Georgian football clubs have competed in European football tournaments since 1972β73 season, when Dinamo Tbilisi took part in UEFA Cup. At the time Georgian clubs were representing the Soviet Union. After gaining independence in 1991, clubs took part in the UEFA Champions League (formerly European Cup), UEFA Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup), UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup. Georgian clubs have been qualifying to European competitions through the Erovnuli Liga and Georgian Cup.
The biggest achievement of Georgian club football is winning UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1981 by Dinamo Tbilisi.
UEFA Rankings
Current rankings (2023β24)
UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2024β25 European football season.
History of rankings
Below is a historical list of Georgian rankings and country coefficient for last fifteen seasons.
Year | Position | Change | Coefficient | Teams |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | 37 | 1.750 | 4 | |
2011 | 36 | 1.875 | 4 | |
2012 | 31 | 2.875 | 4 | |
2013 | 31 | 1.500 | 4 | |
2014 | 33 | 1.875 | 4 | |
2015 | 34 | 1.250 | 4 | |
2016 | 36 | 0.625 | 4 | |
2017Γ· | 40 | 1.125 | 4 | |
2018 | 45 | 0.125 | 4 | |
2019 | 47 | 1.625 | 4 | |
2020 | 44 | 2.250 | 4 | |
2021 | 43 | 1.750 | 4 | |
2022 | 47 | 1.250 | 4 | |
2023 | 46 | 1.125 | 4 | |
2024 | 46 | 1.250 | 4 |
European champions
European Cup/ Champions League |
UEFA Cup/ Europa League |
Cup Winners' Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | UEFA Super Cup | Intertoto Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | None | 1980β81 β Dinamo Tbilisi | None | None | None |
Records
- Biggest home win:
- Dinamo Batumi 6β0 HB (1996)
- Torpedo Kutaisi 6β0 Erebuni-Homenmen (1998)
- Zestaponi 6β0 Lisburn Distillery (2009)
- Biggest away win: Lantana 0β5 Torpedo Kutaisi (1999)
- Biggest home loss: Locomotive Tbilisi 0β7 PAOK (1999)
- Biggest away loss: Red Star Belgrade 7β0 Kolkheti-1913 Poti (1998)
All-time record by clubs
As of 15 August 2024
Rank | Club | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 176 | 73 | 26 | 77 | 240 | 255 | -15 |
2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 60 | 84 | -24 |
3 | Dinamo Batumi | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 49 | -11 |
4 | Dila | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 32 | -8 |
5 | WIT Georgia | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 53 | -29 |
6 | Zestaponi | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 31 | +4 |
7 | Chikhura | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -7 |
8 | Metalurgi | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | -3 |
9 | Locomotive | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 32 | -18 |
10 | Iberia 1999 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -11 |
11 | Kolkheti 1913 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 31 | -24 |
12 | Sioni | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 |
13 | Samtredia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -15 |
14 | Ameri | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
15 | Merani Tbilisi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
15 | Gagra | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
16 | Tbilisi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 |
17 | Margveti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
18 | Tskhinvali | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
Competitions
Active
UEFA Champions League/European Cup
As of 21 July 2024
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
As of 15 July 2022
UEFA Conference League
As of 15 August 2024
Defunct
Season | Round | Team | Opponent | Home | Away | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976β77 | R1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Cardiff City | 3β0 | 0β1 | |
R2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | MTK Budapest | 1β4 | 0β1 | ||
1980β81 | R1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Kastoria | 2β0 | 0β0 | |
R2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Waterford | 4β0 | 1β0 | ||
QF | Dinamo Tbilisi | West Ham United | 0β1 | 4β1 | ||
SF | Dinamo Tbilisi | Feyenoord | 3β0 | 0β2 | ||
Final | Dinamo Tbilisi | Carl Zeiss Jena | 2β1 | |||
1981β82 | R1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Grazer AK | 2β0 | 2β2 | |
R2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Bastia | 3β1 | 1β1 | ||
QF | Dinamo Tbilisi | Legia Warsaw | 1β0 | 1β0 | ||
SF | Dinamo Tbilisi | Standard LiΓ¨ge | 0β1 | 0β1 | ||
1995β96 | Qualifying round | Dinamo Batumi | ObiliΔ | 2β2 | 1β0 | |
R1 | Dinamo Batumi | Celtic | 2β3 | 0β4 | ||
1996β97 | Qualifying round | Dinamo Batumi | HB | 6β0 | 3β0 | |
R1 | Dinamo Batumi | PSV Eindhoven | 1β1 | 0β3 | ||
1997β98 | Qualifying round | Dinamo Batumi | Ararat Yerevan | 0β3 | 2β0 | |
1998β99 | Qualifying round | Dinamo Batumi | Partizan | 1β0 | 0β2 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Season | Round | Team | Opponent | Home | Away | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Group 12 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | Zemun | 2β3 | ||
Group 12 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | Jaro | 0β2 | |||
Group 12 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | Guingamp | 1β3 | |||
Group 12 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | Dinamo BucureΘti | 0β2 | |||
1997 | Group 12 | Merani Tbilisi | Torpedo Moscow | 0β2 | ||
