FC Metalurgi Rustavi

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FC Metalurgi Rustavi
Founded1948; 78 years ago (1948)
Dissolved2015
GroundPoladi Stadium
Rustavi, Georgia
Capacity6,200
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Metalurgi Rustavi was a Georgian football team based in Rustavi, which has twice won the national league.

In Soviet times, the club played under the name "Metalurgi" (Rustavi), then during the independence of Georgia, the club was called "Gorda" (Rustavi) and FC Rustavi.

After FC Tbilisi merged with club FC Rustavi in 2006, FC Olimpi Rustavi was established.

History

Football in Rustavi could be traced back to Metalurgi Rustavi in the Soviet era.

In 1990, the club became a member of the newly created Umaglesi Liga under the name Gorda with Givi Nodia at the helm. In the first three seasons Gorda came third twice. Following Nodia's departure from the team, the management reversed its decision regarding the name. For the next six seasons Metalurgi did not achieve any significant success, although they signed several players who later joined the national team, namely Soso Grishikashvili, Zurab Menteshashvili, Aleksandre Rekhviashvili, and Levan Kobiashvili.

The club was renamed back to Gorda in 1998. Around this period the team usually stayed in the bottom half of the table. In 2002, Gorda lost playoffs to Mtskheta and suffered a first relegation to Pirveli Liga. A year later, being Rustavi this time, they prevailed over the same opponents in play-offs, but due to financial difficulties failed to obtain a top-flight license.[1]

Before the 2006 season, it was announced that Rustavi would merge with Umaglesi Liga side Tbilisi and take part in the main division as Olimpi Rustavi. Starting from this year, Olimpi was regarded as one of the main title contenders.

In 2007, the team won their first Georgian Umaglesi Liga title,[2] followed by the second title three years later.[3] In the same season they recorded an unbeaten run consisting of 27 league matches.[4] With 26 goals netted in 31 matches Anderson Aquino became their top scorer of this season. Having beaten WIT Georgia 2–0, Olimpi won the Super Cup as well.

For the 2011–12 season the club changed its name to Metalurgi Rustavi after a thirteen-year wait. Metalurgi finished on equal points as Zestaponi and was faced with a bizarre scandal involving the Football Federation. As these clubs differently inferred new league regulations determining a winner of the tournament, they both declared themselves a champion. Initially, the GFF sided with Metalurgi, although after an executive committee extraordinary meeting held the next day, it announced a final decision in favor of Zestaponi.[5]

Despite some decline, experienced by Metalurgi in following years, their players occasionally still featured in different post-season nominations. In one of such events in December 2014, Otar Kiteishvili was voted among three best young players.[6]

The 2014–15 season turned out critical.[7] Despite sitting among the top five teams before the winter break, soon the overall situation rapidly deteriorated. The club had amassed debts exceeding 8₾ million and could not afford to pay salaries to its staff and players.[8] After a fifteen-game winless run, Metalurgi ended up in the relegation zone. Following a 5–0 loss to Lokomotivi in playoffs, they were relegated.[9]

Their last season was in the Meore Liga, the third division, in 2015–16, but midway through the season they withdrew from the league.[10] Subsequently, Metalurgi were declared bankrupt. A new Rustavi club emerged representing the city in Liga 2, although they did not have any legal connections.[11]

Honours

Seasons

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season League Pos. P W D L GF GA P Cup Europe
Gorda Rustavi
1990 Umaglesi Liga 3 34 22 3 9 63 33 69 Quarterfinals Did not qualify
1991 9 19 7 5 7 34 22 26 —
1991–92 3 38 22 9 7 71 38 75 Round of 32
Metalurgi Rustavi
1992–93 Umaglesi Liga 7 32 14 7 11 73 69 49 Round of 32 Did not qualify
1993–94 9 20 5 1 14 32 46 16 Runner-up
1994–95 7 30 12 8 10 48 37 44 Semifinals
1995–96 5 30 22 0 8 70 36 66 Round of 16
1996–97 10 30 11 2 17 44 57 35 Round of 16
1997–98 11 30 10 4 16 32 41 34 Round of 32
Gorda Rustavi
1998–99 Umaglesi Liga 12 30 7 11 12 28 46 32 Round of 16 Did not qualify
1999-00 12 28 13 3 12 42 28 34 Round of 16
2000–01 11 32 8 11 13 32 42 26 Round of 16
2001–02 10 32 8 8 16 27 47 25 Quarterfinals
2002–03 10 32 9 4 19 30 48 25 Round of 32
2003–04 Pirveli Liga 4 30 16 3 11 46 31 51 Round of 32
FC Rustavi
2004–05 Pirveli Liga 11 30 10 7 13 39 43 37 Round of 32 Did not qualify
2005–06 8 34 13 10 11 50 37 49 Round of 32
FC Olimpi Rustavi
2006–07 Umaglesi Liga 1 26 19 6 1 57 9 63 Round of 16 Did not qualify
2007–08 4 26 16 4 6 26 16 52 Quarter finals UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round
2008–09 3 30 16 9 5 40 20 57 Runner-up Did not qualify
2009–10 1 36 25 7 4 69 26 79 Round of 16 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round
2010–11 3 36 20 6 10 52 31 66 Quarter finals UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round
FC Metalurgi Rustavi
2011–12 Umaglesi Liga 2 28 17 4 7 39 28 55 Semi-finals UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round
2012–13 7 32 12 8 12 29 35 44 Semi-finals UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round
2013–14 5 32 13 6 13 35 39 45 Quarter finals Did not qualify
2014–15 14 30 6 8 16 25 46 26 Quarter finals Did not qualify
2015–16 Meore Liga Withdrew

European record

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away
2007–08 UEFA Champions League 1Q Template:Flagicon FC Astana 0–0 0–3
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Template:Flagicon B36 Tórshavn 2–0 2–0
2Q Template:Flagicon Legia Warszawa 0–1 0–3
2010–11 UEFA Champions League 2Q Template:Flagicon Aktobe 1–1 0–2
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Template:Flagicon Banants 1–1 1–0
2Q Template:Flagicon Irtysh Pavlodar 1–1 2–0
3Q Template:Flagicon Stade Rennais 2–5 0–2
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q Template:Flagicon Teuta 6–1 3–0
2Q Template:Flagicon Viktoria Plzeň 1–3 0–2

Notable Players

Managers

References

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