FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team from

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd (a subsidiary of the United States WIT, Inc.), a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies. They play their home games at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium#2 in Tbilisi. In 2004, FC WIT Georgia won the Georgian Championship, qualifying them for the early stages of the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...

. In 2009, they won the championship for the second time. In 2010, the team won the

Georgian Cup The Georgian Cup (, ''Sakartvelos tasi'') is the main cup competition in Georgian football. The competition is a knockout (single elimination) tournament. Soviet era cup winners Previous winners are: * 1944: Team of Sukhumi * 1945: Dinamo Sukh ...

for the first time. However, performance of WIT Georgia was faded after 2010–11 season and relegated to Pirveli Liga in 2014–15 season. In 2017–18, they finished second in the

Erovnuli Liga 2 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 seas ...

and secured promotion to the Erovnuli Liga.

History

*1997: Founded as ''FC WIT Georgia Tbilisi''.

Honours

Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football F ...

** Winners (2): 2003–04, 2009 *

** Winners (1): 2010 *

Georgian Super Cup The Georgian Super Cup is a competition consisting of a single football match played between the champions of the Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professio ...

** Winners (1): 2009

Current squad

European cups history

Managers

Elguja Gugushvili Elguja Gugushvili (Georgian: ელგუჯა გუგუშვილი) also knowns as Jemal Gugushvili (born 14 April 1946) is a Georgian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. As a player, he is known for his pe ...

(1997–199?) *

Sergo Kotrikadze Sergo (Sergei) Parmenovich Kotrikadze ( ka, სერგო კოტრიკაძე, russian: Серге́й Парменович Котрикадзе) (9 August 1936 – 3 May 2011) was a Georgian association footballer from the former ...

(March 8, 1999 – 2001) *

Nestor Mumladze Nestor may refer to: * Nestor (mythology), King of Pylos in Greek mythology Arts and entertainment * "Nestor" (''Ulysses'' episode) an episode in James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' * Nestor Studios, first-ever motion picture studio in Hollywood, ...

(2006 – August 2009) * Merab Kochlashvili (August 2009 – 2009) *

Gela Gomelauri Gela (Sicilian and ; grc, Γέλα) is a city and (municipality) in the Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily. Gela is part of the Province of Cal ...

(2009–2010) * Merab Kochlashvili (July 16, 2010–??) * Zurab Beridze (April 20, 2011 – March 11, 2012) * Merab Kochlashvili (March 2012–1?) * Zurab Beridze (April 1, 2013–1?) * Merab Kochlashvili (June 1, 2013–) *

Tengiz Kobiashvili Tengiz, or ''Tengis'' is a Turco-Mongol word meaning ''sea''. It may refer to: * Tengiz Field Tengiz field ( kk, Теңіз мұнай кен орны, ''Teñız mūnai ken orny''; Tengiz is Turkic for "sea") is an oil field located in northw ...

(2015–)

References

External links

* {{Erovnuli Liga teamlist

WIT Georgia Tbilisi FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team from Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd (a subsidiary of the United States WIT, Inc.), a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for Wor ...

Association football clubs established in 1997 1997 establishments in Georgia (country) WIT Tbilisi