FC Dinamo Tbilisi
- Dinamo Tbilisi redirect here. For the basketball club, see BC Dinamo Tbilisi
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Full name | Football Club Dinamo Tbilisi |
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Nickname(s) | - |
Founded | 1925 |
Ground | Boris Paichadze Stadium Tbilisi, Georgia |
Capacity | 60,000 |
Manager | Rainer Zobel |
League | Umaglesi Liga |
2007-2008 | 1 st |
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgian: დინამო თბილისი) is the football team of Dinamo Tbilisi, playing in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi.
Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the strongest teams in the Soviet era, when the club was a part of the All-Union Dynamo sports society; its main claim to European fame was winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2-1 in the final in Düsseldorf. FC. Dinamo Tbilisi had many famous players like: Kifiani, Asatiani, Shengelia and Chivadze. The most famous coach of FC. Dinamo Tbilisi was Nodar Ahalkaci. He also was second coach of Soviet Union. FC. Dinamo Tbilisi was a very strong team in Europe and Soviet Union from 1960 to 1970 and 1975 to 1985.
Honors
1981
1964, 1978
- Soviet Cup: 2
1976, 1979
- Georgian League: 13
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008
- Georgian Cup: 8
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004
- CIS Cup winner: 1
2004
Current squad
As of October, 22 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable past players
USSR-era players listed have at least one cap for the USSR national football team.