FC Chikhura Sachkhere

Chikhura Sachkhere
Full name	Football Club Chikhura Sachkhere
Founded	1938; 86 years ago
Ground	Central; Sachkhere, Georgia
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Nugzar Dekanoidze
Manager	Samson "Soso" Pruidze
League	Umaglesi Liga
2014–15	5th
Home colours	Away colours

Football Club Chikhura Sachkhere is a Georgian football club based in Sachkhere. They play in the Umaglesi Liga. The name Chikhura derives from the name of a river in Sachkhere. Their home is the 2,000-seat "Central stadium", where they have played since their establishment but for Europa League they play at 27,223-seat Mikheil Meskhi Stadium which is located 130 km. from their home in capital Tbilisi, the stadium also hosting 2015 UEFA Super Cup. In 2013 the club achieved the greatest success in its history when they played in the Georgian Cup final against Dinamo Tbilisi and lost 3–1 but qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round. This was the first season that Chikhura Sachkhere appeared in European Competition, their first opponent in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was Liechtenstein's Cup Winners Vaduz.

Honours

Georgian Premier League

place: 2014

Georgian Cup

Runners-up (2): 2013, 2014

Georgian Super Cup

Winners (1): 2013
Runners-up (1): 2014

Seasons

Season	League	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GF	GA	P	Cup	Europe	Notes	Manager
1993–94	Pirveli Liga West	13	26	3	2	21	16	70	11			Relegated
1995–96	Pirveli Liga West	19	38	10	3	25	62	124	33			Relegated
2001–02	Regionuli Liga West
2002–03	Regionuli Liga West											Promoted
2003–04	Pirveli Liga	6	30	15	5	10	41	29	50	Round of 32
2004–05	Pirveli Liga	8	30	12	7	11	38	35	43	Round of 32
2005–06	Pirveli Liga	1	34	24	6	4	87	34	78	Round of 16		Promoted
2006–07	Umaglesi Liga	12	26	5	6	15	13	46	21	Quarter-finals		Relegated
2007–08	Pirveli Liga East	5	27	12	7	8	40	37	43	Round of 32
2008–09	Pirveli Liga East	2	30	19	7	4	56	21	64	Round of 16
2009–10	Pirveli Liga	6	28	14	7	7	41	28	49	Quarter-finals
2010–11	Pirveli Liga	4	32	20	6	6	58	25	66	Round of 16		promotion play-off, lost
2011–12	Pirveli Liga	1	14	8	2	4	25	15	26	Round of 16		Promoted
2012–13	Umaglesi Liga	4	32	17	6	9	49	38	57	Runner-up			Samson "Soso" Pruidze
2013–14	Umaglesi Liga	4	32	13	7	12	56	50	46	Runner-up	UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round		Samson "Soso" Pruidze
2014–15	Umaglesi Liga	5	30	13	7	10	39	36	46	Semi-finals	UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round		Samson "Soso" Pruidze

Players

First team squad

As of 12 Marth 2016

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	Zurab Mtskerashvili
4	DF	GEO	Otar Kusiani
5	DF	GEO	Davit Megrelishvili
7	MF	GEO	Giorgi Ganugrava
8	MF	GEO	Kakha Kakashvili
10	FW	GEO	Lasha Kuchukhidze
11	FW	GEO	Tornike Mumladze
12	MF	GEO	Chiaber Chechelashvili
15	GK	GEO	Teimuraz Kakaladze
13	FW	GEO	Besik Dekanoidze
19	FW	GEO	Davit Volkov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	GEO	Mikheil Sardalishvili
22	MF	GEO	Giorgi Chankotadze
23	DF	GEO	Giorgi Rekhviashvili
24	DF	GEO	Lasha Chikvaidze
27	DF	GEO	Denis Dobrovolski
28	MF	GEO	Davit Kirkitadze
37	DF	GEO	Shota Kashia
88	FW	GEO	Giorgi Jokhadze
99	GK	GEO	Davit Kupatadze
—	MF	SVN	Anej Lovrečič
—	GK	BIH	Dino Hamzić

European cups

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Vaduz	0–0	1–1
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Thun	1–3	0–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Horizont Turnovo	3–1	1–0
		2Q	Bursaspor	0–0 (4–1 p)	0–0
		3Q	Neftchi Baku	2–3	0–0

European record

Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa League	10	2	5	3	8	10

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