FC Torpedo Kutaisi

FC Torpedo Kutaisi
Nickname(s)	FC Torpedo,Avtoqarkhnelebi,
Founded	1946; 78 years ago
Ground	Givi Kiladze Stadium; Kutaisi, Georgia
Capacity	14,700
President	Giorgi Demetradze
Manager	Revaz Dzodzuashvili
League	Umaglesi Liga
2012–13	3
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 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.

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 BATE Borisov [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. 2010-2014 Torpedo Kutaisi play in Georgian National Championships.

Honours

Domestic Competitions

Georgian Umaglesi Liga (level 1)
(3) 2000, 2001, 2002
Pirveli Liga(level 2)
(1) 2010
Georgian Cup
(2) 1999, 2001

İnternational Competitions

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

Soviet Time Competitions

Georgian Soviet Championship
(1) 1949
Soviet First League (level 2)
(2) 1960, 1961
Soviet Second League (level 3)
(1) 1988

Torpedo junior team international honours

Evima cup
(1) 2013

Torpedo fans honours

Torpedo The Jungles fan team
Balu cup
(1) 2012
West Georgia cup
(1) 2013 (Record)

Current squad

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	GEO	Roin Kvaskhvadze
2	DF	GEO	Zurab Gelashvili
3	DF	LTU	Igor Savchenkovsky
4	DF	GEO	Guram Adamadze
5	DF	GEO	Sevasti Todua
6	MF	GEO	Oleg Mamasakhlisi
7	DF	GEO	Tengiz Chikviladze
9	FW	GEO	Gia Ghvitadze
10	FW	GEO	Giorgi Chedia
11	MF	GEO	Teimuraz Markozashvili


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GEO	Gogi Gogichaishvili
18	FW	GEO	Mamuka Ghonghadze
19	DF	GEO	Nika Kharabadze
22	MF	GEO	Irakli Lekvtadze
23	DF	GEO	Zaal Eliava
25	GK	GEO	Aleksandre Adamia
27	DF	GEO	Tornike Chaduneli
45	FW	GEO	Otar Kvernadze
88	FW	GEO	Beka Tugushi

Seasons

Key

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

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

All competitions statistic

As of 09 May 2014. Time 02.07.

Competition	Season	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
Georgian Umaglesi Liga (level 1)	22	687	357	133	197	1184	778
Pirveli Liga (level 2)	3	85	47	13	25	140	65
Georgian Cup	24	140	70	35	35	255	143
Georgian Super Cup	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
UEFA Champions League	3	10	4	2	4	12	15
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League	5	12	2	2	8	14	28
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1	4	2	1	1	9	3
Soviet Top League (level 1)	14	443	107	129	207	402	659
Soviet First League (level 2)	20	746	338	169	239	1037	818
Soviet Second League (level 3)	1	34	25	7	2	76	24
USSR Cup	37	82	27	15	40	93	123
USSR Federation Cup	1	3	0	2	1	3	4
Total	132	2247	979	508	760	3225	2661

No official competitions

As of 12 July 2013

Competition	Season	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (level 1)	2	8	4	1	3	12	12
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup/First League Source (level 2)	1	3	3	0	0	8	1
Turkmenistan President's Cup	2	8	3	3	2	8	7
Marbella Cup	1	3	0	1	2	4	7

European cups

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1998–99	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Erebuni	6–0	1–1
1998–99	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Lommel	1–2	1–0
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Lantana	4–2	5–0
1999–00	UEFA Cup	1R	AEK	0–1	1–6
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	2R	Crvena Zvezda	2–0	0–4
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	1R	Linfield	1–0	0–0
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	2R	Copenhagen	1–1	1–3
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	1R	B36 Torshavn	5–2	1–0
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	2R	Sparta Prague	1–2	0–3
2003–04	UEFA Cup	1R	Lens	0–2	0–3
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1R	BATE	0–1	0–5
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1R	Aktobe	1–1	0–1
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1R	Žilina	0–3	3–3

