FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Dinamo Batumi will compete in Erovnuli Liga 24th round match. The 53rd match between these teams will be held at Rugby Arena in Batumi and it will start at 20:00.
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
Ukrainian football specialist Konstantin Prolov is the head coach of FC Dinamo Batumi since May 2017. Under his leadership our rival is on the 7th place with 26 points gained in 23 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.
Dinamo Tbilisi – Dinamo Batumi | Head to Head
From 52 played matches in national championship our team won for 37 times, lost 7 matches and 8 finished with draw. The goal difference is 109/44 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. 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.
The last match between these teams was held on May 28, 2017 at Dinamo Arena. The match at finished with the victory of our team 4:0. Beka Mikeltadze, Saba Lobzhanidze (2) and Giorgi Gvelesiani scored.
Coach and disqualified footballers
Referee Paata Macharadze will judge the match. Zurab Arziani from Dinamo Batumi will miss the match because of disqualification.