1986 FC Guria season

Guria

1986 season
Chairman	Shota Pataraia
Manager	Begi Sikharulidze
Stadium	Central stadium, Lanchkhuti
First League	2nd of 24 (promoted)
Soviet Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Besik Pridonashvili (27) All: Besik Pridonashvili (27)
Highest home attendance	16,500 vs Atlantas, 23 October vs Daugava, 26 October
Biggest win	6–1 v Atlantas (home, 23 October)
Biggest defeat	0–4 v Dinamo Stavropol (away, 31 May) 0–4 v CSKA (away, 19 September)
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The 1986 season was the 62nd year in Guria's existence and 7th consecutive season in the 2nd tier of Soviet football. In addition to the league season, the team also participated in the Soviet Cup. ^[1]

On 12 November 1986, Guria beat Lokomotiv Moscow to achieve their first ever promotion to the top Soviet league. They finished the season on 61 points, their highest in the First League.

Overview

Following an unimpressive performance in the previous season which resulted in the 17th place, Guria were hardly expected to become the league favourites in 1986. Initially, CSKA and Daugava seemed firmly among the top teams with the latter reaching a ten-point advantage with ten games remaining. Taking into account the existing regulations which stipulated two points for a win, Daugava appeared on the verge of winning one of the two promotion spots after a twenty-game unbeaten run. However, in the final part they stumbled, picking up only seven points and losing a crunch game at Guria who meanwhile recorded eight wins in the same period. As jubilant crowds stormed the pitch in celebration of this victory, Guria had to relocate for a decisive clash against Lokomotiv Moscow to Batumi where Besik Pridonashvili's late winner sealed a historic achievement for the team. ^[2]

Guria finished on top of the table, although a 3–1 defeat to Fakel on the final day meant that an additional tie for the first spot would be played between Guria and CSKA who finished the season on equal points. ^[3]

They achieved the most wins (28) and performed as the strongest home team with 21 wins out of 23. Pridonashvili, who netted 27 times, shared the league goalscorer's award with Pamir's Vazgen Manasyan.

For a provincial center with the population of roughly 9,000, the 1986 season became the most cherished triumph in Guria's history. Manager Begi Sikharulidze and two players later received the Knight of Sport award for this achievement. ^[4]

Statistics

First League

Standings (part)

Pos	Team	PLD	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	CSKA	46	26	9	11	63–35	61
2	Guria	46	28	5	13	80–68	61
3	Daugava	46	24	14	8	82–46	60 [a]
4	SKA Karpaty	46	22	10	14	69–52	54
5	Pamir	46	21	13	12	76–48	54 [a]

1. 12 draws limit was applied during the season

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Regular season

Main article: 1986 Soviet First League

Guria v SKA Rostov

30 March 19861	Guria	2 – 0	SKA Rostov	Lanchkhuti
	Pridonashvili 8' Ugrelidze 37'			Attendance: 9,500 Referee: O.Chinionov (Moscow)

Guria v Kuban

2 April 19861	Guria	1 – 0	Kuban	Lanchkhuti
	Kopaleishvili 21'			Attendance: 9,000 Referee: G.Iliakov (Simferopol)

Atlantas v Guria

9 April 19863	Atlantas	1 – 1	Guria	Klaipeda
	Butkevicius 83'		Kopaleishvili 53'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: A.Balakin (Kiev)

Daugava v Guria

12 April 19864	Daugava	3 – 0	Guria	Riga
	Starikov 4', 27' Alekseenko 45'			Attendance: 3,350 Referee: F.Giznatullin (Kazan)

Guria v Pakhtakor

17 April 19865	Guria	3 – 1	Pakhtakor	Lanchkhuti
	Tkebuchava 43' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Pridonashvili87' (pen.)		Kabaev 56'	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: V.Matveev (Kazan)

Guria v Pamir

20 April 19866	Guria	2 – 1	Pamir	Lanchkhuti
	Tkebuchava 44' Pridonashvili 65'		Muhamadiev 43'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: A.Kartavtsev (Moscow)

SKA Karpaty v Guria

26 April 19867	SKA Karpaty	3 – 0	Guria	Lvov
	Lendel 16' Malyshenko 31' Gamaly 44' (pen.)			Attendance: 6,000 Referee: N.Yurov (Tomsk)

Nistru v Guria

29 April 19868	Nistru	1 – 2	Guria	Chișinău
	Buloshenko 35'		Akopyan 17' Ugrelidze67'	Attendance: 3,750 Referee: R.Yushka (Vilnius)

Guria v Spartak Ordjonikidze

11 May 19869	Guria	5 – 2	Spartak Ordjonikidze	Lanchkhuti
	Ugrelidze 43', 52' Kopaleishvili 45' Pridonashvili 65' Akopyan 78'		Kozyrev 68' Korkin 85'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: E.Didur (Moscow)

Guria v Rotor

17 May 198610	Guria	1 – 0	Rotor	Lanchkhuti
	Ugrelidze 83'			Attendance: 9,500 Referee: A.Gorin (Chisinau)

Guria v CSKA

20 May 198611	Guria	0 – 2	CSKA	Lanchkhuti
			Pyatnitsky 49' Berezin 55'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: P.Kobichik (Chernovtsy)

