FC WIT Georgia is a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

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

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. 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 Georgia (country), Georgian football (soccer), football. The competition is a knockout (single elimination) tournament. Soviet era cup winners Previous winners are: * 194 ...

for the first time. However, performance of WIT Georgia was faded after 2010–11 season and relegated to

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 ...

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 season ...

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 and the winners of the Georgian Cup. It was first held in 1996. When a club has won both competitions, the Georgian Cu ...

** Winners (1): 2009

Current squad

European cups history

Managers

* Elguja Gugushvili (1997–199?) * Sergo Kotrikadze (March 8, 1999 – 2001) * Nestor Mumladze (2006 – August 2009) * Merab Kochlashvili (August 2009 – 2009) * Gela Gomelauri (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 (2015–)

References

External links

* {{Erovnuli Liga teamlist WIT Georgia Tbilisi Association football clubs established in 1997 1997 establishments in Georgia (country) WIT Tbilisi