1986 FC Guria season
| 1986 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Shota Pataraia |
| Manager | Begi Sikharulidze |
| Stadium | Central stadium, Lanchkhuti |
| First League | 2nd of 24 (promoted) |
| Soviet Cup | Round of 32 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Besik Pridonashvili (27) All: Besik Pridonashvili (27) |
| Highest home attendance | 16,500 vs Atlantas, 23 October vs Daugava, 26 October |
| Biggest win | 6–1 v Atlantas (home, 23 October) |
| Biggest defeat | 0–4 v Dinamo Stavropol (away, 31 May) 0–4 v CSKA (away, 19 September) |
The 1986 season was the 62nd year in Guria's existence and 7th consecutive season in the 2nd tier of Soviet football. In addition to the league season, the team also participated in the Soviet Cup.[1]
On 12 November 1986, Guria beat Lokomotiv Moscow to achieve their first ever promotion to the top Soviet league. They finished the season on 61 points, their highest in the First League.
Overview
Following an unimpressive performance in the previous season which resulted in the 17th place, Guria were hardly expected to become the league favourites in 1986. Initially, CSKA and Daugava seemed firmly among the top teams with the latter reaching a ten-point advantage with ten games remaining. Taking into account the existing regulations which stipulated two points for a win, Daugava appeared on the verge of winning one of the two promotion spots after a twenty-game unbeaten run. However, in the final part they stumbled, picking up only seven points and losing a crunch game at Guria who meanwhile recorded eight wins in the same period. As jubilant crowds stormed the pitch in celebration of this victory, Guria had to relocate for a decisive clash against Lokomotiv Moscow to Batumi where Besik Pridonashvili's late winner sealed a historic achievement for the team.[2]
Guria finished on top of the table, although a 3–1 defeat to Fakel on the final day meant that an additional tie for the first spot would be played between Guria and CSKA who finished the season on equal points.[3]
They achieved the most wins (28) and performed as the strongest home team with 21 wins out of 23. Pridonashvili, who netted 27 times, shared the league goalscorer's award with Pamir's Vazgen Manasyan.
For a provincial center with the population of roughly 9,000, the 1986 season became the most cherished triumph in Guria's history. Manager Begi Sikharulidze and two players later received the Knight of Sport award for this achievement.[4]
Statistics
First League
Standings (part)
| Pos | Team | PLD | W | D | L | GF–GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 63–35 | 61 |
| 2 | Guria | 46 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 80–68 | 61 |
| 3 | Daugava | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 82–46 | 60[a] |
| 4 | SKA Karpaty | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69–52 | 54 |
| 5 | Pamir | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 76–48 | 54[a] |
Regular season
| 30 March 1986 1 | Guria | 2 – 0 | SKA Rostov | Lanchkhuti |
Pridonashvili  8' Ugrelidze 37' |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: O.Chinionov (Moscow) |
| 2 April 1986 1 | Guria | 1 – 0 | Kuban | Lanchkhuti |
| Kopaleishvili 21' |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: G.Iliakov (Simferopol) |
