On July 25 FC Dinamo Tbilisi will play Erovnuli Liga 7th round match against FC Samtredia. The match at Erosi Manjgaladze stadium will start at 18:00.
Our rival
FC Samtredia was established in 1936. For years FC Locomotive Samtredia successfully played in Soviet championship second league. Afterwards the club played under different names (Samtredia, Sanavardo, Iberia) in Georgian championship. The team plays home matches at Erosi Manjgaladze stadium with the capacity of 3000 spectators. The main colors of the club are in white and blue. Samtredia achieved the biggest victory in 1994-1996 years. In 1995 the team took the second place in national championship. After 20 years our rival played Georgian Cup final and lost with FC Dinamo Tbilisi with the score 0:5. FC Samtredia finished the last championship (2016 autumn) on the first place and won gold medals for the first time in its history. In 2017 FC samtredia played on Champions League qualifying stage for the first time in its history. It competed with FC Karabakh and lost with the score 0:6 on aggregate. In the last season FC Samtredia won bronze medals. On Euro Arena our rival lost with FC Tobol in the first qualifying. In 2018 year it left Erovnuli Liga and returned back after a year pause.
Coach and Samtredia
Georgian football Kakhhi Katcharava is the head coach of FC Samtredia Since January 2020. Under his leadership the team is on the 6th place with 8 points.
Head to head
Dinamo and Samtredia have played 40 matches against each other. Our rival played the first three championships with the name Sanavardo. In 1998-2001 the club was called-Iberia. Our team has defeated FC Samtredia for 30 times, lost 6 and 5 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 99/27 in favor of our team.
Dinamo defeated Samtredia with 5 and more goal difference for 6 times. In 1991 Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 6:0. Kavelashvili performed hattrick and Ketsbaia, Inalishvili and Revishvili also scored. In 1996 our team won with the same score. Iashvili (2), Kerdzevadze, Demetradze, Inalishvili and Khomeriki scored. In two years Dinamo won with the score 7:2. Besides Ashvetia’s and Shengelia’s double, Kiknadze, Mujiri and Lursmanashvili also scored. In 2000 the match between these teams finished with the score 5:0. Gadelia, Datvadze, Sakhvadze, Gogoladze and Zirakishvili scored. In 2011 Dinamo defeated Samtredia with the score 7:1. Levan Khmaladze and Donald Juice performed doubles. Jelich, Arziani and Khumarashvili (auto-goal) also scored. The majority of matches have finished with the score 1:0 (for 8 times). From them Dinamo won five matches and Samtredia won thrice. The last match between these teams in Erovnuli Liga was held on October 27, 2018 in Zestafoni and finished with record result 8:1 in favor of Dinamo. Akaki Shulaia, Budu Zivzivadze and Giorgi Ivanishvili performed double. Besides them Mate Vatsadze and Lasha Totadze also scored.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Papuna Macharadze will be referee tomorrow. S.Spicin and Z.Bliadze will be his assistants. D. Sanodze will be the fourth official. Dinamo player Giorgi Kimadze will miss the match because of disqualification.