On September 5 Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga 25th round match will be held in Telavi. Our team will compete with FC Telavi. The match will start at 20:00.
Our rival
FC Telavi was founded on June 19, 2016. The team plays home matches at legendary Givi Chokheli stadium, although at this stage the stadium is under reconstruction and the match against Dinamo will be held at Kavkasioni Arena. FC Telavi started from Regional League and moved to the Third League. In 2017 they finished on the third place and defeated FC Guria in play-off (2-1, 1-1). In 2018 FC Telavi continued progress and although couldn’t take the leading positions in Liga-2, but played in Georgian Cup semi-final. In the semi-final our rival lost with FC Torpedo Kutaisi with minimal score 0:1. In 2019 FC Telavi took the third place in Liga-2 and defeated FC Rustavi in play-off (1-0, 2-1). Thus, FC Telavi moved to Umaghlesi Liga and after 2006/2007 season will play there for the first time. FC Telavi finished 2020 season on the sixth place.
Coach and head -to-head
Georgian football specialist Giorgi Tsetsadze is the head coach of FC Telavi since July. His team is on the 7th place in the table with 24 points gained in 24 matches.
Dinamo and Telavi have competed for 8 times so far. From them Dinamo won 4 matches, 3 matches finished with draw and Telavi won once. The goal difference is 12/2 in favor of our team.
In 2020 season, these teams met twice and both teams finished without goals. On March 20, 2021 Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 3:0. Zoran Marusic, Fabian Sporkslede and Milan Radin scored. On May 16 Dinamo won with Saba Khvadagiani’s goal 1:0 at Dinamo Arena. On September 12 FC Telavi defeated Dinamo for the first time in the history. The match at Kavkasioni Arena finished with the score 1:0. On October 31 Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 4:0. Milan Radin, Levan Kharabadze, Zoran Marusic and Giorgi Moistsrapishvili scored. On April 10 the match in Telavi finished with draw 1:1. Anzor Mekvabishvili scored. The last match between these teams took place on May 25 and Dinamo won with the score 3:2 at Dinamo Arena. Vazha Patsatsia scored auto goal. Tornike Kirkitadze and Stanislav Bilenki also scored.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Irakli Kvirikashvili will be referee. D.Akhvlediani and D.Gabisonia will be his assistants. I.Kherkhadze will be the fourth official. Nobody will miss the match because of disqualification.