1988 FC Guria season

Guria Guria stadium, Lanchkhuti 1988 Mikhail Fomenko First League 4th of 22 Soviet Cup 3rd round Viktor Khlus (21) Viktor Khlus (24) 20,000 (four games) 5–0 v Zvezda (away, 20 July) 6–1 v Zvezda (home, 28 October) 0–4 v Kuzbass (away, 5 November) 1987 1989 The 1988 season was the 64th year in Guria's history and 1st season in the 2nd tier of Soviet football after being relegated from the Top League the previous year. In addition to the league season, the team also participated in the 1988–89 Soviet Cup.1988–89 Soviet Cup https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su89.html rsssf.org 14 December 2025 Overview Following their relegation from the 1987 Soviet Top League the previous year, Guria returned to the 2nd division with several new players such as midfielders Gocha Gogrichiani, Nugzar Kakilashvili and Otar Korgalidze and striker Grigol Tsaava, all signed from Dinamo Tbilisi. Before the team managed to get back to winning ways, it experienced a major setback in the opening period of the season. After round 8, Guria were sitting 16th, just two points above the drop zone, which significantly damaged their title ambitions. But they gradually improved performance to move up to the 6th place by mid-season.51st Soviet First League https://dzen.ru/a/ZX7pnOvZV3RorPnA?sid=568334999116045465 dzen.ru 16 December 2025 ru 17 December 2023 At the end of the summer Guria, advanced into the top five, putting more pressure on the league leaders. Amid a tight competition with other four teams, the Gurians played their crucial ties in the second half of October. First, they shared points with Rotor, followed by an unexpected draw at Dinamo Batumi. Still, Guria reached the 2nd promotion spot with two thumping home wins by late October, but yet another loss to CSKA and a consequent fiasco at Kuzbass ended their season in the 4th place. In the cup, Guria brushed aside two lower-division sides before taking on Dinamo Kiev. After a 2–0 away loss, they fought back at home, taking a two-goal lead in the first half. Although Guria eventually failed to produce a miracle against such powerful opponents, a narrow victory over them in the return leg became one of the major cup upsets of the year.https://soccer365.net/games/14754886/ Guria vs Dinamo Kiev match report soccer365.net 17 December 2025 Striker Viktor Khlus finished the season as Guria's main goalscorer with 21 league goals in addition to three more scored in the cup.https://footballfakts.ru/person/22198-hlusviktorivanovich footballfakts.ru Viktor Khlus statistics 17 December 2025 ru Guria continued their strong home record with 19 wins in 21 league games in contrast with another poor away performance (four wins in 21 games). Statistics Top League Standings (part) + Pos Team PLD W D L GF–GA Pts 1 Pamir 42 24 10 8 78–44 58 2 Rotor 4225 7 10 76–37 57 3 CSKA 4223 10 9 69–35 56 4 Guria 42 23 7 12 71–44 53 5 Pakhtakor 42 21 10 11 64–38 52 Standings https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su88.html rsssf.org 13 December 2025 Matches 1988 Soviet First League 1 7 April Guria 1 – 2 CSKA Gogrichiani 59 Kuznetsov 69 Mokh 89 Lanchkhuti 25,000 L round2 10 April Guria 1 – 0 Kuzbass Jordania 17 Kutaisi 3,500 W 3 16 April Guria 2 – 1 Spartak Jioyev 16 Babenko 62 Khlus 46 Ordjonikidze 21,100 L 4 19 April Dinamo Stavropol 2 – 1 Guria Osipov 20 pen. Korneyev 83 Jordania 54 Stavropol 18,500 L 5 25 April Guria 2 – 0 Tavria Megreladze 39 Tsaava 54 Lanchkhuti 18,000 W 6 28 April Guria 1 – 0 Shinnik Khlus 28 Lanchkhuti 17,000 W 7 6 May Rostselmash 2 – 0 Guria Andreyev 11 Gitselov 17 Rostov 10,000 L 8 9 May Zaria 2 – 0 Guria Malyshenko 31 51 Voroshilovgrad 13,700 L 9 15 May Guria 3 – 1 Dinamo Batumi Jordania 71 pen. Yavorskiy 79 Akopyan 84 Atuashvili 74 Lanchkhuti 12,000 W 11 26 May Guria 0 – 0 Metalurg Lanchkhuti 15,000 D 12 29 May Kolos 2 – 1 Guria Baratashvili 37 47 pen. Hapsalis 11 Lanchkhuti 12,000 W 13 8 June Pamir 2 – 1 Guria Muhamadiyev 49 85 Akopyan 81 Dushanbe 20,000 L 14 11 June Guria 3 – 0 Pakhtakor Rotkovich 44 Kabayev 67 Abduraimov 83 Tashkent 30,000 L 15 16 June Guria 