FC Dinamo Tbilisi will host FC Dinamo Batumi in Erovnuli Liga 33rd round match. The 54th match between these teams will be held at Dinamo Arena and it will start at 17:00.
Our rival
Football club Dinamo Batumi was established in 1923. In 1990 it was renamed as FC Batumi. In 1994 it returned former name again. The main colors of the club are white and blue. The team plays home matches in Kobuleti at Chele Arena. Dinamo Batumi played in Georgian Cup final in 1993, 1995 and 1996. In 1997 the club gained bronze medal and was defeated in the final match. In 1998 our rival took the second place in national championship, won Georgian Cup and Super Cup. The team played on Euro arena in 1995 for the first time (Cup Winners Cup). The match against Obilic Belgrad finished with the score 3:2 on aggregate in favor of Dinamo Batumi. After that it competed with Celtic Glasgow and was defeated with the score 2:7 on aggregate. Our rival played on Euro arena for three seasons after that. In 2008 the team moved to Pirveli Liga. In 2012 Dinamo Batumi returned to Umaghlesi liga, then left it again in the end of the season and returned after a year. Last summer FC Dinamo Batumi played on Europa League as vice-champions of Georgia. On the first stage our rival competed with AC Omonia Nicosia. The match in Zestafoni finished in favor of Batumi team 1:0, although the second leg was lost with the score 2:0. In 2016 Dinamo Batumi defeated our team in mini final and won bronze medals. It played on Europa League and lost against Jagiellonia with the score 0:5 on aggregate on the first stage.
Coach and Dinamo Batumi
A week ago Georgian football specialist Aslan Baladze became the head coach of FC Dinamo Batumi. Our rival is on the 8th place with 33 points gained in 32 matches.
Before Dinamo
Our rival started 2017 championship with the loss against FC Locomotive 1:2. Then it defeated FC Dila Gori 1:0 and lost with FC Kolkheti Poti with the same score in Georgian Cup 1/16 final. Then it lost with FC Samtredia 0:1, defeated FC Chikhura 1:0, FC Shukura 2:0, lost with FC Dinamo Tbilisi 0:1, C Saburtalo 0:2 and FC Torpedo 1:3. After that our rival defeated FC Kolkheti 1:0, lost with FC Locomotive 1:2, FC Dila 2:3, FC Samtredia 0:2, played draw 0:0 with FC Chikhura and defeated FC Shukura Kobuleti-4:2. After that FC Dinamo Batumi lost with FC Dinamo Tbilisi-0:4, FC Saburtalo 0:1, FC Torpedo Kutaisi 0:1, played draw 0:0 with FC Kolkheti, defeated FC Locomotive 1:0 and FC Dila 2:1. Our rival lost with FC Samtredia 0:1, FC Chikhura 1:2 and defeated FC Shukura 3:2. The match with Dinamo Tbilisi finished with the victory of our team 1:2. Then our rival lost against FC Saburtalo and FC Torpedo with big score 0:5, defeated FC Kolkheti 2:0, lost with FC Locomotive 0:3, victory with FC Dila 1:0, loss with FC Samtredia 0:3, FC Chikhura 1:2 and draw 0:0 with FC Shukura.
Dinamo Tbilisi – Dinamo Batumi | Head to Head
From 53 played matches in national championship our team won for 38 times, lost 7 matches and 8 finished with draw. The goal difference is 111/45 in favor of Dinamo.
Ten matches between these teams finished with the score 1:0. Our team won with the score 3:1, 3:0 and 2:0 for six times and with the score 2:0 for seven times. On September 18, 1994 Dinamo defeated Dinamo Batumi with the score 5:3. Achil and Shoti scored three and two goals in this match. The same score was recorded on November 11, 2012. Our team lost with big score in XVI championship IX round match. The match in 2004 finished with the victory of our rival-0:3. Dinamo Tbilisi won with the biggest score on September 29, 2007. XIX championship VII round match finished with the score 7:0. Kobakhidze and Akirem performed double. Besides them Khutsishvili, Spasojevic and Khmaladze scored.
On May 28, 2017 the match at Dinamo Arena finished with the victory of our team 4:0. Beka Mikeltadze, Saba Lobzhanidze (2) and Giorgi Gvelesiani scored. The last match was held at Rugby Arena on August 26, 2017 and it finished with the victory of our team 2:1. Levan Gegechkori and Akaki Shulaia scored.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Giorgi Kruashvili will judge the match. D. Chigogidze and G.Elikashvili will be his assistants. B.Gluschuk will be the fourth official. Beka Varshanidze from Dinamo Batumi will miss the match because of disqualification.