| 9 April 1986 3 | Atlantas | 1 – 1 | Guria | Klaipėda |
| Butkevicius 83' |
Kopaleishvili 53' |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: A.Balakin (Kyiv) |
| 12 April 1986 4 | Daugava | 3 – 0 | Guria | Riga |
| Starikov 4', 27' Alekseenko 45' |
Attendance: 3,350 Referee: F.Giznatullin (Kazan) |
| 17 April 1986 5 | Guria | 3 – 1 | Pakhtakor | Lanchkhuti |
| Tkebuchava 43' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Pridonashvili 87' (pen.) |
Kabaev 56' |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: V.Matveev (Kazan) |
| 20 April 1986 6 | Guria | 2 – 1 | Pamir | Lanchkhuti |
| Tkebuchava 44' Pridonashvili 65' |
Muhamadiev 43' |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: A.Kartavtsev (Moscow) |
| 26 April 1986 7 | SKA Karpaty | 3 – 0 | Guria | Lvov |
| Lendel 16' Malyshenko 31'Gamaly 44' (pen.) |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: N.Yurov (Tomsk) |
| 29 April 1986 8 | Nistru | 1 – 2 | Guria | Chișinău |
| Buloshenko 35' |
Akopyan 17' Ugrelidze 67' |
Attendance: 3,750 Referee: R.Yushka (Vilnius) |
| 11 May 1986 9 | Guria | 5 – 2 | Spartak Orjonikidze | Lanchkhuti |
| Ugrelidze 43', 52' Kopaleishvili 45' Pridonashvili 65' Akopyan 78' |
Kozyrev 68' Korkin 85' |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: E.Didur (Moscow) |
| 17 May 1986 10 | Guria | 1 – 0 | Rotor | Lanchkhuti |
| Ugrelidze 83' |
Attendance: 9,500 Referee: A.Gorin (Chisinau) |
| 20 May 1986 11 | Guria | 0 – 2 | CSKA | Lanchkhuti |
| Pyatnitsky 49' Berezin 55' |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: P.Kobichik (Chernovtsy) |
| 28 May 1986 12 | Rostselmash | 4 – 4 | Guria | Rostov |
| Povalyaev 30' Popadopulo 67'Okunev 85', 86' |
Pridonashvili 8', 45' Chkhaidze 35'Kopaleishvili 54' |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: V.Guskov (Moscow) |
| 31 May 1986 13 | Dinamo Stavropol | 4 – 0 | Guria | Stavropol |
| Grunichev 38' Osipov 71' (pen.), 80'Cherepanov 86' |
Tkebuchava  57' |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: K.Ermakov (Fergana) |
| 7 June 1986 14 | Guria | 3 – 0 | Metalurg | Lanchkhuti |
| Tkebuchava 6', 68' Pridonashvili 89' (pen.) |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: V.Razdayev (Kemerovo) |
| 10 June 1986 15 | Guria | 1 – 0 | Kolos | Lanchkhuti |
| Topuridze 83' |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: V.Filippov (Moscow) |
| 21 June 1986 17 | SKA Khabarovsk | 0 – 0 | Guria | Khabarovsk |
| Attendance: 900 |
| 28 June 1986 18 | Guria | 2 – 0 | Iskra | Lanchkhuti |
| Ebanoidze 21' Pridonashvili 58' |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A.Lunin (Moscow) |
| 1 July 1986 19 | Guria | 3 – 0 | Shinnik | Lanchkhuti |
| Chkhaidze 25', 79' Akopyan 72' |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: A.Balakin (Kyiv) |
| 9 July 1986 20 | Dinamo Batumi | 0 – 1 | Guria | Batumi |
| E.Tevzadze |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: E.Shkola (Lutsk) |
| 12 July 1986 21 | Kotaik | 3 – 0 | Guria | Abovyan |
| Osipyan 47' Safaryan 62' Sargsyan 69' |
Attendance: 5,100 Referee: V.Belousov (Volzhkiy) |
| 18 July 1986 22 | Guria | 2 – 0 | Fakel | Lanchkhuti |
| Chkhaidze 24' E.Tevzadze 36' |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: I.Vergopulo (Moscow) |
| 22 July 1986 23 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 – 1 | Guria | Moscow |
