FC Iberia 1999

Saburtalo was founded on 20 August 1999, in Tbilisi.^[2] In 2005, the club was bought by Iberia Business Group and its owner Tariel Khechikashvili, who later became the Minister of Sport & Youth Affairs of Georgia.

Saburtalo has one of the top football academies in the country.^[2] The club has a full-size stadium, called Bendela, with the capacity of 1,800 spectators.^[2]

In March 2016, Manolo Hierro was appointed as the sporting director of the club.^[3]

Saburtalo is the name of one of Tbilisi's districts. On 27 February 2024, the team's name was changed to Iberia 1999.^[4][5]

Season	League	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GF	GA	P	Cup	Europe	Notes	Manager
as Saburalo
2013–14	Erovnuli Liga 2	8	26	9	5	12	38	34	32	DNP			Temur Shalamberidze
2014–15	Erovnuli Liga 2	1	36	28	3	5	92	25	82	First round		Promoted	Giorgi Chiabrishvili
2015–16	Erovnuli Liga	8	30	11	6	13	47	61	39	First round
2016	Erovnuli Liga	3	12	5	4	3	17	12	19	First round		Lost Bronze play-offs to Dinamo Tbilisi	Pablo Franco
2017	Erovnuli Liga	4	36	18	6	12	61	42	60	Fourth round			Giorgi Chiabrishvili
2018	Erovnuli Liga	1	36	24	7	5	64	29	79	Third round
2019	Erovnuli Liga	3	36	21	7	8	67	36	70	Winners	Champions League - 2QR Europa League - 3QR
2020	Erovnuli Liga	5	18	7	6	5	28	21	27	Semi-final	Europa League - 1QR		Teimuraz Shalamberidze Levan Korgalidze
2021	Erovnuli Liga	4	36	15	8	13	52	40	57	Winners	Conference League - 2QR		Khvicha Shubitidze
2022	Erovnuli Liga	6	36	13	8	15	51	49	47	Semi-final			Lasha Nozadze
2023	Erovnuli Liga	6	36	14	9	13	58	49	51	Winners	Conference League		Omari Tetradze Giorgi Mikadze
as Iberia 1999

As of 14 July 2022

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–3	3–0	4−3
		2QR	Dinamo Zagreb	0−2	0−3	0−5
	UEFA Europa League	3QR	Ararat-Armenia	0−2	2−1	2−3
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Apollon Limassol	—	1–5	—
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Partizani	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)	1−1 (5–4 p)
		2QR	FCSB	1–0	2–4	3–4
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	2QR

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

As of 12 May 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GEO Revaz Kurtanidze 2 DF  GEO Tsotne Kapanadze 3 DF  GEO Aleksandre Narimanidze 4 DF  GEO Giorgi Jgerenaia 5 MF  GEO Shota Nonikashvili 6 MF  GEO Nikoloz Dadiani 7 MF  GEO Saba Geguchadze 8 MF  GEO Bakar Kardava 9 FW  MLI Cheikne Sylla 10 FW  GEO Giorgi Kokhreidze 11 FW  GEO Gizo Mamageishvili 13 GK  GEO Lazare Kupatadze (captain) 14 MF  GEO Tornike Askurava

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  GEO Irakli Komakhidze 16 MF  ARG Román Gamarra 17 MF  GEO Aleksandre Gaprindashvili 18 FW  GEO Irakli Sikharulidze 19 FW  GEO Daniel Kvartskhava 20 DF  GEO Giorgi Gogsadze 22 MF  ARG Cristian Ludueña (on loan from Club Atlético Talleres 2) 23 MF  GEO Otar Mamageishvili 24 DF  NED Derek Agyakwa 27 FW  GAB Floriss Djave 30 DF  NGA Solomon Agbalaka (on loan from FC Sochi) 32 FW  ARG Luciano Viano 33 DF  GEO Saba Mamatsashvili

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GEO Iuri Tabatadze (at FC ViOn Zlate Moravce-Vrable until 30 June 2024) — FW  GEO Jemali-Giorgi Jinjolava (at FC ViOn Zlate Moravce-Vrable until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GEO Levan Nonikashvili (at FC ViOn Zlate Moravce-Vrable until 30 June 2024) — GK  GEO Tornike Megrelishvili (at FC Samtredia until 31 December 2024)

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