From our football correspondent
Steady
Market15 Nov 2027
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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tskhinvali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad15 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 54 days on the sidelines for Lasha Gvelesiani , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
“I did not go to Shukura to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 41 matches say the rest.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Jaba Kashia knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad8 Nov 2027
“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.
Loan watch8 Nov 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 8 appearances in 42 matches say the rest.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Salih Malkoçoğlu asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad1 Nov 2027
Salih Malkoçoğlu : 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.” Tskhinvali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Kakha Okriashvili , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 41 matches say the rest.
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Steady
Squad25 Oct 2027
Benito Yllaconza : 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.” Tskhinvali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market25 Oct 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Market18 Oct 2027
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.
Loan watch18 Oct 2027
“I did not go to Shukura to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 37 matches say the rest.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Benito Yllaconza asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Temur Ananidze has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
Tskhinvali board back the managerA public word of support from the board and, more usefully, an understanding about what the next window will look like.
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Steady
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kakha Kobiashvili commits to Tskhinvali for another 1 years.
Loan watch11 Oct 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 8 appearances in 38 matches say the rest.
Loan watch11 Oct 2027
30 appearances at Sapovnela and the goals keep coming. Tskhinvali are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Steady
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Benito Yllaconza commits to Tskhinvali for another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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
Match25 Sep 2027
Merani made Tskhinvali work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad27 Sep 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Tskhinvali pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Loan watch27 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Torpedo Kutaisi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 12 matches say the rest.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Nikita Getman asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market27 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Match18 Sep 2027
0-3 to Saburtalo , 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
There were 6 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.
Market20 Sep 2027
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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“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.
Boardroom20 Sep 2027
Nobody left the Tskhinvali 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.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Shukura to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 33 matches say the rest.
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Steady
Squad13 Sep 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nika Daraselia commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Market13 Sep 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Tskhinvali have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Jaba Kashia Jaba Kashia keeps Tskhinvali in it on his own
Match11 Sep 2027
Three points for Tskhinvali , 2-0 the final word against Dinamo Tbilisi in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
“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 Tskhinvali , and 7 appearances in 34 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Beka Gvelesiani
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
28 appearances at Sapovnela and the goals keep coming. Tskhinvali are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
7 appearances at Merani and the goals keep coming. Tskhinvali are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Uneasy
Squad6 Sep 2027
“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.
Match4 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Tskhinvali 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tskhinvali has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“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.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 33 matches say the rest.
Squad6 Sep 2027
No place for Nikita Getman on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Tskhinvali pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Match4 Sep 2027
A 1-1 draw with Dila leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
19 appearances at Merani and the goals keep coming. Tskhinvali are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Market6 Sep 2027
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Aleksandre Katamadze moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
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Crisis
Market30 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match28 Aug 2027
Lokomotivi left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“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.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Torpedo Kutaisi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 8 matches say the rest.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market30 Aug 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Market23 Aug 2027
$5.3M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Temur Ananidze commits to Tskhinvali for another 4 years.
Market23 Aug 2027
Zugdidi pay $11.0K, 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Guram Janelidze knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Loan watch23 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Shukura to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.
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Crisis
Market16 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Tskhinvali have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
Match14 Aug 2027
Samtredia left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
“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 Tskhinvali , and 5 appearances in 30 say he has earned the hearing.
Market16 Aug 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Tskhinvali will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad16 Aug 2027
David Asayure asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
24 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Tornike Arveladze has let it be known that he does not like the way Tskhinvali are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at Tskhinvali is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.
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Steady
Market9 Aug 2027
The name of Sergio Rizzi has come up in conversations Tskhinvali were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market9 Aug 2027
Sapovnela come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Tskhinvali did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match7 Aug 2027
Sapovnela made Tskhinvali work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Benito Yllaconza will call it something else in private.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Saba Akhalkatsi commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Loan watch9 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“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.
The terraces9 Aug 2027
The stands have heard the Sergio Rizzi talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. Tskhinvali would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
Loan watch9 Aug 2027
16 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Uneasy
Market2 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match31 Jul 2027
4 matches without a win for Tskhinvali
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Tskhinvali are no longer polite ones.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Saba Akhalkatsi and Tskhinvali agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Archil Shengelia , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Sergio Rizzi . Tskhinvali will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Crisis
Squad26 Jul 2027
“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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Tskhinvali they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“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.
Match24 Jul 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market26 Jul 2027
Guria are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Tskhinvali will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Loan watch26 Jul 2027
“I did not go to Shukura to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.
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Crisis
Squad19 Jul 2027
“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.
Market19 Jul 2027
“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.
Match17 Jul 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
“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 Tskhinvali , and 5 appearances in 26 say he has earned the hearing.
Market19 Jul 2027
Guria are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Tskhinvali will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“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.
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Steady
Market12 Jul 2027
Merani come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Tskhinvali did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match10 Jul 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Tskhinvali did not have in the autumn.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sergio Rizzi and Tskhinvali agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market12 Jul 2027
Nika Kvaratskhelia has left for Kolkheti in a $76.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“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.
Loan watch12 Jul 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.
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Upbeat
Match3 Jul 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Tskhinvali did not have in the autumn.
Market5 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Tskhinvali have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match3 Jul 2027
A 1-0 win over Guria , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Tskhinvali have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Tskhinvali release $714.5K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“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.
Market5 Jul 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Benito Yllaconza keeps the shirt for now, at Tskhinvali 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Dato Shengelia knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad28 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Nika Kvaratskhelia , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch28 Jun 2027
“I did not go to Shukura to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
Market28 Jun 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Tskhinvali will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Steady
Market21 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“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.
Loan watch21 Jun 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 22 matches say the rest.
Match19 Jun 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market21 Jun 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Nika Kvaratskhelia has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Tskhinvali .
Squad21 Jun 2027
Ruben Gauto 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.
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Upbeat
Match14 Jun 2027
24 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market14 Jun 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tskhinvali can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“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.
Market14 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match12 Jun 2027
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Tskhinvali have 3 straight wins of it.
Market14 Jun 2027
The fee is $320.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Samtredia drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market14 Jun 2027
The name of Lasha Kakabadze has come up in conversations Tskhinvali were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“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.
Match12 Jun 2027
Three points for Tskhinvali , 1-0 the final word against Merani in a contest settled by the finer margins.
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Steady
Market7 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“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.
Match5 Jun 2027
A 2-1 win over Saburtalo , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Khvicha Gamsakhurdia commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Market7 Jun 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Tskhinvali will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market7 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market7 Jun 2027
7 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
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Uneasy
Match29 May 2027
Dinamo Tbilisi made Tskhinvali work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad31 May 2027
The medical room confirms 49 days on the sidelines for Nika Kvaratskhelia , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad31 May 2027
“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.
Loan watch31 May 2027
“I did not go to Shukura to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad31 May 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad31 May 2027
Benito Yllaconza unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Benito Yllaconza has let it be known that he does not like the way Tskhinvali are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
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Crisis
Match22 May 2027
No end in sight to Tskhinvali 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tskhinvali has to find a result from somewhere.
Match22 May 2027
A bad afternoon for Tskhinvali against Dila
0-1 to Dila , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch24 May 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 18 matches say the rest.
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Crisis
Match15 May 2027
No end in sight to Tskhinvali 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tskhinvali has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad17 May 2027
“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.
Match15 May 2027
Lokomotivi left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch17 May 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad17 May 2027
Dato Shengelia asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch17 May 2027
11 appearances at Sapovnela and the goals keep coming. Tskhinvali are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Uneasy
Match8 May 2027
No end in sight to Tskhinvali 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tskhinvali has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad10 May 2027
“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.
Squad10 May 2027
22 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match8 May 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad10 May 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Tskhinvali have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market10 May 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Match1 May 2027
No end in sight to Tskhinvali 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tskhinvali has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad3 May 2027
“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.
Squad3 May 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Match24 Apr 2027
5 matches without a win for Tskhinvali
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Tskhinvali are no longer polite ones.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 42 days on the sidelines for Jaba Chakvetadze , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Dato Shengelia
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match17 Apr 2027
4 matches without a win for Tskhinvali
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Tskhinvali are no longer polite ones.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Guram Janelidze
“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.
Loan watch19 Apr 2027
“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 Tskhinvali , and 1 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
Match17 Apr 2027
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Lasha Kakabadze wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Lasha Kakabadze has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Tskhinvali know, and have known for weeks.
Market19 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Squad12 Apr 2027
Archil Shengelia : 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.” Tskhinvali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Guram Janelidze commits to Tskhinvali for another 4 years.
Match10 Apr 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Steady
Match31 Mar 2027
Chikhura go through and Tskhinvali go home, 0-0 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad5 Apr 2027
1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Nika Daraselia , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match3 Apr 2027
Still nobody has beaten Tskhinvali
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“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.
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Upbeat
Squad29 Mar 2027
There were 14 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.
Match27 Mar 2027
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Tskhinvali have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Temur Ananidze commits to Tskhinvali for another 4 years.
Match27 Mar 2027
Three points for Tskhinvali , 2-1 the final word against Shukura in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Ivan Butusov 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.
Loan watch29 Mar 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad22 Mar 2027
“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.
Match20 Mar 2027
Guria made Tskhinvali work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“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.
David Asayure David Asayure says Tskhinvali went back on their word
Loan watch22 Mar 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Market22 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Tornike Arveladze has let it be known that he does not like the way Tskhinvali are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad15 Mar 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match13 Mar 2027
Three points for Tskhinvali , 1-0 the final word against Chikhura in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Mamuka Ananidze , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad8 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
50 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Benito Yllaconza and Tskhinvali agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Jaba Kashia Jaba Kashia says Tskhinvali went back on their word
Market8 Mar 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market8 Mar 2027
The shirt still fits. Levan Lobjanidze is back at Tskhinvali , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market8 Mar 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad1 Mar 2027
Ivan Butusov 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.
Loan watch1 Mar 2027
“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 Tskhinvali , and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
Market1 Mar 2027
10 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad22 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Nika Kvaratskhelia , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch22 Feb 2027
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Ivan Butusov knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad15 Feb 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jaba Kashia commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
“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 Tskhinvali , and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad8 Feb 2027
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Tskhinvali spent the window trying to move Avtandil Zivzivadze on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
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Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ruben Compaoré commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Avtandil Zivzivadze is 34, with 3 appearances behind him, and Tskhinvali will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tskhinvali can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
47 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Saba Akhalkatsi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Dato Shengelia
“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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Market18 Jan 2027
Revaz Kakabadze has left for Shukura in a $12.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“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.
Market18 Jan 2027
The name of Giorgi Kvilitaia has come up in conversations Tskhinvali were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad18 Jan 2027
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market18 Jan 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Tskhinvali has been clear about where Archil Shengelia stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Dato Shengelia asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad11 Jan 2027
70 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market11 Jan 2027
Temur Kiteishvili has left for Sioni in a $110.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market11 Jan 2027
Shukura are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Tskhinvali will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ahmed Raed and Tskhinvali agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Sioni come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Tskhinvali did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market4 Jan 2027
Ruben Compaoré is 20, and Tskhinvali have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Nika Okriashvili has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Tskhinvali .
Squad4 Jan 2027
Ivan Butusov asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad28 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Temur Ananidze and Tskhinvali agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad28 Dec 2026
79 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad21 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Johandrys Herrera , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Dylan Aquino knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 Dec 2026
The name of Nika Daraselia keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tskhinvali say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad14 Dec 2026
102 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
55 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Lasha Kakabadze
“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
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tskhinvali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad7 Dec 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lasha Gvelesiani and Tskhinvali agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad30 Nov 2026
Zurab Mikautadze : 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.” Tskhinvali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Guram Janelidze and Tskhinvali agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The medical room confirms 108 days on the sidelines for Nika Kvaratskhelia , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Steady
Squad23 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
62 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad23 Nov 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.
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Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tskhinvali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad16 Nov 2026
130 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The medical room confirms 86 days on the sidelines for Sandro Lobjanidze , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch16 Nov 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 Tskhinvali , and 3 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad16 Nov 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.
Market16 Nov 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Squad9 Nov 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sergio Rizzi and Tskhinvali agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Gaziantep to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Dylan Aquino
“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
Squad2 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
137 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Lasha Kakabadze
“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.
Dylan Aquino Dylan Aquino says Tskhinvali went back on their word
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Steady
Squad26 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 93 days on the sidelines for Johandrys Herrera , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jaba Kashia commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Market26 Oct 2026
The name of Nika Daraselia keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tskhinvali say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 159 days on the sidelines for Dato Shengelia , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 114 days on the sidelines for Sandro Lobjanidze , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad19 Oct 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.
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Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
There were 14 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.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I did not go to Gaziantep to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad12 Oct 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.
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Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Ivan Butusov
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lasha Gvelesiani commits to Tskhinvali for another 1 years.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad28 Sep 2026
122 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match26 Sep 2026
Merani made Tskhinvali work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad28 Sep 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.
Loan watch28 Sep 2026
“I did not go to Chikhura to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 6 matches say the rest.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Crisis
Squad21 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match19 Sep 2026
Saburtalo left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Lasha Kakabadze
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market14 Sep 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.
Squad14 Sep 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
0-1 to Dinamo Tbilisi , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Steady
Squad7 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market7 Sep 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.
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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
At 21, Sergio Rizzi is already the best thing here
An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Tskhinvali have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad7 Sep 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market31 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Lokomotivi made Tskhinvali work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad31 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match19 Aug 2026
Saburtalo ended it 0-2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Sergio Rizzi takes the match ball home3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
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 Tskhinvali can pretend not to have heard.
Match22 Aug 2026
Sioni made Tskhinvali work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Sergio Rizzi 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Dato Shengelia knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market24 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali bring in an old headJohandrys Herrera is 35 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Every debut is a small story about the future: Temur Kobiashvili , 17 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
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Steady
Squad17 Aug 2026
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Guram Janelidze : 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match12 Aug 2026
A 0-0 win over Shukura , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market17 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Tskhinvali have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad17 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Revaz Kakabadze , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Temur Kobiashvili commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Market17 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Saba Kiteishvili has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Tskhinvali .
Market17 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali have made Ivan Butusov available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Upbeat
Squad10 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lokomotivi come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Tskhinvali did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Guram Janelidze commits to Tskhinvali for another 4 years.
Match8 Aug 2026
A 2-1 win over Sapovnela , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 44 days on the sidelines for Revaz Daraselia , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Market3 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Tskhinvali did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Dato Shengelia and Tskhinvali agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Nika Okriashvili has come up in conversations Tskhinvali were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match1 Aug 2026
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tskhinvali , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.