On March 9 FC Dinamo Tbilisi will host FC Sioni Bolnisi in Erovnuli Liga 3rd round match. The match at Dinamo Arena will start at 19:30.
Our Rival
FC Sioni Bolnisi plays in Georgian national championship from 1995. The team plays home matches in Bolnisi at Tamaz Stepania stadium with the capacity of 3300 spectators. Although because of reconstruction works of the stadium Mikheil Meskhi-2 will host the team in this season. The main symbols of the club are in white and yellow colors. FC Sioni Bolnisi achieved the biggest success in its history in 2005/2006 when FC Sioni won national championship and played at qualifying round of UEFA Champions League. In 2013/2014 our rival took the third place in national championship. The team played on Europa League and competed with Flamurtari Vlore. FC Sioni lost home match 2:3 and won away match 2:1 but this score wasn’t enough to move to the next stage. In 2015/2016 season FC Sioni left Umaghlesi Liga. In 2017 it defeated FC Dinamo Batumi in play-off and returned to Erovnuli Liga. Our rival played in Erovnuli Liga for two seasons and then went to Liga-2. In 2021 the team returned to Erovnuli Liga again.
Coach and Sioni
Georgian football specialist Giorgi Daraselia is the head coach of FC Sioni Bolnisi since June 2021. Under his leadership our rival managed to return to Erovnuli Liga after two years pause.
Dinamo - Sioni
These teams have competed with each other for 65 times in national championship. From these matches Dinamo Tbilisi has won for 51 times, lost 8 matches and 6 finished in draw. The goal difference is 159/39 in favor of our team.
From 51 victories Dinamo Tbilisi has defeated its rival with big score for 21 times. The match held in 1996 is worth mentioning when our team won with the score 8:0. Giorgi Demetradze (4), Levan Tskitishvili (2), Aleksandre Iashvili and Levan Khomeriki scored. The team achieved the same success in 1998 when they beat FC Sioni Bolnisi with the score 8:1. Levan Khomeriki, Rati Aleksidze and Giorgi Shengelia performed double. Levan Tskitishvili and Giorgi Mikadze also scored. In 2000 Dinamo Tbilisi defeated FC Sioni with the biggest score-9:0. Robert Zirakishvili (3), Giorgi Mikadze (3), Davit Datvadze (2) and Sandro Gadelia scored at Dinamo Arena.
The last match between these teams took place on September 28, 2019. The match at Dinamo Arena finished with draw 0:0. Giorgi Kukhianidze opened the score and Levan Khmaladze equalized the score.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Bakar Ninua will judge the match. L.Varamishvili and I.Kakabadze will be his assistants. G.Kikacheishvili will be the fourth official. Nobody will miss the match because of disqualification.