On November 30 FC Dinamo Tbilisi will host FC Sioni Bolnisi in Erovnuli Liga 34th round. The match at Dinamo Arena will start at 17:00.
Our Rival
FC Sioni Bolnisi plays in Georgian national championship from 1995. The team plays home matches in Bolnisi at Tamaz Stepania’s 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.
Coach and Sioni
Teimuraz Shalamberidze is the head coach of FC Sioni Bolnisi since July 2018. Under his leadership our rival is on the 8th place with 31 points gained in 33 rounds in the current season.
Dinamo - Sioni
These teams have competed with each other for 60 times in national championship. From these matches Dinamo Tbilisi has won for 48 times, lost 7 matches and 5 finished in draw. The goal difference is 144/33 in favor of our team. From 48 victories Dinamo Tbilisi has defeated its rival with big score for 18 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 23, 2018. The match at Mikheil Meskhi stadium finished without goals 0:0.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Jeneri Khorava will judge the match. L. Varamishvili and I.Machitadze will be his assistants. B.Gluschuk will be the fourth official. Dinamo footballer Lasha Totadze and Sioni player Luka Nozadze will miss the match because of disqualification.