Rostselmash v Guria

28 May 198612	Rostselmash	4 – 4	Guria	Rostov
	Povalyaev 30' Popadopulo 67' Okunev 85', 86'		Pridonashvili 8', 45' Chkhaidze 35' Kopaleishvili 54'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: V.Guskov (Moscow)

Dinamo Stavropol v Guria

31 May 198613	Dinamo Stavropol	4 – 0	Guria	Stavropol
	Grunichev38' Osipov 71' (pen.), 80' Cherepanov86'		Tkebuchava 57'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: K.Ermakov (Fergana)

Guria v Metalurg

7 June 198614	Guria	3 – 0	Metalurg	Lanchkhuti
	Tkebuchava 6', 68' Pridonashvili 89' (pen.)			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: V.Razdayev (Kemerovo)

Guria v Kolos

10 June 198615	Guria	1 – 0	Kolos	Lanchkhuti
	Topuridze 83'			Attendance: 4,500 Referee: V.Filippov (Moscow)

Kuzbass v Guria

18 June 198616	Kuzbass	0 – 0	Guria	Kemerovo
				Attendance: 4,000 Referee: P.Kobichik (Chernovtsy)

SKA Khabarovsk v Guria

21 June 198617	SKA Khabarovsk	0 – 0	Guria	Khabarovsk
				Attendance: 900

Guria v Iskra

28 June 198618	Guria	2 – 0	Iskra	Lanchkhuti
	Ebanoidze 21' Pridonashvili 58'			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A.Lunin (Moscow)

Guria v Shinnik

1 July 198619	Guria	3 – 0	Shinnik	Lanchkhuti
	Chkhaidze 25', 79' Akopyan 72'			Attendance: 4,500 Referee: A.Balakin (Kiev)

Dinamo Batumi v Guria

9 July 198620	Dinamo Batumi	0 – 1	Guria	Batumi
			E.Tevzadze	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: E.Shkola (Lutsk)

Kotaik v Guria

12 July 198621	Kotaik	3 – 0	Guria	Abovyan
	Osipyan 47' Safaryan 62' Sargsyan 69'			Attendance: 5,100 Referee: V.Belousov (Volzhkiy)

Guria v Fakel

18 July 198622	Guria	2 – 0	Fakel	Lanchkhuti
	Chkhaidze 24' E.Tevzadze 36'			Attendance: 8,500 Referee: I.Vergopulo (Moscow)

Lokomotiv Moscow v Guria

22 July 198623	Lokomotiv Moscow	3 – 1	Guria	Moscow
	Kalashnikov 33' Gladilin 54' (pen.), 73'		Chkhaidze 88'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: E.Shkola (Lutsk)

Guria v Kotayk

30 July 198624	Guria	2 – 1	Kotayk	Lanchkhuti
	Chkhaidze 28' Kopaleishvili 70'		Akopian 9'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: E.Aleksandrov (Yaroslav)

Guria v Dinamo Batumi

2 August 198625	Guria	2 – 0	Dinamo Batumi	Lanchkhuti
	Topuridze 42' Kopaleishvili 76'		Gorgiladze 50'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: E.Shkola (Lutsk)

Iskra v Guria

9 August 198626	Iskra	1 – 0	Guria	Smolensk
	Neishteter 60'			Attendance: 2,700 Referee: A.Mamajanov (Dushanbe)

Shinnik v Guria

12 August 198627	Shinnik	2 – 0	Guria	Yaroslav
	Mentyukov 19' Martyamov 45'			Attendance: 7,000 Referee: A.Balakin (Kiev)

Guria v Kuzbass

18 August 198628	Guria	2 – 4	Kuzbass	Lanchkhuti
	Danelia 42' Kopaleishvili 75'		Zemlin34', 55', 59', 63'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: V.Ivushin (Riga)

Guria v SKA Khabarovsk

21 August 198629	Guria	2 – 1	SKA Khabarovsk	Lanchkhuti
	Topuridze 22' Kopaleishvili 70'		Kozlov 59'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: A.Degtyarev (Odesa)

Kolos v Guria

27 August 198630	Kolos	1 – 1	Guria	Nikopol
	Fedorenko 13'		Kopaleishvili 76'	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: V.Filippov (Moscow)

Metalurg v Guria

30 August 198631	Metalurg	1 – 2	Guria	Zaporozhia
	Shakhov 71'		Pridonashvili 10', 32'	Attendance: 3,000

Guria v Rostselmash

6 September 198632	Guria	2 – 1	Rostselmash	Lanchkhuti
	Pridonashvili 14', 26'		Okunev 10'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: V.Guskov (Moscow)

Guria v Dinamo Stavropol

9 September 198633	Guria	2 – 1	Dinamo Stavropol	Lanchkhuti
	Pridonashvili 49' E.Tevzadze 73'		Gromov 30'	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: A.Khorlin (Moscow)

