FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo

Formed in 1945 as FC Medic, the football club from Tsqaltubo 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.[1]

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

Apart from winning the promotion to Erovnuli Liga, the team in 2020 also achieved an impressive success by reaching the final of David Kipiani Cup for the first time since 1999. As in the previous case though, they again lost the final game on penalty shoot-out.[3]

Nor the third attempt made the next year was fruitful. Having won four away games en route to the final, Samgurali lost the tie in the regular time with a narrow margin.[4]

• Georgian Soviet Championship
  • Champion: 1983, 1985, 1989
• Georgian Soviet Cup
  • Champion: 1988, 1989
• Georgian Cup:
  • Runners-up: 1999, 2020, 2021
• Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Champion: 1996
  • Silver Medal winner: 1997, 2004, 2020
  • Bronze Medal winner: 2001

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 football division since its creation in 1990.