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2023 FC Dinamo Batumi season

The 2023 season was the 100th season in the existence of Dinamo Batumi and their fifth successive season in the Erovnuli Liga, the top division of Georgian football. In addition to the domestic league, this year the club participated in the national cup, the Georgian Super Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League.

Events

This section covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2023.

On 11 January 2023, Luka Zarandia joined the team on a year-long contract.

The next day, the club welcomed Giorgi Kvernadze on loan from Kolkheti Poti and Nemanja Ljubisavljević on a one-year contract from Žalgiris.

On 24 January, Senegalese forward Moussa Konate signed a 1-year contract with the club.

On 25 January, Vladan Vidaković was signed on a year-long loan deal from NK Maribor.

On 12 February, Ukrainian midfielder Ivan Lytvynenko joined Dinamo on a three-year deal.

On 22 February, the club announced the return of Benjamin Teidi on a one-year contract and the signing of Guram Giorbelidze on a six-month loan.

On 1 March, Dinamo signed Montenegrin defender Saša Balić on a year-long contract.

On 26 June, Sandro Altunashvili left Dinamo for Austrian club Wolfsberger AC.

On 30 June, Giorgi Kvernadze signed with Frosinone.

On 7 July, the club signed Roin Kvaskhvadze, Levan Kharabadze, Tsotne Patsatsia and Vitinho. Also, Nikolai Kipiani joined Dinamo from Telavi as a free agent, although moved to Ararat-Armenia on 21 September.

On 4 July, Giorgi Tsitaishvili was signed on loan from Dynamo Kyiv.

On 29 July, the club and Vladan Vidaković parted ways.

On 31 July, goalkeeper Luka Kharatishvili was loaned to Samtredia until the end of the season.

On 21 August, head coach Gia Geguchadze left Dinamo Batumi.

Four days later, he was replaced by Andriy Demchenko on a deal until the end of 2025.

On 24 November, after a 3–0 win over Telavi and with two games still to play, Dinamo Batumi won the national league for the second time in their history.

On 8 December, four days after receiving the Player of the Year award from the Erovnuli Liga, Flamarion, left Dinamo and joined Valenciennes.

On 26 December, midfielder Giorgi Zaria signed a two-year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League club Kairat.

Squad

<small>Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small>

Out on loan

Pre-season friendlies

Traditionally, Dinamo Batumi spent a pre-season preparation period in Turkey.

Competitions

Overview

Erovnuli Liga

Results summary

Results by round

Results

League table

Super Cup

Georgian Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

1st qualifying round

Statistics

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Most yellow cards

Red cards

Awards

At the end of this season, the following members of Dinamo Batumi received awards from the Erovnuli Liga at its annual ceremony.

As the league consisted of four parts, Dinamo's manager and players were also recognized throughout the season.

References