European record

As of 12 July 2013

Competition	Season	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	3	10	4	2	4	12	15
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League	5	12	2	2	8	14	28
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1	4	2	1	1	9	3
Total	8	26	8	5	13	35	46

UEFA Team Ranking 2013/2014

Rank	Team	Points
368	FK Slavija	2.500
369	Chikhura Sachkhere	2.475
369	Torpedo Kutaisi	2.475
369	FC Gagra	2.475
372	FK Sutjeska	2.450

As of 14 December 2013. Time 02.00. Source

Notable Past Players

Name	Position	Years	Appearance	Goals
Revaz Dzodzuashvili	Defender	1964–67	67	1
Tamaz Kostava	Defender	1973–76	106	0
Anzor Kavazashvili	Goalkeeper	1972	31	0
Nodar Khizanishvili	Defender	1983	6	0
Murtaz Khurtsilava	Defender	1975–76	47	4
Sergo Kutivadze	Midfielder	1962–66	128	9
Otari Gabelia	Goalkeeper	1983–84	29	0
Manuchar Machaidze	Midfielder	1981–82	45	6
Givi Nodia	Striker	1965–66	36	9
Tengiz Sulakvelidze	Defender/ Midfielder	1974–78	138	2
Guram Tskhovrebov	Defender	1961–63	57	2
Ramaz Urushadze	Goalkeeper	1961–64	91	0
Irakli Zoidze	Goalkeeper	2000–01	36	0
Davit Gvaramadze	Goalkeeper	2000–01	19	0
Nikoloz Togonidze	Goalkeeper	2001–02	6	0
Davit Janashia	Striker	1989–93, 1997–01, 2002, 2005–07	182	79
Mikheil Ashvetia	Striker	1993–94, 2000–01	40	23
Malkhaz Asatiani	Central Defender/Defensive Midfielder	1999–03	76	15
Valeri Abramidze	Defender	1998–02, 2005–06	?	?
Kakhaber Kvetenadze	Midfielder	1993–01, 2002–03	251	30
Zurab Ionanidze	Striker	1992–93, 1997–03	171	104
Andriy Poroshyn	Striker	2001–03	55	23
Mamuka Managadze	Midfielder	1985–86	20	3
Giorgi Megreladze	Striker	1995–00, 2004–05, 2011–14	161	78

Georgian Umaglesi Liga Record

Goal N.	Name	Date
100	Davit Janashia	Sept 16, 1991
200	Mamuka Khundadze	May 10, 1993
300	Mamuka Khundadze	Nov 19, 1994
400	Mikheil Ashvetia	May 13, 1996
500	Giorgi Megreladze	Sept 4, 1997
600	Gia İmedadze	May 19, 1999
700	Davit Janashia	Dec 3, 2000
800	Shota Babunashvili	Sept 15, 2002
900	Giorgi Megreladze	Aug 14, 2004
1000	Nikoloz Nadiradze	May 20, 2007
1100	Merab Gigauri	Sept 15, 2012

Anthem

Torpedo,Torpedo,Torpedo!
Be cherfull and long live to you!
Kutaisi,you are the smith of gold en guys...
And Georgia awaits for them!

1. Torpedo Kutaisi Old Himn 1987 Source
2. Torpedo song by Frani 2010 Source
3. Torpedo fan club Tornados song "Gamarjveba Dges" by Adrenalin 2011 Source
4. Torpedo Kutaisi Fans Song "Itorpede" by Levan Jojua and Georgi Shengelia 2013 Source

Managers

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)

Notes and references

^ -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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[1] -2 points

[2] Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation - federation of native country.

[3] Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation - federation of native country.

[4] ue to changing the basis of the calendar from spring/autumn to autumn/spring, 1991 season the cup competition did not conducted

[5] FC Torpedo Kutaisi was relegated due to financial reasons by GFF. See the final standings

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