2011–12 FC Torpedo Kutaisi season

The 2011-12 season was Torpedo Kutaisi's 20th season in Georgian Umaglesi Liga.

Torpedo began the season with a clash with local rival Zestafoni at the home ground on 7 August 2011. This was the official debut for new coach Giorgi Kiknadze, who was focused on experienced older players. But in his first match, Kiknadze lost the game 1-2. After this, the team won some matches, but these were only home games and Torpedo lost all their away matches, furthermore the team did not show good performance. After the 6th match (Metalurgi Rustavi 0-2), the team held 8th position in the league. Because of this failure Kiknadze was sacked and replaced by Gia Geguchadze.

Before Geguchadze came, Torpedo Kutaisi had a clash with their biggest rival from the Soviet time - Dinamo Tbilisi. These matches are called as Georgian Classico because of their fights and intensity. The coach of the hosts was caretaker Giorgi Sukhiashvilli, and fans insisted on a win over their rival. Sukhiashvili and his team won the game 2-1 on 21 September.

Geguchadze's rival in his debut match in Torpedo was Gagra. Literally in this match won team their first match away. Than they made six matches winning run and for a one week lead the scoreboard. After the regular season, Torpedo Kutaisi held 3rd position, below Zestafoni and Dinamo Tbilisi. In the play-off round they tried to save this position (3rd position goes to UEFA Europa League). Their competitor was Dinamo, but Torpedo won against them on their ground with Datunaishvili's score 1-0. So they held 3rd position and deserved to play on European competition.

Torpedo reached 1/4 finals of the cup competition and in dramatic battle was eliminated by Zestafoni. in added 4 minutes Zestafoni scored two goals and both of them with ricochet.

Pre-season and friendlies

Place

Date

Oppon. Flag

Opponents

Result
F–A

Scorers

Ureki, Georgia

27 June 2011

Mertskhali

7:0

Ioseliani 60', Gotsiridze (2) 65', 70', D. Bolkvadze (2) 74', 77', D. Kirkitadze 82', T. Tarkhnishvili 86'

Ureki, Georgia

29 June 2011

Guria

7:1

Kukhianidze 8', Dighmelashvili 12', D. Kirkitadze 52', Guruli 60', Kharabadze 65', Megreladze 75', 78'

Ureki, Georgia

2 July 2011

Dinamo Bat.

0:0

Ureki, Georgia

15 july 2011

Merani Martv.

1:0

D. Bolkvadze 26'

Ureki, Georgia

19 July 2011

Chikhura

0:0

Murska Sobota, Slovenia

25 July 2011

Hapoel Haifa

1:0

Megreladze 68'

Murska Sobota, Slovenia

28 July 2011

Baki

2:2

Chikviladze 53', Gotsiridze 70'

Murska Sobota, Slovenia

31 July 2011

Hapoel Ramat Gan

2:1

Dolidze 23', Sabanadze 75'

Kutaisi, Georgia

5 September 2011

Kolkheti Poti

3:0

Sabanadze 7', Kukhianidze 55', Dolidze 87'

Kutaisi, Georgia

10 October 2012

Chkherimela

7:0

Gotsiridze (2) 18', 45', Sabanadze 41', Kukhianidze 54', Dolidze61', D. Bolkvadze 66', Megreladze 69'

Kutaisi, Georgia

15 January 2012

Merani Martv.

2:0

Shergelashvili 49', Kukhianidze 79'

Antalya, Turkey

25 January 2012

Brasov

0:2

Antalya, Turkey

26 January 2012

Simurq

1:1

Gamezardashvili 71'

Antalya, Turkey

28 January 2012

Korona

0:0

Antalya, Turkey

1 February 2012

Banik

0:0

Antalya, Turkey

3 February 2012

Zorya

1:3

D. Janelidze 71'

Kutaisi, Georgia

10 February 2012

Merani Martv.

1:2

Pharulava 68'

Kutaisi, Georgia

14 February 2012

Kolkheti Poti

3:0

Aleksandr Kvakhadze30', T. Tarkhnishvili 47', Sabanadze 87'

Kutaisi, Georgia

18 March 2012

Imereti

7:0

Kukhianidze (2), T. Tarkhnishvili (2), Sabanadze, D. Janelidze, Pantsulaia

Competitions

Umaglesi Liga

Regular Season

Date

Matchday

Opponents

H / A

Result
F–A

Scorers

League
position

8 August 2011

1

Zestafoni

H

1:2

Megreladze 78'

9th

14 August 2011

2

Dila

A

1:0

D. Bolkvadze 72',

6th

27 August 2011

4

Merani Martv.

A

0:1

9th

10 September 2011

5

Sioni

H

2:0

Datunaishvili 21', Sabanadze 43'

6th

17 September 2011

6

Metalurgi

A

0:2

8th

21 September 2011

3

Dinamo Tb.

H

2:1

Dolidze 6', Megreladze 10'

6th

25 September 2011

7

Baia

H

0:0

8th

2 October 2011

8

Gagra

A

1:0

Datunaishvili 13'

5th

16 October 2011

9

Spartaki Tskh.

H

2:0

Dolidze 54', T. Tarkhnishvili 71'

5th

22 October 2011

10

WIT Georgia

A

1:0

Gotsiridze 76'

5th

26 October 2011

11

Kolkheti P.