| Kalashnikov 33' Gladilin 54' (pen.), 73' |
Chkhaidze 88' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: E.Shkola (Lutsk) |
| 30 July 1986 24 | Guria | 2 – 1 | Kotayk | Lanchkhuti |
| Chkhaidze 28' Kopaleishvili 70' |
Akopian 9' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: E.Aleksandrov (Yaroslav) |
| 2 August 1986 25 | Guria | 2 – 0 | Dinamo Batumi | Lanchkhuti |
| Topuridze 42' Kopaleishvili 76' |
Gorgiladze 50' |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: E.Shkola (Lutsk) |
| 9 August 1986 26 | Iskra | 1 – 0 | Guria | Smolensk |
| Neishteter 60' |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: A.Mamajanov (Dushanbe) |
| 12 August 1986 27 | Shinnik | 2 – 0 | Guria | Yaroslav |
| Mentyukov 19' Martyamov 45' |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: A.Balakin (Kyiv) |
| 18 August 1986 28 | Guria | 2 – 4 | Kuzbass | Lanchkhuti |
| Danelia 42' Kopaleishvili 75' |
Zemlin 34', 55', 59', 63' |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: V.Ivushin (Riga) |
| 21 August 1986 29 | Guria | 2 – 1 | SKA Khabarovsk | Lanchkhuti |
| Topuridze 22' Kopaleishvili 70' |
Kozlov 59' |
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: A.Degtyarev (Odesa) |
| 27 August 1986 30 | Kolos | 1 – 1 | Guria | Nikopol |
| Fedorenko 13' |
Kopaleishvili 76' |
Attendance: 3,400 Referee: V.Filippov (Moscow) |
| 30 August 1986 31 | Metalurg | 1 – 2 | Guria | Zaporozhia |
| Shakhov 71' |
Pridonashvili 10', 32' |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 6 September 1986 32 | Guria | 2 – 1 | Rostselmash | Lanchkhuti |
| Pridonashvili 14', 26' |
Okunev 10' |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: V.Guskov (Moscow) |
| 9 September 1986 33 | Guria | 2 – 1 | Dinamo Stavropol | Lanchkhuti |
| Pridonashvili 49' E.Tevzadze 73' |
Gromov 30' |
Attendance: 12,500 Referee: A.Khorlin (Moscow) |
| 16 September 1986 34 | Rotor | 4 – 2 | Guria | Volgograd |
| Khomutetsky 49' (pen.) Kontsovenko 57', 72' Nikitin 78' |
M.Tevzadze 61' Pridonashvili 74' |
Attendance: 17,000 Referee: V.Abgolts (Alma-Ata) |
| 19 September 1986 35 | CSKA | 4 – 0 | Guria | Moscow |
| Berezin 29', 35', 81' Savchenko 74' |
Attendance: 8,200 Referee: P.Kobichik (Chernovtsy) |
| 28 September 1986 36 | Spartak Orjonikidze | 3 – 4 | Guria | Ordjonikidze |
| Ploshnik 6' Babenko 37' (pen.), 72' |
Pridonashvili 58', 61' (pen.), 86'Kopaleishvili 77' |
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: V.Ageev (Kustanay) |
| 5 October 1986 37 | Guria | 3 – 1 | SKA Karpaty | Lanchkhuti |
| Pridonashvili 40' E.Tevzadze 54' Kopaleishvili 68' |
Kukhlevsky 84' |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: N.Yurov (Tomsk) |
| 8 October 1986 38 | Guria | 4 – 1 | Nistru | Lanchkhuti |
| Akopyan 4' Pridonashvili 34' (pen.), 85' Kopaleishvili 40' |
Matyura 88' |
Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Y.Savchenko (Moscow) |
| 14 October 1986 39 | Pakhtakor | 2 – 3 | Guria | Tashkent |
| Gess 20', 64' |
Pridonashvili 12' (pen.) Kopaleishvili 49', 80' |
Attendance: 1,280 Referee: A.Khokhryakov (Yoshkar-Ola) |
| 17 October 1986 40 | Pamir | 4 – 2 | Guria | Dushanbe |
| Muhamadiev 13' Manasyan 27', 29' Rakhimov 80' |
Akopyan 55' Pridonashvili 87' |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: P.Kobichik (Chernovtsy) |
