On Saturday Erovnuli Liga 12th round match will take place at Evgrafi Shevardnadze stadium in Lanchkhuti. FC Samtredia will host FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The match will start at 17:00.
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.
Coach and Samtredia
Georgian football specialist Badri Kvratskhelia is the head coach of FC Samtredia for already a month. Under his leadership the team is on the 8th place with 8 points.
Dinamo - Samtredia
Dinamo and Samtredia have played 38 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 28 times, lost 6 and 4 match finished with draw. The goal difference is 89/25 in favor of our team.
Dinamo defeated Samtredia with 5 and more goal difference for 5 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 March 16, 2018 in Tbilisi. Dinamo won this match with the score 3:1. Budu Zivzivadze, Akaki Shulaia and Giorgi Kutsia scored.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Papuna Macharadze will be referee today. L.Todria and D.Gabisonia will be his assistants. I.Kherkhadze will be the fourth official. Samtredia footballer Shota Kerdzevadze will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification.