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2023 Georgian Super Cup
The 2023 Georgian Super Cup was the 22nd edition of the Georgian Super Cup, an annual football competition for clubs in the Georgian football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season. It was the first edition of the tournament to be played under the new format with four teams. During the semi-final stage, both games went to penalties, with FC Dinamo Batumi, Dinamo Batumi defeating FC Torpedo Kutaisi, Torpedo Kutaisi 6–5, and FC Dinamo Tbilisi, Dinamo Tbilisi defeating FC Dila Gori, Dila Gori 4–2. Both the final and the third place playoff also went to penalties, with Dinamo Tbilisi winning 4–3 against Dinamo Batumi in the final and Torpedo Kutaisi defeating Dila Gori 5–4 in the third place playoff. Qualification Qualified teams The following four teams qualified for the tournament. Matches Bracket Semi-finals ---- Match for third place Final See also *2022 Erovnuli Liga *2022 Georgian Cup Notes References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football. Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936. The club was then part of one of the leading sport societies in the Soviet Union, the All-Union Dynamo sports society which had several other divisions besides football and was sponsored by the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs. Its main claim to European fame was winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 in the final in Düsseldorf. It remains the only club based in Georgia to have ever lifted a trophy in European competition. Throughout its history, FC Dinamo Tbilisi produced many famous Soviet players: Boris Paichadze, Avtandil Gogoberidze, Shota Iamanidz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kutaisi
Kutaisi ( ; ka, ქუთაისი ) is a city in the Imereti region of the Georgia (country), Republic of Georgia. One of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it is the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), fourth-most populous city in Georgia after Tbilisi, Batumi and Rustavi. It lies west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, and is the capital of Imereti. Historically one of the major cities of Georgia, it served as the political center of Colchis in the Middle Ages as the capital of the Kingdom of Abkhazia and Kingdom of Georgia and later as the capital of the Kingdom of Imereti. From October 2012 to December 2018, Kutaisi was the seat of the Parliament of Georgia as an effort to decentralize the Georgian government. History Archaeological evidence indicates that the city functioned as the capital of the Colchis in the sixth to fifth centuries BC. It is believed that, in ''Argonautica'', a Greek litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irakli Bidzinashvili
Irakli Bidzinashvili ( ka, ირაკლი ბიძინაშვილი; born 27 February 1997) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Torpedo Kutaisi. Bidzinashvili has won the top Georgian league. Career A product of Saburtalo's academy, Bidzinashvili started his professional career at this club at the age of 16. On 21 September 2013, he came off the bench in Saburtalo's second-division game against ''STU''. On 24 March 2014, he contributed with his first senior career goal to a 4–1 over Samgurali. The next year Saburtalo secured promotion to the Umaglesi Liga with Bidzinashvili taking part in 25 league games. His first top-division goal came in a dramatic 2–2 draw against Samtredia, in which Bidzinashvili scored a late leveller. Having played 84 games for Saburtalo, Bidzinashvili left the team in 2017. Following a short-time spell at Armenian club Noah, he joined Latvian side Jelgava. In 2020, Bidzinashvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamuka Kobakhidze
Mamuka Kobakhidze ( ka, მამუკა კობახიძე; born 23 August 1992) is a Georgian professional football player. Being a member of Dinamo Batumi since 2019, he captains the team. Kobakhidze has played for national youth teams and secured Georgian champion's title three times, also won the national Cup and Super Cup. Club career Kobakhidze started his career at Zestaponi. During his four-year tenure there Kobakhidze twice won the Georgian league title. In February 2014, he moved to Dila Gori. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 22 November 2014 for FC Rubin Kazan in a game against FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast. On 4 August 2017, he returned to Georgia, signing with FC Locomotive Tbilisi. The next summer Kobakhidze joined Torpedo Kutaisi in a move that proved to be rewarding. He was named the best defender of the season and included in the symbolic team of Erovnuli Liga. Kobakhidze was among those players who left Torpedo en masse in June 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irakli Bugridze
Irakli Bugridze ( ka, ირაკლი ბუღრიძე, tr; born 3 January 1998) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as winger for Erovnuli Liga club Dila Gori. He has won the national league and cup competitions. Career Bugridze started his both youth and senior careers at Locomotive Tbilisi. Due to lack of playing time, in 2018 he moved to Chikhura. In an opening game of the season, Bugridze contributed to a 6–1 demolition of Kolkheti 1913 with his first senior league goal. In the summer, he played in all four matches of Chikhura's European campaign. In January 2019, Bugridze left Chikhura to sign a 1.5-year contract with Belgian second-division club Beerschot, although after making ten appearances he joined Dinamo Tbilisi a year later. Following a season-long tenure at Dila Gori in 2021, Bugridze spent next two seasons at Torpedo Kutaisi. Being mostly a starting line-up player, he took part in 31 league games in 2023 and with eight goals finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgi Arabidze
Giorgi Arabidze ( ka, გიორგი არაბიძე; born 4 March 1998) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for K League 1 club Ulsan HD. He is the winner of several trophies in the Ukrainian, Georgian and South Korean leagues. Arabidze has represented the national senior as well as all junior teams. Career Club career Arabidze is a product of the FC Locomotive Youth Sportive system from age 7. In June 2015 he signed a contract with Ukrainian football club FC Shakhtar. Arabidze made an official debut for the Ukrainian club three months later against Ternopil in the Ukrainian Cup, spending the full 90 minutes on the pitch. Arabidze featured again for Shakhtar on the last day of October, making his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League, playing the last 15 minutes of the game against Zorya Luhansk. Arabidze was included in the UEFA Youth League squad for the same season as well. He made a debut in this tournament against Malmö FF, scoring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merab Gigauri
