# 2024 FC Torpedo Kutaisi season

The 2024 season was Torpedo's 78th year in existence and 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Georgian football. In addition to the national league and cup competitions, the club also took part in this season's edition of UEFA Conference League.
The season covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2024.

## Overview

Torpedo were expected to join the Dinamo duo for the title race due to an impressive second half of the 2023 season (11W, 7D, 1L) and high quality of new players who reinforced the squad. Following an emphatic 4–1 win over Samtredia in an opening match of the season, Torpedo suffered three losses in next four matches and slumped to 6th position which prompted the fanbase to fire a warning shot towards the management. As the team returned to winning ways, a fifteen-game unbeaten run followed, which included an eight-match winning streak. Eventually, Torpedo managed to climb back to the top three by the summer break.
In early July, Torpedo won a four-team Supercup tournament for the third time since 2018 after a 2–1 victory over Dinamo Tbilisi. Their European campaign, though, once again did not go beyond two rounds as they were clearly outperformed by Omonia. Torpedo suffered another setback in the national cup, partially resulting from squad rotation.
With Dinamo Tbilisi and Dinamo Batumi both dropped out of the league title fight for the first time in six years, Torpedo had to face two other challengers, Dila and Iberia 1999 instead. The team blew the chance to reach the summit of the table on 25 August when they endured a shock 5–1 home defeat from Dila. However, a month later they secured a narrow victory against Samgurali despite being reduced to ten men within 16 minutes of the first half and moved top of the table. Оn 6 October, Torpedo could have extended their lead to five points had the team defeated a rock-bottom Samtredia, but an injury-time loss meant that their eleven-game unbeaten away run came to an end with the race left wide open.
The club performed below expectations in the last two months, picking up just one point in five away matches. Ultimately, this circumstance determined the outcome of this league season for Torpedo who failed to accomplish the main goal but managed to secure the 2nd place - the highest point in last seven years - in addition to the Super Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | From |
| 19 January | 11 | MF | Jorginho | Ordabasy |
| 20 January | 20 | MF | Éliton Júnior | KuPS |
| 25 January | 9 | FW | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | Seoul |
| 31 January | 14 | MF | Felipe Pires | Dnipro-1 |
| 12 April | 21 | DF | Auro Alvaro | Ordabasy |
| 11 June | 12 | DF | Mamadou Sakho | – |
| 4 July | 23 | MF | Tsotne Patsatsia | Dinamo Batumi |
| 4 July | 18 | MF | Irakli Bidzinashvili | Zhenis |
| 12 July | 19 | FW | Momo Yansane | Rijeka |
| 15 July | 2 | DF | Warley Leandro da Silva | Mirassol |
| 28 July | 4 | MF | Tim Oloko-Obi | – |
| 8 November | | MF | Paata Gudushauri | |

### Out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | To |
| 19 January | – | FW | Tornike Akhvlediani | Telavi |
| 19 January | 20 | MF | Irakli Bugridze | Kyzylzhar |
| 19 January | 38 | MF | Kayke David | Nova Iguaçu |
| 21 January | 2 | DF | Saba Goglichidze | Empoli |
| 21 June | 4 | DF | Mate Abuladze | Samgurali |
| 20 July | 3 | DF | Pedro Monteiro | Madura United |
| | 8 | FW | Giorgi Arabidze | Ulsan HD |
| 8 September | 6 | MF | Rahmat Akbari | |

### Loans out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Return |
| 12 February | 11 | MF | Omran Haydary | Samtredia | End of season |
| 15 July | 2 | DF | Luka Elbakidze | Samtredia | End of season |
| 15 July | 19 | FW | Francois Ekongolo | Samtredia | End of season |
| 5 July | 23 | FW | Davit Imedadze | Aragvi | End of season |

