FC Torpedo Kutaisi

Full name

Football Club Torpedo Kutaisi

Nickname(s)

FC Torpedo,

Founded

1946

Ground

Ramaz Shengelia Stadium
Kutaisi, Georgia

Capacity

14,700

President

Zaal Chachava

Manager

Kakhaber Chkhetiani

League

Umaglesi Liga

2016

3rd^[1]

Website

Club website

Home colours

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 the 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 Ramaz Shengelia Stadium.

History

FC Torpedo Kutaisi was founded in 1946 on the base of Kutaisi Automotive Plant. In 1949 the 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 a participant in the Soviet Top League. Many famous Georgian football players began their career in this club. For example, when Dinamo Tbilisi won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1980–81, five footballers were the ex-players of FC Torpedo Kutaisi.

When the Georgian National Championships started in 1990, the club changed its name into "FC Kutaisi". But after three years, the club restored the old name. The last years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st were the most successful years in the club's history. During 1999–02 the club won five domestic titles. During that time most players of the Georgia national football team were from "FC Torpedo Kutaisi". Besides this, 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.

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 BATE Borisov (First Qualifying Round of UEFA Cup 2005–06) in which FC Torpedo Kutaisi lost 5–0. After this, a 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 two seasons (2005–06 and 2006–07), but due to financial reasons it was removed from the top league and began playing in the Pirveli Liga.

Honours

Domestic Competitions

Georgian Umaglesi Liga (level 1)
01 ! (3) 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02
02 ! (3) 1998-99, 2002-03, 2004-05
03 ! (4) 1991, 1993-94, 2011-12, 2012-13
Pirveli Liga (level 2)
01 ! (1) 2009-10
Georgian Cup
(3) 1998-99, 2000-01, 2016 (autumn)
(4) 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2010-11
Georgian Super Cup
(2) 1999, 2017

İnternational Competitions

Turkmenistan President's Cup
01 ! (1) 2002
02 ! (1) 2004
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup/First League Source (level 2)
01 ! (1) 2001 (Shared record)

Soviet Time Competitions

Georgian Soviet Championship
01 ! (1) 1949
Soviet First League (level 2)
01 ! (2) 1960, 1961
02 ! (3) 1949, 1981, 1984
03 ! (1) 1975
Soviet Second League (level 3)
01 ! (1) 1988
Endzela Cup
(1) 1967

Torpedo junior team international honours

Evima cup
(1) 2013

Torpedo fans honours

Torpedo The Jungles fan team
Balu cup
(1) 2012
West Georgia cup
(2) 2013, 2014
Chibo cup
(1) 2016

Current squad

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	Maksime Kvilitaia
2	DF	Vazha Tabatadze
3	DF	Guram Adamadze
4	DF	Anri Chichinadze
5	DF	Davit Khurcilava
6	MF	Oleg Mamasakhlisi
7	MF	Gabriel Saghrishvili
8	MF	Shota Babunashvili
9	FW	Tornike Kapanadze
10	MF	Giorgi Kukhianidze
11	MF	Guga Palavandishvili
12	GK	Kakhaber Meshveliani

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Bidzina Makharoblidze
17	DF	Giorgi Guruli
19	MF	Levan Kutalia
22	MF	Grigol Dolidze
23	DF	Giorgi Kimadze
25	DF	Shalva Burjanadze
27	MF	Volodymyr Korobka
30	MF	Mate Kvirkvia
77	MF	Merab Gigauri
88	FW	Beka Tugushi
89	GK	Roin Kvaskhvadze (captain)
99	FW	Lasha Kuchukhidze

European History

As of 9 July 2017

Competition	Season	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	3	10	4	2	4	12	15
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League	6	14	2	2	10	15	36
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1	4	2	1	1	9	3
Total	10	28	8	5	15	36	54

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Erebuni	6–0	1–1	7–1
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Lommel	1–2	1–0	2–2
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Lantana	4–2	5–0	9–2
1999–00	UEFA Cup	1R	AEK	0–1	1–6	1–7
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Crvena Zvezda	2–0	0–4	2–4
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Linfield	1–0	0–0	1–0
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Copenhagen	1–1	1–3	2–4
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	1QR	B36 Tórshavn	5–2	1–0	6–2
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Sparta Prague	1–2	0–3	1–5
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Lens	0–2	0–3	0–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1QR	BATE Borisov	0–1	0–5	0–6
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Aktobe	1–1	0–1	1–2
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Žilina	0–3	3–3	3–6
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Trenčín	0–3	1–5	1–8

Rank	Team	Points
399	Banants	1.775
399	Gandzasar Kapan	1.775
399	Torpedo Kutaisi	1.775
399	Metalurgi Rustavi	1.775
403	Lusitanos	1.733

