FC Torpedo Kutaisi

FC Torpedo Kutaisi
Full name Football Club Torpedo Kutaisi
Nickname(s) FC Torpedo
Founded 1946
Ground Givi Kiladze Stadium
Kutaisi, Georgia
(Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman Levan Pkhakadze
Manager Gia Geguchadze
League Umaglesi Liga
2010–11 4
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Away colours

FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. ‘Torpedo Kutaisi’ was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. By the end of 1964, the Football Federation of the former Soviet Union published a list of the best soccer players and 5 among them - R. Urushadze, I. Losaberidze, S. Kutivadze, J. Kherkhadze, and V. Chkhartishvili were from Torpedo Kutaisi team. Furthermore, Torpedo Kutaisi players of different times were always named among the Top Ten footballers of Georgia. G. Tskhovrebovi, R. Dzodzuashvili, J. Kherkhadze, Kutivadze, T. Sulakvelidze, G. Nodia, T. Kostava and others were among them. Moreover, Ramaz Shengelia was recognized as the number one football player of the former USSR. Torpedo play their home games at Givi Kiladze Stadium.

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History

FC Torpedo Kutaisi was founded in 1946 on the base of Kutaisi Automotive Plant. In 1949 club became the winner of the Georgian SSR Championship. In 1959 two football clubs "FC Torpedo Kutaisi" and "FC Locomotive Kutaisi" were united and the name remained "FC Torpedo Kutaisi". In 1962 "FC Torpedo Kutaisi" was firstly became the participant of the Soviet Top League. FC Torpedo Kutaisi has very rich traditions and big history. Many famous Georgian football players began their career in this club. For example, when FC Dinamo Tbilisi won Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, five footballers were the ex-players of FC Torpedo Kutaisi.
When Georgian National Championships started in 1990, club changed its name into "FC Kutaisi". But after the three years, club restored the old name. Last years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st were the most successful years in the club's history. During the four years [1999-2002] club won the five domestic titles. Besides this, "FC Torpedo Kutaisi" was the first Georgian club won the international football tournament since the independence [Turkmenistan President's Cup in 2002]. During that time the most players of the Georgia national football team were from "FC Torpedo Kutaisi". Besides this, the most famous Georgian managers (Jemal Kherkhadze, David Kipiani, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Otar Gabelia, Vladimir Gutsaev and others) worked in the club as a head coach and in the staff too.
But, after the season 2004-05, three times Georgian Premier League Champion and two times Georgian National Cup Winner FC Torpedo Kutaisi was dissolved. Its last game was in Borisov, Belarus against FC Bate [First Qualifying Round of UEFA Cup 2005-06] in which FC Torpedo Kutaisi lost 5:0. After this, new football club "FC Kutaisi Torpedo" was founded, but it was not the successor of FC Torpedo Kutaisi and had no titles. "FC Kutaisi Torpedo" was participating in the Georgian Premier League during the two seasons [2005-06 and 2006-07], but due to financial reason it removed from the top league and began playing to Pirveli Liga, which is second level of Georgian League. In the next season [2008-09] "FC Kutaisi Torpedo" was replaced by the new club "FC Torpedo 2008", which was sponsored by the city government. In 2010, when Wissol Petroleum took the sponsorship over "Torpedo 2008", the leadeship of the Georgian oil company decided to restore the succession of FC Torpedo Kutaisi and they did it successfully.

Honours

Statistics

FC Torpedo Kutaisi in the Georgian Top League:

# Season Match Win Draw Lost Goals Points Place
1 1990 34 20 5 9 62-33 65 4
2 1991 19 11 2 6 34-30 35 3
3 1991-92 38 15 4 19 66-60 49 11
4 1992-93 32 16 4 12 70-54 52 5
5 1993-94 32 15 7 10 56-49 52 3
6 1994-95 30 14 2 14 58-47 44 6
7 1995-96 30 15 7 8 69-49 52 7
8 1996-97 30 14 4 12 70-58 46 5
9 1997-98 30 15 9 6 51-30 54 4
10 1998-99 30 21 4 5 73-27 67 2
11 1999-00 28 19 7 2 70-16 64 1
12 2000-01 32 20 8 4 49-15 68 1
13 2001-02 32 23 5 4 64-18 74 1
14 2002-03 32 22 6 4 65-20 72 2
15 2003-04 32 15 6 11 46-38 51 7
16 2004-05 36 20 10 6 56-31 70 2

FC Torpedo Kutaisi in the Georgian Cup Competition:

# Season Match Win Draw Lost Goals Achievement
1 1990 6 4 0 2 11-8 ¼ Final
2 1991-92 8 4 1 3 12-9 ½ Final
3 1992-93 8 2 4 2 14-13 ½ Final
4 1993-94 2 0 0 2 1-4 1/16 Final
5 1994-95 4 3 0 1 14-7 ⅛ Final
6 1995-96 6 3 2 1 17-7 ¼ Final
7 1996-97 4 2 1 1 4-6 ⅛ Final
8 1997-98 4 2 1 1 13-3 ⅛ Final
9 1998-99 7 5 1 1 19-5 CUP
10 1999-00 7 3 3 1 10-1 Final
11 2000-01 7 5 2 0 9-4 CUP
12 2001-02 7 5 0 2 10-3 Final
13 2002-03 8 5 1 2 16-4 ½ Final
14 2003-04 9 6 2 1 23-6 Final
15 2004-05 6 3 1 2 17-10 ¼ Final