Merab Gigauri ( ka, მერაბ გიგაური; born 5 June 1993) is a Georgian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. Gigauri is the winner of Erovnuli Liga, the national Cup and Georgian Super Cup. Club career Gigauri started his professional career at Torpedo Kutaisi in 2010. He scored his top-flight goal in a 1–0 win against Zestaponi. After the first season, Gigauri left the club on loan. He made his Ekstraklasa debut for Jagiellonia Białystok on 26 November 2011 in a game against ŁKS Łódź as a 58th-minute substitute for Hermes. Despite the lack of playing time, his desire was to stay on with this club, although he returned to Torpedo after the loan agreement had expired. In July 2016, he joined Pirveli Liga side Rustavi, who won their league group this season in spite of a six-point deduction. At the end of 2016, Gigauri moved to Torpedo again, where he earned four trophies, including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mate Vatsadze
Mate Vatsadze ( Georgian: მათე ვაწაძე, Maté Vats'adze, born 17 December 1988) is a Georgian football player who plays for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi as a forward. Playing career Vatsadze started his professional career with FC Dinamo Tbilisi, playing 96 games and scoring 42 goals for the first team between 2005 and 2010, before moving to FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod to play in the Russian Premier League in 2011. While playing in Russia, he was called up for the Georgia national football team, to play in the Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Croatia and Israel, but he was not able to get the required visa. So he soon returned to Georgia to join Dila Gori at the end of the season. On 2 September 2012 he signed a -year contract with Danish Superliga side AGF. Vatsadze was discovered by AGF in the 2012–13 Europa League Second qualifying round where he impressed by scoring three goals for Dila Gori against AGF and went on to score twice in the Third q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimer Mamuchashvili
Vladimer "Lado" Mamuchashvili ( ka, ვლადიმერ მამუჩაშვილი; born 29 August 1997) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Torpedo Kutaisi and the Georgia national team. He has won the Erovnuli Liga and Georgian Super Cup titles with Dinamo Batumi. Career Club Mamuchashvili entered the Saburtalo football school at age 7. He made a debut for the senior team in a 4–1 win against Kolkheti Khobi on 31 August 2013 in the 2nd division. Four years later, Mamuchashvili scored his first Erovnuli Liga goal in a 4–1 away victory over Dinamo Tbilisi. The next summer he ended his fourteen-year tenure at Saburtalo and moved to Liga 2 side Dinamo Batumi on a two-year deal, later extended for another two years. Mamuchashvili became a key player at the new club. In the first season, he featured in all remaining 19 games and helped the team to seal an immediate promotion back to the top tier. In 2021, he nett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flamarion (footballer, Born 1996)
Flamarion Jovino Filho (born 30 July 1996), known as Flamarion Junior or simply Flamarion, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor. Club career Dinamo Batumi In 2017 Flamarion played 21 games for Dinamo Batumi without scoring. In 2018, he became the top goalscorer by netting 24 goals in 31 games and gained recognition as the best player in the 2nd division. The next season, being in the top league now, he scored 17 goals in 30 games and won a nomination for Player of the Year. Loan to Rotor Volgograd On 7 September 2020, he joined Russian Premier League club FC Rotor Volgograd on loan. He made his Russian Premier League debut for Rotor on 27 September 2020 in a game against FC Rubin Kazan and scored a goal in a 1–3 home defeat. Return to Batumi At the end of 2021 Flamarion received the Georgian citizenship. During the 2022 season, he was multiple times named in different symbolic teams. In a nine-game first qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guram Giorbelidze
Guram Giorbelidze ( ka, გურამ გიორბელიძე, tr; born 25 February 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Erzurumspor. Club career After spells at Sioni Bolnisi and Dila Gori in his home country, Giorbelidze joined Austrian Football Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC in July 2020, signing a two-year contract with an option of an additional year. On 29 November 2020, he made his professional league debut for Wolfsberger AC, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Ried. On 17 July 2022, he joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Zagłębie Lubin on a two-year deal. Giorbelidze quickly earned a spot in the starting line-up and made 15 league appearances for Zagłębie in the first half of the season. Following Piotr Stokowiec's dismissal, Giorbelidze was deemed surplus to requirements by the new manager Waldemar Fornalik. On 22 February 2023, he was sent on loan to Dinamo Batumi until the end of the season. On 7 August 2023, Giorbelidz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saša Balić
Saša Balić (; born 29 January 1990) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bokelj and the Montenegro national team. Club career Balić started his career at FK Bokelj before moving to the Serbian side OFK Beograd where he spent the 2007–08 season before moving to FK Grbalj in July 2008. After spending a season with Grbalj, he was released in June 2009 and later joined Croatian side NK Inter Zaprešić in November 2009, although his transfer will come into effect during the winter transfer period so he will be eligible to play for Inter after the winter break of the 2009–10 season. In late February 2012 Balić signed a four-year contract with FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. On 27 July 2017, he signed a contract with Zagłębie Lubin. On 25 May 2022, after five years at the club, which included Balić serving as the team's captain in 2021, it was announced he would leave Zagłębie at the end of June 2022. On 21 June 2022, Balić joined newly prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
