FC Metalurgi Rustavi
| Founded | 1948 | ||
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| Ground | Poladi Stadium Rustavi, Georgia | ||
| Capacity | 6,200 | ||
| Coach | Ucha Sosiashvili | ||
| League | Erovnuli Liga | ||
| 2017 | Erovnuli Liga 2, 1st (promoted) | ||
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FC Rustavi is a Georgian football team, which are playing in Rustavi. The club play their home games at Poladi Stadium. After FC Tbilisi merged with second division club FC Rustavi in 2006, FC Olimpi Rustavi was established. In 2007, FC Olimpi Rustavi won their first Georgian Premier League title. In 2011, they changed name to Metalurgi Rustavi.[citation needed] In 2015 Metalurgi Rustavi was again renamed and began to play in Erovnuli Liga 2 as FC Rustavi. In 2017 season FC Rustavi won the league and promoted to Erovnuli Liga.
Honours
- Winners (2): 2007, 2010
- Winners (1): 2010
- Winners (1): 2017
- Football championship of Georgian SSR:
- Winners (4): 1959, 1974, 1979, 1984
History
Football in Rustavi could be track back to Metallurg Rustavi in Soviet era. The club was a member of Umaglesi Liga until relegated in 2003. In order to back to top division, the club merged with FC Tbilisi and renamed as Olimpi Rustavi, to take their player and seat on Umaglesi Liga, where they won the league title in the first season they merged. For the 2011/12 season the club changed its name to Metalurgi Rustavi.
Seasons
Season League Pos. Pl. W D L GF GA P Cup Europe Notes Manager 1990 Umaglesi Liga 3 34 22 3 9 63 33 69 Gorda Rustavi 1991 Umaglesi Liga 9 19 7 5 7 34 22 26 Gorda Rustavi 1991–92 Umaglesi Liga 3 38 22 9 7 71 38 75 Gorda Rustavi 1992–93 Umaglesi Liga 7 32 14 7 11 73 69 49 Metallurgi Rustavi 1993–94 Umaglesi Liga 9 Metallurgi Rustavi 1994–95 Umaglesi Liga 7 Metallurgi Rustavi 1995–96 Umaglesi Liga 5 Metallurgi Rustavi 1996–97 Umaglesi Liga 10 Metallurgi Rustavi 1997–98 Umaglesi Liga 11 Metallurgi Rustavi 1998–99 Umaglesi Liga 12 Gorda Rustavi 1999-00 Umaglesi Liga 12 Gorda Rustavi 2000–01 Umaglesi Liga 11 Gorda Rustavi 2001–02 Umaglesi Liga 10 Gorda Rustavi 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga 10 Gorda Rustavi 2003–04 Pirveli Liga 4 FC Rustavi 2004–05 Pirveli Liga 11 30 10 7 13 39 43 37 FC Rustavi 2005–06 Pirveli Liga 8 34 13 10 11 50 37 49 FC Rustavi 2006–07 Umaglesi Liga 1 26 19 6 1 57 9 63 Round of 16 FC Olimpi Rustavi 2007–08 Umaglesi Liga 4 26 16 4 6 26 16 52 Quarter-finals UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round FC Olimpi Rustavi 2008–09 Umaglesi Liga 3 30 16 9 5 40 20 57 Runner-up FC Olimpi Rustavi 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga 1 36 25 7 4 69 26 79 Round of 16 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round FC Olimpi Rustavi 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga 3 36 20 6 10 52 31 66 Quarter-finals UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round FC Olimpi Rustavi 2011–12 Umaglesi Liga 2 28 17 4 7 39 28 55 Semi-finals UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round FC Metalurgi Rustavi 2012–13 Umaglesi Liga 7 32 12 8 12 29 35 44 Semi-finals UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round FC Metalurgi Rustavi 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 5 32 13 6 13 35 39 45 Quarter-finals FC Metalurgi Rustavi 2014–15 Umaglesi Liga 14 30 6 8 16 25 46 26 Quarter-finals FC Metalurgi Rustavi 2015–16 Pirveli Liga 9 34 Round of 32 FC Metalurgi Rustavi
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| 2007–08 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | 
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FC Astana | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | 
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B36 Tórshavn | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2Q | 
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Legia Warszawa | 0–1 | 0–3 | ||
| 2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q |
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Aktobe | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | 
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Banants | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2Q |
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Irtysh Pavlodar | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3Q | 
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Stade Rennais | 2–5 | 0–2 | ||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | 
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Teuta Durrës | 6–1 | 3–0 |
| 2Q | 
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Viktoria Plzeň | 1–3 | 0–2 |
Current squad
As of 4 October 2018[update] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Giorgi Kiknadze (July 1, 2006 – Jan 1, 2007)
Anatoliy Piskovets (Sept 1, 2007 – Feb 1, 2008)- Khvicha Kasrashvili
- Teimuraz Makharadze (July 1, 2008 – Oct 4, 2010)
- Nestor Mumladze (Oct 10, 2010 – Nov 1, 2010)
- Armaz Jeladze (Nov 2010 – Aug 11)
- Koba Zhorzhikashvili (Aug 9, 2011 – Oct 1, 2012)
- Georgi Kipiani (Oct 3, 2012 – May 31, 2013)
- Gela Sanaia (June 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
- Varlam Kilasonia (Jan 1, 2014–)
