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Dinamo Zugdidi
Football club
FC Dinamo Zugdidi is a Georgian football club based in Zugdidi. Since 2023, the club competes in Liga 4 after they were accused of match-fixing and were expelled from the Erovnuli Liga 2 the previous season.
| Full name | FC Dinamo Zugdidi | ||
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| Founded | 1918; 106 years ago (1918) | ||
| Ground | Central Stadium Ganarjiis Mukhuri, Georgia | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Manager | Kakhaber Gogichaishvili | ||
| League | Liga 4 | ||
| 2022 | 9th of 10 (relegated automatically after didn't play all matches) | ||
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The club was founded in 1918 as Odishi Zugdidi.
In 1990, FC Odishi Zugdidi were promoted for the first time to the Umaglesi Liga, the top division of Georgian football. In the 1998–99 season they finished 15th and were relegated to the Pirveli Liga. Ahead of the 2001–02 season the club changed its name to FC Lazika Zugdidi and the following season the club won promotion back to the Umaglesi Liga.
Ahead of the 2003–04 season, FC Lazika Zugdidi merged with FC Spartaki Tbilisi, a Pirveli Liga club. During the winter break, FC Spartak-Lazika Zugdidi relocated to Tbilisi and renamed themselves to FC Spartaki Tbilisi. The fusion was later undone and the now independent club changed its name from to FC Zugdidi.
In July 2006, FC Zugdidi and FC Mglebi Zugdidi, a Regionuli Liga club, merged. The club continued to perform in the Pirveli League but was renamed FC Mglebi Zugdidi. In the season 2006–07, they won the league and returned to the Umaglesi Liga.
They renamed themselves to FC Baia Zugdidi in 2009 Later, ahead of the 2012-13 season, FC Baia Zugdidi changed their name to FC Zugdidi. Since 2020, they have been called FC DInamo Zugdidi.
In the 2022 season, they, alongside FC Shevardeni-1908 Tbilisi, were accused of match-fixing and were expelled to Liga 4, the fourth division of Georgian football.
- 1918–??: Odishi Zugdidi (Georgian: ოდიში ზუგდიდი)
- 1964–65: Engurhesi Zugdidi
- 1965–73: Inguri Zugdidi
- 1974–90: Dinamo Zugdidi
- 1990–94: Odishi Zugdidi
- 1994–95: Dinamo Zugdidi
- 1995–96: Dinamo-Odishi Zugdidi
- 1996–99: Odishi Zugdidi
- 2000–01: Dinamo Zugdidi
- 2001–03: Lazika Zugdidi
- 2003: Spartak-Lazika Zugdidi
- 2004: Dinamo Zugdidi
- 2004–06: FC Zugdidi
- 2006–09: Mglebi Zugdidi
- 2009–12: Baia Zugdidi
- 2012–20: FC Zugdidi
- 2020–: Dinamo Zugdidi
As Odishi / Dinamo
| Season | League | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GF | GA | P | Cup | Notes | Manager |
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| 1998–99 | Umaglesi Liga | 15 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 70 | 20 | Relegated | ||
| 1999-00 | Pirveli Liga | |||||||||||
| 2000–01 | Pirveli Liga | Relegated | ||||||||||
| 2001–02 | Regionuli Liga West | |||||||||||
| 2002–03 | Regionuli Liga West | |||||||||||
| 2003–04 | Regionuli Liga West | |||||||||||
| 2004–05 | Regionuli Liga West | |||||||||||
| 2005–06 | Regionuli Liga West | |||||||||||
| 2006–07 | Regionuli Liga West | |||||||||||
As Baia / Mglebi / FC Zugdidi
| Season | League | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Cup | Europe | Notes | Manager |
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| 2005–06 | Pirveli Liga | 12 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 33 | 43 | Round of 32 | FC Zugdidi | ||
| 2006–07 | 1 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 24 | 76 | 1st Round | Mglebi Zugdidi | |||
| 2007–08 | Umaglesi Liga | 7 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 33 | 33 | Round of 16 | Mglebi Zugdidi | ||
| 2008–09 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 36 | Round of 32 | Mglebi Zugdidi | |||
| 2009–10 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 48 | 32 | Quarter-finals | Baia Zugdidi | |||
| 2010–11 | 6 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 51 | 44 | Round of 16 | Baia Zugdidi | |||
| 2011–12 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 49 | 22 | Quarter-finals | Baia Zugdidi | |||
| 2012–13 | 6 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 52 | 36 | Round of 16 | FC Zugdidi |
As Baia Zugdidi (reserves)
| Season | League | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GF | GA | P | Cup | Europe | Notes | Manager |
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| 2008–09 | Pirveli Liga | 2 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 20 | 63 | Round of 16 | Promoted | ||
- Champion: 1964, 1973 [1]
- Champion: 1973, 1984
- Champion: 2003, 2007
- Silver Medal winner: 2009
As of August 2019[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Herbert Zanker (Jul 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
Elguja Kometiani (Dec 17, 2009 – Dec 27, 2011)- Gocha Tkebuchava (Jan 6, 2012 – May 15, 2012)
- Elguja Kometiani (May 15, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
- Klimenti Tsitaishvili (Aug 1, 2013 – Nov 10, 2013)
- Sergo Gabelaia (Nov 14–19, 2013)
- Giorgi Daraselia (Nov 19, 2014 – June 1, 2014)
- Nestor Mumladze (Aug 1, 2014 – Oct 20, 2014)
- Besik Sherozia (Oct 21, 2014 – Nov 14, 2015)
Yuriy Bakalov (Jan 11, 2016 – Aug 2016)- Otar Gabelia (Aug 2016 – Aug 2016)
- Volodymyr Lyutyi (since Aug 2016)
The women's team participated in the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, where it lost all three matches.
- Georgia - List of Champions - RSSSF