Group 12 | Merani Tbilisi | Iraklis | 0β2 | |||
Group 12 | Merani Tbilisi | Floriana | 5β0 | |||
Group 12 | Merani Tbilisi | Ried | 3β1 | |||
1998 | R1 | Torpedo Kutaisi | Erebuni-Homenmen | 6β0 | 1β1 | |
R2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | Lommel | 1β2 | 1β0 | ||
1999 | R1 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | Cementarnica 55 | 0β4 | 2β4 | |
2000 | R1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Standard LiΓ¨ge | 2β2 | 1β1 | |
2001 | R1 | WIT Georgia | Ried | 1β0 | 1β2 | |
R2 | WIT Georgia | Troyes | 1β1 | 0β6 | ||
2002 | R1 | WIT Georgia | Lokeren | 3β2 | 1β3 | |
2003 | R1 | WIT Georgia | Pasching | 2β1 | 0β1 | |
2004 | R1 | Dila Gori | Marek Dupnitsa | 0β2 | 0β0 | |
2005 | R1 | WIT Georgia | Lombard-PΓ‘pa | 0β1 | 1β2 | |
2006 | R1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Kilikia | 3β0 | 5β1 | |
R2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Ried | 0β1 | 1β3 | ||
2007 | R1 | Zestaponi | Tobol | 2β0 | 0β3 | |
2008 | R1 | Locomotive Tbilisi | Etzella Ettelbruck | 2β2 | 0β0 |
Georgian clubs versus country
As of 15 August 2024
Country | Played | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Ties won | Ties lost |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 6 | 4 |
Andorra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 1 | 0 |
Armenia | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 5 | 4 |
Austria | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 37 | -20 | 2 | 9 |
Azerbaijan | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 3 | 6 |
Belarus | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 3 | 3 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bulgaria | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 2 | 5 |
Croatia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 | 2 |
Cyprus | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 1 | 5 |
Czech Republic | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -17 | 1 | 4 |
Denmark | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 3 | 3 |
East Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | ||
England | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 2 | 2 |
Estonia | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 4 | 1 |
Faroe Islands | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 7 | 1 |
Finland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 1 |
France | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 26 | -18 | 1 | 3 |
Germany | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 0 | 5 |
Greece | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -27 | 1 | 5 |
Hungary | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 0 | 3 |
Iceland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 1 | 0 |
Republic of Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 1 | 0 |
Israel | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 1 | 2 |
Italy | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 1 |
Kazakhstan | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 1 | 9 |
Latvia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 0 |
Liechtenstein | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 |
Luxembourg | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 2 | 1 |
Macedonia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 1 | 2 |
Malta | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 0 | 3 |
Moldova | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 3 | 3 |
Montenegro | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0 | 3 |
Netherlands | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 1 | 4 |
Northern Ireland | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 4 | 1 |
Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 |
Poland | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 40 | -28 | 2 | 6 |
Portugal | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | -16 | 0 | 3 |
Romania | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 3 | 3 |
Russia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
San Marino | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 2 | 0 |
Scotland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 0 | 2 |
Serbia | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 1 | 5 |
Slovakia | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 46 | -25 | 3 | 9 |
Slovenia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 2 |
Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 2 |
Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 | 2 |
Turkey | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 2 |
Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 1 | 1 |
Wales | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 | 0 |
Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 1 | 0 |
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- Dinamo Tbilisi was disqualified for attempting to bribe the referee in the first leg.
- Match finished 1β0 after normal time, but later awarded 3β0 by default.
- Match played as a one off in Austria due to political unrest in Georgia
- The match was abandoned in the 82nd minute due to crowd disturbance. Dila Gori was leading 3β0. That result was confirmed standing by UEFA
- Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3β0 win in the qualifying round first leg after Dinamo Batumi were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player β Sotogashvili. The match originally ended as a 4β2 win for Dinamo Batumi.