FC Metalurgi Rustavi

FC Metalurgi Rustavi

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Founded	1948
Ground	Poladi Stadium Rustavi, Georgia (Capacity: 10,720)
Coach	Armaz Jeladze
League	Umaglesi Liga
2010–2011	3rd
Home colours Away colours

FC Metalurgi Rustavi is a Georgian football team, which are playing in Rustavi. The club play their home games at Poladi Stadium. After FC Tbilisi merged with second division club FC Rustavi in 2006, FC Olimpi Rustavi was established. In 2007, FC Olimpi Rustavi won their first Georgian Premier League title. In 2011 they changed name to Metalurgi Rustavi.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

• Georgian Premier League: 2

2006–07, 2009–10.

• Georgian Super Cup: 1

2010.

History

Football in Rustavi could be track back to Metallurg Rustavi in Soviet era. The club was a member of Umaglesi Liga until relegated in 2003. In order to back to top division, the club merged with FC Tbilisi and renamed as Olimpi Rustavi, to take their player and seat on Umaglesi Liga, where the won the league title in the first season they merged. For the 2011/12 season the club changed its name to Metalurgi Rustavi.

Seasons

Season	League	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GF	GA	P	Cup	Europe	Notes	Manager
1990	Umaglesi Liga	3	34	22	3	9	63	33	69			Gorda Rustavi
1991	Umaglesi Liga	9	19	7	5	7	34	22	26			Gorda Rustavi
1991–92	Umaglesi Liga	3	38	22	9	7	71	38	75			Gorda Rustavi
1992–93	Umaglesi Liga	7	32	14	7	11	73	69	49			Metallurgi Rustavi
1993–94	Umaglesi Liga	9										Metallurgi Rustavi
1994–95	Umaglesi Liga	7										Metallurgi Rustavi
1995–96	Umaglesi Liga	5										Metallurgi Rustavi
1996–97	Umaglesi Liga	10										Metallurgi Rustavi
1997–98	Umaglesi Liga	11										Metallurgi Rustavi
1998–99	Umaglesi Liga	12										Gorda Rustavi
1999-00	Umaglesi Liga	12										Gorda Rustavi
2000–01	Umaglesi Liga	11										Gorda Rustavi
2001–02	Umaglesi Liga	10										Gorda Rustavi
2002–03	Umaglesi Liga	10										Gorda Rustavi
2003–04	Pirveli Liga	4										FC Rustavi
2004–05	Pirveli Liga	11	30	10	7	13	39	43	37			FC Rustavi
2005–06	Pirveli Liga	8	34	13	10	11	50	37	49			FC Rustavi
2006–07	Umaglesi Liga	1	26	19	6	1	57	9	63	Round of 16		FC Olimpi Rustavi
2007–08	Umaglesi Liga	4	26	16	4	6	26	16	52	Quarter-finals	UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round	FC Olimpi Rustavi
2008–09	Umaglesi Liga	3	30	16	9	5	40	20	57	Runner-up		FC Olimpi Rustavi
2009–10	Umaglesi Liga	1	36	25	7	4	69	26	79	Round of 16	UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round	FC Olimpi Rustavi
2010–11	Umaglesi Liga	3	36	20	6	10	52	31	66	Quarter-finals	UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round	FC Olimpi Rustavi

European Record

Home games are in BOLD

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	1Q		FC Astana	0–0, 0–3
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1Q		B36 Tórshavn	2–0, 2–0
		2Q		Legia Warszawa	0–3, 0–1
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	2Q		FC Aktobe	0–2, 1–1
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q		FC Banants	1–0,1–1
		2Q		FC Irtysh Pavlodar	1–1, 2–0
		3Q		Stade Rennais F.C.	2-5, 0-2

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Grigol Bediashvili 2 DF Konstantin Gaganidze 3 MF Irakli Maisuradze 4 DF Aleksandre Kvakhadze (captain) 7 MF Luka Razmadze 8 MF Giorgi Aburjania 9 FW Irakli Kobalia 10 MF Revaz Getsadze 11 MF Irakli Modebadze 12 GK Zurab Batiashvili 13 MF Denis Dobrovolski

No. Position Player 14 DF Lasha Japaridze 15 MF Giorgi Kavtaradze 17 FW Ilia Pavliashvili 18 DF David Lomaia 20 FW Valiko Tkemaladze 21 FW Dimitri Tatanashvilli 22 MF Giorgi Mikaberidze 23 DF Giorgi Murvelashvili 24 DF Mikhail Makhviladze 25 DF Sergi Orbeladze 30 GK Nika Shermadini

Famous players

• Alex Fraga
• Anderson Aquino
• Choco
• Jonatas
• Kakhaber Tskhadadze
• Bhaudry Massouanga
• Ernest Akouassaga
• Vladimir Akhalaia
• Revaz Arveladze (1988)
• Zurab Arziani
• Georgi Chelidze
• Davit Devdariani
• Giorgi Gakhokidze (1993–95)
• Revaz Gotsiridze
• Soso Grishikashvili
• Shota Khinchagashvili
• Gocha Khojava
• David Kakulia
• Georgi Kipiani (1997–98)
• Levan Kobiashvili (1994–95)
• Giorgi Navalovski
• Giorgi Oniani (2006)
• Rezo Dzhikiya
• Olexandr Omelyanov

External links

• Official website

References