Athletics team

Saburtalo

Club · Georgia · Erovnuli Liga

«Red Eagles»

282 Matches

132 wins

65 draws

85 losses

429–335 Goals

+94 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form L W L W W W

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, in Tbilisi's Saburtalo district, holds 27,223 — a figure precise enough to account for the 112 seats set aside for VIP guests.

That name was not the one the club started with. Founded on 20 August 1999 as Iberia 1999, the club was bought in 2005 by the Iberia business group and its owner, Tariel Khechikashvili, who later served as Georgia's minister of sport. The takeover brought a rebrand to Saburtalo, after the district around the stadium. The club carried that name until February 2024, when it reverted to Iberia 1999.

The honours board reads as recent rather than deep: the Erovnuli Liga in 2018, 2024 and 2025, the Georgian Cup in 2019, 2021 and 2023, the Georgian Super Cup in 2020.

The academy has supplied the national team and clubs beyond Georgia. Giorgi Chanturia came through it between 2004 and 2010 before moving on to Vitesse, Hellas Verona and Ural. Davit Khocholava, at the club from 2004 to 2009, went on to Shakhtar Donetsk and Copenhagen; Giorgi Gocholeishvili followed a comparable path through Shakhtar, Copenhagen and Hamburg.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

21 Sep	Erovnuli Liga	Rustavi A	2:0	W
17 Sep	Erovnuli Liga	Dila H	2:1	W
13 Sep	Erovnuli Liga	Spaeri H	1:0	W
9 Sep	Erovnuli Liga	Dinamo Batumi A	0:2	L
5 Sep	Erovnuli Liga	Samgurali H	2:1	W
2 Sep	David Kipiani Cup	Samtredia A	0:2	L

Standing

Erovnuli Liga

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Dinamo Batumi	27	13	8	6	46:36	47
2	Saburtalo	26	14	4	8	37:28	46
3	Rustavi	27	13	7	7	32:23	46
4	Dinamo Tbilisi	26	12	9	5	43:29	45
5	Dila	27	12	4	11	38:30	40

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 282

282 Matches

132 wins

65 draws

85 losses

429–335 Goals

+94 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 282

132 65 85

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	282	141	141
Scored	429	220	209
Conceded	335	143	192
Scored per game	1.5	1.6	1.5
Conceded per game	1.2	1.0	1.4
Difference	+94	+77	+17

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Bakar Kardava Midfielder 10 Matches

Amiran Dzagania Forward 10 Matches

Jemali-Giorgi Jinjolava Defender 10 Matches

Giorgi Kutsia Midfielder 10 Matches

Zviad Natchkebia Forward 10 Matches

Alexander Amishulashvili Defender 10 Matches

Tornike Megrelishvili Goalkeeper 10 Matches

Eldar Kuliev Midfielder 10 Matches

Squad of Saburtalo

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
8	Bakar Kardava	Midfielder		10
9	Amiran Dzagania	Forward		10
5	Jemali-Giorgi Jinjolava	Defender		10
27	Giorgi Kutsia	Midfielder		10
10	Zviad Natchkebia	Forward		10
25	Alexander Amishulashvili	Defender		10
1	Tornike Megrelishvili	Goalkeeper		10
23	Eldar Kuliev	Midfielder		10
6	Nikoloz Dadiani	Midfielder		10
40	Giorgi Kobuladze	Defender		9
4	Vahid Selimović	Defender		9
14	Abdullahi Ibrahim Alhassan	Midfielder		9
31	Giorgi Makaridze	Goalkeeper		8
30	Nikoloz Borchoridze	Defender		8
29	Lado Chikradze	Forward		7
19	Nika Sikharulashvili	Forward		7
24	V. Bedoshvili	Forward		6
18	Lucas Cafe	Midfielder		6
16	Revaz Kurtanidze	Goalkeeper		5
11	A. Bartishvili	Midfielder		5
22	Sebastián María Figueredo Vilar del Valle	Defender		4
17	Steven Ende	Forward		4
19	N. Sikharulashvili	Midfielder		3
39	Giorgi Chanturia	Defender		3
33	Andrey Santos	Defender		3
29	L. Chikhradze	Forward		2
3	Phillip Cancar	Defender		2
7	Daniel Kvartskhava	Forward		2
22	Givi Khachidze	Midfielder		2
20	Armel Junior Zohouri	Defender	25	2