On October 29 Erovnuli Liga 32nd FC Dinamo Tbilisi will host FC Saburtalo. The match at Dinamo Arena will start at 18:00.
Our rival
FC Saburtalo was established in 1999. The team played at Bendela stadium till 2017 season, after that at Davit Petriashvili stadium and nowadays it plays home matches at Mikheil Meskhi stadium. The main colors of the club are red and white. In 2013/2014 season the team started to play in Pirveli Liga. In 2014/2015 it gained success in Pirveli Liga first group and moved to Umaghlesi Liga. In 2016 championship it took the third place in red group and competed with FC Dinamo in bronze play-off. It lost with the score 0:1 on aggregate. FC Saburtalo finished 2017 season on the fourth place. In 2018 season it became champion and won gold medals. In 2019 our rival won Georgian Cup. It defeated our team with the score 3:1 in the final. The team started 2020 year by winning Super Cup. FC Saburtalo finished 2021 season on the 4th place.
Coach and Saburtalo
Since September 2022 Georgian football specialist Teimuraz Shalamberidze is the head coach of FC Saburtalo. His team is on the sixth place with 44 points gained in 31 matches.
Dinamo - Saburtalo | Head to head
These teams have played 25 official matches in national championship. Our team defeated FC Saburtalo for 15 times, lost for 5 times and 5 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 46/21 in favor of our team.
On August 29, 2015 Dinamo defeated the rival in 27th national championship third round match. Mate Tsintsadze (pen.), Giorgi Kvilitaia, Vakho Tchanturishvili and Aleksandre Iashvili scored. The second match took place on February 27, 2016 and finished with Dinamo’s victory 4:0. Giorgi Kvilitaia performed double. Besides him Jaba Jighauri and Giorgi Tevzadze also scored. The third match against FC Dinamo Tbilisi finished without goals on November 30, 2016. The second leg match took place on December 4, 2016 and finished with the victory of our team 1:0. Giorgi Zaria scored. On April 23 our team defeated the rival with the score 2:0. Saba Lobzhanidze and Giorgi Tevzadze scored. On June 17 the match at Davit Petriashvili stadium finished with the victory of Dinamo 5:0. Giorgi Papunashvili performed double. Bachana Arabuli, Saba Lobzhanidze and Nika Ninua also scored. On September 17, 2017 the match between these teams finished with the victory of FC Saburtalo 4:1. Lasha Totadze scored. The last match of 2017 season took place at Davit Petriashvili stadium and finished without goals. In this season these teams competed on April 15. The match at Dinamo Arena finished with the victory of guest team-1:0. Our rival won with the same score on June 17 at Mikheil Meskhi stadium. On September 16 Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 2:1. Giorgi Rekhviashvili scored auto-goal and Levan Shengelia recorded the final result of the match. On November 26 Saburtalo won the match with the score 2:1. Budu Zivzivadze scored.
On March 31, 2019 Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 4:2. Levan Kutalia performed hattrick. Fran Carbia also scored. On May 20 FC Saburtalo won with the score 2:0. On October 2 our team won with Nika Ninua’s double-2:1. On October 27 the match at Mikheil Meskhi stadium finished without goals. 2020 national championship first stage match between these teams finished with Dinamo’s victory-3:0. Giorgi Kutsia, Tornike Kapanadze and Irakli Bughridze scored. In the second stage, on October 23 Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 3:1. Nodar Kavtaradze (2) and Giorgi Papava scored. On March 14, 2021 Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 4:3. Zoran Marusic (2), Giorgi Gabedava and Giorgi Papava scored. On May 12, 2021 Dinamo scored 4 goals against Saburtalo. Zoran Marusic performed double again. Tornike Akhvlediani and Giorgi Gabedava also scored. On August 8 the match finished with Dinamo’s victory 2:1. Dmitri Mandrichenko scored auto goal. Barnes Osei scored the second goal. On October 24 Dinamo won with Nodar Kavtaradze’s goal- 1:0. On April 14, 2022 the match finished with draw 1:1. Giorgi Gabedava scored. On May 16 the match between these teams finished without goals. The last match between these teams took place on August 26 in Gori and finished with Dinamo’s victory 2:1. Ousmane Camara and Oulad Imran scored.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Aleko Aptsiauri will be referee. G.Elikashvili and D.Akhvlediani will be his assistants. B.Gluschuk will be the fourth official. I.Kvirikashvili will be video referee. D.Chigogidze will be his assistant. Giorgi Gabedava and Otar Mamageishvili will miss the match because of disqualification.