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WIT Georgia
Full nameFootball Club WIT Georgia
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
GroundMtskheta Park[1]
Tbilisi, Georgia
Capacity>1,000
ChairmanGuram Rukhadze
ManagerGocha Eradze
LeagueErovnuli Liga 2
20228th

FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team from Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd (a subsidiary of the United States WIT, Inc.), a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies. They play their home games at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi.

In 2004, FC WIT Georgia won the Georgian Championship, qualifying them for the early stages of the UEFA Champions League. In 2009, they won the championship for the second time.[2] In 2010, the team won the Georgian Cup for the first time.[3] However, performance of WIT Georgia was faded after 2010–11 season and relegated to Pirveli Liga in 2014–15 season. In 2017–18, they finished second in the Erovnuli Liga 2 and secured promotion to the Erovnuli Liga.

History

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  • 1997: Founded as FC WIT Georgia Tbilisi.

Honours

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Current squad

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As of 1 August 2023[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Georgia (country) GEO Pavle Todadze
2 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zaur Kereleishvili
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Irakli Javakhishvili
4 DF Georgia (country) GEO Sulkhan Svianadze
5 DF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Samadashvili
6 MF Georgia (country) GEO Luka Iashvili
7 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Tkemaladze
8 MF Georgia (country) GEO Tristan Kardava
9 MF Georgia (country) GEO Tornike Bzekalava
10 FW Georgia (country) GEO Beka Ketsbaia
11 FW Georgia (country) GEO Amiran Dzagania
12 GK Georgia (country) GEO Tamaz Gelkhviidze
13 MF Georgia (country) GEO Irakli Chkhikvadze
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Georgia (country) GEO Ilia Sabiashvili
17 MF Georgia (country) GEO Otar Zviadauri
18 DF Georgia (country) GEO Irakli Lobjanidze
19 MF Georgia (country) GEO Saba Jintcharadze
21 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zurab Tchavtchanidze
22 DF Georgia (country) GEO Nika Chagunava
23 MF Georgia (country) GEO Luka Tolordava
24 DF Georgia (country) GEO Luka Berozashvili
25 GK Georgia (country) GEO Avto Kapanadze
27 MF Georgia (country) GEO Tsotne Chotalishvili
29 FW Georgia (country) GEO Beka Gugberidze
30 DF Georgia (country) GEO Tornike Shekiladze
— DF Georgia (country) GEO Ioseb Turashvili

European cups history

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Season Competition Round Country Team Home Away
2000–01 UEFA Cup QR Israel Beitar Jerusalem 0–3 1–1
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Austria Ried 1–0 1–2
2R France Troyes 1–1 0–6
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Belgium Lokeren 3–2 1–3
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Austria Pasching 2–1 0–1
2004–05 UEFA Champions League 1QR Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 5–0 0–3
2QR Poland Wisła Kraków 2–8 0–3
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Hungary Lombard-Papa 0–1 1–2
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1QR Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka 2–1 0–2
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1QR Slovakia Spartak Trnava 1–0 2–2
2QR Austria Austria Vienna X 0–2
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 1QR Slovenia Maribor 0–0 1–3
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2QR Czech Republic Baník Ostrava 0–6 0–0

Managers

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References

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  1. ^ "Სტადიონი მცხეთა პარკი » FC Wit Georgia".
  2. ^ "Season review: Georgia". UEFA. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  3. ^ "WIT claim maiden Georgian Cup triumph". UEFA. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Squad". Soccerway.
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