FC Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Torpedo Kutaisi in 28th national championship VII round match. Georgian derby will take place on September 25 at Dinamo Arena. The match will start at 17:00. Dinamo official web-page will offer text and video live of the match.
Our rival
FC Torpedo Kutaisi was established in 1946. Torpedo plays home matches at Kutaisi central stadium which envisages 19 400 spectators. After re-branding in the club main symbols of the club are in yellow and green colors. Torpedo Kutaisi reached the first serious success after three years of its establishment when it became the champion of national championship of that time. In 1960-1962 our rival played in Soviet championship zone B. On May 2, 1962 Torpedo played the first match of Soviet championship high league in Kutaisi. It competed with Torpedo Moscow and defeated it with the score 5:1. April 15, 1963 is one of the outstanding dates in the history of Torpedo stadium. On this day Torpedo Kutaisi and Dinamo Tbilisi competed with each other. The match finished with draw-0:0. 40 000 spectators attended this match and this figure is still record for Torpedo central stadium. 1970 season appeared to be unsuccessful for Torpedo Kutaisi. The team moved to Pirveli Liga from Umaglesi Liga again and started the new season there. In 1988 Torpedo returned to Umaglesi Liga once more but in this period Georgia departed from USSR and the team continued to play in independent Georgian national championship. After Dinamo Tbilisi this club has become champion of Georgia for many times. In 1999-00 2000-01, 2001-02 Torpedo Kutaisi became champion for three times. 1998–99, 2000–01 the club won Georgian Cup as well.
Coach and Torpedo
Georgian football specialist Kakhaber Chkhetiani is the head coach of FC Torpedo Kutaisi since September 2016. The team has played two matches under his leadership (one in championship and the other on Georgian Cup) and won both of them. In the current season our rival is on the fifth place with 5 points.
Before Dinamo
FC Torpedo started current season with draw 0:0 against FC Shukura Kobuleti. The next match against FC Locomotive finished with the same score. Our rival defeated FC Samgurali Tskaltubo in Georgian Cup 1/16 final – 4:1. Then was loss with FC Chikhura 0:3, loss with FC Guria 1:2 and victory with FC Tskhinvali 3:1. Our rival played the last match on Georgian Cup 1/18 stage against FC Odishi 1919 and won with the score 4:3.
Dinamo - Torpedo | Head to head
Dinamo VS Torpedo is called “Georgian classico” and it always raises interest in society as both teams do their best. On Sunday Dinamo Tbilisi will play 62nd match against Torpedo Kutaisi.
From 61 matches our team has won for 31 times, lost 15 and 15 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 107/60 in favor of Dinamo Tbilisi.
Dinamo Tbilisi has defeated FC Torpedo with the score 5:1 for 2 times in national championship. For the first time it was on April , 1991 in IV round of II national championship and on September 17, 1995 in III round of XVII national championship. Our team won with four goal difference last year in VIII round match of 2nd stage. The match finished with the score 4:0. On August 27, 2000 Dinamo was defeated with the score 0:3 in II round of XII national championship. Our team has won with the biggest score in Kutaisi. On March 17, 2007 Dinamo defeated Torpedo with the score 5:0 in XVII round match of XVIII national championship. On May 4, 2013 our team defeated the rival with the score 4:0 at Dinamo Arena and became champions of Georgia in this match.
Dinamo and Torpedo has competed with each other for 26 times in Soviet championship. IN Soviet championship Dinamo won 13 matches against Torpedo, lost for 4 times and 9 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 38/21 in favor of Dinamo Tbilisi. Our team has won with the score 3:1 for three times. These matches took place on April 26, 1996, on May 26, 1969 and on May 25, 1962. On July 31, 1968 Torpedo defeated Dinamo with the score 4:2. On November 30, 1966 Torpedo VS Dinamo finished with draw-3:3 in Kutaisi.
It’s already four years Torpedo hasn’t defeated Dinamo. For the last time our rival gained victory on May 6, 2012. After that Dinamo won 6 matches and 3 matches (all of them in Kutaisi) finished with draw.
The last match took place on April 6, 2016 in Tbilisi and finished with the victory of our team 2:1. Nikoloz Gelashvili and Giorgi Kvilitaia scored.
Disqualified footballers
Torpedo footballer Vakhtang Kvaratskhelia will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification.
Dinamo - Torpedo | Referee
Arsen Nonikashvili will judge the match between Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Torpedo Kutaisi. L. Varamishvili and A. Kokaia will be his assistants. D. Sanodze and G. Vardidze will be additional assistants. Sh. Kukhilava will be the fourth official.
The last match Arsen Nonikashvili judged with the participation of Dinamo was on April 30, 2016. Dinamo lost against FC Samtredia with the score 1:2. Arsen Nonikashvili showed 4 red and 5 yellow cards in this match.
The last match he judged took place on September 16 between Wit Georgia 0:0 Sapovnela. Referee shoed 5 yellow cards.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Arsen Nonikashvili (26.05.1975)
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Umaglesi Liga - 88 matches / 309 yellow cards / 20 red cards / 18 penalties
Pirveli Liga – 35 matches / 142 yellow cards / 6 red cards / 10 penalties
Meore Liga – 28 matches / 47 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 7 penalties
Georgian Cup – 11 matches / 45 yellow cards / 4 red cards/ 1 penalty
Virsliga-1 matches / 6 yellow cards / 1 red card/ 0 penalties
Presumable lineup of FC Torpedo
We suppose that tomorrow FC Torpedo will play with the following lineup:
Kvaskhvadze – Guruli, Colin, Tabatadze, Kimadze – Babunashvili, Endeladze, Palavandishvili, Dolidze, Tughushi – Kapanadze