As of 22 November 2016. Source

Seasons

Key

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

UML = Umaglesi Liga
PIL = Pirveli Liga
STL = Soviet Top League
SFL = Soviet First League
SSL = Soviet Second League
GW = Group White
Z = Zone
TUR = Union republics

R1 = First Round
R2 = Second Round
GS = Group Stage
PR = Preliminary Round
QR = Qualifying Round
1Q = First Qualifying Round
2Q = Second Qualifying Round

Champions	Runners-up	Third plase	Promoted	Relegated

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Domestic Cup	Federation Cup	Super Cup	UEFA FIFA	Name	Goals
Season	League									Domestic Cup	Federation Cup	Super Cup	UEFA FIFA	Top goalscorer
1949	2 !SFL/UR	26	16	8	2	58	25	40	2 !2nd	1/32	00 !n/a			?	?
1953										1/64	00 !n/a			?	?
1955										Z4,1/128	00 !n/a			?	?
1957	2 !SFL/Z3	30	16	6	8	54	28	38	6 !6th	Z3,1/2	00 !n/a			?	?
1958	2 !SFL/Z4	30	17	6	7	66	35	40	4 !4th	Z4,1/4	00 !n/a			?	?
1959	2 !SFL/Z3	26	11	6	9	36	34	28	6 !6th	n/a	00 !n/a			?	?
1960	2 !SFL	30	21	7	2	70	21	49	1 !1st	Z3,1/4	00 !n/a			?	?
1961	2 !SFL	30	22	2	6	49	23	46	1 !1st	1/32	00 !n/a			?	?
1962	2 !STL	18	7	5	6	21	16	19	15 !15th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1963	2 !STL	38	6	21	11	22	37	33	12 !12th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1964	2 !STL	32	10	7	15	20	37	27	13 !13th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1965	2 !STL	32	8	3	21	29	69	19	16 !16th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1966	2 !STL	36	9	10	17	44	59	28	15 !15th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1967	2 !STL	36	8	15	13	37	50	31	13 !13th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1968	2 !STL	38	9	10	19	27	48	28	19 !19th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1969	2 !STL	26	4	6	16	20	50	14	14 !14th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1970	2 !STL	32	6	11	15	24	42	23	16 !16th	1/8	00 !n/a			?	?
1971	2 !SFL	42	12	15	15	47	53	39	11 !11th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1972	2 !SFL	38	19	6	13	49	32	44	5 !5th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1973	2 !SFL	38	16	4	18	40	46	34	9 !9th	1/16	00 !n/a			?	?
1974	2 !SFL	38	14	10	14	37	42	38	8 !8th	1/32	00 !n/a			?	?
1975	2 !SFL	38	18	13	7	55	31	49	3 !3rd	PR	00 !n/a			Ramaz Shengelia	15
1976	2 !SFL	38	13	15	10	46	38	41	7 !7th	R2	00 !n/a			Ramaz Shengelia	12
1977	2 !SFL	38	15	8	15	45	48	38	9 !9th	R1	00 !n/a			?	?
1978	2 !SFL	38	14	9	15	44	41	37	9 !9th	R1	00 !n/a			?	?
1979	2 !SFL	46	17	15	14	44	40	46	11 !11th	GS	00 !n/a			?	?
1980	2 !SFL	46	18	9	19	62	54	45	13 !13th	GS	00 !n/a			?	?
1981	2 !SFL	46	26	4	16	57	46	56	2 !2nd	GS	00 !n/a			Deviz Darjania	19
1982	2 !STL	34	10	10	14	39	45	30	13 !13th	GS	00 !n/a			Merab Megreladze	19
1983	2 !STL	34	4	12	18	26	58	18^[2]	16 !16th	1/4	00 !n/a			?	?
1984	2 !SFL	42	23	9	10	76	55	55	2 !2nd	1/16	00 !n/a			Otar Korghalidze	24
1985	2 !STL	34	11	9	14	40	51	31	11 !11th	1/32	00 !n/a			?	?
1986	2 !STL	30	5	7	18	24	60	17	16 !16th	1/16	GS			?	?
1987	2 !SFL	42	11	12	19	30	51	34	21 !21st	1/16				?	?
1988	2 !SSL	30	24	4	2	70	21	52	1 !1st	1/32				?	?
1989	2 !SFL	42	18	5	19	69	73	41	13 !13th	1/4				Merab Megreladze	33
1990	2 !UML^[3]	34	20	5	9	62	33	65	4 !4th	1/4^[4]				?	?
1991	2 !UML	19	11	2	6	34	30	35	3 !3rd	00 !n/a^[5]				?	?
1991–92	2 !UML	38	15	4	19	66	60	49	11 !11th	1/2				?	?
1992–93	2 !UML	32	16	4	12	70	54	52	5 !5th	1/2				?	?
1993–94	2 !UML	32	15	7	10	56	49	52	3 !3rd	1/16				?	?
1994–95	2 !UML	30	14	2	14	58	47	44	6 !6th	1/8				?	?
1995–96	2 !UML	30	15	7	8	69	49	52	7 !7th	1/4				?	?
1996–97	2 !UML	30	14	4	12	70	58	46	5 !5th	1/8				?	?
1997–98	2 !UML	30	15	9	6	51	30	54	4 !4th	1/8				?	?
1998–99	2 !UML	30	21	4	5	73	27	67	2 !2nd	Winners		Runners-up	Intertoto Cup – R2	?	?
1999–00	2 !UML	28	19	7	2	70	16	64	1 !1st	Runners-up		00 !n/a	UEFA Cup – R1	Zurab Ionanidze	25
2000–01	2 !UML	32	20	8	4	49	15	68	1 !1st	Winners		00 !n/a	UEFA Champions League – 2Q	?	?
2001–02	2 !UML	32	23	5	4	64	18	74	1 !1st	Runners-up		00 !n/a	UEFA Champions League – 2Q	Andriy Poroshin	17
2002–03	2 !UML	32	22	6	4	65	20	72	2 !2nd	1/2			UEFA Champions League – 2Q	Zurab Ionanidze	26
2003–04	2 !UML	32	15	6	11	46	38	51	7 !7th	Runners-up			UEFA Cup – QR	Suliko Davitashvili	20
2004–05	2 !UML	36	20	10	6	56	31	70	2 !2nd	1/4				?	?
2005–06	2 !UML	30	8	6	16	28	42	30	12 !12th	1/8			UEFA Cup – 1Q	?	?
2006–07	2 !UML	26	9	4	13	24	35	31	7 !7th^[6]	1/4				?	?
2007–08	2 !PIL	27	11	6	10	38	31	39	11 !11th	GS				?	?
2008–09	2 !PIL	30	14	3	13	32	22	45	9 !9th	1/16				?	?
2009–10	2 !PIL	28	22	4	2	70	12	70	1 !1st	R2				Revaz Kvernadze	14
2010–11	2 !UML	36	14	13	9	31	22	55	4 !4th	Runners-up				Giorgi Megreladze	14
2011–12	2 !UML	36	20	7	9	50	32	67	3 !3rd	1/4			UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Revaz Gotsiridze	13
2012–13	2 !UML	Zz !32	Zz !19	Zz !7	Zz !6	Zz !57	Zz !30	Zz !64	Zz !3rd	1/4			UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Zz !Nika Sabanadze	Zz !12
2013–14	2 !UML	Zz !32	Zz !14	Zz !6	Zz !12	Zz !43	Zz !44	Zz !48	Zz !7th	1/4			UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Zz !Nika Sabanadze	Zz !13
2014–15	2 !UML	Zz !30	Zz !10	Zz !11	Zz !9	Zz !39	Zz !33	Zz !41	Zz !8th	1/4				Zz !Otar Kvernadze	Zz !10
2015–16	2 !UML	Zz !30	Zz !14	Zz !6	Zz !10	Zz !50	Zz !42	Zz !48	Zz !6th	1/4				Zz !Tornike Kapanadze	Zz !9
2016	2 !UML/GW	Zz !12	Zz !4	Zz !3	Zz !5	Zz !16	Zz !12	Zz !15	Zz !6th	Winners				Zz !Oleg Mamasakhlisi	Zz !5

