The Zugdidi Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Khvicha Zivzivadze keeps Zugdidi in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Zugdidi
0‑2 against Torpedo Kutaisi, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Market17 Aug 2026
Zugdidi say no — this time
The offer from Guria for Otar Mchedlidze was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market17 Aug 2026
Avtandil Chakvetadze attracts admirers
The name of Avtandil Chakvetadze has come up in conversations Zugdidi were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Levan Gvelesiani in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zugdidi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Levan Gvelesiani
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Levan Gvelesiani, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Zurab Okriashvili for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Zugdidi will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Levan Gvelesiani at his very best
Marked 8.15. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Zugdidi.
Match15 Aug 2026
Levan Gvelesiani rescues a point for Zugdidi
It needed Levan Gvelesiani to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Kolkheti, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
In brief
- Market Mikheil Arveladze is free to find somewhere else
- Player ratings Guram Mchedlidze ran the game
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Daniil Shishov