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FC Dila Gori
Full nameFootball Club Dila Gori
Nickname(s)Guarders
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949)
GroundTengiz Burjanadze Stadium
Gori, Georgia
Capacity5,000
ManagerAndriy Demchenko
LeagueErovnuli Liga
20213rd
Websitehttp://fcdila.ge

FC Dila Gori is a Georgian football club based in Gori. The club takes part in Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football system, and plays their home games at Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium.

Dila won the Georgian Cup in 2012 and Georgian Championship in 2015.

History

In the Soviet leagues

Founded in 1949, the club was named after poem "Dila" (literally - morning) written by Joseph Stalin, who was born in the city and spent his youth there.[1]

Until 1961 they played under the name Dinamo Gori in Group A of Georgian republican championship. Following the second place in 1965, the next year Dila took part in the Soviet third league and despite an unbeaten run at home finished 11th among 20 clubs in zone 4, Group B.[2]

In 1969 Dila won the competition among the Caucasian teams.[3] The club played several seasons in zone 4 of the Soviet Second League and after 1979 moved to zone 9 where Transcaucasia was represented. In 1967, 1974 and 1986 Dila reached the 3rd place which was their best result in the Soviet third division.

In Georgian leagues

In 1990 Georgia formed an independent league, which included all clubs from the first three Soviet football divisions. Before 2000 Dila were an average team sitting in mid-table, but in the second decade their performance deteriorated. Although most of the seasons Dila participated in the top league, twice they were relegated to Liga 2 and once to Liga 3.

In 2010 the rise started with Dila gaining two consecutive promotions within two years. In 2012 the club clinched their first title after winning the Georgian Cup[4] and during the next five seasons four times represented Georgia in qualifying rounds of UEFA club competitions, including the Champions League. Also, twice in a row Dila participated in Europa League play-offs. During this period they were reinforced by national team members Nukri Revishvili, Giorgi Navalovski, Otar Martsvaladze and Mate Vatsadze.

The club achieved their biggest success in the 2014/15 season under 25-year-old head coach Ucha Sosiashvili.[5] Dila, whose squad included experienced players Aleksandre Kvakhadze, Irakli Modebadze and Nika Kvekveskiri, entered the title race in an early stage and concluded the season with six points clear from their two immediate rivals.[6]

Facing some financial difficulties, FC Dila as a municipal property was sold at a public auction the next year.[7] As a result, Israeli business group Starsportinvest took charge of the club in October 2016.[8]

For two consecutive seasons in 2020 and 2021 Dila emerged victorious from a long tight contest over the league bronze medals.

