FC Samtredia (), commonly known as Samtredia, is a Georgian professional football club based in the city of Samtredia. The club competes in Erovnuli Liga 2, the 2nd tier of Georgian football. Their home ground is the Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium.
In 2016, Samtredia won the league and the Super Cup.
History Soviet League Era Established in 1936, Samtredia spent years in the Georgian SSR Championship before the club eventually obtained the right to participate in the Soviet Second League, the third tier of the Soviet football system. Lokomotivi Samtredia finished their season as runners-up several times and even won the league twice, although they eventually failed to win the knockout stages of the competition against winners of two other SSR Countries. + Season League Pos Notes 1973 II, zone 4 12 1974 II, zone 3 9 1975 II, zone 1 10 1976 II, zone 1 13 1977 II, zone 4 12 1978 II, zone 4 8 1979 II, zone 4 2 1980 II, zone 91 Play-off, lost 1981 II, zone 9 2 1982 II, zone 9 2 1983 II, zone 9 4 1984 II, zone 9 4 1985 II, zone 9 10 1986 II, zone 9 7 1987 II, zone 9 1 Play-offs, lost 1988 II, zone 3 8 1989 II, zone 9 4 Below are the all-time results during the 17 consecutive seasons in the Soviet Second League. + M W D L GF–GA 626 300 121 205 992-813
Following the 1989 season, the Samtredian team as well as all other Georgian clubs withdrew from their relevant Soviet leagues after the Georgian Football Federation broke ties with the Soviet Football Federation and formed an independent championship.
Early years after independence Right after Georgia's independence, Sanavardo Samtredia became a member of the new national top tier, the Umaglesi Liga.
While twice, in 1993/94 and 1995/96, they finished in 4th, in 1994/1995 the club ended the season in 2nd which gave them qualification for the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup.
The debut in European competition turned out unsuccessful. Soon they fell from the top flight followed by relegation from Pirveli Liga as well.
Recent Times In 2014/15 Samtredia reached the final of the David Kipiani Cup. In the previous rounds they had knocked out four opponents, including favourites Dinamo Batumi, Torpedo Kutaisi and Chikhura, but they weren't able to upset the odds again against Dinamo Tbilisi.
The most fruitful period for Samtredia was in the mid-2010s, when they finished amongst the top three teams of Umaglesi Liga for three consecutive seasons. Moreover, in 2016, under head coach Giorgi Tsetsadze, they became champions for the first time in their history after victory over Chikhura Sachkhere in the championship playoffs. Samtredia completed the season with the double after they beat Georgian Cup holders Torpedo Kutaisi in the Super Cup game.
In 2019, the club competed in Liga 2, although they returned to the Erovnuli Liga after one season. Manager Kakhaber Kacharava, who guided Samtredia back to the top flight, had to quit the club in September 2020 after just one point earned in their last five league games and a shock cup defeat from Liga 3 minnows Tbilisi City.
New head coach Giorgi Mikadze steered Samtredia away from the relegation zone, but in February 2021 he was replaced by Giorgi Tsetsadze, who had once brought the club to their only champion's title. His second tenure lasted eight months, though. The team lost the relegation struggle and finished bottom of the table.
Just like the previous case three years earlier, it took Samtredia a year to move back to the top flight. Under Giorgi Shashiashvili the team beat their rivals for a playoff spot and qualified for decisive matches for the third time in the last five years. Another victory over Sioni completed their successful league campaign in 2022.
Samtredia spent the next two seasons fighting for survival. In 2023, they cruised to a narrow play-off victory over Gareji, but a year later suffered a third relegation in seven years.
