2024 FC Torpedo Kutaisi season

Torpedo Kutaisi
2024 season
Owner	New Vision University
Chairman	Mikheil Lobjanidze
Manager	Steve Kean
Stadium	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium
Erovnuli Liga	4th
Georgian Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Conference League	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	Johnsen (7 goals)
Biggest win	4–1 vs Samtredia, 2 March, Erovnuli Liga
Home colours	Away colours
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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	Jorginho	Ordabasy	^[2]
20 January	20	MF	Éliton Júnior	KuPS	^[3]
25 January	9	FW	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	Seoul	^[4]
31 January	14	MF	Felipe Pires	Dnipro-1	^[5]
12 April	21	DF	Auro Alvaro	Ordabasy	^[6]

Out[edit]

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Ref
21 January	2	DF	Saba Goglichidze	Empoli	^[7]

Released[edit]

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Ref
19 January	–	FW	Tornike Akhvlediani	Telavi	^[8]
	20	MF	Irakli Bugridze	Kyzylzhar
	38	MF	Kayke David

Loans out[edit]

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Ref
12 February	11	MF	Omran Haydary	Samtredia

Squad[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 27 April 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	Positions	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Oto Goshadze	GK	(1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 26)	2023	18	0
31	Filip Kljajić	GK	(1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 33)	2023	23	0
35	Luka Kvetenadze	GK	(2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18)	2024	0	0
37	Avtandil Meparishvili	GK	(2006-01-08) 8 January 2006 (age 18)	2023	0	0
Defenders
2	Luka Elbakidze	DF	(2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 20)	2019	2	0
3	Pedro Monteiro	DF	(1994-01-30) 30 January 1994 (age 30)	2022	57	1
5	Tsotne Nadaraia	DF	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27)	2019	110	2
15	Juba Dvalishvili	DF	(2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 19)	2023	1	0
16	Nika Sandokhadze	DF	(1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 30)	2022	62	2
17	Mate Topadze	DF	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17)	2024	0	0
21	Auro Alvaro	DF	(1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28)	2024	2	0
22	Giorgi Mchedlishvili	DF	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 32)	2022	46	0
24	Amiran Tkeshelashvili	DF	(2006-07-11) 11 July 2006 (age 17)	2023	1	0
27	Lasha Shergelashvili	DF	(1992-01-17) 17 January 1992 (age 32)	2022	55	8
Midfielders
4	Mate Abuladze	MF	(2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 23)	2019	33	0
6	Rahmat Akbari	MF	(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 23)	2023	21	0
7	Merab Gigauri (C)	MF	(1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 30)	2022	43	1
13	Giuli Manjgaladze	MF	(1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 31)	2022	63	3
14	Felipe Pires	MF	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29)	2024	10	2
20	Eliton Junior	MF	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 26)	2024	9	0
26	Aleko Basiladze	MF	(2005-12-30) 30 December 2005 (age 18)	2023	4	1
33	Saba Gureshudze	MF	(2004-03-05) 5 March 2004 (age 20)	2023	0	0
40	Luka Mzhavanadze	MF	(2004-02-28) 28 February 2004 (age 20)	2019	1	0
Forwards
8	Giorgi Arabidze	FW	(1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 26)	2022	69	24
9	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	FW	(1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 32)	2024	11	7
10	Nikola Ninković	FW	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 29)	2023	23	7
11	Jorginho	FW	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 28)	2024	11	0
19	Francois Ekongolo	FW	(2004-08-12) 12 August 2004 (age 19)	2023	9	2
23	Davit Imedadze	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Erovnuli Liga	2 March	8 December	Matchday 1	TBD	11	5	3	3	19	14	+5	045.45
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					11	5	3	3	19	14	+5	045.45

Source: Competitions

Erovnuli Liga[edit]

League Table (part)[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Dila Gori	11	7	3	1	17	6	+11	24	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	Dinamo Batumi	11	7	2	2	16	10	+6	23
4	Torpedo Kutaisi	11	5	3	3	19	14	+5	18
5	Kolkheti-1913	11	3	4	4	15	15	0	13
6	Dinamo Tbilisi	11	3	4	4	9	13	−4	13

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 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
11	5	3	3	19	14	+5	18	4	0	1	13	7	+6	1	3	2	6	7	−1

Source: See Results

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D
Position	1	5	7	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4

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
10 May	Dila	A

Georgian Cup[edit]

UEFA Conference League[edit]

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

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Cup		Super Cup		UECL		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	DF	GEO	Oto Goshadze	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
3	DF	POR	Pedro Monteiro	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	3	0
4	DF	GEO	Mate Abuladze	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0
5	DF	GEO	Tsotne Nadaraia	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	2
6	MF	AFG	Rahmat Akbari	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0
7	MF	GEO	Merab Gigauri	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
8	FW	GEO	Giorgi Arabidze	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	0	0
9	FW	NOR	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	0
10	FW	SRB	Nikola Ninković	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	4	0
11	FW	GNB	Jorginho	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
13	MF	GEO	Giuli Manjgaladze	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	0
14	MF		Felipe Pires	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	3	0
15	DF		Juba Dvalishvili	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Nika Sandokhadze	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
19	FW		Francois Ekongolo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Eliton Junior	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	3	0
22	DF		Giorgi Mchedlishvili	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	4	0
26	MF		Aleko Basiladze	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
27	DF		Lasha Shergelashvili	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0
31	GK		Filip Kljajić	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0

Goalscorers[edit]

Pl.	Pos.	No.	Name	Erovnuli Liga	Georgian Cup	Georgian Super Cup	UEFA Conference League	Total
1	FW	9	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	7	–	–	–	7
2	FW	8	Giorgi Arabidze	5	–	–	–	5
3	FW	10	Nikola Ninković	2	–	–	–	2
3	MF	14	Felipe Pires	2	–	–	–	2
5	MF	26	Aleko Basiladze	1	–	–	–	1
5	DF	27	Lasha Shergelashvili	1	–	–	–	1
Own goal				1	–	–	–	1
Total				19	0	0	0	19

Assists[edit]

Pl.	Pos.	No.	Name	Erovnuli Liga	Georgian Cup	Georgian Super Cup	UEFA Conference League	Total
1	MF	14	Felipe Pires	3	–	–	–	3
2	FW	11	Jorginho	2	–	–	–	2
3	DF	5	Tsotne Nadaraia	1	–	–	–	1
	FW	8	Giorgi Arabidze	1	–	–	–	1
	DF	22	Giorgi Mchedlishvili	1	–	–	–	1

Clean sheets[edit]

No.	Player	Erovnuli Liga	Georgian Cup	Georgian Super Cup	UEFA Conference League	Total
1	Oto Goshadze	3	–	–	–	3
31	Filip Kljajić	2	–	–	–	2

Last updated: 27 April 2024.
Source: soccerway.com

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