiashvili, Levan Khomeriki and Gela Inalishvili performed doubles and on May 23, 1999 when Mikheil Ashvetia (2), Giorgi Kiknadze, Amiran Mujiri, Rati Aleksidze and Zura Khizanishvili scored. The score 4:0 was recorded twice. On May 30, 1991 Gia Jishkariani, Kakha Katcharava, Shota Arveladze and Mikheil Kavelashvili scored. On December 1, 1994 Aleksandre Iashvili performed hattrick and Gocha Jamarauli also scored. The only match Dinamo lost with Samgurali was held on Nomeber 29, 1991. The match finished with the score 1:2. Mikheil Kavelashvili scored.
Last year our rival defeated Dinamo twice. On April 25 the match was held in Tskaltubo and it finished with the score 2:0 and on June 23 in Tbilisi- 2:1. The score 2:1 was recorded between these teams for five times. On April 18 the match between these teams finished without goals. On June 16 the match in Tskaltubo finished with Samgurali’s victory 2:1. Barnes Osei scored. On September 10 Dinamo won with big score 3:0. Barnes Osei, Tornike Kirkitadze and Stansilav Bilenki scored. On November 26 heavy rain accompanied the match and it finished with draw 1:1. Imran Oulad Omar scored.
The last match between these teams was held on March 13, 2023 in Gori and Dinamo won with Giorgi Moistsrapishvili’s and Giorgi Kharaishvili’s goals - 2:0.
Referee and disqualified players
Giorgi Kruashvili will be referee. Z.Pipia and L.Varamishvili will be his assistants. D.Sanodze will be the fourth official. G.Avazashvili will be video referee and J.Khorava will be his assistant. Nobody will miss the match because of disqualification.