# FC Tskhumi Sokhumi

FC Tskhumi (Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ცხუმი) is a Georgian association football club, currently playing in Regionuli Liga, the fifth tier of Georgian football.
The club was based in Sokhumi in 1990–1993 and following the War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) was re-founded by an internally displaced person from Abkhazia in Tbilisi.

## History

In 1990, most Georgian clubs, including FC Dinamo Tbilisi, withdrew from the Soviet League system and established the Georgian national league as the Umaglesi Liga. The club's predecessor, FC Dinamo Sokhumi, refused to join it and continued to play in the Soviet First League for the next two seasons. Therefore, Tskhumi was formed to represent Sokhumi in Umaglesi Liga. Star players Gocha Gogrichiani and Giorgi Chikhradze joined from Dinamo. The first president was Guram Gabiskiria.
The team started successfully, reaching the Georgian Cup finals twice in 1990 and 1991 where they lost respectively to Guria Lanchkhuti and Dinamo Tbilisi. In 1991–1992 Tskhumi finished in 2nd place in the league, but due to the war in Abkhazia had to cease their participation in the championship along with all other clubs from the region.
Overall Tskhumi spent four full seasons in Umaglesi Liga.
All-time results :
| M | W | D | L | GF–GA |
| 123 | 54 | 19 | 50 | 241–200 |
Between 1993 and 1999 FC Tskhumi was dissolved. The club restored their participation in the Georgian league and won Liga 3 in 2014 by a large margin.
Since then, Tskhumi has been playing in lower divisions.

## Name

Tskhumi is an old Georgian historical name for the capital of Abkhazia used prior to the 16th century instead of its current form.

## Stadium

The team has taken Shromiti Rezervebi stadium on lease. It has not gotten its own stadium and training base yet.

## Football kits and sponsors

| Years | Football kit | Shirt sponsor |
| 2013–2015 | Nike | |
| 2016– | Joma | |

## Current squad

As of 31 March 2018 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GEO | Rati Chitadze |
| 2 | DF | GEO | Levan Khidasheli |
| 3 | DF | GEO | Giorgi Koridze |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Jaba Sulakvelidze |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Giorgi Jalaghonia |
| 6 | MF | GEO | Alexander Rostiashvili |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Luka Sabanadze |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Lash Ghonghadze |
| 9 | MF | GEO | Beka Karsimashvili |
| 10 | FW | GEO | Shota Apshinashvili (captain) |
| 11 | FW | GEO | Gaga Kukhianidze |
| 12 | GK | GEO | Rezi Karanadze |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | GEO | Giorgi Gabunia |
| 14 | FW | GEO | Levan Kokaia |
| 15 | DF | GEO | Beka Ivanishvili |
| 16 | DF | GEO | Nika Sadghobelashvili |
| 17 | MF | GEO | Lasha Zghenti |
| 18 | MF | GEO | Luka Sigua |
| 19 | FW | GEO | Nika Kobauri |
| 20 | DF | GEO | Otar Kupatadze |
| 21 | MF | GEO | valeri Tsaava |
| 22 | MF | GEO | David Nadiradze |
| 23 | MF | GEO | Lekso Tkachovi |
| 24 | DF | GEO | Irakli Intskirveli |

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach: | Aleksander Kikacheishvili |
| Assistant coach: | Gigi Samadashvili |
| Goalkeeping coach: | Nukri Jologua |
| Assistant: | Koba Gerliani |
| Doctor: | Giorgi Injgia |
| Administrator: | Bachana Gugumberidze |
* Last updated: 2 April 2018

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| President | Alexander Tsulaia |
| Director | Giorgi Zaria |
| Finance Director | Eter Gakharia |
* Last updated: 11 March 2018

## Honours

* Georgian Umaglesi Liga
** Silver Medal winner: 1991–1992
* Georgian Cup
** Runner-up: 1990, 1992
* Meore Liga
** Winner: 2014–15

## Top goal scorers

| Years | Player | National | Goals |
| 2017 | Shotiko Apshinashvili | Georgia | 14 |
| 2015–16 | Levan Kaldani | Georgia | 13 |
| 2014–15 | Mindia Gogatishvili | Georgia | 27 |

## Managerial history

All managers of FC Tskhumi Sokhumi
| Name | Dates |
| Giga Norikadze | 1990–1991 |
| Nugzar Bojgua | 1991–1993 |
| Irakli Vasadze | 2013–2016 |
| Levan Jobava | 2016–2017 |
| Irakli Vasadze | 2017–2018 (29 April) |
| Giorgi Peikrishvili | 2017–2018 |
| Irakli Vasadze | 2018-2018 (18 May) |
| Aleksander Kikacheishvili | 2018– |

## Seasons

Key
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted |

### Georgia

Results of league and cup competitions by season :
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Georgian Cup | Super Cup | Manager |
| 1990 | Umaglesi Liga | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 36 | 44 | 7th | Georgian Cup | Super Cup | Manager | – | Giga Norikadze |
| 1991 | Umaglesi Liga | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 31 | 6th | Runners-up | – | Nugzar Bojgua |
| 1991–92 | Umaglesi Liga | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 96 | 53 | 76 | 2nd | Runners-up | – | Nugzar Bojgua |
| 1992–93 | Umaglesi Liga | 32 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 59 | 84 | 25 | 17th | SF | – | Nugzar Bojgua |
| 2014–15 | Meore Liga | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 126 | 15 | 78 | 1st | | – | Irakli Vasadze |
| 2015–16 | Meore Liga | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 108 | 23 | 39 | 3rd | | – | Irakli Vasadze |
| 2016 | Meore Liga | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 15 | 37 | 3rd | | – | Levan Jobava |
| 2017 | Regionuli Liga | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 13 | 57 | 3rd | | – | Giorgi Peikrishvili |
| 2018 | Regionuli Liga A | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 35 | 5th | | – | Aleksander Kikacheishvili |
| 2019 | Regionuli Liga B | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 8th | | – |
| 2020 | Regionuli Liga A | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 4th | | – | |
| 2021 | Regionuli Liga A | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 40 | 33 | 12th | | – | |
| 2022 | Regionuli Liga A | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 33 | 42 | 4th | | – | |
| 2023 | Regionuli Liga A | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 67 | 33 | 44 | 3rd | | – | |
| 2024 | Regionuli Liga A | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 23 | 11th | | – | |