FC Samtredia

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.{{cite web |title=Samtredia in 1970-80s |url=http://wildstat.ru/p/7001/club/URS_Sanavardo_Samtredia |website=wildstat.com}}

Below are the all-time results during the 17 consecutive seasons in the Soviet Second League.

Following the 1989 season, the Samtredian team as well as all other Georgian clubs withdrew from their relevant Soviet leagues after Georgian Football Federation broke ties with the Soviet Football Federation and formed an independent championship.

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.{{cite web |title=Samtredia vs Vardar 1995 History |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51935--samtredia-vs-vardar/ |website=UEFA}} Soon they fell from the top flight followed by relegation from Pirveli Liga as well.

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.{{cite web |title=დინამო (თბ)-სამტრედია 5:0 - ძლევაი საკვირველი |url=https://sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/thasi/79113-dinamo-thb-samtredia-50-dzlevai-sakvirveli-videophoto.html|website=sportall.ge (in Georgian), 27 May 2015}}

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 a victory over Chikhura Sachkhere in the championship playoffs.{{cite web |title=ფეხბურთი: "სამტრედია" საქართველოს ჩემპიონი გახდა|url=https://netgazeti.ge/news/161125/|website=netgazeti.ge (in Georgian), 11 December 2016}}

Samtredia completed the season with the double after they beat Georgian Cup holders Torpedo Kutaisi in the Super Cup game.{{cite news |title=სამტრედია - ტორპედო: პირველი სუპერთასი და პირველი დუბლი |url=https://sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/thasi/101632-samtredia-torpedo-21-pirveli-superthasi-da-pirveli-dubli-video.html |publisher=sportall.ge (in Georgian), 27 February 2017}}

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.{{cite web |title=

კახა კაჭარავამ "სამტრედია" დატოვა |url=https://fanebi.com/kakha-katcharavam-samtredia-datova/|website=fanebi.com (in Georgian), 23 September 2020}}

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.{{cite web |title=გია ცეცაძე: სამტრედიაში იმიტომ დავბრუნდი, რომ ეს ჩემი უსაყვარლესი გუნდია |url=https://1tv.ge/news/gia-cecadze-samtrediashi-imitom-davbrundi-rom-es-chemi-usayvarlesi-gundia/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian), 10 February 2021}} His second tenure lasted eight months, though. The team lost the relegation struggle and finished bottom of the table.{{cite web |title=სამტრედია შაშიაშვილმა ჩაიბარა |url=https://leadersport.ge/news/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90-%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90-%E1%83%A9%E1%83%90 |website=leadersport.ge (in Georgian) |date=14 February 2022}}

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.{{cite web |title=სამტრედია" ეროვნულ ლიგაში დაბრუნდა, "სიონი" ლიგა 2-ში გავარდა |url=https://1tv.ge/news/samtredia-erovnul-ligashi-dabrunda-sioni-liga-2-shi-gavarda-video-1tvsport/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |date=11 December 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.{{cite news |title=თელავი პლეიოფში ითამაშებს, სამტრედია გავარდა |url=https://sportline.ge/fexburti/18894--.html |access-date=10 December 2024 |publisher=sportline.ge |date=3 December 2024}}

As of 10 March 2025{{cite web|title=Players|url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/club/samtredia/squad|website=erovnuliliga.ge|access-date=10 March 2025}}

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{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=GEO|pos=GK|name=Beka Kurdadze}}

{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Juba Dvalishvili}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Levan Kaladze}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=TJK|pos=MF|name=Murodali Aknazarov}}

{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Eric Barrios}}

{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=GEO|pos=FW|name=Tornike Kapanadze}}

{{Fs player|no= 10|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Alexsandro Faisca}}

{{Fs player|no= 11|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Guilherme Vintem}}

{{Fs player|no= 12|nat=GEO|pos=GK|name=Giorgi Bediashvili}}

{{Fs player|no= 14|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Ruben Gauto}}

{{Fs player|no= 15|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Giorgi Kveladze}}

{{Fs player|no= 17|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Luka Elbakidze}}

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{{Fs player|no= 19|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Levan Kakubava|other=captain}}

{{fs player|no=20|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Malkhaz Chitaishvili}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Lautaro Duarte}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Giorgi Mchedlishvili}}

{{Fs player|no= 23|nat=GEO|pos=GK|name=Demetre Meparishvili}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Beka Pilpani}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=RUS|pos=FW|name=Asad Asadov}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Giorgi Chkhaidze}}

{{Fs player|no=35|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Shakro Beria}}

{{Fs player|no=37|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Giuli Manjgaladze}}

{{Fs player|no=40|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Claudinei}}

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• Umaglesi Liga/Erovnuli Liga
• Winners: 2016[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/georchamp.html Georgia – 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

• Georgian Cup
• Runners-up: 2014–15
• Georgian Super Cup
• Winners: 2017

Since 2019 Archi development company has been a general sponsor of FC Samtredia.{{cite web |title=არქი "სამტრედიას" გენერალური სპონსორი გახდა |url=https://sportall.ge/sporti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/133543-qarqiq-qsamtrediasq-generaluri-sponsori-gakhda.html |website=sportall.ge (in Georgian), 17 September 2019}}

Throughout their history Samtredia have also been named Lokomotivi, Sanavardo, Juba and Iberia{{cite web | url = http://fcsamtredia.com/fcsamtredia.php?id=1&lang=eng | title = The history of FC Samtredia | website = fcsamtredia.com | date = 6 December 2015 | access-date = 11 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161218220639/http://fcsamtredia.com/fcsamtredia.php?id=1&lang=eng | archive-date = 18 December 2016 | url-status = dead }} with the current name regained in 2006.

Samtredia literally means a place where pigeons reside and comes from Georgian word mtredi - pigeon.

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• {{official website|http://fcsamtredia.ge}}
• [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/georgia/fc-samtredia/7415/ Team profile] at Soccerway
• [https://www.flashscore.ge/team/samtredia/YHhV5DeL/results/ FC Samtredia results] at Flashscore

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Samtredia

Category:1936 establishments in Georgia (country)

Category:Association football clubs established in 1936

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