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| Full name | Football Club Iberia 1999 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Red Eagles | ||
| Founded | 20 August 1999 | ||
| Ground | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Capacity | 25,453 | ||
| Chairman | Tariel Khechikashvili | ||
| Manager | Giorgi Mikadze | ||
| League | Erovnuli Liga | ||
| 2023 | 6th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
FC Iberia 1999 (formerly known as FC Saburtalo) is a Georgian football club, [1] based in Tbilisi, the capital of the country.
Saburtalo was founded on 20 August 1999, in Tbilisi. [2] In 2005, the club was bought by Iberia Business Group and its owner Tariel Khechikashvili, who later became the Minister of Sport & Youth Affairs of Georgia.
Saburtalo has one of the top football academies in the country. [2] The club has a full-size stadium, called Bendela, with the capacity of 1,800 spectators. [2]
In March 2016, Manolo Hierro was appointed as the sporting director of the club. [3]
Saburtalo is the name of one of Tbilisi's districts. On 27 February 2024, the team's name was changed to Iberia 1999. [4] [5]
| Type | Competition | Titles | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Erovnuli Liga | 1 | 2018 |
| Erovnuli Liga 2 | 1 | 2014–15 | |
| Georgian Cup | 3 | 2019, 2021, 2023 | |
| Georgian Super Cup | 1 | 2020 | |
| Season | League | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GF | GA | P | Cup | Europe | Notes | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as Saburalo | |||||||||||||
| 2013–14 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 8 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 32 | DNP | Temur Shalamberidze | ||
| 2014–15 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 1 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 92 | 25 | 82 | First round | Promoted | Giorgi Chiabrishvili | |
| 2015–16 | Erovnuli Liga | 8 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 61 | 39 | First round | |||
| 2016 | Erovnuli Liga | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 19 | First round | Lost Bronze play-offs to Dinamo Tbilisi | Pablo Franco | |
| 2017 | Erovnuli Liga | 4 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 42 | 60 | Fourth round | Giorgi Chiabrishvili | ||
| 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 1 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 64 | 29 | 79 | Third round | |||
| 2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 3 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 67 | 36 | 70 | Winners | Champions League - 2QR Europa League - 3QR | ||
| 2020 | Erovnuli Liga | 5 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 27 | Semi-final | Europa League - 1QR | Teimuraz Shalamberidze Levan Korgalidze | |
| 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | 4 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 40 | 57 | Winners | Conference League - 2QR | Khvicha Shubitidze | |
| 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 6 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 49 | 47 | Semi-final | Lasha Nozadze | ||
| 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 6 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 49 | 51 | Winners | Conference League | Omari Tetradze Giorgi Mikadze | |
| as Iberia 1999 | |||||||||||||
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR |  Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4−3 |
| 2QR |  Dinamo Zagreb | 0−2 | 0−3 | 0−5 | ||
| UEFA Europa League | 3QR |  Ararat-Armenia | 0−2 | 2−1 | 2−3 | |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Apollon Limassol | — | 1–5 | — |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR |  Partizani | 0–1 | 1–0 ( a.e.t. ) | 1−1 (5–4 p) |
| 2QR |  FCSB | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–4 | ||
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 2QR | Partizani | 2–0 |
| Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 25.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 33.33 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 60.00 |
| Total | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 41.67 |
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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