The Dinamo Batumi Herald
Match29 Aug 2026
No mercy from Dinamo Batumi
Chikhura will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Dinamo Batumi were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market31 Aug 2026
Irakli Rukhadze asks to leave Dinamo Batumi
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match29 Aug 2026
Dinamo Batumi make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Dinamo Batumi have 3 straight wins of it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Dinamo Batumi sell Tornike Kirkitadze for $120.0K
Tornike Kirkitadze has left for Chikhura in a $120.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Dinamo Batumi
Revaz Chiteishvili was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Dinamo Batumi supporters have found a favourite in Giorgi Putkaradze
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Giorgi Putkaradze has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Lazare Kupatadze
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Dmitri Mandrîcenco
Marked 8.36 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Imran Oulad Omar at his very best
Marked 8.18. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Dinamo Batumi.
In brief
- Player ratings Levan Shengelia was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Player ratings Luka Tsulukidze runs at them all day
- Squad Otar Kvaratskhelia stays put