Shevardeni
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Wikipedia - FC Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi
FC Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi was a Georgian football club based in Tbilisi. They most recently played in the Liga 3, the third tier of Georgian football from 2023. They were one of the oldest Georgian association football clubs.
History
Shevardeni were founded in 1906 after a Czech public figure named Jaroslav Svatoš invited several athletics coaches to Georgia at the end of the 19th century and formed a sports society called Sokol (Czech word for Falcon that was later translated to Georgian Shevardeni). The club played its first match on October 23, 1911, against the united team of different sports societies and won the game 1-0.
During Soviet times, up until 1986, the club played in regional tournaments and in 1987 was promoted to the Vtoraya Liga (third division) of Soviet championship. In 1990, after the restoration of Georgia's independence, Shevardeni changed its name to Shevardeni 1906 and played in Umaglesi Liga until 1996, having finished as runners-up in the 1992–93 season. later it merged with Universiteti Tbilisi of Pirveli Liga to form TSU Tbilisi. Recently the club was re-established as Shevardeni 1906 and its new representatives have vowed to bring the team back to the top Georgian division. The club started to play in regional league in 2015 and within less than 3 years was promoted to Erovnuli Liga 2, which is the second tier of Georgian professional football league.
In May 2022, the GFF Disciplinary Committee ruled that Dinamo Zugdidi and Shevardeni-1906 match-fixing and thus they were expelled from the league with immediate effect on 22 May. For this reason all their team or individual records were been annulled from the statistics of Erovnuli Liga 2 for the season 2022.
They later ceased to exist.
O clube foi fundado em 1993 como Iberia Tbilisi. Em 1995, o clube mudou seu nome para Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi. Em 2004, o clube mudou seu nome novamente para Shevardeni Tbilisi.
O Shevardeni nunca ganhou um título da Erovnuli Liga, mas ganhou a Copa da Geórgia quatro vezes, em 1997, 2005, 2010 e 2016. O clube também ganhou a Supercopa da Geórgia três vezes, em 1997, 2005 e 2010.
O Shevardeni participou de competições europeias em quatro ocasiões. Em 1998-99, o clube foi eliminado na primeira pré-eliminatória da Taça UEFA pelo FK CSKA Sofia. Em 2006-07, o clube foi eliminado na primeira pré-eliminatória da Taça UEFA pelo FC Zestafoni. Em 2011-12, o clube foi eliminado na primeira pré-eliminatória da Liga Europa da UEFA pelo FC Banants. Em 2017-18, o clube foi eliminado na primeira pré-eliminatória da Liga Europa da UEFA pelo FK Kukësi.
O Shevardeni manda seus jogos no Estádio Shevardeni, com capacidade para 6.300 espectadores.