FC WIT Georgia

WIT Georgia

Full name	Football Club WIT Georgia
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Ground	Mtskheta Park[1] Tbilisi, Georgia
Capacity	>1,000
Chairman	Guram Rukhadze
Manager	Gocha Eradze
League	Erovnuli Liga 2
2022	8th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team from Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd (a subsidiary of the United States WIT, Inc.), a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies. They play their home games at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi.

In 2004, FC WIT Georgia won the Georgian Championship, qualifying them for the early stages of the UEFA Champions League. In 2009, they won the championship for the second time.^[2] In 2010, the team won the Georgian Cup for the first time.^[3] However, performance of WIT Georgia was faded after 2010–11 season and relegated to Pirveli Liga in 2014–15 season. In 2017–18, they finished second in the Erovnuli Liga 2 and secured promotion to the Erovnuli Liga.

History

• 1997: Founded as FC WIT Georgia Tbilisi.

Honours

• Erovnuli Liga
  • Winners (2): 2003–04, 2009
• Georgian Cup
  • Winners (1): 2010
• Georgian Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2009

Current squad

As of 1 August 2023^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GEO Pavle Todadze 2 DF  GEO Zaur Kereleishvili 3 DF  GEO Irakli Javakhishvili 4 DF  GEO Sulkhan Svianadze 5 DF  GEO Giorgi Samadashvili 6 MF  GEO Luka Iashvili 7 MF  GEO Giorgi Tkemaladze 8 MF  GEO Tristan Kardava 9 MF  GEO Tornike Bzekalava 10 FW  GEO Beka Ketsbaia 11 FW  GEO Amiran Dzagania 12 GK  GEO Tamaz Gelkhviidze 13 MF  GEO Irakli Chkhikvadze

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  GEO Ilia Sabiashvili 17 MF  GEO Otar Zviadauri 18 DF  GEO Irakli Lobjanidze 19 MF  GEO Saba Jintcharadze 21 DF  GEO Zurab Tchavtchanidze 22 DF  GEO Nika Chagunava 23 MF  GEO Luka Tolordava 24 DF  GEO Luka Berozashvili 25 GK  GEO Avto Kapanadze 27 MF  GEO Tsotne Chotalishvili 29 FW  GEO Beka Gugberidze 30 DF  GEO Tornike Shekiladze — DF  GEO Ioseb Turashvili

European cups history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Team	Home	Away
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR		Beitar Jerusalem	0–3	1–1
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Ried	1–0	1–2
		2R		Troyes	1–1	0–6
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Lokeren	3–2	1–3
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Pasching	2–1	0–1
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	1QR		HB Tórshavn	5–0	0–3
		2QR		Wisła Kraków	2–8	0–3
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Lombard-Papa	0–1	1–2
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1QR		Artmedia Petržalka	2–1	0–2
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1QR		Spartak Trnava	1–0	2–2
		2QR		Austria Vienna	X	0–2
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	1QR		Maribor	0–0	1–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	2QR		Baník Ostrava	0–6	0–0

Managers

• Elguja Gugushvili (1997–199?)
• Sergo Kotrikadze (March 8, 1999 – 2001)
• Nestor Mumladze (2006 – August 2009)
• Merab Kochlashvili (August 2009 – 2009)
• Gela Gomelauri (2009–2010)
• Merab Kochlashvili (July 16, 2010–??)
• Zurab Beridze (April 20, 2011 – March 11, 2012)
• Merab Kochlashvili (March 2012–1?)
• Zurab Beridze (April 1, 2013–1?)
• Merab Kochlashvili (June 1, 2013–)
• Tengiz Kobiashvili (2015–)

References

External links

• Official website
• FC WIT Georgia results