FC Aragvi Dusheti
Full nameFootball Club Aragvi Dusheti
Founded1954
ManagerTengiz Kobiashvili
LeagueErovnuli Liga 2
2023Liga 3, 1st (champions)

FC Aragvi Dusheti, or simply Aragvi Dusheti (Georgian: სკ დუშეთის არაგვი) is a Georgian association football club from Dusheti, currently based in Tbilisi.

Following the 2023 season, the team won Liga 3 and advanced to Erovnuli Liga 2, the second tier of Georgian football.

History

Established in 1954, during the Soviet period Aragvi mainly participated in the East group of Georgian republican league 2.

In the 2008–09 season, the team played in the Meore Liga. Shiola Shiolashvili led the team to first place in the third tier. In 2009–10 season the team had the opportunity to participate in the Pirveli Liga next year, but some financial problems made this goal unachievable. Although the city council stopped supporting Aragvi, which brought the club to the verge of collapse, the football school continued to exist and was awaiting a revival.[1]

A few years later, the club was rebuilt but the financial problems could not be completely resolved. In an interview, Aragvi's general manager Soso Tchikaidze said that the help provided by the municipality was not enough to bring the team together.

In August 2017 it was confirmed that "Jaba Credit" had become the club's main sponsor. Since then Aragvi invited several new players.[2] In 2017 Aragvi competed in Group B of the Regional League. The team finished second in the tournament table with 60 points. In playoffs Aragvi Dusheti defeated Skuri Tsalenjikha 2-1 and advanced to the Liga 3.[3]

In 2018 the club made a debut in Liga 3 and was ranked sixth, guaranteeing survival in the league of twenty teams.[4]

The next year they finished third, therefore, succeeding in qualification for play-offs against Erovnuli Liga 2 team Guria Lanchkhuti. Aragvi lost 0-1 at home,[5] but emerged victorious over their opponents in the return leg after the overtime by a 2-1 aggregate score[6] and advanced to the second tier.[7]

The debut in this division in 2020, though, turned out unsuccessful. Aragvi finished bottom of the table and left the league.[8] Their attempt to climb back there via promotion play-offs in 2022 ended in a narrow defeat[9] although a year later Aragvi won the league on a goal advantage and gained promotion to the 2nd division.[10]

Seasons

YearDivisionPositionMPWDLGF-GAPtsNotes
2017Regionuli Liga
East B		2nd of 1324193263-2160Play-off, promoted[lower-alpha 1]
2018Liga 36th of 20381941564-5561
2019Liga 33rd of 10361871158-4161Play-offs, promoted [lower-alpha 2]
2020Erovnuli Liga 210th of 1018151210-498Relegated
2021Liga 35th of 14261241037-3240
2022Liga 33rd of 1630169556-2557Play-offs, lost[lower-alpha 3]
2023Liga 31st of 1630215466-2168Promoted

Notes

  1. ↑ Beat Liga 3 side Skuri 2–1 in a promotion play-off game
  2. ↑ Defeated Liga 2 side Guria on away goals rule in promotion play-offs
  3. ↑ Lost to Liga 2 side WIT Georgia 0–1 on aggregate in promotion play-offs

Squad

As of April 2022[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Georgia (country) GEO Tornike Tchuradze
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Didebashvili
6 MF Georgia (country) GEO Vazha Kikava
7 MF Georgia (country) GEO Guram Samushia
8 DF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Vasadze
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO Dimitri Tutberidze
10 DF Georgia (country) GEO Tsotne Keburia
11 FW Georgia (country) GEO Tengiz Bregvadze
12 GK Georgia (country) GEO Davit Khurtsidze
13 MF Georgia (country) GEO Shalva Sanashvili
14 FW Georgia (country) GEO Gocha Tsirdava
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Enukidze
17 DF Georgia (country) GEO Vazha Nemsadze
18 DF Georgia (country) GEO Jemal Gogiashvili
19 DF Georgia (country) GEO Vazha Lomashvili (C)
20 MF Georgia (country) GEO Zaza Ainaidi
21 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Cheishvili
23 FW Georgia (country) GEO Zviad Metreveli
29 MF Georgia (country) GEO Revaz Getsadze
30 GK Georgia (country) GEO Mikheil Mujrishvili
33 MF Georgia (country) GEO Vano Kurdgelashvili

Head Coach

The current manager has spent nine seasons at WIT Georgia as a player. He started coaching in 2011 at youth teams. Later he worked as a manager at WIT Georgia, Shukura Kobuleti and Gareji Sagarejo.[12]

Honours

Regionuli Liga

  • Runners-up (1): 2017 (East B)

Liga 3

References

  1. ↑ დუ­შე­თი "არაგ­ვის" აღ­დ­გე­ნას ელის
  2. ↑ "დუშეთის "არაგვს" "ჯაბა -კრედიტი" დააფინანსებს (in Georgian), 15 August 2017".
  3. ↑ "ლიგა 3-ს ახალი წევრები ჰყავს". mysports.ge (in Georgian), 29 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Summary - Liga 3 - Georgia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  5. ↑ "ლანჩხუთის "გურია" და ფოთის "კოლხეთი" ეროვნულ ლიგა 3-ში დაქვეითდნენ". worldsport.ge (in Georgian), 10 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "FC Aragvi Dusheti - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive".
  7. ↑ Soccerway
  8. ↑ "2020 in Liga 2". gff.ge.
  9. ↑ "ეროვნულ ლიგა 2-ში ხობის „კოლხეთი" და „ვიტ ჯორჯია" ითამაშებენ". 1tv.ge (in Georgian), 10 December 2022.
  10. ↑ ""შტურმი" და "არაგვი", ახალი ისტორიის დასაწყისი!". lelo.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "List of Aragvi players". soccerway.com.
  12. ↑ ""ვიტ ჯორჯიას" თენგიზ კობიაშვილი გაწვრთნის". intermedia.ge (in Georgian), 10 March 2015.
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