FC Zana Abasha
GroundMevlud Miminoshvili stadioni, Abasha, Georgia
Capacity1,000
ChairmanMamuka Kvilitaia
Head CoachTornike Gagua
LeagueLiga 4
20232nd, Group C of Regionuli Liga,
(promoted)

FC Zana (Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ზანა) is a Georgian association football club based in the town of Abasha. Following the 2023 season, they won promotion to Liga 4, the forth tier of the national league system.

History

The third tier is the highest division where Zana have taken part since the formation of independent Georgian championship in 1990. The team gained promotion to Meore Liga in 2015, although their tenure there lasted two seasons.[1] Following their relegation in 2016, Zana spent seven seasons in Regionuli Liga.

Zana came 3rd in their group tournament three times in four years, including in 2022, when the team was chasing promotion up until the last match. However, having lost a crucial game, they failed to overcome their two rivals and qualify for playoffs.[2]

This season the club turned out to be the only fifth-division side to have prevailed over four opponents in the Cup campaign and progressed into the round of 16 for the first time in their history.[3]

The next year Zana finished 2nd in the western zone of the regional league tournament in 2023, which implied winning a play-off qualifying spot. Following a 2–1 win over UG-35,[4] the club earned promotion to the 4th league for 2024.

The team is also a regular participant of the annual Western Cup competition, organized by the regional Football Federation of Imereti. Zana won it in 2020.[5]

Seasons

YearDivisionPosMWDLGF–GAPtsCup
2015/16Meore Liga, West10th of 1426821628–6426
2016Meore Liga, West C5th of 7↓1223724–299
2017Regionuli Liga, West A8th of 15281141349–5737Round 2
2018Regionuli Liga, West B5th of 81454520–2519Round 1
2019Regionuli Liga, West A3rd of 191071225–922
Promotion Group4th of 101890926–2827
2020Regionuli Liga, West3rd of 91684423–1428
2021Regionuli Liga, West4th of 924133849–3542Round 1
2022Regionuli Liga, C3rd of 1120151464–1646Round 4
2023Regionuli Liga, C2nd of 13↑241941101–1661Preliminary round

Squad

As of September 2022[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Georgia (country) GEO Otar Sturua
— DF Georgia (country) GEO Tengiz Jomidava
— DF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Lataria
— DF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Metreveli
— DF Georgia (country) GEO Anzor Deisadze
— DF Georgia (country) GEO Tornike Meparishvili
— DF Georgia (country) GEO Davit Jojua
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Dimitri Lashkarava
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Roman Gogia
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Jejeia
— DF Georgia (country) GEO Iuri Akhalaia
— GK Georgia (country) GEO Luka Sordia
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Omar Janelidze
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Sergi Babunashvili
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Luka Shengelia
— FW Georgia (country) GEO Merab Megreladze
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Boris Adanaia
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Karlo Rusia
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Gabunia
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Aleko Tavshavadze
— FW Georgia (country) GEO Lasha Kalandia
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Shengelia
— MF Georgia (country) GEO Rati Bundiladze

Stadium

Zana play their home matches at a 1,000-seater stadium named after Mevlud Miminoshvili (1942–2023). Born in Abasha, he was a FIFA referee, working in the Soviet Top League for ten seasons in the 1980s.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Meore Liga 2016". soccerway.com.
  2. ↑ "Regional league, 2022". gff.ge (in Georgian).
  3. ↑ "საქართველოს თასი 1/8 ფინალი ზანა 1-4 გურია". fcguria.ge (in Georgian). 13 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Zana vs UG-35". gff.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "ზანა" აბაშა - „დასავლეთის თასი 2020"-ის გამარჯვებული". irff.ge (in Georgian). 4 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Squad". soccerway.com.
  7. ↑ "ყველა დამწყებმა მსაჯმა უნდა გაითვალისწინოს: მთავარია, არ გაიფუჭო სახელი!". kvirispalitra.ge (in Georgian). 18 March 2019.

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