2024 FC Dinamo Batumi season explained

Club:	Dinamo Batumi
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Archil Beridze
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Manager:	Andriy Demchenko (until 9 October) Gia Chiabrishvili (after 18 October)
Stadium:	Batumi Stadium
League:	Erovnuli Liga
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Georgian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarterfinals (eliminated by Dinamo Tbilisi)
Cup2:	Super Cup
Cup2 Result:	3rd
Cup3:	UEFA Champions League
Cup3 Result:	1st qualifying round (eliminated by Ludogorets)
Cup4:	UEFA Conference League
Cup4 Result:	2nd qualifying round (eliminated by Dečić)
League Topscorer:	Lado Mamuchashvili Mario Balburdia (5 goals each)
Season Topscorer:	Lado Mamuchashvili (8 goals)
Highest Attendance:	14,967 (vs Ludogorets, 17 July)
Largest Win:	3–1 vs Gagra (A), 7 March, Erovnuli Liga 3–1 vs Samtredia (A), 16 April, Erovnuli Liga 2–0 vs Dinamo Tbilisi (H), 8 April, Erovnuli Liga
Largest Loss:	0–3 vs Iberia 1999 (A), 2 April, Erovnuli Liga 0–3 vs Iberia 1999 (A), 14 September, Erovnuli Liga
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Prevseason:	2023

The 2024 season is the 101st year in the existence of Dinamo Batumi and their sixth successive season in the Erovnuli Liga, the top division of Georgian football. As the reigning league champions, Dinamo Batumi are participating in five competitions this season, namely the Erovnuli Liga, the national cup, the Georgian Super Cup, UEFA Champions League and, after an early exit from the latter, in UEFA Conference League.

This section covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2024.

Transfers

In

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Ref
10 January	3	DF	Bojan Mlađović	Tobol	^[1]
	7	FW	Honore Gomis	Dila	^[2]
11 January	5	MF	Alef Santos	Dila	^[3]
	9	FW	David Mujiri	Shukura (end of loan)
	25	DF	Wanderson Silva	Dila
9 February	2	DF	Nikoloz Mali	Dinamo Tbilisi	^[4]
	9	FW	Gabriel Ramos	Bucheon 1995
	15	MF	Edmund Arko-Mensah	Honka
15 February	19	MF	Uerdi Mara	Ankara Keçiörengücü	^[5]
28 February	1	GK	Mate Turmanidze	Academy	^[6]
	13	GK	Luka Kharatishvili	Samtredia (end of loan)
	36	DF	Nikoloz Baladze	Academy
	37	MF	Giorgi Putkaradze	Academy
	21	DF	Yevhen Chahovets	Riteriai	^[7]
14 March	11	FW	Levan Kutalia	Free agent	^[8]
27 June	21	FW	Bubakarr Tambedou	Hapoel Tel-Aviv	^[9]
	31	FW	Revaz Injgia	Samtredia
1 July	26	DF	Iva Gelashvili	Spezia (end of loan)	^[10]
3 July	35	DF	Revaz Chiteishvili	Alashkert	^[11]
7 July	16	GK	Ricardo Silva	Tondela	^[12]
14 September	8	MF	Mario Balburdia	Mafra	^[13]
20 September	6	MF	Artem Mylchenko	Valmiera	^[14]

Оut

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Ref
10 January	8	MF	Alexander Jakobsen	^[15]
	9	FW	Tornike Kapanadze
	11	FW	Mate Vatsadze
	18	DF	Giorgi Rekhviashvili
	21	GK	Giorgi Begashvili
	31	GK	Anton Chichkan
	33	DF	Saša Balić
	35	DF	Grigol Chabradze
1 February	24	MF	Irakli Bidzinashvili	^[16]
1 July	8	FW	Gabriel Ramos	^[17]
	11	FW	Levan Kutalia
	15	MF	Edmund Arko-Mensah
	20	MF	Giorgi Tsitaishvili
	21	DF	Yevhen Chahovets
	33	MF	Victor Vieira Vitinho
4 July	10	MF	Tsotne Patsatsia	^[18]
24 July	3	DF	Bojan Mlađović	^[19]
31 July	27	MF	Paata Gudushauri	^[20]
5 August	17	MF	Lado Mamuchashvili	^[21]
14 September	26	DF	Iva Gelashvili	^[22]

Loaned in

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Club	Return	Ref
21 June	11	FW	Jalen Blesa	Craiova		^[23]
28 June	40	MF	Dito Pachulia	Samtredia	End of season	^[24]

Squad

Appearances and goals include the Erovnuli Liga only.

