2024 FC Torpedo Kutaisi season

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Torpedo Kutaisi
2024 season
OwnerNew Vision University
ChairmanGeorgia (country) Mikheil Lobjanidze
ManagerScotland Steve Kean
StadiumRamaz Shengelia Stadium
Erovnuli Liga4th
Georgian CupPre-season
UEFA Conference LeaguePre-season
Top goalscorerJohnsen (8 goals)
Biggest win4–1 vs Samtredia, 2 March, Erovnuli Liga
5–2 vs Kolkheti 1913, 19 May, Erovnuli Liga
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The 2024 season is Torpedo's 78th year in existence and 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Georgian football. In addition to the national league and cup competitions, the club will also take part in this season's edition of UEFA Conference League.[1]

The season covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2024.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date No. Pos. Player From Ref
19 January 11 MF Guinea-Bissau Jorginho Kazakhstan Ordabasy [2]
20 January 20 MF Brazil Éliton Júnior Finland KuPS [3]
25 January 9 FW Norway Bjørn Maars Johnsen South Korea Seoul [4]
31 January 14 MF Brazil Felipe Pires Ukraine Dnipro-1 [5]
12 April 21 DF Brazil Auro Alvaro Kazakhstan Ordabasy [6]

Out[edit]

Date No. Pos. Player To Ref
21 January 2 DF Georgia (country) Saba Goglichidze Italy Empoli [7]

Released[edit]

Date No. Pos. Player To Ref
19 January – FW Georgia (country) Tornike Akhvlediani Georgia (country) Telavi [8]
20 MF Georgia (country) Irakli Bugridze Kazakhstan Kyzylzhar
38 MF Brazil Kayke David

Loans out[edit]

Date No. Pos. Player To Ref
12 February 11 MF Afghanistan Omran Haydary Georgia (country) Samtredia

Squad[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 May 2024. Appearances include the Erovnuli Liga only. [9]

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

No. Player Nat. Positions Date of birth (age) Signed in Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Oto Goshadze Georgia (country) GK (1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 26) 2023 18 0
31 Filip Kljajić Serbia GK (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 33) 2023 27 0
35 Luka Kvetenadze Georgia (country) GK (2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18) 2024 0 0
37 Avtandil Meparishvili Georgia (country) GK (2006-01-08) 8 January 2006 (age 18) 2023 0 0
Defenders
2 Luka Elbakidze Georgia (country) DF (2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 20) 2019 2 0
3 Pedro Monteiro Portugal DF (1994-01-30) 30 January 1994 (age 30) 2022 61 1
5 Tsotne Nadaraia Georgia (country) DF (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27) 2019 113 2
15 Juba Dvalishvili Georgia (country) DF (2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 19) 2023 1 0
16 Nika Sandokhadze Georgia (country) DF (1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 30) 2022 66 3
17 Mate Topadze Georgia (country) DF (2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17) 2024 0 0
21 Auro Alvaro Brazil DF (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28) 2024 6 0
22 Giorgi Mchedlishvili Georgia (country) DF (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 32) 2022 48 0
24 Amiran Tkeshelashvili Georgia (country) DF (2006-07-11) 11 July 2006 (age 17) 2023 1 0
27 Lasha Shergelashvili Georgia (country) DF (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992 (age 32) 2022 59 8
Midfielders
4 Mate Abuladze Georgia (country) MF (2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 23) 2019 33 0
6 Rahmat Akbari Afghanistan MF (2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 23) 2023 24 0
7 Merab Gigauri (C) Georgia (country) MF (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 30) 2022 44 1
13 Giuli Manjgaladze Georgia (country) MF (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 31) 2022 66 3
14 Felipe Pires Brazil MF (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29) 2024 14 3
20 Eliton Junior Brazil MF (1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 26) 2024 13 2
26 Aleko Basiladze Georgia (country) MF (2005-12-30) 30 December 2005 (age 18) 2023 6 1
30 Luka Rekhviashvili Georgia (country) MF (2007-06-27) 27 June 2007 (age 16) 2024 1 0
33 Saba Gureshidze Georgia (country) MF (2004-03-05) 5 March 2004 (age 20) 2023 0 0
40 Luka Mzhavanadze Georgia (country) MF (2004-02-28) 28 February 2004 (age 20) 2019 1 0
Forwards
8 Giorgi Arabidze Georgia (country) FW (1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 26) 2022 71 24
9 Bjørn Maars Johnsen Norway FW (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 32) 2024 15 8
10 Nikola Ninković Serbia FW (1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 29) 2023 27 8
11 Jorginho Guinea-Bissau FW (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 28) 2024 15 1
19 Francois Ekongolo Cameroon FW (2004-08-12) 12 August 2004 (age 19) 2023 10 2
23 Davit Imedadze Georgia (country) FW (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 19) 2023 1 2

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

Date Venue Opponents Result Goalscorers Ref.
7 February H Merani 3–1 Shergelashvili, Jorginho (2) [10]
13 February Valencia Stabek 1–2 Monteiro [11]
15 February Hércules 1–0 Arabidze [12]
17 February Levadia 3–1 Johnsen, Arabidze (2) [13]
20 February Villarreal B 4–1 Arabidze (3), Pires [14]

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Erovnuli Liga 2 March 8 December Matchday 1 TBD 15 7 5 3 26 17 +9 046.67
Georgian Cup TBA Round of 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Super Cup TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Conference League 11 July 1st qualifying round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 15 7 5 3 26 17 +9 046.67

