On October 28 Dinamo Tbilisi will visit Kutaisi. Georgian derby will start at 20:00 at Shengelia Arena.
Our rival
FC Torpedo Kutaisi was established in 1946. Torpedo plays home matches at Kutaisi central stadium which envisages 19 400 spectators. After re-branding in the club main symbols of the club are in yellow and green colors. Torpedo Kutaisi reached the first serious success after three years of its establishment when it became the champion of national championship of that time. In 1960-1962 our rival played in Soviet championship zone B. On May 2, 1962 Torpedo played the first match of Soviet championship high league in Kutaisi. It competed with Torpedo Moscow and defeated it with the score 5:1. April 15, 1963 is one of the outstanding dates in the history of Torpedo stadium. On this day Torpedo Kutaisi and Dinamo Tbilisi competed with each other. The match finished with draw-0:0. 40 000 spectators attended this match and this figure is still record for Torpedo central stadium. 1970 season appeared to be unsuccessful for Torpedo Kutaisi. The team moved to Pirveli Liga from Umaghlesi Liga again and started the new season there. In 1988 Torpedo returned to Umaghlesi Liga once more but in this period Georgia departed from USSR and the team continued to play in independent Georgian national championship. After Dinamo Tbilisi this club has become champion of Georgia for many times. In 1999-00 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2017 years Torpedo Kutaisi became champion. 1998–99, 2000–01 the club won Georgian Cup as well. FC Torpedo won the next Georgian Cup after 15 years. In 2016 our rival defeated FC Merani Martvili in Georgian Cup final match with the score 2:1. In 2018 Torpedo won Georgian Super Cup after defeating FC Chikhura Sachkhere.The same result was recorded in 2019 against FC Saburtalo.
Head to head
From 92 matches our team has won for 49 times, lost 18 and 25 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 152/79 in favor of Dinamo Tbilisi.
Dinamo Tbilisi has defeated FC Torpedo with the score 5:1 for 3 times in national championship. For the first time it was on April , 1991 in IV round of II national championship, on September 17, 1995 in III round of XVII national championship and on June 25, 2022 in 19th round of 34th national championship.
Our team won with four goal difference twice. For the first time in 2013/2014 season, XXIV national championship, second stage, VIII round. The match finished with the score 4:0. The second match was in the first stage of 34th national championship. On August 27, 2000 Dinamo was defeated with the score 0:3 in II round of XII national championship.
Our team has won with the biggest score in Kutaisi. On March 17, 2007 Dinamo defeated Torpedo with the score 5:0 in XVII round match of XVIII national championship. On May 4, 2013 our team defeated the rival with the score 4:0 at Dinamo Arena and became champions of Georgia in this match.
The most popular score is 1:0 that was recorded for 20 times. In national championship, FC Torpedo won the home match on September 21, 2011 with the score 2:1. Albert Iague scored from Dinamo.
On March 10, 2024 the match in Tbilisi finished with Dinamo’s victory 1:0. 16 years-old Vakho Salia scored against Torpedo. On May 2 the match in Kutaisi finished without goals. The last match between these teams took place on August 18, 2024 in Tbilisi and it finished with Torpedo’s victory 1:2. Nika Ninua scored.