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

color:white; text-align:center;"	No.	color:white; text-align:center;"	Player	color:white; text-align:center;"	Nat.	color:white; text-align:center;"	Positions	color:white; text-align:center;"	Date of birth (age)	color:white; text-align:center; max-width:3.5em"	Signed in	color:white; text-align:center;"	Apps.	color:white; text-align:center;"	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mate Turmanidze		GK	2005 9, df=yes	2024	0	0
13	Luka Kharatishvili		GK	2003 1, df=yes	2023	15	0
16	Ricardo Silva		GK	2000 5, df=yes	2024	5	0
30	Roin Kvaskhvadze		GK	1989 5, df=yes	2023	15	0
Defenders
2	Nikoloz Mali		DF	1999 1, df=yes	2024	34	0
4	Luka Kapianidze		DF	1999 1, df=yes	2022	21	0
14	Levan Kharabadze		DF	2000 1, df=yes	2023	22	1
23	Mamuka Kobakhidze		DF	1992 8, df=yes	2019	29	3
25	Wanderson Silva		DF	1991 9, df=yes	2024	23	0
35	Revaz Chiteishvili		DF	1994 1, df=yes	2024	16	0
36	Nikoloz Baladze		DF	2006 1, df=yes	2024	0	0
Midfielders
5	Alef Santos		MF	1996 11, df=yes	2024	17	0
6	Artem Mylchenko		MF	2000 7, df=yes	2024	9	1
8	Mario Balburdia		MF	1997 8, df=yes	2024	12	5
19	Uerdi Mara		MF	1999 1, df=yes	2024	25	3
20	Giorgi Gogmachadze		MF	2006 3, df=yes	2024	1	0
22	Davit Inaishvili		MF	2006 2, df=yes	2024	9	0
26	Nika Dumbadze		MF	2006 6, df=yes	2024	11	1
29	Jean Victor		MF	1995 3, df=yes	2024	18	1
31	Revaz Injgia		MF	2000 12, df=yes	2024	15	2
37	Giorgi Putkaradze		MF	2005 11, df=yes	2023	5	0
38	Aleksandre Gugushvili		MF	2006 8, df=yes	2024	2	0
39	Guram Japaridze		MF	2005 8, df=yes	2024	3	0
40	Dito Pachulia		MF	2002 7, df=yes	2024	14	0
Forwards
7	Honore Gomis		FW	1996 2, df=yes	2024	29	4
9	David Mujiri		FW	1999 1, df=yes	2023	29	4
11	Jalen Blesa		FW	2001 2, df=yes	2024	11	2
21	Bubakarr Tambedou		FW	2002 4, df=yes	2024	15	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	Bojan Mlađović		DF	1995 10, df=yes	2024	10	0
8	Gabriel Ramos		FW	1996 3, df=yes	2024	6	0
10	Tsotne Patsatsia		MF	2000 3, df=yes	2023	12	0
11	Levan Kutalia		FW	1989 7, df=yes	2024	11	1
15	Edmund Arko-Mensah		MF	2001 9, df=yes	2024	4	0
17	Lado Mamuchashvili		MF	1997 8, df=yes	2018	18	5
20	Giorgi Tsitaishvili		MF	2000 11, df=yes	2023	17	1
21	Yevhen Chahovets		DF	1998 3, df=yes	2024	4	0
26	Iva Gelashvili		DF	2001 4, df=yes	2022	0	0
27	Paata Gudushauri		MF	1997 6, df=yes	2022	16	4
33	Victor Vieira Vitinho		MF	1997 9, df=yes	2023	6	0

