On Saturday, May 8 Erovnuli Liga 12th round central match will be held at Batumi Arena. FC Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Dinamo Batumi. The match will start at 20:15.
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 Batumi at Dinamo Batumi training ground and what’s the most important, construction of new stadium according to European standards is coming to an end. 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. In the next season our rival left Umahjleso Liga. In 2018 it took the first place in Pirveli Liga and moved to Umaghlesi Liga again. In 2019 season our rival won bronze medals after 21 years and will play on Europa League. Our rival repeated the same result in 2020.
Head Coach of FC Dinamo Batumi
Georgian football specialist Gia Geguchadze is the head coach of the team for the fourth season already. His team is on the second place in the table with 22 points gained in 11 rounds.
Head to Head
From 61 played matches in national championship our team won for 41 times, lost 10 matches and 10 finished with draw. The goal difference is 124/54 in favor of Dinamo. Twelve matches between these teams finished with the score 1:0. Our team won with the score 2:1 for eight times, 7 matches finished with the score 3;1, the score 2:0 and 3:0 was recorded for six times. On September 18, 1994 Dinamo defeated Dinamo Batumi with the score 5:3. Archil 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. On May 28, 2017 the match at Dinamo Arena finished with the victory of our team 4:0. Beka Mikeltadze, Saba Lobzhanidze (2) and Giorgi Gvelesiani scored. The last match was held in Batumi on March 9, 2021 and it finished with the victory of our rival 1:0.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Irakli Kvirikashvili will be referee. D.Akhvlediani and Z.Menteshashvili will be his assistants. A.Nonikashvili will be the the fourth official. Nobody will miss the match because of disqualification.