## Squad

Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 December 2024. Appearances include the Erovnuli Liga only.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Oto Goshadze | (1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 27) | 2023 | 20 | 0 |
| 28 | Avtandil Meparishvili | (2006-01-08) 8 January 2006 (age 19) | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Filip Kljajić | (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 34) | 2023 | 46 | 0 |
| 35 | Luka Kvetenadze | (2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18) | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Warley Leandro da Silva | (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 25) | 2024 | 15 | 0 |
| 4 | Tim Oloko-Obi | (2004-05-15) 15 May 2004 (age 20) | 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Tsotne Nadaraia | (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | 130 | 2 |
| 12 | Mamadou Sakho | (1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 34) | 2024 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | Juba Dvalishvili | (2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 20) | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Nika Sandokhadze | (1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 30) | 2022 | 85 | 5 |
| 17 | Mate Topadze | (2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 18) | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Auro Alvaro | (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28) | 2024 | 19 | 0 |
| 22 | Giorgi Mchedlishvili | (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 32) | 2022 | 63 | 0 |
| 24 | Amiran Tkeshelashvili | (2006-07-11) 11 July 2006 (age 18) | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Lasha Shergelashvili | (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992 (age 32) | 2022 | 79 | 9 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | Merab Gigauri (C) | (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 31) | 2022 | 62 | 2 |
| 13 | Giuli Manjgaladze | (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 32) | 2022 | 84 | 3 |
| 14 | Felipe Pires | (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29) | 2024 | 34 | 6 |
| 18 | Irakli Bidzinashvili | (1997-02-27) 27 February 1997 (age 27) | 2024 | 12 | 1 |
| 20 | Eliton Junior | (1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 26) | 2024 | 26 | 3 |
| 23 | Tsotne Patsatsia | (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24) | 2024 | 15 | 3 |
| 26 | Aleko Basiladze | (2005-12-30) 30 December 2005 (age 19) | 2023 | 15 | 1 |
| 30 | Luka Rekhviashvili | (2007-06-27) 27 June 2007 (age 17) | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Saba Gureshidze | (2004-03-05) 5 March 2004 (age 20) | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Luka Mzhavanadze | (2004-02-28) 28 February 2004 (age 20) | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 33) | 2024 | 34 | 23 |
| 10 | Nikola Ninković | (1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 30) | 2023 | 37 | 10 |
| 11 | Jorginho | (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) | 2024 | 22 | 1 |
| 19 | Momo Yansane | (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 27) | 2024 | 11 | 3 |

## Pre-season friendlies

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers |
| 7 February | H | Merani | 3–1 | Shergelashvili, Jorginho (2) |
| 13 February | Valencia | Stabek | 1–2 | Monteiro |
| 15 February | Valencia | Hércules | 1–0 | Arabidze |
| 17 February | Valencia | Levadia | 3–1 | Johnsen, Arabidze (2) |
| 20 February | Valencia | Villarreal B | 4–1 | Arabidze (3), Pires |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Erovnuli Liga | 2 March | 8 December | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 058.33 |
| Georgian Cup | 28 July | 28 July | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Super Cup | 28 June | 3 July | Semifinal | Winners | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 11 July | 1 August | 1st qualifying round | 2nd qualifying round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 053.49 |
Source: Competitions

### Erovnuli Liga
#### League Table (part)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Iberia 1999 (C) | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 74 | 46 | +28 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 70 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dila Gori | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 68 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Dinamo Batumi | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 55 | |
| 5 | Samgurali Tsqaltubo | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 44 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: See Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |

#### Match details

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorer(s) |
| 2 March | Samtredia | H | W | 4–1 | o.g. 5', Johnsen 8', 66', Arabidze 30' (pen.) |
| 6 March | Iberia 1999 | H | L | 2–3 | Johnsen 86', Ninković 90+3' |
| 10 March | Dinamo Tbilisi | A | L | 0–1 | |
| 15 March | Dila | H | W | 1–0 | Arabidze 45+1' |
| 29 March | Dinamo Batumi | A | L | 2–3 | Pires 14', Johnsen 41' (pen.) |
| 2 April | Kolkheti 1913 | H | W | 3–2 | Arabidze 27', 80', Shergelashvili 69' |
| 7 April | Gagra | A | W | 1–0 | Johnsen 35' |
| 11 April | Samgurali | H | W | 3–1 | Ninković 49', Johnsen 83', Basiladze 90+7' |
| 15 April | Telavi | A | D | 0–0 | |
| 20 April | Samtredia | A | D | 0–0 | |
| 27 April | Iberia 1999 | A | D | 3–3 | Pires 34', Arabidze 72' (pen.), Johnsen 90+3' |
| 2 May | Dinamo Tbilisi | H | D | 0–0 | |
| 10 May | Dila | A | D | 1–1 | Sandokhadze 45+2' |
| 15 May | Dinamo Batumi | H | W | 1–0 | Eliton Junior 28' |
| 19 May | Kolkheti 1913 | A | W | 5–2 | Eliton Junior 23', Jorginho 38', Johnsen 59', Pires 87', Ninković 90+1' |
| 24 May | Gagra | H | W | 2–1 | Pires 86', Johnsen 90+5' |
| 28 May | Samgurali | A | W | 3–1 | Gigauri 54', Johnsen 61', Ninković 83 |
| 1 June | Telavi | H | W | 1–0 | Johnsen 6' (pen.) |
| 5 August | Samtredia | H | W | 2–1 | Yansane 36', Shergelashvili 90+6' |
| 18 August | Dinamo Tbilisi | A | W | 2–1 | Yansane 35', 42' |
| 25 August | Dila | H | L | 1–5 | Johnsen 17' (pen.) |
| 1 September | Dinamo Batumi | A | D | 1–1 | Johnsen 84' |
| 14 September | Kolkheti 1913 | H | W | 2–0 | Patsatsia 75', Johnsen 90+1 |
| 18 September | Iberia 1999 | H | W | 2–1 | Johnsen 77', Patsatsia 81' |
| 22 September | Gagra | A | W | 3–0 | Sandokhadze 45+2', Eliton Junior 49', Johnsen 55' |
| 26 September | Samgurali | H | W | 1–0 | Johnsen 77' (pen.) |
| 30 September | Telavi | A | W | 2–1 | Johnsen 12' (pen.), 61' |
| 6 October | Samtredia | A | L | 1–2 | Patsatsia 57' |
| 20 October | Iberia 1999 | A | L | 0–3 | |
| 28 October | Dinamo Tbilisi | H | W | 2–0 | Sandokhadze 82', Johnsen 90+2' |
| 2 November | Dila | A | D | 1–1 | Johnsen 21' |
| 8 November | Dinamo Batumi | H | W | 1–0 | Ninković 78' |
| 23 November | Kolkheti 1913 | A | L | 1–3 | Pires 57' |
| 27 November | Gagra | H | W | 2–0 | Pires 45+7' (pen.), Bidzinashvili 76' |
| 1 December | Samgurali | A | L | 1–2 | Johnsen 37' (pen.) |
| 8 December | Telavi | H | W | 1–0 | Johnsen 34' |