Out on loan

Friendly matches

scope=col	Date	scope=col	Venue	scope=col	Opponents	scope=col	Result	scope=col	Goalscorers	scope=col class=unsortable
18 January	Batumi	Kolkheti 1913	1–1	Mujiri	^[25]
24 January	Belek	Termalica	1–1	Gudushauri	^[26]
28 January	Belek	Shkendija	0–2		^[27]
1 February	Belek	Zagłębie Lubin	1–1	Kapianidze	^[28]
11 February	Belek	Kolos	1–3	Jean Victor	^[29]
14 February	Belek	Zorya	2–2	Ramos, Alef Santos	^[30]
17 February	Belek	Cherkasy	0–1		^[31]
20 February	Belek	Riga	0–3		^[32]
23 March	Batumi	Kolkheti 1913	2–1	Kutalia, Gudushauri	^[33]
21 June	Gori	Urartu	3–2	Blesa, Mamuchashvili (2)	^[34]

Competitions

Erovnuli Liga

See main article: 2024 Erovnuli Liga.

Results

scope=col	Date	scope=col	Opponents	scope=col	Venue	scope=col	Score	scope=col class=unsortable	Scorer(s)
1 March	Kolkheti 1913	H	1–0	Gomis 11'
7 March	Gagra	A	3–1	Jean Victor 16', Kobakhidze 62', o.g. 80'
11 March	Samgurali	H	1–0	Kobakhidze 45+3'
16 March	Telavi	A	1–0	Mujiri 38'
29 March	Torpedo	H	3–2	Gomis 3', o.g. 86', Mamuchashvili 90+7 (pen.)
2 April	Iberia 1999	A	0–3
8 April	Dinamo Tbilisi	H	2–0	Gomis 34', Kutalia 68"
12 April	Dila	A	0–0
16 April	Samtredia	H	3–1	o.g. 40', Gudushauri 88', Mujiri 90+6
20 April	Kolkheti 1913	A	2–2	Mamuchashvili 45', 45+4
27 April	Gagra	H	0–1
1 May	Samgurali	A	1–0	Mamuchashvili 77' (pen.)
11 May	Telavi	H	1–1	Gudushauri 64'
15 May	Torpedo	A	0–1
19 May	Iberia 1999	H	2–3	Tsitaishvili 5', Gudushauri 67'
23 May	Dinamo Tbilisi	A	2–1	Gudushauri 46', Mara 53'
27 May	Dila	H	0–2
1 June	Samtredia	A	2–2	Mamuchashvili 33', Kharabadze 53'
4 August	Kolkheti 1913	H	0–0
10 August	Gagra	A	1–1	Mara 6'
18 August	Samgurali	H	0–0
24 August	Telavi	A	1–2	Mujiri 18'
1 September	Torpedo	H	1–1	Mara 4'
14 September	Iberia 1999	A	0–3
23 September	Dinamo Tbilisi	H	1–1	Balburdia 28'
27 September	Dila	A	2–1	Mujiri 69', Gomis 80'
1 October	Samtredia	H	1–2	Balburdia 6'
5 October	Kolkheti 1913	A	1–0	Balburdia 16'
18 October	Gagra	H	3–2	Balburdia 11', Injgia 63', Mylchenko 72'
27 October	Samgurali	A	3–3	Injgia 48', Kobakhidze 72', Blesa 90+8'
2 November	Telavi	H	3–2	Balburdia 30'
8 November	Torpedo	A	0–1
23 November	Iberia 1999	H	0–1
27 November	Dinamo Tbilisi	A	2–1	Blesa 15' (pen.), Dumbadze 27'
1 December	Dila	H	0–2
8 December	Samtredia	A

Source

League table

Super Cup

See main article: 2024 Georgian Super Cup.

Georgian Cup

See main article: 2024 Georgian Cup.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

1st qualifying round

UEFA Conference League

See main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round.