Managers

Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1978), (1988–89)
David Kipiani (July 1, 1999 – Sept 17, 2001)
Revaz Dzodzuashvili (June 1, 2001 – Jan 1, 2002)
Otar Gabelia (2004–05)
Revaz Dzodzuashvili (June 1, 2005 – June 1, 2007)
Giorgi Kiknadze (Feb 1, 2007 – March 1, 2007)
Nestor Mumladze (July 1, 2010 – Sept 24, 2010)
Gia Gigatadze (Nov 3, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
Giorgi Kiknadze (July 1, 2011 – Sept 11)
Zaza Zamtaradze (July 1, 2011 – Sept 25, 2011)
Gia Geguchadze (Oct 1, 2011 – May 31, 2013)
Gerard Zaragoza (May 31, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Jan 10, 2014 – Dec 7, 2015)
Giorgi Daraselia (Dec 15, 2014 – Oct 5, 2016)

Notes and references

↑ http://int.soccerway.com/national/georgia/umaglesi-liga/20162017/regular-season/r36346/
↑ -2 points
↑ Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation - federation of native country.
↑ Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation – federation of native country.
↑ due to changing the basis of the calendar from spring/autumn to autumn/spring, 1991 season the cup competition did not conducted
↑ FC Torpedo Kutaisi was relegated due to financial reasons by GFF. See the final standings

External links

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