FC Sioni Bolnisi

Sioni

Full name	Football Club Sioni Bolnisi
Founded	1936 (1936)
Ground	Tamaz Stephania Stadium, Bolnisi
Ground Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Zviad Kirkitadze
Manager	Vladimir Burduli
League	Umaglesi Liga
2013-14	3rd
Home colours Away colours

FC Sioni Bolnisi is a Georgian football club based in Bolnisi. The club was founded in 1936.

After spending several years in the lower divisions of Georgian football between 1990 and 1995, Sioni won promotion to Umaglesi Liga for the 1995/96 season and have been playing there ever since. In the 2003/04 season, Sioni and FC WIT Georgia shared the first position in the league, and the title was decided in a championship playoff. WIT won the match 2-0, but the crowd violence during the match lead UEFA to ban Sioni from the UEFA Cup participation.^[1]

However, in 2005/06, Sioni won the league and represented Georgia in the UEFA Champions League 2006-07, where they defeated FK Baku from Azerbaijan in the first qualifying round,^[2] but were eliminated by Bulgarian champions Levski Sofia in the second stage, losing 2-0 both home and away.^[3]

Old Logo

Honours

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga
  • Champion: 2006
• Georgian Cup
  • Finalist: 2003
• Georgian Super Cup
  • Finalist: 2006
• Georgian Soviet Cup
  • Champion: 1986
• Pirveli Liga
  • Champion: 1995

Famous players

Mikheil Khutsishvili

Current squad

As of October, 2014

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mirza Merlani 2 MF Felipe Lima 3 DF Guram Giorbelidze 4 DF Davit Imedashvili 5 FW David Siradze 6 MF Giorgi Tskhadaia 7 FW Jaba Ugulava 8 MF Zviad Lobjanidze 9 FW Giorgi Adamia 10 FW Irakli Samkharadze 11 FW Vili Isiani 12 GK Zurab Batiashvili 13 MF Zaza Mamasakhlisi 14 FW Soso Tchikaidze

No. Position Player 15 DF Papuna Mosemgvdlishvili 18 DF Davit Svanidze 20 MF Georgi Ganugrava 21 MF Aleksandre Gogoberishvili 22 DF Giorgi Popkhadze 28 DF Aleksandre Intskirveli 44 MF Tornike Aptsiauri 55 DF Dachi Popkhadze 77 MF Guram Gureshidze 88 DF Ilia Kandelaki 99 DF Givi Kvaratskhelia DF Vladimer Ugrekhelidze DF Otar Khizaneishvili

European cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	FK Púchov	0–3	0–3
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Baku FC	2–0	0–1
		2Q	PFC Levski Sofia	0–2	0–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Flamurtari Vlorë	2–3	2–1

Managers

• Kakhaber Tskhadadze (Dec 31, 2005–Aug 31, 2006)
• Giorgi Kipshidze (July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008)
• Otar Korgalidze (July 1, 2008–June 30, 2009)
• Teimuraz Makharadze (July 1, 2008–June 30, 2010)
• Giorgi Kipshidze (July 1, 2010–March 19, 2011)
• Khvicha Kasrashvili (March 18, 2011–1?)
• Vakhtang Chagelishvili (July 1, 2011–1?)
• Levan Bajelidze (Sept 15, 2011–Jan 12, 2012)
• Khvicha Kasrashvili (Jan 15, 2012–Aug 27, 2012)
• Armaz Jeladze (Aug 28, 2012–June 1, 2013)
• Giorgi Kiknadze (June 1, 2013–Oct, 2013)
• Vladimir Burduli (Oct, 2013–)

References

External links

• Official website