2nd qualifying round

Statistics

^[35] Note: Players with names in italics left the club during the playing season

Goalscorers

Pl.	Pos.	Nation	No	Name	Erov.Liga	Nat.Cup	Supercup	Champ.League	Conf.League	Total
1	MF		17	Lado Mamuchashvili	5	–	1	2	–	8
2	MF		27	Paata Gudushauri	4	–	2	–	–	6
3	MF		8	Mario Balburdia	5	–	–	–	–	5
	FW		9		4	1	–	–	–	5
5	FW		7	Honore Gomis	4	–	–	–	–	4
6	MF		19		3	–	–	–	–	3
	FW		21	Bubakarr Tambedou	–	1	2	–	–	3
8	DF		23	Mamuka Kobakhidze	3	–	–	–	–	3
9	DF		31	Revaz Injgia	2	–	–	–	–	2
	FW		11	Jalen Blesa	2	–	–	–	–	2
11	FW		11	Levan Kutalia	1	–	–	–	–	1
	DF		14	Levan Kharabadze	1	–	–	–	–	1
	MF		20	Giorgi Tsitaishvili	1	–	–	–	–	1
	MF		26	Nika Dumbadze	1	–	–	–	–	1
	MF		29	Jean Victor	1	–	–	–	–	1
Own goal					3	–	1	–	–	4
TOTAL					41	2	6	2	0	51

Clean sheets

No.	Player	Erov.Liga	Nat.Cup	Supercup	Champ.League	Conf.League	Total
16		3	–	–	1	1	5
30	Roin Kvaskhvadze	4	–	–	–	–	4
13	Luka Kharatishvili	3	–	–	–	–	3

Discipline

Pos.	Nat.	No.	Name	Erov.Liga		Nat.Cup		Supercup		Champ.League		Conf.League		Total
DF		2	Nikoloz Mali	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–
MF		5	Alef Santos	7	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	10	–
DF		14		4	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	5	–
MF		19	Uerdi Mara	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–
FW		7	Honore Gomis	4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1
DF		23	Mamuka Kobakhidze	4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1
DF		3	Bojan Mlađović	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–
DF		35	Revaz Chiteishvili	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–
MF		29	Jean Victor	2	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	1
DF		4	Luka Kapianidze	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–
FW		9	David Mujiri	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	3	–
MF		10	Tsotne Patsatsia	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–
MF		27	Paata Gudushauri	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	3	–
MF		31		3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–
MF		6	Artem Mylchenko	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1
GK		13		2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
MF		17	Lado Mamuchashvili	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
DF		25		2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
MF		40	Dito Pachulia	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
FW		11	Levan Kutalia	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
FW		11	Jalen Blesa	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
MF		8	Mario Balburdia	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
FW		8	Gabriel Ramos	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
MF		20	Giorgi Tsitaishvili	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
FW		21	Bubakarr Tambedou	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
MF		22	Davit Inaishvili	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
GK		30	Roin Kvaskhvadze	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
TOTAL				68	6	2	–	4	–	3	–	2	–	79	6

Awards

Below is the list of players who have received recognition by the Erovnuli Liga during the season.^{[36] [37]}

width=40	Date	width=40	Nat.	width=150	Name	width=150	Award
April		Roin Kvaskhvadze	Team of the 1st quarter
		Mamuka Kobakhidze	Team of the 1st quarter
			Team of the 1st quarter
October		Luka Kapianidze	Team of the 3rd quarter

