FC Samgurali Tskhaltubo

FC Samgurali Tskaltubo is a Georgian association football club from Tskhaltubo, which takes part in Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of the national league.

The team has twice been a runner-up of the Georgian Cup.

History

In the Soviet and national leagues

Formed in 1945 as FC Medic, the football club from Tskhaltubo had the most prolific years in 1980s. Between 1983 and 1990 under the name Shadrevani they became champions of the Georgian Soviet league three times, once finished as runners-up and once won bronze medals.

Since 1990, when Georgian Football Federation formed an independent championship, 4th place taken in 1994 has been the best result shown by Samgurali in Umaglesi Liga. After 2001/02 they were relegated to Liga 2, where the team spent most of the seasons until 2019, although Samgurali also played in Liga 3 for several years.

After an 18-year break Samgurali managed to return to the first division following the 2020 season, completing the double promotion in two years.

Recent years

Apart from winning the promotion to Erovnuli Liga, the team also achieved an impressive success by reaching the final of David Kipiani Cup for the first time since 1999. As in the first case though, they again lost the final game on penalty shoot-out.

Honours

• Georgian Soviet Championship
  • Champion: 1983, 1985, 1989
• Georgian Soviet Cup
  • Champion: 1988, 1989
• Georgian Cup:
  • Runners-up: 1999, 2020
• Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Champion: 1996
  • Silver Medal winner: 1997, 2004, 2020
  • Bronze Medal winner: 2001

Top scorers

With 41 goals scored in the 1992/93 season Merab Megreladze has been the leading goalscorer not only in the history of Samgurali, but also in Georgian top f