Rotor v Guria

16 September 198634	Rotor	4 – 2	Guria	Volgograd
	Khomutetsky 49' (pen.) Kontsovenko 57', 72' Nikitin 78'		M.Tevzadze 61' Pridonashvili 74'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: V.Abgolts (Alma-Ata)

CSKA v Guria

19 September 198635	CSKA	4 – 0	Guria	Moscow
	Berezin 29', 35', 81' Savchenko 74'			Attendance: 8,200 Referee: P.Kobichik (Chernovtsy)

Spartak Ordjonikidze v Guria

28 September 198636	Spartak Ordjonikidze	3 – 4	Guria	Ordjonikidze
	Ploshnik 6' Babenko 37' (pen.), 72'		Pridonashvili 58', 61' (pen.), 86' Kopaleishvili 77'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: V.Ageev (Kustanay)

Guria v SKA Karpaty

5 October 198637	Guria	3 – 1	SKA Karpaty	Lanchkhuti
	Pridonashvili40' E.Tevzadze 54' Kopaleishvili 68'		Kukhlevsky 84'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: N.Yurov (Tomsk)

Guria v Nistru

8 October 198638	Guria	4 – 1	Nistru	Lanchkhuti
	Akopyan 4' Pridonashvili 34' (pen.), 85' Kopaleishvili 40'		Matyura 88'	Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Y.Savchenko (Moscow)

Pakhtakor v Guria

14 October 198639	Pakhtakor	2 – 3	Guria	Tashkent
	Gess 20', 64'		Pridonashvili 12' (pen.) Kopaleishvili 49', 80'	Attendance: 1,280 Referee: A.Khokhryakov (Yoshkar-Ola)

Pamir v Guria

17 October 198640	Pamir	4 – 2	Guria	Dushanbe
	Muhamadiev 13' Manasyan 27', 29' Rakhimov 80'		Akopyan 55' Pridonashvili 87'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: P.Kobichik (Chernovtsy)

Guria v Atlantas

23 October 198641	Guria	6 – 1	Atlantas	Lanchkhuti
	Chkhaidze 8' Pridonashvili 30', 51' Shvetsov 60' E.Tevzadze 76' Akopyan 78'		Tamilavicius 88'	Attendance: 16,500 Referee: M.Kusen (Lvov)

Guria v Daugava

26 October 198642	Guria	2 – 1	Daugava	Lanchkhuti
	Pridonashvili 56' Kopaleishvili 57'		Starkov 23'	Attendance: 16,500 Referee: F.Gizatullin (Kazan)

SKA Rostov v Guria

2 November 198643	SKA Rostov	0 – 1	Guria	Rostov
			Akopyan 83'	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: V.Abgolts (Alma-Ata)

Kuban v Guria

6 November 198644	Kuban	1 – 2	Guria	Krasnodar
	Gerasimov 71'		Kopaleishvili 54' Chkhaidze 76'	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: A.Gorin (Cichinau)

Guria v Lokomotiv Moscow

12 November 198645	Guria	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Batumi
	Pridonashvili 76'			Attendance: 20,000 Referee: I.Dutko (Lvov)

Fakel v Guria

15 November 198646	Fakel	3 – 1	Guria	Voronezh
	Shmarov 29' Sokolov 35' Sosulin 53' (pen.)		Pridonashvili 71' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,600 Referee: G.Iliakov (Simferopol)

Match for 1st place

CSKA v Guria

23 November 1986	CSKA	2–0	Guria	Uzhgorod
	Kolesnikov 40' S.Fokin 70' (pen.)	Report	82' Danelia	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Vladimir Kuznetsov (Omsk)

Appearances and goals

Pos.	Player	Age	L App	L
0GK	Gigla Imnadze	31	35	0
0GK	Karlo Mchedlidze	29	13	0
0DF	Badri Danelia	24	43	1
0DF	Gia Gigatadze	22	1	0
0DF	Gia Giligashvili	26	29	0
0DF	Davit Imnadze	16	1	0
0DF	Alexandr Kondratiev	24	36	0
0DF	Levan Melikia	31	41	0
0DF	Davit Sanikidze	21	5	0
0DF	Sergei Shvetsov	26	40	1
0DF	Merab Tevzadze	22	32	3
0MF	Teimuraz Chkhaidze	31	44	8
0MF	Vakhtang Kopaleishvili	32	40	16
0MF	Enuki Tevzadze	27	40	3
0MF	Gocha Tkebuchava	23	42	4
0FW	Murman Akopyan	28	43	7
0FW	Teimuraz Ebanoidze	29	40	1
0FW	Irakli Imnadze	18	15	0
0MF	Mamuka Kiladze	19	3	0
0FW	Besik Pridonashvili	25	46	27
0FW	Ivan Topuridze	27	13	3
0FW	Davit Ugrelidze	22	11	5

Soviet Cup

Main article: 1986–87 Soviet Cup

Zorkiy v Guria

3 May 19861st round	Zorkiy	2–1	Guria	Krasnogorsk
	Romanov 17' Bondarev 49'		Ugrelidze 28'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: B.Sultanbayev (Frunze)

Reference

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External links

• 1986 Soviet First League