H

4:1

Gotsiridze 16', 43', Datunaishvili 54', Dolidze 72'

3rd

30 October 2011

12

Zestafoni

A

1:0

Dighmelashvili 66'

2nd

6 November 2011

13

Dila

H

2:1

Gamezardashvili 14', Megreladze 65'

1st

20 November 2011

14

Dinamo Tb.

A

0:2

3rd

4 December 2011

16

Sioni

A

3:1

D. Janelidze 10', T. Tarkhnishvili 56', Sabanadze 66’

3rd

11 December 2011

17

Metalurgi

H

3:0

Gotsiridze 6', T. Tarkhnishvili 42', Gamezardashvili 51'

2nd

14 December 2011

15

Merani Martv.

H

2:1

Gotsiridze 8', Dolidze 13'

2nd

18 December 2011

18

Baia

A

1:1

T. Tarkhnishvili 49'

2nd

19 February 2012

20

Spartaki Tskh.

A

0:2

2nd

22 February 2012

19

Gagra

H

5:2

Gotsiridze 22', 24', Datunaishvili 45', 48', Sabanadze 90+1'

2nd

26 February 2012

21

WIT Georgia

H

2:2

Kukhianidze 26', Pirtskhalava 86'

3rd

8 March 2012

22

Kolkheti P.

A

0:0

3rd

Club

1

Zestafoni

22

16

3

2

45

17

+28

54

2

Dinamo Tb.

22

14

3

5

44

24

+20

45

3

Torpedo Kutaisi

22

13

4

5

33

19

+14

43

4

Metalurgi

22

9

6

7

25

26

-1

33

5

Merani Martv.

22

9

3

10

23

26

-3

30

6

Baia

22

8

4

10

21

26

-5

28

7

Dila

22

7

5

10

29

28

+1

26

8

Kolkheti P.

22

6

8

8

19

24

-5

26

9

WIT Georgia

22

6

7

9

23

27

-4

25

10

Spartaki Tskh.

22

6

6

10

22

32

-10

24

11

Gagra

22

6

3

13

21

32

-11

21

12

Sioni

22

2

6

14

13

37

-24

12

Key Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Championship Round

Relegation Round

Championship Round

After the regular season points were corrected:

Zestafoni: 30 points, 24 goals for, 12 goals against
Torpedo Kutaisi: 24 points, 17 goals for, 12 goals against
Dinamo Tbilisi: 23 points, 27 goals for, 20 goals against
Metalurgi Rustavi: 23 points, 18 goals for, 19 goals against
Baia: 16 points, 11 goals for, 15 goals against
Dila: 15 points, 16 goals for, 17 goals against
Merani Martvili: 13 points, 12 goals for, 22 goals against
Kolkheti Poti: 12 points, 8 goals for, 16 goals against

Date

Matchday

Opponents

H / A

Result
F–A

Scorers

League
position

21 March 2012

3

Kolkheti P.

A

0:1

4th

25 March 2012

4

Dinamo Tb.

H

1:1

Gotsiridze 42',

4th

29 March 2012

2

Zestafoni

A

0:0

4th

2 April 2012

5

Metalurgi

A

1:2

Kvakhadze 85'

4th

6 April 2012

6

Baia

H

2:1

Gamezardashvili 3', Gotsiridze 28'

3rd

10 April 2012

1

Merani Martv.

H

2:0

Sabanadze 37', V. Bolkvadze 86'

3rd

14 April 2012

7

Dila

A

0:1

3rd

22 April 2012

8

Merani Martv.

A

0:3

3rd

28 April 2012

9

Zestafoni

H

2:1

Kukhianidze 12', Pirtskhalava 90+2'

3rd

2 May 2012

10

Kolkheti P.

H

3:1

Kvakhadze 31', Sabanadze 38', 41'

3rd

6 May 2012

11

Dinamo Tb.

A

1:0

Datunaishvili 30'

3rd

12 May 2012

12

Metalurgi

H

0:0

3rd

16 May 2012

13

Baia

A

2:0

Revaz Gotsiridze 65', Nika Sabanadze 90'

3rd

20 May 2012

14

Dila

H

3:2

Gamezardashvili 10', Pantsulaia 46', Shergelashvili 89'

3rd

Club

1

Zestafoni

28

16

7

5

52

28

+24

55

2

Metalurgi

28

17

4

7

39

28

+11

55

3

Torpedo Kutaisi

28

14

6

8

34

25

+9

48

4

Dinamo Tb.

28

10

10

8

47

35

+12

40

5

Dila

28

10

7

11

38

32

+6

37

6

Kolkheti P.

28

8

8

12

25

39

-14

32

7

Baia

28

5

7

16

25

49

-24

22

8

Merani Martv.

28

6

3

19

31

55

-24

21

Key Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Champions League

Europa League

D. Kipiani Georgian Cup

Date

Round

Opponents

H / A

Result
F–A

Scorers

17 August 2012

1/16 Final
First leg

Meskheti

H

2:0

Ioseliani 23', Tabatadze 68'

13 September 2012

1/16 Final
Second leg

Meskheti

A

6:1

Sabanadze 3', Manchkhava 25', Ioseliani (3) 30', 64', 89', Gotsiridze 82'

28 September 2012

1/8 Final
First leg

Dinamo Bat.

A

2:0

Sabanadze 16', Gotsiridze 27'

2 October 2012

1/8 Final
Second leg

Dinamo Bat.

H

1:1

Megreladze 28'

24 October 2012

1/4 Final
First leg

Zestafoni

H

1:1

Gamezardashvili 34'

2 October 2012

1/4 Final
Second leg

Zestafoni

A

1:2

Gotsiridze 62'