### UEFA Conference League
#### 1st qualifying round
#### 2nd qualifying round
## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and discipline

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | UECL | UECL | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | | Oto Goshadze | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Warley Leandro da Silva | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Tim Oloko-Obi | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Tsotne Nadaraia | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Merab Gigauri | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | 34 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 26 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Nikola Ninković | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Jorginho | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Mamadou Sakho | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Giuli Manjgaladze | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Felipe Pires | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Juba Dvalishvili | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Nika Sandokhadze | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | | Mate Topadze | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Irakli Bidzinashvili | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Momo Yansane | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Eliton Junior | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Auro Alvaro | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Giorgi Mchedlishvili | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Tsotne Patsatsia | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Amiran Tkeshelashvili | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Aleko Basiladze | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Lasha Shergelashvili | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Luka Rekhviashvilil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Filip Kljajić | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | | Davit Kikalishvili | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | | Pedro Monteiro | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Mate Abuladze | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Rahmat Akbari | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Giorgi Arabidze | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Francois Ekongolo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Assists

| Pl. | Pos. | No. | Name | Erovnuli Liga | Georgian Cup | Super Cup | UEFA Conference League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 14 | Felipe Pires | 10 | – | 1 | – | 11 |
| 2 | DF | 27 | Lasha Shergelashvili | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 3 | DF | 5 | Tsotne Nadaraia | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 8 | Giorgi Arabidze | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Nikola Ninković | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Eliton Junior | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 11 | Jorginho | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 22 | Giorgi Mchedlishvili | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 23 | Tsotne Patsatsia | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Warley | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Merab Gigauri | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 19 | Momo Yansane | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 21 | Auro Alvaro | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Player | Erovnuli Liga | Georgian Cup | Super Cup | UEFA Conference League | Total |
| 31 | Filip Kljajić | 12 | – | – | 1 | 13 |
| 1 | Oto Goshadze | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |

## Awards

Several members of Torpedo were recognized by the Erovnuli Liga during the season.
| No. | Pos. | Winner | Award |
| 9 | FW | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | Team of 1st round Team of 2nd round Team of 3rd round Best Player of 2nd round Forward of the Year |
| 8 | FW | Giorgi Arabidze | Team of 1st round |
| 14 | MF | Felipe Pires | Team of 2nd round |
| 20 | MF | Eliton Junior | Team of 2nd round |
| 21 | DF | Auro Alvaro | Team of 2nd round |
| 16 | DF | Nika Sandokhadze | Team of 3rd round |
| 27 | DF | Lasha Shergelashvili | Team of 3rd round |
| 31 | GK | Filip Kljajić | Team of 3rd round |
| 14 | MF | Felipe Pires | Team of 4th round |
| 9 | FW | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | Team of the Season |
| 16 | DF | Nika Sandokhadze | Team of the Season |
| 27 | DF | Lasha Shergelashvili | Team of the Season |
| | Coach | Steve Kean | Manager of 3rd round |
Note: Since the season consisted of four parts, each round is equal to nine matches.