The Saburtalo Post
Match5 Sep 2026
Cruel end for Sioni as Saburtalo pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Saburtalo scored in the 98th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Market7 Sep 2026
Saburtalo say no — this time
The offer from Shukura for Bachana Kashia 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Archil Gvelesiani asks to leave Saburtalo
“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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Saburtalo make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Saburtalo have 3 straight wins of it.
Market7 Sep 2026
The Lokomotivi deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Maxim Fedorov reports back to Saburtalo with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Sandro Kiteishvili 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 Saburtalo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Dato Kvaratskhelia the difference as Saburtalo beat Sioni
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Dato Kvaratskhelia. 2‑1 against Sioni, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
Saburtalo supporters have found a favourite in Mikheil Kvaratskhelia
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Mikheil Kvaratskhelia 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Temur Daraselia
- Market Shukura watching Jaba Ananidze
- Player ratings The game went through Dato Kvaratskhelia — 7.76