FC Meshakhte is a Georgian
association football
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club based in
Tkibuli
Tkibuli or Tqibuli ( ka, ტყიბული) is a town in west-central Georgia (country), Georgia of 8,620 residents (2022). located in the Imereti region at the foot of the Racha Range and the Nakerala limestone cliff, which marks the boundary ...
. Following the 2022 season, the club was relegated to Liga 4, the fourth tier of
Georgian football system.
History
Meshakhte participated in the Georgian Soviet league and twice, in 1980 and 1981, became champions. In 1964 and 1976 they also won the domestic Cup.
The club spent 13 seasons in the
Soviet third division with the following combined results:
The success of the club was attributed to the large coal mine industry based in
Tkibuli
Tkibuli or Tqibuli ( ka, ტყიბული) is a town in west-central Georgia (country), Georgia of 8,620 residents (2022). located in the Imereti region at the foot of the Racha Range and the Nakerala limestone cliff, which marks the boundary ...
which financed the local football as well.
First years after
Georgian national league was formed, the club played in
the second division. Between 1991 and 1996 they three times finished third and once, in 1997, came 2nd. Starting from 2005, Meshakhte spent thirteen consecutive seasons in Pirveli Liga.
The 3rd place taken in Group White in 2016 has been the best result achieved in the recent period. But the next season turned out troublesome. The team produced a seventeen-game unwinning run. Three points earned in the last round saved the club from automatic relegation, although a home-and-away
play-off
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tie ended unfavourably.
After two years in
Liga 3 Meshakhte, struggling the whole season, finished at the bottom in 2020. However, they avoided another relegation due to some changes, introduced in late January 2021, which increased the number of clubs in this league.
In 2022, Meshakhte took part in a long survival battle, but they lost a crucial game and ended up in the drop zone.
Seasons
Players
''As of April 2022''
Head Coach
David Burkadze was appointed as head coach on 14 June 2021. Previously he was in charge of several youth teams at
Kutaisi football school and also trained professional clubs such as
Imereti Khoni and
Sulori Vani.
Honours
*
Georgian Soviet Championship
** Champion: 1980, 1981
*
Georgian Soviet Cup
** Champion: 1964, 1976
*
Pirveli Liga
The Georgian Erovnuli Liga 2 ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა 2; ), organized since 1990 by GFF, serves as the second division of professional football in Georgia.
Under the current name the league was introduced for the 2017 season ...
** Silver Medal winner: 2008
** Bronze Medal winner: 1991, 1994, 1995
Name
In
1991
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, the club took part in the second division as ''Okriba'' only to regain the current name the next season.
The name comes from ''shakhta'' which can be translated as a shaft in
coal mine industry.
References
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