Seasons
Domestic leagues +Season Div Pos Top goalscorerGoals Cup 1990 1st 12/18 Round of 32 1991 1st 18/20 – 1991/92 1st 15/20 Round of 16 1992/93 1st 10/17 Round of 16 1993/94 1st 4/10 Round of 16 1994/95 1st2/16 Gia Jishkariani18 Quarterfinals 1995/96 1st 4/16 Zurab Ionanidze23 Semifinals 1996/97 1st14/16 Round of 161997/98 2nd2/14 Quarterfinals 1998/99 1st 8/16 Round of 16 1999/2000 1st 7/8 Round of 32 2000/01 1st12/12 Round of 32 2001/02 2nd 10/11 Round of 32 2002/03 2nd 16/16 Round of 32 2003/04 2nd14/16 Round of 32 2007/08 2nd 8/10 1st Round 2008/09 2nd1/11 Round of 16 2009/10 1st7/10 Zaur Khachiperadze 11 Round of 16 2010/11 1st10/10 Giga Kverenchkhiladze 4Round of 32 2011/12 2nd, A 3/8 Papuna Shatirishvili 3Round of 32 2012/13 2nd5/12 Zaur Khachiperadze 9 Round of 16 2013/14 2nd1/14 Zviad Kantaria 11 Round of 32 2014/15 1st 6/16 Tornike Kapanadze 7Runners-up 2015/16 1st 2/16 Budu Zivzivadze 16 Quarterfinals 2016 1st 1/14 Budu Zivzivadze 11 Quarterfinals 2017 1st 3/10 Davit Rajamashvili 8 Round of 16 2018 1st 9/10 Giorgi Pantsulaia 6 Round of 16 2019 2nd 2/10 Guram Samushia 15Round of 16 2020 1st 7/10 Nijat Gurbanov 4Round of 16 2021 1st 10/10 Nikola Prelčec 4 Round of 32 2022 2nd 3/10 Dato Kirkitadze 8 Round of 32 2023 1st 9/10 Zurab Nachkebia Aleksandar Mishov 8 Round of 32 2024 1st 10/10 Daniel Owusu 5 Round of 16 2025 2nd 6/10 Levan Kutalia 9 Semifinals
European record Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1995–96 UEFA Cup PR FK Vardar 0–2 0–1 0–3 2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1QR Gabala 2–1 1–5 3–6 2017–18 UEFA Champions League 2QR Qarabag 0–1 0–5 0–6 2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1QR Tobol 0–1 0–2 0–3
Current squad As of 19 March 2026
Managers NameNat.FromToLevan Anjaparidze January 2011July 2011Koba Mikadze August 2011October 2011Gia Bendeliani October 2011September 2012Leri Megeneishvili (1) September 2012December 2012Dato Chelidze January 2013June 2013Ucha Sosiashvili July 2013December 2013Gela Sanaia January 2014October 2014Giorgi Tsetsadze (1) October 2014February 2017Ucha Sosiashvili (2) February 2017April 2018Badri Kvaratskhelia April 2018June 2018Giorgi Tsetsadze (2) July 2018September 2018Giorgi Daraselia September 2018December 2018Kakhaber Kacharava January 2019August 2020Giorgi Mikadze August 2020January 2021Giorgi Tsetsadze (3) February 2021October 2021Leri Megeneishvili (2) October 2021January 2022 Giorgi Shashiashvili February 2022April 2023 Dimitar Kapinkovski April 2023August 2024Vladimer Kakashvili (1) August 2024December 2024Mikheil AshvetiaJanuary 2025May 2025 Eugenio Sena May 2025 December 2025 Valery Gagua January 2026 June 2026 Vladimer Kakashvili (2) June 2026
Honours League Umaglesi Liga/Erovnuli Liga Winners: 2016Georgia – List of Champions – RSSSF Runners-up: 1994–95, 2015–16 Bronze medals: 2017 Pirveli Liga/Erovnuli Liga 2 Winners: 2008–09, 2013–14 Runners-up: 1997–98, 2019 Third place: 2011–12 (A Group), 2022
Cup Georgian Cup Runners-up: 2014–15 Georgian Super Cup Winners: 2017
Sponsors Since 2019 Archi development company has been a general sponsor of FC Samtredia.
Name Throughout their history Samtredia have also been named Lokomotivi, Sanavardo, Juba and Iberia with the current name regained in 2006.
Samtredia literally means a place where pigeons reside and comes from Georgian word mtredi - pigeon.
References
External links
Team profile at Soccerway FC Samtredia results at Flashscore