2024 FC Torpedo Kutaisi season

Torpedo Kutaisi
2024 season
Owner	New Vision University
Chairman	Mikheil Lobjanidze
Manager	Steve Kean
Stadium	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium
Erovnuli Liga	2nd
Georgian Cup	Pre-season
Super Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Conference League	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	Johnsen (11 goals)
Biggest win	4–1 vs Samtredia, 2 March, Erovnuli Liga; 5–2 vs Kolkheti 1913, 19 May, Erovnuli Liga
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2024 season is Torpedo's 78th year in existence and 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Georgian football. In addition to the national league and cup competitions, the club will also take part in this season's edition of UEFA Conference League.^[1]

The season covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2024.

Transfers

In

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Ref
19 January	11	MF	Jorginho	Ordabasy	^[2]
20 January	20	MF	Éliton Júnior	KuPS	^[3]
25 January	9	FW	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	Seoul	^[4]
31 January	14	MF	Felipe Pires	Dnipro-1	^[5]
12 April	21	DF	Auro Alvaro	Ordabasy	^[6]
11 June	12	DF	Mamadou Sakho	–	^[7]

Out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Ref
21 January	2	DF	Saba Goglichidze	Empoli	^[8]
21 June	4	DF	Mate Abuladze	Samgurali	^[9]

Released

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Ref
19 January	–	FW	Tornike Akhvlediani	Telavi	^[10]
	20	MF	Irakli Bugridze	Kyzylzhar
	38	MF	Kayke David

Loans out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Ref
12 February	11	MF	Omran Haydary	Samtredia

Squad

Players and squad numbers last updated on 22 June 2024. Appearances include the Erovnuli Liga only. ^[11]

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

No.	Player	Positions	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Oto Goshadze	GK	(1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 26)	2023	18	0
31	Filip Kljajić	GK	(1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 33)	2023	30	0
35	Luka Kvetenadze	GK	(2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18)	2024	0	0
37	Avtandil Meparishvili	GK	(2006-01-08) 8 January 2006 (age 18)	2023	0	0
Defenders
2	Luka Elbakidze	DF	(2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 20)	2019	2	0
3	Pedro Monteiro	DF	(1994-01-30) 30 January 1994 (age 30)	2022	63	1
5	Tsotne Nadaraia	DF	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27)	2019	116	2
12	Mamadou Sakho	DF	(1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 34)	2024	0	0
15	Juba Dvalishvili	DF	(2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 19)	2023	1	0
16	Nika Sandokhadze	DF	(1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 30)	2022	69	3
17	Mate Topadze	DF	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17)	2024	0	0
21	Auro Alvaro	DF	(1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28)	2024	9	0
22	Giorgi Mchedlishvili	DF	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 32)	2022	51	0
24	Amiran Tkeshelashvili	DF	(2006-07-11) 11 July 2006 (age 17)	2023	1	0
27	Lasha Shergelashvili	DF	(1992-01-17) 17 January 1992 (age 32)	2022	62	8
Midfielders
6	Rahmat Akbari	MF	(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 24)	2023	24	0
7	Merab Gigauri (C)	MF	(1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 31)	2022	47	2
13	Giuli Manjgaladze	MF	(1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 31)	2022	69	3
14	Felipe Pires	MF	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29)	2024	17	4
20	Eliton Junior	MF	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 26)	2024	16	2
26	Aleko Basiladze	MF	(2005-12-30) 30 December 2005 (age 18)	2023	7	1
30	Luka Rekhviashvili	MF	(2007-06-27) 27 June 2007 (age 17)	2024	1	0
33	Saba Gureshidze	MF	(2004-03-05) 5 March 2004 (age 20)	2023	0	0
40	Luka Mzhavanadze	MF	(2004-02-28) 28 February 2004 (age 20)	2019	1	0
Forwards
8	Giorgi Arabidze	FW	(1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 26)	2022	73	24
9	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	FW	(1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 32)	2024	18	11
10	Nikola Ninković	FW	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 29)	2023	30	9
11	Jorginho	FW	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 28)	2024	18	1
19	Francois Ekongolo	FW	(2004-08-12) 12 August 2004 (age 19)	2023	10	2
23	Davit Imedadze	FW	(2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 19)	2023	1	2

Pre-season friendlies


Date	Venue	Opponents	Result	Goalscorers	Ref.
7 February	H	Merani	3–1	Shergelashvili, Jorginho (2)	^[12]
13 February	Valencia	Stabek	1–2	Monteiro	^[13]
15 February		Hércules	1–0	Arabidze	^[14]
17 February		Levadia	3–1	Johnsen, Arabidze (2)	^[15]
20 February		Villarreal B	4–1	Arabidze (3), Pires	^[16]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Erovnuli Liga	2 March	8 December	Matchday 1	TBD	18	10	5	3	32	19	+13	055.56
Georgian Cup	TBA		Round of 16		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Super Cup	28 June		Semifinal		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	11 July		1st qualifying round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					18	10	5	3	32	19	+13	055.56

Source: Competitions

Erovnuli Liga

League Table (part)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dila Gori	18	11	6	1	28	10	+18	39	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Torpedo Kutaisi	18	10	5	3	32	19	+13	35	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	Iberia 1999	18	10	2	6	33	29	+4	32
4	Dinamo Batumi	18	9	4	5	24	20	+4	31
5	Dinamo Tbilisi	18	5	7	6	16	19	−3	22

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2024. Source: Erovnuli Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams).

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
18	10	5	3	32	19	+13	35	7	1	1	17	8	+9	3	4	2	15	11	+4

Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	5	7	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match details


Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorer(s)
2 March	Samtredia	H	W	4–1	o.g. 5', Johnsen 8', 66', Arabidze 30' (pen.)
6 March	Iberia 1999	H	L	2–3	Johnsen 86', Ninković 90+3'
10 March	Dinamo Tbilisi	A	L	0–1
15 March	Dila	H	W	1–0	Arabidze 45+1'
29 March	Dinamo Batumi	A	L	2–3	Pires 14', Johnsen 41' (pen.)
2 April	Kolkheti 1913	H	W	3–2	Arabidze 27', 80', Shergelashvili 69'
7 April	Gagra	A	W	1–0	Johnsen 35'
11 April	Samgurali	H	W	3–1	Ninković 49', Johnsen 83', Basiladze 90+7'
15 April	Telavi	A	D	0–0
20 April	Samtredia	A	D	0–0
27 April	Iberia 1999	A	D	3–3	Pires 34', Arabidze 72' (pen.), Johnsen 90+3'
2 May	Dinamo Tbilisi	H	D	0–0
10 May	Dila	A	D	1–1	Sandokhadze 45+2'
15 May	Dinamo Batumi	H	W	1–0	Eliton Junior 28'
19 May	Kolkheti 1913	A	W	5–2	Eliton Junior 23', Jorginho 38', Johnsen 59', Pires 87, Ninković 90+1'
24 May	Gagra	H	W	2–1	Pires 86', Johnsen 90+5'
28 May	Samgurali	A	W	3–1	Gigauri 54', Johnsen 61', Ninković 83
1 June	Telavi	H	W	1–0	Johnsen 6' (pen.)
3 August	Samtredia	H

Super Cup

28 June 2024 (2024-06-28) Semifinal	Dinamo Batumi	v	Torpedo	Batumi
21:00				Stadium: Batumi Stadium

Georgian Cup

UEFA Conference League

1st qualifying round

11 July 2024 (2024-07-11) 1st leg	Torpedo	v	KF Tirana	Kutaisi
21:00 GET		Report		Stadium: Ramaz Shengelia Stadium

18 July 2024 (2024-07-18) 2nd leg	KF Tirana	v	Torpedo	Tirana
22:00 GET		Report		Stadium: Arena Kombëtare

Statistics

Appearances, goals and discipline

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Cup		Super Cup		UECL		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Oto Goshadze	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
3	DF		Pedro Monteiro	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	4	0
4	DF		Mate Abuladze	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0
5	DF		Tsotne Nadaraia	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	3	1
6	MF		Rahmat Akbari	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	2	0
7	MF		Merab Gigauri	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	3	0
8	FW		Giorgi Arabidze	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	5	1	0
9	FW		Bjørn Maars Johnsen	18	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11	0	0
10	FW		Nikola Ninković	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	4	6	0
11	FW		Jorginho	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	1	0
13	MF		Giuli Manjgaladze	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	4	0
14	MF		Felipe Pires	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	4	3	0
15	DF		Juba Dvalishvili	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Nika Sandokhadze	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	2	0
19	FW		Francois Ekongolo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	MF		Eliton Junior	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2	3	0
21	DF		Auro Alvaro	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0
22	DF		Giorgi Mchedlishvili	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	4	0
26	MF		Aleko Basiladze	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0
27	DF		Lasha Shergelashvili	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	1	0
30	MF		Luka Rekhviashvilil	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK		Filip Kljajić	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0

Assists

Pl.	Pos.	No.	Name	Erovnuli Liga	Georgian Cup	Georgian Super Cup	UEFA Conference League	Total
1	MF	14	Felipe Pires	4	–	–	–	4
2	DF	5	Tsotne Nadaraia	3	–	–	–	3
	FW	8	Giorgi Arabidze	3	–	–	–	3
	MF	20	Eliton Junior	3	–	–	–	3
5	FW	10	Nikola Ninković	2	–	–	–	2
5	FW	11	Jorginho	2	–	–	–	2
7	DF	21	Auro Alvaro	1	–	–	–	1
7	DF	22	Giorgi Mchedlishvili	1	–	–	–	1

Clean sheets

No.	Player	Erovnuli Liga	Georgian Cup	Georgian Super Cup	UEFA Conference League	Total
31	Filip Kljajić	5	–	–	–	5
1	Oto Goshadze	3	–	–	–	3

Awards

Torpedo's several players have been recognized by the Erovnuli Liga during the season.^[17]^[18]

No.	Pos.	Winner	Award
9	FW	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	Team of 1st quarter Team of 2nd quarter Best Player of 2nd quarter
8	FW	Giorgi Arabidze	Team of 1st quarter
14	MF	Felipe Pires	Team of 2nd quarter
20	MF	Eliton Junior
21	DF	Auro Alvaro

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	10	5	3	32	19	+13	35	7	1	1	17	8	+9	3	4	2	15	11	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	10	5	3	32	19	+13	35	7	1	1	17	8	+9	3	4	2	15	11	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	10	5	3	32	19	+13	35	7	1	1	17	8	+9	3	4	2	15	11	+4