On October 23 Dinamo Arena will host Erovnuli Liga 31st round match. FC Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Samtredia and the match will start at 20:00.
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. During its history different famous footballers have played in Samtredia. They are: Tariel Dvalishvili, Deviz Darjania, Piruz Kanteladze, Givi Babunidze, Temur Dzagnidze, Sergei Shvetsov, Zaza Janashia, Kakhi Gogichaishvili, Gia and Mikheil Jishkariani, Giorgi Daraselia, Zurab Ionanidze, Grigol Chanturia and Kakhi Kaladze.
Coach and Samtredia
Young Georgian football specialist Ucha Sosiashvili is the head coach of FC Samtredia since September 2017. Under his leadership the team played three matches. Today our rival is on the third place with 58 points gained in 30 matches.
Before Dinamo …
FC Samtredia started the new season with winning Georgian Super Cup. It defeated FC Torpedo with the score 2:1. In Erovnuli Liga our rival played the match against FC Shukura that finished with draw 1:1. Then it lost with FC Chikhura Sachkhere 0:1 and defeated FC Dinamo Batumi with the score 1:0. On Georgian Cup FC Samtredia competed with FC Wit Georgia and in 1/16 final and won the match with the score 2:1. Then our rival lost with our team 0:2, defeated FC Saburtalo 2:1, lost with FC Torpedo 0:2, defeated FC Kolkheti Poti 2:1, played draw 0:0 against FC Locomotive, lost with FC Torpedo in Georgian Cup 1/8 final, defeated FC Dila 2:1, FC Shukura 2:0, FC Chikhura 2:1 and FC Dinamo Batumi 2:0. After that FC Samtredia lost with FC Dinamo Tbilisi 2:3, defeated FC Saburtalo 3:2, lost with FC Torpedo 1:2, played draw 1:1 with FC Kolkheti Poti, defeated FC Locomotive 1:0 and FC Dila Gori 3:2. Then FC Samtredia lost with FC Karabakh in Baku 0:5 in Champions League second qualifying round and lost the second leg match in Tbilisi 0:1 at Dinamo Arena. Our rival won in the last three rounds and defeated FC Shukura 4:1, FC Chikhura Sachkhere 3:0 and FC Dinamo Batumi 1:0. After that our rival played draw 1:1 against FC Dinamo Tbilisi, FC Saburtalo and FC Torpedo, defeated FC Kolkheti 3:1 and FC Locomotive 2:1, lost with FC Dila 1:2, played draw 2:2 against FC Shukura, defeated FC Chikhura 2:1 and FC Dinamo Batumi 3:0.
Dinamo - Samtredia
Dinamo and Samtredia have played 36 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 27 times, lost 5 and 4 match finished with draw. The goal difference is 86/23 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 7 times). From them Dinamo won five matches and Samtredia won twice. The last match between these teams in Erovnuli Liga was held on August 12, 2017 in Samtredia. Dinamo finished this match with the score 1:1. Beka Mikeltadze scored.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Giorgi Kruashvili will be referee tomorrow. S. Spicin and A.Kokaia will be his assistants. G. Avazashvili and P.Macharadze will be additional assistants. Sh.Kukhilava will be the fourth official. Dinamo footballer Akaki Shulaia and Samtredia player Bakar Balde and Lasha Kasradze will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification.