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Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kolkheti will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kolkheti may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kolkheti this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kolkheti will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market5 Oct 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kolkheti they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Mamuka Mikautadze has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Dennis Olsson 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Artem Dyachkov 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivan Uzunov and Kolkheti agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Upbeat
Match26 Sep 2026
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Mamuka Daraselia scored in the 87th minute, Torpedo Kutaisi had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Kolkheti took the lot.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Mamuka Daraselia at 20 — 8.24
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Mamuka Daraselia did not need any: 8.24, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market28 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Kolkheti, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Nicolás Maturana 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
Whatever happens, Kolkheti do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Berkay Vardar 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
Torpedo Kutaisi made Kolkheti work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces28 Sep 2026
At 20 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Berkay Vardar
“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.
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Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
Vakhtang Zivzivadze 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Mamuka Mikautadze 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.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Vakhtang Ananidze 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brando Castillo, and the manager let it.
Match19 Sep 2026
Dinamo Batumi made Kolkheti work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Kolkheti, and 1 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A Kolkheti teenager takes the young player award
Vakhtang Ananidze is 20, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Marked 5.75. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 10. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Kolkheti training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vakhtang Zivzivadze 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kolkheti this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jaba Zivzivadze, and the manager let it.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I did not go to Sapovnela to sit and watch. I want to come back to Kolkheti and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Match12 Sep 2026
Honours even between Kolkheti and Dila
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A mark of 5.23 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
5.39 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marked 5.70, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
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Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolkheti can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Kolkheti training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Berkay Vardar 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Mamuka Mikautadze 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.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Davit Janelidze 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Dennis Olsson
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Too much change too quickly at Kolkheti
5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Market7 Sep 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 14 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
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Upbeat
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A brace, and Temur Ananidze takes the afternoon — 8.88
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Temur Ananidze provided it, and the 8.88 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market31 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Kolkheti, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Lokomotivi pay $19.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Kolkheti training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vakhtang Zivzivadze 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
It finished 2‑1, and it was Temur Ananidze’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Kolkheti.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Goga Arveladze 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Vakhtang Ananidze has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Kolkheti will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Shots: 5, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
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Steady
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Kolkheti out
Out, 0‑1 to Dinamo Tbilisi, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolkheti can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Dennis Olsson 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Irakli Zivzivadze again, and this time the name on the line is Lokomotivi. Kolkheti are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Vakhtang Zivzivadze 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mamuka Mikautadze, and the manager let it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Saba Mikautadze and Kolkheti agree another 3 years.
Market24 Aug 2026
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Temur Gvelesiani has his answer from Kolkheti; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Shots: 6, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
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Upbeat
Match12 Aug 2026
Kolkheti through in the cup
A 2‑0 win over Chikhura, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Market17 Aug 2026
Kolkheti say no — this time
The offer from Guria for Irakli Lobjanidze 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Mamuka Daraselia at 20 — 8.22
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Mamuka Daraselia did not need any: 8.22, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kolkheti this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
Three points for Kolkheti, 2‑1 the final word against Zugdidi in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
At 20 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brando Castillo, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Kolkheti training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Artem Dyachkov 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Everyone has stopped pretending: Sapovnela will make the call about Levan Kakabadze this week. Kolkheti have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
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Uneasy
Market10 Aug 2026
Kolkheti say no — this time
The offer from Dinamo Tbilisi for Mamuka Mikautadze 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Guria have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Irakli Lobjanidze. The answer from Kolkheti has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Otar Lobjanidze and Kolkheti agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nicolás Maturana 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Kolkheti training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vakhtang Zivzivadze 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 terraces10 Aug 2026
At 20 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kolkheti has been clear about where Irakli Zivzivadze stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Crisis
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 12 of the 33 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A first appearance Levan Kakabadze will want to forget — 5.79
Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.79, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mamuka Mikautadze 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
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Shota Arveladze and Kolkheti agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Vakhtang Zivzivadze 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
0‑1 to Saburtalo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Otar Mchedlidze has come up in conversations Kolkheti were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.