1 – 0 Kotayk Jordania 39 Lanchkhuti 14,000 W 16 19 June Kuban 4 – 1 Guria Khlus 23 24 31 Baratashvili 84 Podolyak 81 Lanchkhuti 15,000 W 17 24 June SKA Karpaty 4 – 1 Guria Bondarchuk 29 37 Smotrich 58 Kukhlevskiy 66 Gogrichiani 39 Lvov 3,500 L 18 27 June Guria 2 – 2 Daugava Starkov 78 Stepanov 88 Jordania 31 Khlus 50 Riga 2,800 D 19 4 July Guria 2 – 0 SKA Rostov Jordania 68 Khlus 76 Lanchkhuti 13,000 W 20 7 July Rotor 4 – 1 Guria Pridonashvili 17 Khlus 66 Gogichaishvili 76 Jordania 86 Nikitin 85 Lanchkhhuti 14,200 W 21 13 July Guria 0 – 0 Geolog Tyumen 8,000 D 22 20 July Zvezda 0 – 5 Guria Jordania 26 Yavorskiy 30 Pridonishvili 53 Gogichaishvili 70 Khlus 80 Perm 10,200 W 23 3 August Guria 2 – 0 Spartak Jordania 5 83 Lanchkhuti 18,500 W 24 6 August Guria 2 – 1 Dinamo Stavropol Jordania 34 Yavorskiy 71 Kostin 70 Lanchkhuti 16,500 W 25 12 August Tavria 1 – 1 Guria Naumenko 73 Jordania 42 Simferopol 5,300 D 26 15 August Shinnik 2 – 1 Guria Bilyaletdinov 25 Popov 50 Khlus 74 Yaroslavl 6,800 L 27 21 August Rostselmash 2 – 0 Guria Yavorskiy 28 Pridonishvili 43 Lanchkhuti 17,000 W 28 24 August Guria 1 – 0 Zaria Jordania 62 pen. Lanchkhuti 18,000 W 31 8 September Kolos 0 – 3 Guria Khlus 56 Jordania 67 Yavorskiy 84 Nikopol 400 W 32 11 September Guria 0 – 0 Metalurg Zaporozhye 2,900 D 33 17 September Guria 1 – 0 Pamir Jordania 45 Lanchkhuti 20,000 W 34 20 September Guria 1 – 0 Pakhtakor Khlus 75 Lanchkhuti 20,000 W 35 26 September Guria 1 – 2 Kuban Rudko 62 Yavorskiy 11 Khlus 72 Krasnodar 3,700 W 36 29 September Guria 1 – 0 Kotayk Adamyan 71 Abovyan 2,500 L 37 6 October Guria 2 – 0 SKA Karpaty Khlus 64 71 Lanchkhuti 20,000 W 38 9 October Guria 4 – 0 Daugava Jordania 17 pen. Korgalidze 29 87 Khlus 62 Lanchkhuti 20,000 W 39 15 October Guria 0 – 3 SKA Rostov Khlus 9 71 Pridonashvili 73 Rostov 3,300 W 40 18 October Guria 2 – 2 Rotor Khomutetskiy60 pen. 71 pen. Kuznetsov 58 o.g. Pridonashvili 78 Volgograd 25,000 D 30 21 October Guria 1 – 1 Dinamo Batumi Zhvania 33 Meskhi 20 Batumi 6,000 D 41 25 October Guria 3 – 0 Geolog Gogrichiani 8 Khlus 35 Meskhi 47 Lanchkhuti 16,000 W 42 28 October Guria 6 – 1 Zvezda Khlus 1 56 Zhordania 11 41 Pridonashvili 15 72 Burdin 10 Lanchkhuti 17,000 W 43 2 November Guria 5 – 2 CSKA Korneyev 18 28 39 Masalitin 54 69 Jordania 22 Gogrichiani 60 Moscow 4,500 L 44 5 November Guria 4 – 0 Kuzbass Mikhnevich 4 Rogalevskiy 22 Razdayev 60 Romanyuk 62 Kemerovo 6,000 L Appearances and goals Pos. Player AgeL App League appearancesL League goals0GKMoldavian SSR Sergey Kvasnikov 28 6 –0GKGeorgian SSR Avtandil Kantaria 33 36 –0DFGeorgian SSR Amiran Andguladze 31 39 00DFRussian SFSR Gennadi Bondaruk 23 35 00DFGeorgian SSR Bagrat Chaduneli 22 2 00DFGeorgian SSR Badri Danelia 26 34 00DFRussian SFSR Temur Kabisashvili 21 14 00DFGeorgian SSR Avtandil Nariashvili 27 1 00DFUkrainian SSR Vladimir Parkhomenko 31 32 00DFGeorgian SSR Gocha Tkebuchava 25 20 00DFGeorgian SSR Davit Tsomaia 21 38 00MFGeorgian SSR Levan Baratashvili 24 13 30MFGeorgian SSR Merab Jordania 28 39 190MFGeorgian SSR Nugzar Kakilashvili 28 20 00MFGeorgian SSR Otar Korgalidze 28 19 20MFGeorgian SSR Ramaz Tskhovrebashvili 27 7 00FWGeorgian SSR Gocha Gogrichiani 24 34 40FWGeorgian SSR Mikheil Meskhi 28 8 20FWGeorgian SSR Murman Akopyan 30 10 20FWGeorgian SSR Kakhaber Gogichaishvili 20 20 20FWUkrainian SSR Igor Yavorsky 29 36 60FWUkrainian SSR Viktor Khlus 30 41 210FWGeorgian SSR Besik Pridonashvili 27 41 80FWGeorgian SSR Grigol Tsaava 26 10 1 Source:Guria's squad in 1988 https://teams.by/champ/persons/1026/1222/ teams.by 14 December 2025 Soviet Cup 1988–89 Soviet Cup 2 May 1988 1st round Rubin 1–3 Guria Martynov 87 Yavorskiy 17 Khlus 58 Gogrichiani 79 Kazan 5,600 W 22 May 1988 2nd round Guria 5–1 Locomotive Samtredia Yavorskiy 27 Khlus 48 Pridonashvili 50 75 Akopyan 80 Babunidze 87 pen. Lanchkhuti 10,000 W 16 July 1988 3rd round, 1st leg Guria 2–0 Dinamo Kiev Litovchenko 18 Mikhailichenko 29 Kiev 20,000 L 5 September 1988 3rd round, 2nd leg Guria 2–1 Dinamo Kiev Khlus 13 Danelia 28 Belanov36 Lanchkhuti 10,000 W References External links Soviet First League Category:FC Guria seasons Gur