Dinamo Tbilisi will play first leg of UEFA Champions League play-off match against Tottenham Hotspur. Our team has held 3 matched against Spurs. During the history Dinamo has competed with English football clubs for 14 times from which Dinamo won 4 matches, lost-8 and 2 matches ended in draw.
Dinamo Tbilisi played against English football club in 1957 for the first time. Tbilisian footballers were defeated by West Bromwich Albion FC with the score 0:3.
In 1960 Dinamo Tbilisi played against Sheffield Wednesday FC for two times. The first match took place in Tbilisi on May 28 and ended with the victory of our team-1:0.Mikheil Meskhi scored the goal. The second match was held in Sheffield on November 7 and ended with the victory of English club-0:5.
On November 10, 1960 Georgian footballers held friendly match against Wolverhampton Wanderers FC which ended in draw-5:5. Basa Ghoghoberidze and Mikheil Meskhi performed double. One goal was scored by Zaur Kaloevi.
On May 15, 1961 Aston Villa FC from Birmingham visited Tbilisi. With Zaur Kaloevi’s double Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 2:0.
On August 13, 1977 Dinamo Tbilisi was defeated in friendly match by West Bromwich Albion FC with the score 0:1.
On UEFA Champions Cup first stage in 1979-80 season Dinamo competed with Liverpool FC. Our team lost first leg away match with the score 1:2. Aleksandre Chivadze scored. On October 3, Dinamo won the second leg in Tbilisi with the score 3:0. Vladimer Gutsaevi, Ramaz Shengelia and Aleksandre Chivadze scored goals.
Dinamo Tbilisi competed with West Ham United FC in 1/4 final of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1980-81 season. Dinamo won the first leg in London on March 4, 1981 with the score 4:1. Ramaz Shengelia performed double in this match. Besides him Aleksandre Chivadze and Vladimer Gutsaevi scored. The second leg match was won by the English club in Tbilisi on March 18.
Dinamo played against English football clubs for the last time in 1989. Our team was defeated by Oldham Athletic AFC in the friendly match with the score 0:1.
The ways of Dinamo and Tottenham Hotspur were crossed on November 15, 1960 for the first time. Our team was defeated in the friendly match against Spurs with the score 2:5. Tengiz Melashvili and Vladimer Barkaia scored goals.
After 13 years Dinamo played against Tottenham Hotspur on UEFA Cup third qualifying round in 1973-74 season. The first leg took place on November 28, 1973 and it ended in draw-1:1. Kakhi Asatiani scored in this match. On December 12 Dinamo Tbilisi was defeated in the second leg in London with the score 1:5. Zorbeg Ebralidze from Dinamo scored the only goal.