| 23 October 1986 41 | Guria | 6 – 1 | Atlantas | Lanchkhuti |
| Chkhaidze 8' Pridonashvili 30', 51' Shvetsov 60' E.Tevzadze 76' Akopyan 78' |
Tamilavicius 88' |
Attendance: 16,500 Referee: M.Kusen (Lvov) |
| 26 October 1986 42 | Guria | 2 – 1 | Daugava | Lanchkhuti |
| Pridonashvili 56' Kopaleishvili 57' |
Starkov 23' |
Attendance: 16,500 Referee: F.Gizatullin (Kazan) |
| 2 November 1986 43 | SKA Rostov | 0 – 1 | Guria | Rostov |
| Akopyan 83' |
Attendance: 2,300 Referee: V.Abgolts (Alma-Ata) |
| 6 November 1986 44 | Kuban | 1 – 2 | Guria | Krasnodar |
| Gerasimov 71' |
Kopaleishvili 54' Chkhaidze 76' |
Attendance: 3,200 Referee: A.Gorin (Cichinau) |
| 12 November 1986 45 | Guria | 1 – 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow | Batumi |
| Pridonashvili 76' |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: I.Dutko (Lvov) |
| 15 November 1986 46 | Fakel | 3 – 1 | Guria | Voronezh |
| Shmarov 29' Sokolov 35' Sosulin 53' (pen.) |
Pridonashvili 71' (pen.) |
Attendance: 4,600 Referee: G.Iliakov (Simferopol) |
Match for 1st place
| 23 November 1986 | CSKA | 2–0 | Guria | Uzhgorod |
| Kolesnikov 40' S.Fokin 70' (pen.) |
Report |  82' Danelia |
Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Vladimir Kuznetsov (Omsk) |
Appearances and goals
| Pos. | Player | Age | L App | L
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | .svg.png){kind=small} Gigla Imnadze |
31 | 35 | 0 |
| GK | Karlo Mchedlidze |
29 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Badri Danelia |
24 | 43 | 1 |
| DF | Gia Gigatadze |
22 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Gia Giligashvili |
26 | 29 | 0 |
| DF | Davit Imnadze |
16 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | .svg.png){kind=small} Alexandr Kondratiev |
24 | 36 | 0 |
| DF | Levan Melikia |
31 | 41 | 0 |
| DF | Davit Sanikidze |
21 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | .svg.png){kind=small} Sergei Shvetsov |
26 | 40 | 1 |
| DF | Merab Tevzadze |
22 | 32 | 3 |
| MF | Teimuraz Chkhaidze |
31 | 44 | 8 |
| MF | Vakhtang Kopaleishvili |
32 | 40 | 16 |
| MF | Enuki Tevzadze |
27 | 40 | 3 |
| MF | Gocha Tkebuchava |
23 | 42 | 4 |
| FW | Murman Akopyan |
28 | 43 | 7 |
| FW | Teimuraz Ebanoidze |
29 | 40 | 1 |
| FW | Irakli Imnadze |
18 | 15 | 0 |
| MF | Mamuka Kiladze |
19 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Besik Pridonashvili |
25 | 46 | 27 |
| FW | Ivan Topuridze |
27 | 13 | 3 |
| FW | Davit Ugrelidze |
22 | 11 | 5 |
Soviet Cup
| 3 May 1986 1st round | Zorkiy | 2–1 | Guria | Krasnogorsk |
| Romanov 17' Bondarev 49' |
Ugrelidze 28' |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: B.Sultanbayev (Frunze) |
References
- ^ "1986–87 Soviet Cup". rsssf.org. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "1986 წლის 12 ნოემბერი – დღე სასწაული, რომელმაც ლანჩხუთის ცხოვრება შეცვალა" [12 November 1986, the day which changed the life in Lanchkhuti]. guriatoday.ge (in Georgian). 12 November 2025.
- ^ "1986 год. 49-й чемпионат СССР. Первая лига" [49th Soviet First League Championship in 1986] (in Russian). dzen.ru. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ ""სპორტის რაინდები" - ლანჩხუთელთა გასული წლის საფეხბურთო აღიარება". gurianews.com (in Georgian). 10 January 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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