FC Samtredia

Soviet League Era

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.

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 the Georgian Football Federation broke ties with the Soviet Football Federation and formed an independent championship.

Early years after independence

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. Soon they fell from the top flight followed by relegation from Pirveli Liga as well.

Recent Times

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…

League

Umaglesi Liga/Erovnuli Liga Winners: 2016 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

Cup

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