FC Torpedo Kutaisi in the UEFA club competitions:

# Season Tournament Match Win Draw Lost Goals Points Achievement
1 1998-99 Intertoto Cup 4 2 1 1 9-3 7 II Qualifying Round
2 1999-00 UEFA Cup 4 2 0 2 10-9 6 I Stage
3 2000-01 Champions League 2 1 0 1 2-4 3 II Qualifying Round
4 2001-02 Champions League 4 1 2 1 3-4 5 II Qualifying Round
5 2002-03 Champions League 4 2 0 2 7-7 6 II Qualifying Round
6 2003-04 UEFA Cup 2 0 0 2 0-5 0 I Qualifying Round
7 2005-06 UEFA Cup 2 0 0 2 0-6 0 I Qualifying Round
# Tournament Match Win Draw Lost Goals Points Best Achievement
1 Champions League 10 4 2 4 12-15 14 II Qualifying Round
2 UEFA Cup 8 2 0 6 10-20 6 I Stage
3 Intertoto Cup 4 2 1 1 9-3 7 II Qualifying Round
# Country Match Win Draw Lost Goals Points Number of clubs
1 Belgium 2 1 0 1 2-2 3 1
2 Belarus 2 0 0 2 0-6 0 1
3 Denmark 2 0 1 1 2-4 1 1
4 Estonia 2 2 0 0 9-2 6 1
5 Serbia 2 1 0 1 2-4 3 1
6 Greece 2 0 0 2 1-7 0 1
7 France 2 0 0 2 0-5 0 1
8 Armenia 2 1 1 0 7-1 4 1
9 Faroe Islands 2 2 0 0 6-2 6 1
10 Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 1-5 0 1
11 Northern Ireland 2 1 1 0 1-0 4 1

Past Players

Notable Past Players

Name Position Country Years Appearance Goals
Revaz Dzodzuashvili Defender 1964–1967 67 1
Tamaz Kostava Defender 1973–1976 106 0
Anzor Kavazashvili Goalkeeper 1972 31 0
Nodar Khizanishvili Defender 1983 6 0
Murtaz Khurtsilava Defender 1975–1976 47 4
Sergo Kutivadze Midfielder 1962–1966 128 9
Otari Gabelia Goalkeeper 1983–1984 29 0
Manuchar Machaidze Midfielder 1981–1982 45 6
Givi Nodia Striker 1965–1966 36 9
Tengiz Sulakvelidze Defender/ Midfielder 1974–1978 138 2
Guram Tskhovrebov Defender 1961–1963 57 2
Ramaz Urushadze Goalkeeper 1961–1964 91 0
Irakli Zoidze Goalkeeper 2000–2001 36 0
Davit Gvaramadze Goalkeeper 2000–2001 19 0
Nikoloz Togonidze Goalkeeper 2001–2002 6 0
Davit Janashia Striker 1989–1993, 1997–2001, 2002, 2005–2007 182 79
Mikheil Ashvetia Striker 1993–1994, 2000–2001 40 23
Malkhaz Asatiani Central Defender/Defensive Midfielder 1999–2003 76 15
Valeri Abramidze Defender 1998–2002, 2005–2006  ?  ?
Kakhaber Kvetenadze Midfielder 1993–2001, 2002–2003 251 30
Zurab Ionanidze Striker 1992–1993, 1997–2003 171 104
Andriy Poroshyn Striker 2001–2003 55 23
Mamuka Managadze Midfielder 1985–1986 20 3
Giorgi Megreladze Striker 1995–2000, 2004–2005, 2011–2014 161 78

Period Kit Supplier Kit Sponsor
2010-2011 Saller WISSOL
2011- JAKO WISSOL

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Maksime Kvilitaia
2 MF Davit Kirkitadze
4 DF Temur Farulava
5 DF Sevasti Todua (Captain)
6 DF Giorgi Guruli
7 DF Tengiz Chikviladze
8 FW Vakhtang Kvaratskhelia
9 FW Revaz Kvernadze
10 MF Giorgi Datunaishvili
10 FW Giorgi Megreladze
11 MF Giorgi Seturidze
12 GK Omar Migineishvili
14 FW Mikheil Rostiashvili
No. Position Player
17 DF Dachi Popkhadze
18 MF Merab Gigauri
19 DF Vazha Lomashvili
21 FW Zaur Khachiperadze
22 MF Tornike Tarkhnishvili
25 MF Givi Chkhetiani
32 DF Teimuraz Parulava
44 DF Nodari Machavariani
81 MF David Digmelashvili

Former players

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