Source: Competitions

Erovnuli Liga[edit]

Main article: 2024 Erovnuli Liga

League Table (part)[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Iberia 1999 15 10 2 3 32 21 +11 32 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Dinamo Batumi 15 8 3 4 20 15 +5 27
4 Torpedo Kutaisi 15 7 5 3 26 17 +9 26
5 Dinamo Tbilisi 15 4 6 5 11 15 −4 18
6 Samgurali Tsqaltubo 15 4 4 7 19 20 −1 16
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: Erovnuli Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 7 5 3 26 17  +9 26 5 1 1 14 7  +7 2 4 2 12 10  +2

Source: See Results

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415
GroundHHAHAHAHAAAHAHA
ResultWLLWLWWWDDDDDWW
Position157564444444444
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match details[edit]

Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorer(s)
2 March Samtredia H W 4–1 o.g. 5', Johnsen 8', 66', Arabidze 30' (pen.)
6 March Iberia 1999 H L 2–3 Johnsen 86', Ninković 90+3'
10 March Dinamo Tbilisi A L 0–1
15 March Dila H W 1–0 Arabidze 45+1'
29 March Dinamo Batumi A L 2–3 Pires 14', Johnsen 41' (pen.)
2 April Kolkheti 1913 H W 3–2 Arabidze 27', 80', Shergelashvili 69'
7 April Gagra A W 1–0 Johnsen 35'
11 April Samgurali H W 3–1 Ninković 49', Johnsen 83', Basiladze 90+7'
15 April Telavi A D 0–0
20 April Samtredia A D 0–0
27 April Iberia 1999 A D 3–3 Pires 34', Arabidze 72' (pen.), Johnsen 90+3'
2 May Dinamo Tbilisi H D 0–0
10 May Dila A D 1–1 Sandokhadze 45+2'
15 May Dinamo Batumi H W 1–0 Eliton Junior 28'
19 May Kolkheti 1913 A W 5–2 Eliton Junior 23', Jorginho 38', Johnsen 59', Pires 87, Ninković 90+1'
24 May Gagra H
28 May Samgurali A

Georgian Cup[edit]

Main article: 2024 Georgian Cup

UEFA Conference League[edit]

Match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Ref.
1st 11 July
18 July

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Name League Cup Super Cup UECL Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
1 DF Georgia (country) Oto Goshadze 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
3 DF Portugal Pedro Monteiro 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 3 0
4 DF Georgia (country) Mate Abuladze 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0
5 DF Georgia (country) Tsotne Nadaraia 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 3 1
6 MF Afghanistan Rahmat Akbari 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 0
7 MF Georgia (country) Merab Gigauri 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0
8 FW Georgia (country) Giorgi Arabidze 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 1 0
9 FW Norway Bjørn Maars Johnsen 15 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 8 0 0
10 FW Serbia Nikola Ninković 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 5 0
11 FW Guinea-Bissau Jorginho 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 0
13 MF Georgia (country) Giuli Manjgaladze 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 4 0
14 MF Brazil Felipe Pires 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 3 0
15 DF Georgia (country) Juba Dvalishvili 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
16 DF Georgia (country) Nika Sandokhadze 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 0
19 FW Cameroon Francois Ekongolo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
20 MF Brazil Eliton Junior 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 3 0
21 DF Brazil Auro Alvaro 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
22 DF Georgia (country) Giorgi Mchedlishvili 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 4 0
26 MF Georgia (country) Aleko Basiladze 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0
27 DF Georgia (country) Lasha Shergelashvili 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 0
30 MF Georgia (country) Luka Rekhviashvilil 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
31 GK Serbia Filip Kljajić 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0

Goalscorers[edit]

Pl. Pos. No. Name Erovnuli Liga Georgian Cup Georgian Super Cup UEFA Conference League Total
1 FW 9 Norway Bjørn Maars Johnsen 8 – – – 8
2 FW 8 Georgia (country) Giorgi Arabidze 5 – – – 5
3 FW 10 Serbia Nikola Ninković 3 – – – 3
MF 14 Brazil Felipe Pires 3 – – – 3
5 MF 20 Brazil Eliton Junior 2 – – – 2
6 FW 11 Guinea-Bissau Jorginho 1 – – – 1
DF 16 Georgia (country) Nika Sandokhadze 1 – – – 1
MF 26 Georgia (country) Aleko Basiladze 1 – – – 1
DF 27 Georgia (country) Lasha Shergelashvili 1 – – – 1
Own goal 1 – – – 1
Total 26 0 0 0 26

Assists[edit]

Pl. Pos. No. Name Erovnuli Liga Georgian Cup Georgian Super Cup UEFA Conference League Total
1 MF 14 Brazil Felipe Pires 4 – – – 4
2 DF 5 Georgia (country) Tsotne Nadaraia 3 – – – 3
3 FW 8 Georgia (country) Giorgi Arabidze 2 – – – 2
FW 11 Guinea-Bissau Jorginho 2 – – – 2
MF 20 Brazil Eliton Junior 2 – – – 2
6 DF 21 Brazil Auro Alvaro 1 – – – 1
DF 22 Georgia (country) Giorgi Mchedlishvili 1 – – – 1

Clean sheets[edit]

No. Player Erovnuli Liga Georgian Cup Georgian Super Cup UEFA Conference League Total
31 Serbia Filip Kljajić 4 – – – 4
1 Georgia (country) Oto Goshadze 3 – – – 3

Last updated: 19 May 2024.
Source: soccerway.com

References[edit]

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