{{Football club infobox | clubname = Merani | image = 150px| | fullname = FC Merani Tbilisi | nickname = | founded = 1991 | dissolved = 2009 | ground = Sinatle Stadium<br>Tbilisi, Georgia | capacity = 2,500 | chairman = | manager = | league = | season = | position = |pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=_whiteshoulders |leftarm1=ff0000|body1=ff0000|rightarm1=ff0000|shorts1=ff0000|socks1=ff0000 |pattern_la2=_shouldersonwhite|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=_shouldersonwhite |leftarm2=ff0000|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ff0000|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffff }}
'''FC Merani Tbilisi''' was a Georgian football club based in Tbilisi. They played in the 1990s and 2000s before being disbanded in 2009. Their home ground was Sinatle Stadium.
The club was named after a hotel in Tbilisi. The club colours were all-red for home matches, and all-white for away.
==History==
Merani Tbilisi was merged with Bacho Tbilisi in July 1993 and formed Merani-Bacho Tbilisi.
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=== *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=== *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
==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 | rowspan="4" |UEFA Intertoto Cup | rowspan="4" |Group 12 |{{flagicon|Russia}} |Torpedo Moscow |'''0–2''' | |- |{{flagicon|Greece}} |Iraklis Thessaloniki | |0–2 |- |{{flagicon|Malta}} |Floriana F.C. |'''5–0''' | |- |{{flagicon|Austria}} |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}}
{{Erovnuli Liga teamlist}} {{Authority control}}
Merani Tbilisi Category:Association football clubs established in 1995 Category:1995 establishments in Georgia (country) Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2009
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