On December 4 FC Dinamo Tbilisi will play the second leg of 28thnational championship play-off match against FC Saburtalo at Dinamo Arena. The match will start at 17:00 and official web-page of Dinamo will offer text and video live of the match.
Our rival
FC Saburtalo was established in 1999. The team plays at Bendela stadium that is for 2000 spectators. The main colors of the club are red and white. In 2013/2014 season the team started to play in Pirveli Liga. In 2014/2015 it gained success in Pirveli Liga first group and moved to Umaghlesi Liga. IN the current championship it is on the third place in red group and competed with FC Dinamo in play-off.
Coach and Saburtalo
Young specialist Giorgi Tchiabrishvili is the head coach of FC Saburtalo since October 2014. Under his leadership the team moved to Umaghlesi Liga. In 2011-2012 season Giorgi Tchiabrishvili trained FC Zestafoni. He became champion and Super Cup with this team. In the current season FC Saburtalo is on the 3rd place in red group with 19 points.
Before Dinamo
FC Saburtalo started 28th national championship with victory against FC Sioni 2:1. Then was draw with FC Samtredia 2:2, loss on Georgian Cup against FC Chkhirimela 1:2, loss with FC Kolkheti Poti 0:1 in championship, victory with FC Dila 2:1, loss with FC Zugdidi 0:1, two darws with FC Dinamo Batumi 0:0 and FC Sioni 1:1, loss with FC Samtredia 3:0, victory with FC Kolkheti 6:1, draw with FC Dila 0:0 and victories with FC Zugdidi 3:1 and FC Dinamo Batumi 1:0. The last match against FC Dinamo Tbilisi finished without goals.
Dinamo -Saburtalo
FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Saburtalo have played only two official matches. Our team defeated FC Saburtalo with big score 4:0 in both matches. On August 29, 2015 Dinamo defeated the rival in 27th national championship third round match. Mate Tsintsadze (pen.), Giorgi Kvilitaia, Vakho Tchanturishvili and Aleksandre Iashvili scored. The second match took place on February 27, 2016. Giorgi Kvilitaia performed double. Besides him Jaba Jighauri and Giorgi Tevzadze also scored. The last match against FC Dinamo Tbilisi finished without goals.
Disqualified footballers
Dinamo defender Ucha Lobzhanidze will miss the match because of disqualification.
Dinamo – Saburtalo | Referee
Jeneri Khorava will judge 28th national championship second play-off match between Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Saburtalo that will take place at Dinamo Arena. B. Tchitchinadze and M. Kupatadze will be his assistants. I. Kherkhadze and G. Vadachkoria will be additional assistants. G. Kikacheishvili will be the fourth official.
The last match Jeneri Khorava judged was Chhikhura 4:1 Tskhinvali held on November 26 In Umaghlesi Liga. He didn’t show yellow cards in this match.
The last match Jeneri Khorava judged with the participation of Dinamo took place on October 23, 2016. Our team competed with FC Tskhinvali and finished the match without goals. Khorvana showed two yellow cards in this match.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Jeneri Khorava
Date of birth: May 26, 1980
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Umaglesi Liga - 86 matches / 315 yellow cards / 18 red cards / 18 penalties
Pirveli Liga – 47 matches / 157 yellow cards / 14 red cards / 13 penalties
Meore Liga – 3 match / 14 yellow cards / 2 red cards / 1 penalty
Georgian Cup – 18 matches / 74 yellow cards / 6 red cards / 4 penalties
Virsliga – 1 match / 2 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
p.s. On December 4 our team has played one official match. In 2011 Dinamo hosted FC Dila Gori and defeated the rival with the score 2:0.