Levan Isiani

Goalkeeper - Guria
4 Apr 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Levan Isiani

35 Edition

The Guria Courier

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Guria

14 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

11 saves: Levan Isiani was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 11 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Irakli Khvedelidze

56 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Guria lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

Guria taken apart

0‑7 to Dinamo Tbilisi, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Match

8 matches without a goal for Guria

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 8 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

The dugout

Nika Bostoghanashvili: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Guria have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Gegi Geguchadze 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 Guria this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

7 goals as Guria and Dinamo Tbilisi go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Guria and Dinamo Tbilisi, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Guria

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief

Back issues
29 Edition

The Guria Courier

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

The knee: Irakli Khvedelidze out for 98 days

98 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Guria lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad

A fracture rules Tornike Kapanadze out for 35 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Guria will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

Guria are in real trouble now

Position 14, 4 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Tempers go at Guria

Davit Maisashvili 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Guria

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tornike Grigalashvili was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

The Levan Isiani talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

25 Edition

The Guria Courier

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Irakli Khvedelidze

128 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Guria lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

A fracture rules Tornike Kapanadze out for 23 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Guria will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

Guria are in real trouble now

Position 14, 4 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

The dugout

Tsotne Chotalishvili says Guria went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Tsotne Chotalishvili attracts admirers

The name of Tsotne Chotalishvili has come up in conversations Guria were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Irakli Siradze

Guria asked and Dinamo Tbilisi said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Words at Guria training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gegi Geguchadze 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 dugout

The manager makes an example of Gegi Geguchadze

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Words exchanged at Guria

Khvicha Kvilitaia and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

In brief

21 Edition

The Guria Courier

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

53 days out for Tornike Kapanadze after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Guria will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Levan Vardiashvili

45 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Guria lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

Every point is an argument now for Guria

Position 14 and 4 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad

Words exchanged at Guria

Gegi Geguchadze and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout

No hiding place for Irakli Shengelia

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Irakli Shengelia, and the manager let it.

Squad

A row about effort at Guria

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tsotne Chotalishvili was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

17 Edition

The Guria Courier

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Beka Kakhidze out for 90 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Guria will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

Every point is an argument now for Guria

Position 14 and 4 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad

Tempers go at Guria

Davit Maisashvili 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.

Squad

A muscle injury sidelines Levan Kakubava for 20 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Guria will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad

A row about effort at Guria

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ivane Okropiridze was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

The Levan Isiani talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

13 Edition

The Guria Courier

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nika Ghlonti breaks a bone — 34 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

Guria sink to position 14

4 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

Words exchanged at Guria

Gegi Geguchadze and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

12 new faces, and Guria are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Squad

Tsotne Chotalishvili 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Dimitri Virubovi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dimitri Virubovi, and the manager let it.

In brief

5 Edition

The Guria Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Guria

A 1‑4 beating by Kolkheti was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad

Levan Isiani stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match

The wait goes on for Guria

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Transfer targets

Dinamo Tbilisi tell Guria: Halid Doltmourziev is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Words exchanged at Guria

Gegi Geguchadze and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market

Tskhinvali watching Nika Bostoghanashvili

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Guria have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Words at Guria training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Levan Kakubava 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 dugout

Gegi Geguchadze gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom

Inquest at Guria

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

  • Squad Too much change too quickly at Guria
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Looking ahead Tornike Kapanadze faces his old club
3 Edition

The Guria Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Guria

A 0‑4 beating by Dila was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad

Levan Isiani stands alone

9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match

Guria bow out of the cup

Saburtalo go through and Guria go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market

Davit Bakhia agrees terms with Chikhura

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Guria people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Match

4 matches without a win for Guria

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Guria are no longer polite ones.

Match

4 matches without a goal for Guria

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

A falling-out at Guria

Davit Maisashvili and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Gegi Geguchadze 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.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Guria dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Player ratings Beka Kakhidze runs at them all day
  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Kichi Meliava