The Zugdidi Chronicle
Market3 Aug 2026
Zugdidi say no — this time
The offer from Agia Napa for Zurab Ananidze 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zugdidi
Dato Okriashvili 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Zugdidi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vakhtang Kakabadze 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.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Dato Okriashvili
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Tornike Tsitaishvili
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
Archil Zivzivadze attracts admirers
The name of Archil Zivzivadze has come up in conversations Zugdidi were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Dato Okriashvili was the difference for Zugdidi
Marked 7.42. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Vakhtang Ananidze signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vakhtang Ananidze commits to Zugdidi for another 1 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
No place for Davit Qazaishvili in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Davit Qazaishvili has his answer from Zugdidi; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Squad Otar Janelidze asks for a word with the manager
- Match No goals between Zugdidi and Guria
- Player ratings The referee tires of Zurab Ananidze