2023 FC Dila Gori season

The 2023 season was Dila's 72nd year in existence and 13th successive season in the first-tier Georgian football. Along with all members of the national league, the club competed in David Kipiani Cup. As the bronze medal winners of the previous league season, Dila also took part in UEFA Europa Conference League and the Georgian Super Cup.

Dila Gori

2023 season
Owners	Starsportinvest[1]
Chairman	Davit Koziashvili
Manager	Andriy Demchenko[2] (until 24 August) Irakli Modebadze (interim, until 3 October) Ever Demalde (until end of the season)[3][4]
Stadium	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium
Erovnuli Liga	4th
Georgian Cup	Quarterfinals (eliminated by Saburtalo)
Georgian Super Cup	4th
UEFA Conference League	Third Qualifying Round (eliminated by APOEL)
Top goalscorer	League: Thierry Gale Mykola Kovtalyuk (10 goals each) All: Mykola Kovtalyuk (13)
Biggest win	5–0 vs Torpedo (H), 30 April, Erovnuli Liga 6–1 vs Telavi (H) 1 June, Erovnuli Liga
Biggest defeat	3–0 vs Samgurali (H), 13 April, Erovnuli Liga 3–0 vs Dinamo Tb (H), 29 August, Erovnuli Liga
Home colours Away colours

The season covers the period from 1 January to 31 December.

Squad changes

In

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Last club	Ref
11 January	3	DF	Zurab Tevzadze	Telavi	[5]
	9	MF	Bidzina Makharoblidze	Locomotive
	11	MF	Otar Parulava	Gagra
11 January	7	MF	Honore Gomis	Menemen	[6]
3 February	1	GK	Guram Chikashua	WIT Georgia	[7]
25 February	21	GK	Yevhen Kucherenko	Aksu	[8]
	8	MF	Blessing Assamoah
25 February	22	FW	Mykola Kovtalyuk	Shakhter	[9]
4 March	24	DF	Malkhaz Gagoshidze	Merani	[10]
	17	FW	Giorgi Tsetskhladze	Gori	[11]
16 May	14	FW	Sergo Kukhianidze	Samgurali	[12]
29 June	6	DF	Aleksandre Andronikashvili	Shukura	[13]
	9	MF	Mikheil Sardalishvili
30 June	19	FW	Bantu Mzwakali		[14]

Out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Next club	Ref
11 January	4	DF	Anri Chichinadze	Torpedo	[15]
	9	FW	Tornike Kapanadze	Dinamo Batumi
	12	MF	Amos Nondi	Ararat-Armenia
	21	MF	Yuriy Batyushyn	Neftchi
	30	GK	Danylo Kanevtsev
31 January	13	FW	Nugzar Spanderashvili	Sioni	[16]
	18	MF	Hadji Dramé	West Armenia
17 February	6	DF	Tsotne Mosiashvili	Dinamo Batumi	[17]
29 August	10	MF	Thierry Gale	Rapid	[18]
December	9	MF	Mikheil Sardalishvili		[19]
	5	MF	Alef Santos
	7	MF	Honore Gomis
	25	DF	Wanderson Silva

Loans out

Date	Until	No.	Pos.	Player	Next club	Ref
19 June 2023	End of season	17	FW	Giorgi Tsetskhladze	Gareji	[20]

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Ref.
January	WIT Georgia	H	W	2–1	[21]
	Spaeri	H	W	2–1
	Merani Tbilisi	H	W	4–0
	Samtredia		D	2–2	[22]
7 February	Nazaf	Turkey	L	0–2	[23]
10 February	Uzbekistan U20		L	1–2
13 February	Oleksandriya		L	1–4
16 February	Inhulets		D	1–1
21 February	Saburtalo	Tbilisi	D	0–0	[24]

Erovnuli Liga

Main article: 2023 Erovnuli Liga

League table (part)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	36	21	8	7	93	49	+44	71	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	Torpedo Kutaisi	36	16	12	8	55	37	+18	60
4	Dila Gori	36	17	9	10	56	39	+17	60
5	Samgurali Tsqaltubo	36	16	9	11	53	51	+2	57
6	Saburtalo Tbilisi	36	14	9	13	58	49	+9	51	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Erovnuli Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
Notes:

1. Saburtalo Tbilisi qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023 Georgian Cup.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	17	9	10	56	39	+17	60	10	2	6	34	20	+14	7	7	4	22	19	+3

Last updated: complete.
Source: See Results

Match results

Match details^[25]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorer(s)
25 February	Dinamo Tbilisi	H	L	1–2	Gale 40'
4 March	Torpedo	A	D	0–0
8 March	Dinamo Batumi	H	D	1–1	Gale 3'
12 March	Saburtalo	A	D	0–0
18 March	Shukura	H	W	2–0	Gomis 13', Gale 67'
1 April	Samtredia	H	W	1–0	Makharoblidze 67'
9 April	Gagra	A	D	0–0
13 April	Samgurali	H	L	0–3
21 April	Telavi	A	D	2–2	Gomis 30', Gale 51'
25 April	Dinamo Tbilisi	A	W	2–1	o.g. 54', Kovtalyuk 61'
30 April	Torpedo	H	W	5–0	Chiteishvili 42', Gagnidze 46', Gale 59', 70', Tsetskhladze 83'
5 May	Dinamo Batumi	A	W	2–0	Wanderson 69' Kovtalyuk 86'
9 May	Saburtalo	H	D	1–1	Kovtalyuk 73'
15 May	Shukura	A	W	3–2	Gale 16', 20', Etou 67'
20 May	Samtredia	A	W	2–1	Dzotsenidze 11', Gagnidze 33'
24 May	Gagra	H	W	1–0	Etou 60'
28 May	Samgurali	A	D	2–2	Gale 53', Gomis 70'
1 June	Telavi	H	W	6–1	Gagnidze 6', 77', Gale 11', Gomis 31', Kovtalyuk 28', 75',
5 June	Torpedo	A	L	0–1
20 August	Saburtalo	A	W	2–1	Andronikashvili 32' Sardalishvili 82'
24 August	Shukura	H	W	5–1	Gaprindashvili 4', Victor 9', o.g.35', Kovtalyuk 63', 86'
29 August	Dinamo Tbilisi	H	L	0–3
2 September	Samtredia	H	L	1–3	Gomis 89'
16 September	Gagra	A	D	0–0
20 September	Dinamo Batumi	H	L	1–3	Sardalishvili 80'
24 September	Samgurali	H	W	2–0	Wanderson 38', Sardalishvili 47'
29 September	Telavi	A	L	1–2	Gomis 4'
3 October	Dinamo Tbilisi	A	L	1–3	Gagnidze 72'
7 October	Torpedo	H	L	0–1
20 October	Dinamo Batumi	A	D	1–1	Kovtalyuk 12'
28 October	Saburtalo	H	W	3–0	Gomis 28', Victor 67', Gagnidze 90+3'
4 November	Shukura	A	W	2–1	Gaprindashvili 14', 19'
10 November	Samtredia	A	W	2–1	Gomis 15', Kovtalyuk 72'
24 November	Gagra	H	W	1–0	Etou 17'
28 November	Samgurali	A	L	0–1
2 December	Telavi	H	W	3–1	Kovtalyuk 64', Sardalishvili 72', Mzwakali 88'

Super Cup

Match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorer	Ref.
Semifinal	30 June	Dinamo Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	L	1–1, 2–4 pen.	Gomis 90'	[26]
3rd place	4 July	Torpedo	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium	L	0–0, 4–5 pen.		[27]

Georgian Cup

Main article: 2023 Georgian Cup

Match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Ref.
Round of 16	12 September	Gareji	A	W	2–1	Tevzadze 25', Kukhianidze 62'	[28]
Quarterfinal	24 October	Saburtalo	H	L	0–0, 3–4 pen.		[29]

UEFA Europa Conference League

Match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Ref.
1st	13 July	DAC 1904	A	L	1–2	Kovtalyuk 43'	[30]
	20 July		H	W	2–0	Gale 33', Santos 78'	[31]
2nd	27 July	Vorskla	A	L	1–2	Kovtalyuk 57'	[32]
	3 August		H	W	3–1	Parulava 45', Kovtalyuk 71', Gale 86'	[33]
3rd	10 August	APOEL	H	L	0–2		[34]
	17 August		A	L	0–1		[35]

Season statistics

Appearances and goals

Source^[36][37][38]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Erovnuli Liga		Georgian Cup		Georgian Super Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GEO	Guram Chikashua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	GEO	Giorgi Gaprindahsvili	38	3	35	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	GEO	Zurab Tevzadze	28	1	19	0	2	1	2	0	5	0
5	DF	BRA	Alef Santos	41	1	32	0	2	0	2	0	5	1
6	DF	GEO	Sandro Andronikashvili	17	1	11	1	2	0	1	0	3	0
7	MF	SEN	Honore Gomis	43	9	33	8	2	0	2	1	6	0
8	MF	GHA	Blessing Assamoah	19	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
9	MF	GEO	Mikheil Sardalishvili	25	4	15	4	2	0	2	0	6	0
9	MF	GEO	Bidzina Makharoblidze	17	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	BRB	Thierry Gale	27	12	19	10	0	0	2	0	6	2
11	MF	GEO	Otar Parulava	20	1	12	0	0	0	2	0	6	1
14	FW	GEO	Sergo Kukhianidze	22	1	13	0	1	1	2	0	6	0
16	GK	GEO	Giorgi Odikadze	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	GEO	Giorgi Tsetskhladze	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	GEO	Luka Chaganava	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	RSA	Bantu Mzwakali	18	1	9	1	2	0	2	0	5	0
20	MF	GEO	Nika Gagnidze	28	6	27	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	UKR	Yevhen Kucherenko	46	0	36	0	2	0	2	0	6	0
22	FW	UKR	Mykola Kovtalyuk	37	13	28	10	1	0	2	0	6	3
23	MF	BRA	Jean Victor	41	2	31	2	2	0	2	0	6	0
24	DF	GEO	Malkhaz Gagoshidze	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	BRA	Wanderson Silva	46	2	36	2	2	0	2	0	6	0
26	DF	GEO	Tornike Dzotsenidze	35	1	26	1	1	0	2	0	6	0
30	DF	GEO	Revaz Chiteishvili	43	1	33	1	2	0	2	0	6	0
33	DF	CGO	Ramaric Etou	39	3	33	3	1	0	2	0	3	0

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