Notes and References

1. Web site: ბათუმის დინამოს ღირსებას 28 წლის ცენტალური მცველი, ბოიან მლადოვიჩი დაიცავს . adjaratv.ge (in Georgian) . 10 January 2024.
2. Web site: "დინამო ბათუმმა" ახალი სეზონისთვის მეორე ტრანსფერი განახორციელა . adjaratv.ge (in Georgian) . 10 January 2024.
3. Web site: დინამო ბათუმმა ახალი ფეხბურთელები დაიმატა და შეკრებაც დაგეგმა . europop.ge (in Georgian) . 11 January 2024.
4. Web site: ტრანსფერების კორიანტელი - დინამო ბათუმმა 3 ფეხბურთელი დაიმატა! . sportline.ge (in Georgian) . 9 February 2024.
5. Web site: ბათუმის "დინამომ" ალბანელი ნახევარმცველი დაიმატა . adjaratv.ge (in Georgian) . 15 February 2024.
6. Web site: ბათუმის დინამოს განაცხადი ცნობილია . 1tv.ge (in Georgian) . 28 February 2024.
7. Web site: ბათუმის "დინამომ" 25 წლის უკრაინელი მცველი დაიმატა . sportall.ge (in Georgian) . 28 February 2024.
8. Web site: ლევან კუტალია კარიერას დინამო ბათუმში გააგრძელებს . belive.ge (in Georgian) . 14 March 2024.
9. Web site: "დინამო ბათუმი" 5 ახალი ფეხბურთელით გაძლიერდა . ajaratv.ge . 27 June 2024 . KA.
10. Web site: "სპეციამ" ივა გელაშვილი არ გამოისყიდა . 1tv.ge (in Georgian) . 9 July 2024 . 31 July 2024.
11. Web site: 30 წლის მარჯვენა მცველმა რევაზ ჩიტეიშვილმა ერევნის "ალაშკერტი" დატოვა და კარიერას ბათუმის "დინამოში" გააგრძელებს . facebook.com . 4 July 2024.
12. Web site: პორტუგალიელი მეკარე ბათუმის "დინამოში" . atiani.ge . KA . 7 July 2024 . 8 July 2024.
13. Web site: Our new No. 8 Mario . Dinamo Batumi . 15 September 2024.
14. Web site: 24 წლის უკრაინელი ნახევარმცველი არტემ მიჩენკო კარიერას ბათუმის “დინამოში” გააგრძელებს . ქართული ფეხბურთი . 20 September 2024 . 24 September 2024.
15. Web site: დინამო ბათუმმა "დილას" ნახევარმცველი დაიმატა . worldsport.ge (in Georgian) . 10 January 2024.
16. Web site: ბათუმის "დინამოელი" ირაკლი ბიძინაშვილი კარიერას ყაზახეთში გააგრძელებს . adjaratv.ge (in Georgian) . 1 February 2024.
17. Web site: Dinamo Batumi squad . eliga.ge . 9 July 2024.
18. Web site: ოფიციალურად: ცოტნე ფაცაცია ქუთაისის ტორპედოში ითამაშებს . goal.ge . 4 July 2024 . KA.
19. Web site: ბათუმის დინამოს მცველი კარიერას ანორთოსისში გააგრძელებს! . goal.ge (in Georgian) . 24 July 2024.
20. Web site: اعلان النادي . Bnei Sakhnin F.C. . 31 July 2024 . 31 July 2024.
21. Web site: ბათუმის "დინამო" ერთ-ერთმა ლიდერმა, ვლადიმერ მამუჩაშვილმა დატოვა . 1tv.ge (in Georgian) . 6 August 2024.
22. Web site: Iva is back . 14 September 2024.
23. Web site: გაგაცნობთ ახალწვეულს - ჯალენ ბლესა . Dinamo Batumi . 21 June 2024 . 22 June 2024.
24. Web site: დიტო ფაჩულია სეზონის ბოლომდე იჯარის წესით დინამო ბათუმში ითამაშებს . FC Samtredia . 28 June 2024 . 20 July 2024.
25. Web site: ბათუმის "დინამო" ფოთის "კოლხეთს" დაუზავდა . 1tv.ge . 18 January 2024 . KA.
26. Web site: პირველი სპარინგი ანტალიაში . europop.ge (in Georgian) . 24 January 2024.
27. Web site: ბათუმის "დინამო" "შკენდიასთან" დამარცხდა . 1tv.ge (in Georgian) . 28 January 2024.
28. Web site: ZAGŁĘBIE LUBIN VS DINAMO BATUMI . soccerway.com . 1 February 2024.
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