FC Torpedo Kutaisi

Football club infobox
clubname = FC Kutaisi Torpedo


fullname = Football Club Kutaisi Torpedo
nickname = FC Torpedo
founded = 1946
ground = Givi Kiladze Stadium
Kutaisi, Georgia
capacity = 19,400| chairman = Grigol Khurtsidze flagicon|Georgia
manager = Dato Janashia flagicon|Georgia
league = Georgian Premier League
season = Georgian First Division 2007-08
position = Georgian Premier League, 12th
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FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian football club, which plays in Kutaisi, Georgia's second city. They play their home games at Givi Kiladze Stadium. Torpedo is second biggest club in Georgia after Dinamo Tbilisi. In 2007 the club has fallen in the hard financial situation and was eliminated to the lower Georgian Football Division.

In the 2005-06 season the club is playing in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup.

History

*1946: Founded as Torpedo Kutaisi - (სკ ტორპედო ქუთაისი ).
*1949: Renamed Lokomotiv Kutaisi - (ლოკომოტივი ქუთაისი ).
*1960: Renamed FC Torpedo Kutaisi - (სკ ტორპედო ქუთაისი).
*1990: Renamed FC Kutaisi - (სკ ქუთაისი ).
*1992: Renamed Torpedo Kutaisi - (ტორპედო ქუთაისი ).

Honours

*Georgian Premier League:
** Champions: 1949, 2000, 2001, 2002
** Silver prize winner: 1999, 2003, 2005
** Bronze prize winner: 1991, 1994
*Georgian Cup:
** Champions: 1999, 2001
** Finalist: 2000, 2002, 2004
* [http://rsssf.com/tablest/turkmpres.html Turkmenistan President's Cup] :
** Champions: 2002
** Silver prize winner: 2004

Current squad

2006 Officers

*President: Papuna Meladze
*Club Secretary: Gulisa Janjalia
*Press Officer: Goga Mindeli
*Head Coach: Dato Janashia..

Contact information

Address: Akhalgazrdob, Street 4, III Shesakhvevi GE - 4600 Kutaisi,Phone: [phone]Fax: [phone]

External links

* [http://www.gff.ge Official Web Site of Georgian Football Federation]
* [http://www.pfl.ge Official Web Site of Professional Football League of Georgia]
* [http://fctorpedo.fan.ge Official Web Site of FC Kutaisi Torpedo Fans]
* [http://www.uefa.com/footballEurope/Club=64471/domestic.html UEFA directory]