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{{Football club infobox
| clubname = Merani
| image    = FC Merani Tbilisi Logo.png
| fullname = FC Merani Tbilisi
| nickname = 
| founded  = 1995
| ground   = [[Sinatle Stadium]]<br>[[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
| capacity = 2,500
| chairman = Nikoloz Dolidze
| manager  = 
| league   = [[Liga 3 (Georgia)|Liga 3]]
| season   = [[2024 Liga 3 (Georgia)|2024]]
| position = 7th of 16
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'''FC Merani Tbilisi''' is a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Tbilisi]]. They play in the [[Liga 3 (Georgia)|Liga 3]], the third division in Georgian football. They play their home games at [[Sinatle Stadium]].

The club is named after a hotel in Tbilisi. The club colours are all-red for home matches, and all-white for away.

==History==

[[File:FC Merani Tbilisi 1995.jpg|thumb|right|Merani's former logo]]

Merani Tbilisi was merged with Bacho Tbilisi in July 1993 and formed [[FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi|Merani-Bacho Tbilisi]]. Later Lokomotivi Tbilisi renamed in 1996

The club second team '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''', became the first team.

In 2002, Merani-91 Tbilisi merged again, this time to [[FC Olimpi Tbilisi]], owned by [[Nikoloz Dolidze]] and formed '''Merani-Olimpi Tbilisi'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=47896.html|title=Olimpi complete Merani takeover|date=2002-12-30|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=2008-10-14|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203095345/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=47896.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Which [[FC Tbilisi]] take the 2002–03 seat.

Merani restarted in [[Regionuli Liga]] by changed the reserve team to first team.

In July 2004, newly formed ''Merani Tbilisi'' was merged with [[Milani Tsnori]] and formed '''Merani-Milani Tbilisi''', which renamed to Merani Tbilisi in July 2005.

===Seasons===
*1990: ?
*1991: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [[Regionuli Liga]]
*1991–92: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [[Pirveli Liga]]
*1992–93: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [[Pirveli Liga]]
*1993–94: '''Merani-Bacho Tbilisi''' [[Pirveli Liga]]
*1994–95: '''Merani-Bacho Tbilisi''' [[Pirveli Liga]]
*2003–04: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [[Regionuli Liga]]
*2004–05: '''Merani-Milani Tbilisi''' [[Pirveli Liga]]
*2005–06: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [[Pirveli Liga]] Runner-up
*2006–07: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [[Umaghlesi Liga]]
*2007–08: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [[Umaghlesi Liga]] 15th, Relegated
*2008–09: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [[Meore Liga]]

===Merani-91===
*1991: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' ?
*1991–92: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' ?
*1992–93: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' ?
*1993–94: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [[Pirveli Liga]]
*1994–95: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [[Pirveli Liga]]
*1995–96: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [[Pirveli Liga]]
*1996–97: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [[Umaghlesi Liga]]
*1997–98: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [[Umaghlesi Liga]]
*1998–99: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [[Umaghlesi Liga]]
*1999-00: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [[Umaghlesi Liga]]
*2000–01: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [[Umaghlesi Liga]]
*2001–02: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [[Umaghlesi Liga]] (Second team in Pirveli Liga)
*2002–03: '''Merani-Olimpi Tbilisi''' [[Umaghlesi Liga]]

== Current squad ==
{{Updated|1 August 2023}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Players|url=http://erovnuliliga.ge/en/club/merani-tbilisi/squad|website=Erovnuliliga|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816220434/http://erovnuliliga.ge/en/club/merani-tbilisi/squad|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=RSA|name=[[Thandanani Tshabalala]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=GEO|name=[[Levan Barabadze]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=GEO|name=[[Saba Tolordava]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=GEO|name=[[Nika Khetsuriani]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=GEO|name=[[Rati Kakiashvili]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=GEO|name=[[Goga Kukhianidze]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=GEO|name=[[Nikoloz Arveladze]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=GEO|name=[[Lasha Zhghenti]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=GEO|name=Iago Deisadze|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=GEO|name=[[Anzor Sukhiashvili]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=GEO|name=[[Luka Tolordava]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=GEO|name=[[Tornike Kereselidze]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=GEO|name=[[Sergi Abramishvili]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=GEO|name=[[Giorgi Ubilava]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=GEO|name=[[Giorgi Jalaghonia]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=GEO|name=[[Zurab Ghirdaladze]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=GEO|name=[[Denis Dobrovolski]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=RUS|name=[[Moris Nusuyev]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=GEO|name=[[Givi Karkuzashvili]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=GEO|name=[[Lasha-Giorgi Gurgenidze]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=USA|name=[[Brendan Koplin]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=GEO|name=[[Tornike Kvaratskhelia]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=  |nat=WAL|name=[[Kai Wint]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=  |nat=GEO|name=[[Davit Shengelia]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}

==Honours==
*'''[[Pirveli Liga]]'''
** '''Champion''': 1996
** '''Silver Medal winner''': 1995, 2006

==Notable players==
* [[Teymuraz Mchedlishvili]]

==Eurocups record==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Country
! Club
! Home
! Away
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup|1997]]
| rowspan="4" |[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]
| rowspan="4" |Group 12
|{{flagicon|Russia}}
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|'''0–2'''
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Greece}}
|[[Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)|Iraklis Thessaloniki]]
|
|0–2
|-
|{{flagicon|Malta}}
|[[Floriana F.C.]]
|'''5–0'''
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Austria}}
|[[SV Ried|S.V. Ried]]
|
|3–1
|}

==Coaches==
*2002: [[Otar Gabelia]]
*2003: [[Koba Zhorzhikashvili]]
*2003: [[Nikoloz Dolidze]]
*2003: [[Temur Lortkipanidze]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=71884.html|title=Lortkipanidze lands Merani job|date=2003-05-27|access-date=2008-10-13|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*2003: [[Joni Janelidze]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=103862.html|title=Georgian clubs change coaches|date=2003-09-12|access-date=2008-10-13|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Liga 3 teamlist}}
{{Erovnuli Liga teamlist}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Football clubs in Georgia (country)|Merani Tbilisi]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Tbilisi|Merani Tbilisi]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1995]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Georgia (country)]]


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