On Sunday Dinamo Arena will host Erovnuli Liga XIII round match. FC Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Samtredia. The match will start at 17:30 and Channel of the public Broadcaster will ensure live broadcast of the match.
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
Giorgi Tsetsadze is the head coach of FC Samtredia since June 2015. Under his leadership the team finished 2016 year national championship on the first place. Today our rival is on the third place with 23 points gained in 12 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.
Dinamo - Samtredia
Dinamo and Samtredia have played 34 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 26 times, lost 5 and 3 match finished with draw. The goal difference is 82/20 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 in between these teams in Erovnuli Liga was held on April 2, 2017 in Samtredia. Dinamo won this match with the score 2:0. Beka Mikeltadze and Saba Lobzhanidze scored.
Disqualified footballers
Dinamo forwards Beka Mikeltadze will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification.
Samtredia - Dinamo | Referee
Davit Kharitonashvili will judge the match between FC Samtredia and FC Dinamo Tbilisi. I. Ukleba and D. Gabisonia will be his assistants. D. Sanodze and Sh. Kukhilava will be additional assistants. G. Vadachkoria will be the fourth official.
The last match Davit Kharitonashvili judged was on May 13, 2017 – Kolkheti 0:3 Torpedo in Erovnuli Liga. He showed 1 yellow card in this match.
The last match Davit Kharitonashvili judged with the participation of Dinamo was on April 30, 2017. Dinamo defeated FC Torpedo in Kutaisi with the score 2:0. He booked players for 4 times.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Davit Kharitonashvili (18 February, 1981)
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Erovnuli Liga - 151 matches / 509 yellow cards / 25 red cards / 35 penalties
Erovnuli Liga 2– 46 matches / 132 yellow cards / 5 red cards / 8 penalties
Georgian Cup – 23 matches / 62 yellow cards / 3 red cards / 2 penalties
International friendly match – 1 match / 5 yellow cards / 0 red cards/ 0 penalties
UEFA European qualifiers – 1 matches / 4 yellow cards / 0 red cards/ 0 penalties
UEFA Champions League qualifiers– 1 matches / 3 yellow cards / 0 red cards/ 0 penalties
UEFA U21 European qualifiers – 2 matches / 9 yellow cards / 1 red card/ 2 penalties
UEFA U17 European qualifiers – 4 matches / 16 yellow cards / 0 red cards/ 2 penalties
Presumable squad of FC Samtredia
We suppose that FC Samtredia will play with the following squad tomorrow:
Migineishvili – Mchedlishvili, Sandokhadze, Kasradze, Akhaladze - Markozashvili, Samushia, Razhamashvili, Datunaishvili – Beriashvili, Jikia