The Zugdidi Chronicle
Market3 Aug 2026
Kakha Arveladze hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zugdidi can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Saba Ananidze 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Kakha Qazaishvili
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Zugdidi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kakha Qazaishvili is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market3 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali watching Nika Arveladze
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Zugdidi have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tornike Mikautadze signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tornike Mikautadze and Zugdidi agree another 2 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
Davit Zivzivadze is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Zugdidi has been clear about where Davit Zivzivadze stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kakha Qazaishvili knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zugdidi, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Match1 Aug 2026
No goals between Zugdidi and Guria
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Guria will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Market 24 months and counting on Vakhtang Mchedlidze
- Player ratings The referee tires of Khvicha Kakabadze