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FC Sulori Vani

FC Sulori Vani

Football club

FC Sulori is a Georgian football club based in the town of Vani. They currently take part in Liga 4, the forth tier of the Georgian league system.

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The team has spent two seasons in the top flight.

They play their home games at Grigol Nikoleishvili Stadium.[1]

History

Sulori became champions of the Georgian Soviet league in 1969. This success enabled the club to participate in the Soviet Second Minor league the next year, which they finished in the 10th place among 18 teams.[2]

By claiming seven titles within nine years, Sulori became one of the leading members of the republican league in 1980s. In the same period twice in a row they clinched the Georgian Cup as well.[3]

When the national championship was formed, the team won the second division in 1990 and gained promotion to the tier. However, after two seasons they were relegated.[4] The only attempt to return to Umaglesi Liga via play-offs was unsuccessful in 1999.

In 2016, the team knocked out three opponents, including two top-tier teams,[5] and reached the Cup quarterfinals, where they were beaten with a narrow margin by Torpedo Kutaisi, the future Cup winners of the season.[6]

The team had an unusual achievement in the victorious 2015-16 season when they recorded an unbeaten run in the 3rd division.[7] The club moved back to Pirveli Liga, although their tenure there lasted one season only. Following another relegation two years later Sulori reached their lowest point in 2019, when they competed in the regional league.[8]

Since 2020 Sulori have been playing in the fourth league.

Players

As of April 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Honours

Seasons

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Sulori is a balneological resort, situated in 11 km from the town of Vani.

References

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    soccerway.com
  2. [2]
    "USSR Second Minor League in 1970". wildstat.com.
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    "ვანის "სულორის" სულ ორი ფინალი". wordpress.com (in Georgian). 28 October 2010.
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    "Sulori in Umaglesi Liga". wildstat.com.
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    "საქართველოს თასი 2016 წ." flashscore.ge (in Georgian).
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    "სულორი - ტორპედო - 0-1 (ვიდეო)". mysports.ge (in Georgian). 19 October 2016.
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    "საქართველოს ჩემპიონატი. II ლიგა: უცნაური რეკორდები". sportall.ge (in Georgian), 1 June 2016.
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    "2019 წლის საქართველოს XXXI ეროვნული ჩემპიონატის რეგიონლიგა". fczestafoni.ge (in Georgian).
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