FC Sioni Bolnisi

Football club infobox
clubname = Sioni


fullname = Football Club Sioni Bolnisi
nickname =
founded = 1936
ground = Tamaz Stephania Stadium, Bolnisi
capacity = 3,000 | chairman = Zviad Kirkitadze
manager = Khvicha Kasrashvili
league = Umaglesi Liga
season = 2007-2008
position = 8th
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FC Sioni Bolnisi is a Georgian football club based in Bolnisi. The club was founded in 1936.

After spending several years in the lower divisions of Georgian football between 1990 and 1995, Sioni won promotion to Umaglesi Liga for the 1995/96 season and have been playing there ever since. In the 2003/04 season, Sioni and FC WIT Georgia shared the first position in the league, and the title was decided in a championship playoff. WIT won the match 2-0, but the crowd violence during the match lead UEFA to ban Sioni from the UEFA Cup participation.cite web
last = Reuters
first =
title = UEFA Cup ban for Georgian club Sioni
publisher = ESPNsoccernet
date = 2004-06-01
url = http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=302080&cc=5739
accessdate = 2008-07-30 ]

However, in 2005/06, Sioni won the league and represented Georgia in the UEFA Champions League 2006-07, where they defeated FK Baku from Azerbaijan in the first qualifying round,cite web
last =
first =
title = UEFA Champions League History, Season 2006-2007, First qualifying round
publisher = uefa.com
date = 2008-07-03
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2006/round=2354/index.html
accessdate = 2008-07-30 ] but were eliminated by Bulgarian champions Levski Sofia in the second stage, losing 2-0 both home and away.cite web
last =
first =
title = UEFA Champions League History, Season 2006-2007, Second qualifying round
publisher = uefa.com
date = 2008-07-03
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2006/round=2355/index.html
accessdate = 2008-07-30 ]

Achievements

*Umaglesi Liga: 2006

Current squad

References

External links

* [http://www.fcsioni.com/eng/main.htm Official Site]