Seasons

Season League Pos. Pl. W D L GF GA P Cup Europe Notes Manager
1990 Umaglesi Liga 10 34 12 6 16 52 58 42 Round of 8
1991 Umaglesi Liga 11 19 7 3 9 29 32 24
1991–92 Umaglesi Liga 10 38 14 8 16 64 64 50 Round of 16
1992–93 Umaglesi Liga 13 32 11 5 16 39 49 38 Round of 8
1993–94 Umaglesi Liga 9 18 4 2 12 12 35 14 Round of 8
1994–95 Umaglesi Liga 8 30 10 7 13 25 35 37 Round of 8
1995–96 Umaglesi Liga 8 30 12 4 14 53 55 40 Quarter-finals
1996–97 Umaglesi Liga 8 30 10 7 13 30 39 37
1997–98 Umaglesi Liga 9 30 11 4 15 31 36 37 Semi-finals
1998–99 Umaglesi Liga 10 30 10 5 15 37 54 35 Round of 8
1999–00 Umaglesi Liga 8 14 2 0 12 9 38 6 Quarter-finals
2000–01 Umaglesi Liga 10 10 5 1 4 19 11 16 Quarter-finals relegation play-off, Relegated
2001–02 Pirveli Liga 2 10 6 1 3 19 13 19 Round of 8 Promoted
2002–03 Umaglesi Liga 7 10 5 3 2 15 8 18 Quarter-finals
2003–04 Umaglesi Liga 6 22 10 4 8 28 20 34 Semi-finals Inter-Toto Cup
2004–05 Umaglesi Liga 10 36 2 4 30 20 88 10 Round of 8
2005–06 Umaglesi Liga 11 30 9 4 17 35 44 31 Round of 16
2006–07 Umaglesi Liga 13 26 3 6 17 21 56 15 Round of 16
2007–08 Umaglesi Liga 14 26 1 5 20 12 53 8 Quarter-finals Relegated
2008–09 Pirveli Liga East 5 30 12 9 9 48 31 45 Not Played Relegated
2009–10 Meore Liga East 1 Not Played Promoted Gia Tsetsadze
2010–11 Pirveli Liga 3 32 20 9 3 58 21 69 Round of 16 promotion play-off, Promoted Gia Tsetsadze
2011–12 Umaglesi Liga 5 28 10 7 11 38 32 37 Winner Gia Tsetsadze
Teimuraz Makharadze
2012–13 Umaglesi Liga 2 32 22 2 8 60 26 48 Quarter-finals UEFA Europa League Play-off Temur Shalamberidze
Giorgi Daraselia
Valdas Ivanauskas
2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 9 32 11 8 13 44 36 41 Semi-finals UEFA Europa League Play-off Giorgi Devdariani
2014–15 Umaglesi Liga 1 30 19 7 4 50 21 64 Quarter-finals Ucha Sosiashvili
2015–16 Umaglesi Liga 3 30 19 5 6 51 25 62 Second Round UEFA Champions League 2Q Ucha Sosiashvili
2016 Umaglesi Liga 5 12 5 2 5 13 12 17 Second Round UEFA Europa League 1Q relegation play-off, Won Ucha Sosiashvili
2017 Erovnuli Liga 7 36 11 8 17 41 51 41 Quarter-finals Ziv Avraham Arie, Giorgi Dekanosidze, Giorgi Daraselia
2018 Erovnuli Liga 5 36 17 12 7 60 40 63 Round of 16 Giorgi Daraselia, Ramaz Sogolashvili
2019 Erovnuli Liga 7 36 11 10 15 40 44 43 Round of 16 Giorgi Dekanosidze, Georgi Nemsadze
2020 Erovnuli Liga 3 18 8 6 4 29 17 30 Quarter-finals Georgi Nemsadze
2021 Erovnuli Liga 3 36 17 10 9 48 35 61 Round of 16 UEFA UCL 1Q Andriy Demchenko
2022 Erovnuli Liga UEFA UCL Andriy Demchenko

European competitions

Dila Gori debuted in UEFA competitions in 2004. Although the club did not obtain an Intertoto Cup slot based on their league position, they replaced a higher placed team, which abstained from the participation. After being held to a goalless draw at home, Marek Dupnitsa beat Dila in the return leg.[9] Later the next decade there were three more cases when the Georgian side achieved relatively better results in away games than back home.

As the Cup winners, the team reached Europe League play-offs in 2012. During this campaign Dila eliminated two opponents, including Anorthosis Famagusta, which was further subjected to UEFA sanctions for crowd disturbances occurred during their home game.[10]

The next year Dila similarly prevailed in two rounds of the competition before their road to the group stage was blocked by Rapid Vienna. The team's performance against Igor Tudor's Hajduk Split was widely hailed this season.

In the next three cases the club wrapped up their European seasons after the first round.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1Q Bulgaria Marek Dupnitsa 0–2 0–0 0–2
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 2Q Denmark AGF Aarhus 3–1 2–1 5–2
3Q Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1 3–0 3–1
PO Portugal Marítimo 0–2 0–1 0–3
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2Q Denmark AaB 3–0 0–0 3–0
3Q Croatia Hajduk Split 1–0 1–0 2–0
PO Austria Rapid Wien 0–3 0–1 0–4
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 1Q Serbia Partizan 0–2 0–1 0–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Armenia Shirak 1–0 0–1 1–1[a]
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Slovakia Žilina 2–1 1–5 3–6
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Finland KuPS 0–0 0–2 0–2
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round
  1. ^ Shirak won 4–1 on penalties.
Competition Matches W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League 2 0 0 2 0 3
UEFA Europa League 12 7 1 6 14 11
UEFA Europa Conference League 4 1 1 2 3 8
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 0 1 1 0 2
Total 22 8 3 11 17 24

Stadium

Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium
Main article: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium

The club play their home matches at the Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, a 5,000 seater football stadium situated in Gori.

Crest and colours

The club's colors are Red and light blue.

Shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers

Period Kit Supplier Kit Sponsor
2010–2011 Saller HeidelbergCement
2011–2012 Jako
2012–2013 Nike
2013–2014 Saller AGP
2014–2015 Saller Lider-Bet

Current squad

As of 31 October 2022[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Georgia (country) GEO Paolo Puladze
2 DF Georgia (country) GEO Revaz Chiteishvili
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Akaki Giunashvili
4 DF Georgia (country) GEO Anri Chichinadze
5 DF Brazil BRA Alef Santos
6 MF Georgia (country) GEO Tsotne Mosiashvili
8 MF Brazil BRA Alvaro (on loan from Lviv)
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO Tornike Kapanadze
10 FW Barbados BRB Thierry Gale
12 MF Kenya KEN Amos Nondi
13 FW Georgia (country) GEO Nugzar Spanderashvili
17 MF Georgia (country) GEO Aleksandre Gaprindashvili
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Mali MLI Hadji Drame
19 MF Senegal SEN Honore Gomis
21 MF Ukraine UKR Yuriy Batyushyn
22 DF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Gaprindashvili
23 MF Brazil BRA Jean Victor
24 MF Georgia (country) GEO Tornike Dzotsenidze
25 DF Brazil BRA Wanderson
30 GK Ukraine UKR Danylo Kanevtsev
31 GK Georgia (country) GEO Demetre Buliskeria
33 DF Republic of the Congo CGO Ramaric Etou
40 MF Malawi MWI Francisco Madinga

Honours

Erovnuli Liga

Georgian Cup

Managers

  • Georgia (country) Gia Tsetsadze (Feb 1, 2010 – Oct 27, 2011)
  • Georgia (country) Temur Makharadze (Nov 15 2011–Mar 26 2012)
  • Georgia (country) Temur Shalamberidze (March 27–Sept 8 2012)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Daraselia (July 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012)
  • Lithuania Valdas Ivanauskas (January 23 – May 31, 2013)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Devdariani (June 1, 2013 – Oct 17, 2013)
  • Georgia (country)Ramaz Sogolashvili (17 Oct 2013–29 May 2014)
  • Georgia (country) Ucha Sosiashvili (30 May 2014 – 11 Jan 2017)
  • Israel Ziv Avraham Arie (16 Jan 2017 – 2 June 2017)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Dekanosidze (June - July 2017)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Daraselia (July 2017 - August 2018)
  • Georgia (country) Ramaz Sogolashvili (August - December 2018)
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Dekanosidze (Jan - Jul 2019)
  • Georgia (country) Georgi Nemsadze (Aug 2019 - Dec 2020)
  • Ukraine Andriy Demchenko (since December 2020)

Top Goalscorers

Season Name Goals
2011-12 Georgia (country) Davit Chagelishvili 5
2012-13 Georgia (country) Roman Akhalkatsi, Irakli Modebadze 4
2013-14 Georgia (country) Irakli Modebadze 9
2014-15 Georgia (country) Irakli Modebadze 16
2015-16 Georgia (country) Otar Martsvaladze 19
2016 Georgia (country) Aleko Gamtsemlidze 3
2017 Georgia (country) Giorgi Pantsulaia 8
2018 Ukraine Mykola Kovtalyuk 21
2019 Cape Verde Alvin Fortes 8
2020 Ukraine Mykola Kovtalyuk 10
2021 Georgia (country) Tornike Kapanadze 10

References

  1. ^ UEFA.com (2012-07-31). "Dila Gori hoping to strike gold for Georgia". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  2. ^ "1966 Championship". Wildstat.
  3. ^ "1969 Championship". Wildstat.
  4. ^ "Dila wins the national Cup". FC Dila.
  5. ^ "Dila and 25-year-old coach claim maiden title". uefa.com.
  6. ^ "გორის „დილა" საქართველოს ჩემპიონია". liberali.ge (in Georgian). 14 May 2015.
  7. ^ "გორის "დილა" გაიყიდა". Radio Liberty (in Georgian). 4 Oct 2016.
  8. ^ ""დილას" მეპატრონე: მომავალი სეზონიდან გეყოლებათ გუნდი, რომლითაც იამაყებთ!". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 26 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Dila vs Marek". flashscore.com.
  10. ^ "UEFA rules on Anorthosis game". uefa.com. 14 August 2012.
  11. ^ "FC Dila Gori squad". eliga.ge.
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