FC Dinamo Batumi

FC Dinamo Batumi
Basic data
Surname	FC Dinamo Batumi
Seat	Batumi , Georgia
founding	1923
president	Zurab Japaridze
First soccer team
Head coach	Otar Gabelia
Venue	Chele Arena , Kobuleti
Places	6,000
league	Erovnuli League
2019	2nd place
home Away

The FC Dinamo Batumi ( Georgia დინამო ბათუმი) is a Georgian football club from Batumi and plays in the top division of Georgia , the umaglesi liga . The club colors are light blue and white.

General

The association was founded in 1923. In 1990 the club was renamed FC Batumi. In 1994 it was renamed FC Dinamo Batumi again. Four years later, the club's greatest success came when they won the Georgian Cup. The club has been an integral part of Georgia's premier league since the Georgian Association was founded. Until 2006, the home ground was the Batumi Central Stadium with a capacity of 18,600 spectators. Since then, the club has played its home games in the Chele Arena, which has a capacity of 6,000.

successes

• Georgian Cup Winner : 1998
  • Finalist: 1993
• Georgian Supercup winner : 1998
  • Finalist: 1996, 1997

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1995/96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	FK Obilić	3: 2	1: 0 (A)	2: 2 (H)
		1 round	Celtic Glasgow	2: 7	2: 3 (H)	0: 4 (A)
1996/97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	HB Tórshavn	9-0	6: 0 (H)	3: 0 (A)
		1 round	PSV Eindhoven	1: 4	1: 1 (H)	0: 3 (A)
1997/98	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	FC Ararat Yerevan	2: 3	00: 3 (H) 1	2: 0 (A)
1998/99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	FK Partizan Belgrade	1: 2	0: 2 (A)	1: 0 (H)
2015/16	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Omonia Nicosia	1: 2	1: 0 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Jagiellonia Białystok	0: 5	0: 1 (H)	0: 4 (A)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 16 games, 6 wins, 2 draws, 8 defeats, 19:25 goals (goal difference −6)

¹ The first leg ended 4-2 for Dinamo Batumi, but was rated 0-3 for Ararat Yerevan, because FC Dinamo used an ineligible player.

Former players

•  Gela Schekiladze , former legionnaire in Belgium and Ukraine , Georgian international
•  Dawit Udschmadschuridze , top scorer of the first Georgian league in 1997
•  Kachaber Mschawanadze , former legionnaire in Russia , currently active in Ukraine , Georgian national player
•  Schalwa Apasawa , † January 7, 2004, died of a heart attack during a training session at his new club, Arsenal Kiev , a former Georgian international
•  Grigol Chanturia , former legionnaire in Ukraine , Georgian national player
• Giorgi Oniani
• Giorgi Seturidze

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dinamo Batumi. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .