FC Sioni Bolnisi

Sioni

Full name	Football Club Sioni Bolnisi
Founded	1936
Ground	Tamaz Stephania Stadium, Bolnisi
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Zviad Kirkitadze
Manager	Vladimir Burduli
League	Umaglesi Liga
2014–15	13th
Home colours Away colours

FC Sioni Bolnisi is a Georgian football club based in Bolnisi. The club was founded in 1936.

After spending several years in the lower divisions of Georgian football between 1990 and 1995, Sioni won promotion to Umaglesi Liga for the 1995/96 season and have been playing there ever since. In the 2003/04 season, Sioni and FC WIT Georgia shared the first position in the league, and the title was decided in a championship playoff. WIT won the match 2–0, but the crowd violence during the match lead UEFA to ban Sioni from the UEFA Cup participation.^[1]

However, in 2005/06, Sioni won the league and represented Georgia in the UEFA Champions League 2006-07, where they defeated FK Baku from Azerbaijan in the first qualifying round,^[2] but were eliminated by Bulgarian champions Levski Sofia in the second stage, losing 2–0 both home and away.^[3]

Old Logo

Honours

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga
• 2005-2006
• Georgian Cup
• * (1) 2003
• Georgian Super Cup
• * (1) 2006

Current squad

As of 12 Marth, 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mirza Merlani 2 MF Lasha Gvalia 3 DF Guram Giorbelidze 4 DF Davit Imedashvili 6 MF Giorgi Tskhadaia 8 MF Zviad Lobjanidze 9 FW Giorgi Adamia 10 FW Irakli Samkharadze 11 FW Luis Alberto 13 MF Zaza Mamasakhlisi 14 FW Soso Tchikaidze

No. Position Player 15 DF Irakli Goginashvili 18 DF Davit Svanidze 20 MF Georgi Ganugrava 21 MF Aleksandre Gogoberishvili 22 MF Giorgi Gaprindashvili 28 DF Aleksandre Intskirveli 44 DF Valeri Kilasonia 55 DF Dachi Popkhadze 77 MF Guram Gureshidze 88 DF Akaki Shulaia 89 GK Soslan Naniev

European cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	FK Púchov	0–3	0–3
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Baku FC	2–0	0–1
		2Q	PFC Levski Sofia	0–2	0–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Flamurtari Vlorë	2–3	2–1

Managers

• Kakhaber Tskhadadze (Dec 31, 2005 – Aug 31, 2006)
• Giorgi Kipshidze (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008)
• Otar Korgalidze (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
• Teimuraz Makharadze (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2010)
• Giorgi Kipshidze (July 1, 2010 – March 19, 2011)
• Khvicha Kasrashvili (March 18, 2011–1?)
• Vakhtang Chagelishvili (July 1, 2011–1?)
• Levan Bajelidze (Sept 15, 2011 – Jan 12, 2012)
• Khvicha Kasrashvili (Jan 15, 2012 – Aug 27, 2012)
• Armaz Jeladze (Aug 28, 2012 – June 1, 2013)
• Giorgi Kiknadze (June 1, 2013–Oct, 2013)
• Vladimir Burduli (Oct, 2013–)

References

1. Reuters (2004-06-01). "UEFA Cup ban for Georgian club Sioni". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
2. "UEFA Champions League History, Season 2006–2007, First qualifying round". uefa.com. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
3. "UEFA Champions League History, Season 2006–2007, Second qualifying round". uefa.com. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-07-30.

External links

• Official website