The Tskhinvali Post
Squad28 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Temur Zivzivadze
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
A brace, and Otar Mchedlidze takes the afternoon — 8.77
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Otar Mchedlidze provided it, and the 8.77 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad28 Sep 2026
83 days out for Avtandil Qazaishvili after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Tskhinvali will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Otar Kvilitaia was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 30. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match28 Sep 2026
Tskhinvali are in among the leaders
Position 3 and 20 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Otar Mchedlidze is carrying Tskhinvali
16 goals and a season average of 7.45. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market28 Sep 2026
Kakha Kashia is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tskhinvali is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom28 Sep 2026
Kakha Kashia signs for Kolkheti while still at Tskhinvali
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Kakha Kashia has agreed terms with Kolkheti for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Tskhinvali
Sandro Janelidze 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.
In brief
- Match Tskhinvali get the job done against Merani
- The terraces Tskhinvali supporters have found a favourite in Otar Mchedlidze
- Loan watch Kakha Lobjanidze counts the days