The Zugdidi Chronicle
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Giorgi Mikautadze: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Zugdidi have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Zugdidi
Jaba Lobjanidze 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Kauã Alves pulls a muscle — 15 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Saba Gvelesiani falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Mikheil Gamsakhurdia
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mikheil Gamsakhurdia, and the manager let it.
Market30 Nov 2026
Zugdidi put Shota Tsitaishvili up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Shota Tsitaishvili may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- Market The Jaba Lobjanidze talk will not go away
- The dugout Avtandil Kvaratskhelia asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Khvicha Chakvetadze has settled at Zugdidi