Our rival - Iberia 1999
FC Iberia-1999 (known as FC Saburtalo till 2024) was established in 1999. From 2017 season the club changed the stadium (it played home matches at Bendela stadium) and plays at Davit Petriashvili 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 FC Iberia took the third place in Red Group and competed with FC Dinamo in bronze play-off, in with it lost with the score 0:1 on aggregate. In 2017 FC Iberia finished the championship on the fourth place and in 2018 season it became champion. In 2019 year our rival won Georgian Cup. In the final Iberia defeated FC Locomotive with the score 3:1. Our rival started 2020 year by winning the Super Cup. FC Iberia finished 2021 season on the fourth place, in 2022 year it took the sixth place. The same result was recorded in 2023, although our rival won Georgian Cup after defeating FC Dinamo Batumi with the score 1:0.
Head to head
These teams have played 33 official matches in national championship. Our team defeated FC Saburtalo for 19 times, lost for 9 times and 5 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 56/31 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. On August 26 the match in Gori finished with Dinamo’s victory 2:1. Ousmane Camara and Oulad Imran scored. On October 29 and Dinamo won this match with the score 3:1. Ousmane Camara performed double and Giorgi Moistsrapishvili also scored. The first match in 2023 match between these teams took place in Gori and finished with Saburtalo’s victory 1:3. Zoran Marusic scored. The second stage match held in Rustavi finished with Saburtalo’s victory 2:1 (Giorgi Maisuradze scored). The third match in the championship finished with Dinamo’s victory 1:0. Denis Busnja scored. The last match of the championship was held at Petro Arena and Dinamo defeated the rival with three unanswered goals. Davit Skhirtladze, Zoran Marusic and Nika Ugrekhelidze scored. In the current season these teams competed on March 15 at Petro Arena. The host team won the match with the score 1:0. On May 10 Dinamo won at Dinamo Arena with Oscar Santis’sgoal 1:0. On May 25 FC Iberia won with the score 3:0.