FC WIT Georgia

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.

WIT Georgia
Full nameFootball Club WIT Georgia
Founded1997 (1997)
GroundMtskheta Park[1]
Tbilisi, Georgia
Capacity>1,000
ChairmanGuram Rukhadze
ManagerGocha Eradze
LeagueErovnuli Liga 2
20228th

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

Current squad

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 Georgia (country) GEO Ardalion Mikaberidze
4 DF Georgia (country) GEO Lasha Kasradze
6 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Vasadze
8 MF Georgia (country) GEO Guram Gureshidze
10 FW Georgia (country) GEO Irakli Sikharulidze
12 GK Georgia (country) GEO Jino Rechia
14 DF Georgia (country) GEO Irakli Khuchua
15 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Koripadze
16 FW Georgia (country) GEO Giga Jugheli
17 FW Georgia (country) GEO Levan Kukhaleishvili
18 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Gureshidze
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Georgia (country) GEO David Khurtsilava
22 DF Georgia (country) GEO Revaz Ganiashvili
23 FW Georgia (country) GEO Beka Zakradze
24 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Vashakidze
25 GK Georgia (country) GEO Nika Daushvili
26 FW Georgia (country) GEO Vakhtang Jakeli
27 MF Georgia (country) GEO Shota Davlashelidze
28 DF Georgia (country) GEO Jemal Gogiashvili
29 DF Georgia (country) GEO Guram Adamadze
30 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Janelidze

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

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

References
  1. "Სტადიონი მცხეთა პარკი » FC Wit Georgia".
  2. "Season review: Georgia". UEFA. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  3. "WIT claim maiden Georgian Cup triumph". UEFA. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
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