FC Rustavi is a Georgian football team, which are playing in Rustavi. The club play their home games at Poladi Stadium. After FC Tbilisi merged with second division club FC Rustavi in 2006, FC Olimpi Rustavi was established. In 2007, FC Olimpi Rustavi won their first Georgian Premier League title. In 2011, they changed name to Metalurgi Rustavi. In 2015 Metalurgi Rustavi was again renamed and began to play in Erovnuli Liga 2 as FC Rustavi. In 2017 season FC Rustavi won the league and promoted to Erovnuli Liga.
History
Football in Rustavi could be track back to Metallurg Rustavi in Soviet era. The club was a member of Umaglesi Liga until relegated in 2003. In order to back to top division, the club merged with FC Tbilisi and renamed as Olimpi Rustavi, to take their player and seat on Umaglesi Liga, where they won the league title in the first season they merged. For the 2011/12 season the club changed its name to Metalurgi Rustavi.
Honours
- Winners (2): 2007, 2010
- Winners (1): 2010
- Winners (1): 2017
- Football championship of Georgian SSR:
- Winners (4): 1959, 1974, 1979, 1984
Current squad
As of 20 October 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Seasons
| Season | League | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GF | GA | P | Cup | Europe | Notes | Manager |
| 1990 | Umaglesi Liga | 3 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 33 | 69 | | | Gorda Rustavi | |
| 1991 | Umaglesi Liga | 9 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 26 | | | Gorda Rustavi | |
| 1991–92 | Umaglesi Liga | 3 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 71 | 38 | 75 | | | Gorda Rustavi | |
| 1992–93 | Umaglesi Liga | 7 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 69 | 49 | | | Metallurgi Rustavi | |
| 1993–94 | Umaglesi Liga | 9 | | | | | | | | | | Metallurgi Rustavi | |
| 1994–95 | Umaglesi Liga | 7 | | | | | | | | | | Metallurgi Rustavi | |
| 1995–96 | Umaglesi Liga | 5 | | | | | | | | | | Metallurgi Rustavi | |
| 1996–97 | Umaglesi Liga | 10 | | | | | | | | | | Metallurgi Rustavi | |
| 1997–98 | Umaglesi Liga | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Metallurgi Rustavi | |
| 1998–99 | Umaglesi Liga | 12 | | | | | | | | | | Gorda Rustavi | |
| 1999-00 | Umaglesi Liga | 12 | | | | | | | | | | Gorda Rustavi | |
| 2000–01 | Umaglesi Liga | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Gorda Rustavi | |
| 2001–02 | Umaglesi Liga | 10 | | | | | | | | | | Gorda Rustavi | |
| 2002–03 | Umaglesi Liga | 10 | | | | | | | | | | Gorda Rustavi | |
| 2003–04 | Pirveli Liga | 4 | | | | | | | | | | FC Rustavi | |
| 2004–05 | Pirveli Liga | 11 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 43 | 37 | | | FC Rustavi | |
| 2005–06 | Pirveli Liga | 8 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 37 | 49 | | | FC Rustavi | |
| 2006–07 | Umaglesi Liga | 1 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 9 | 63 | Round of 16 | | FC Olimpi Rustavi | |
| 2007–08 | Umaglesi Liga | 4 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 52 | Quarter-finals | UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round | FC Olimpi Rustavi | |
| 2008–09 | Umaglesi Liga | 3 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 57 | Runner-up | | FC Olimpi Rustavi | |
| 2009–10 | Umaglesi Liga | 1 | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 26 | 79 | Round of 16 | UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round | FC Olimpi Rustavi | |
| 2010–11 | Umaglesi Liga | 3 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 31 | 66 | Quarter-finals | UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round | FC Olimpi Rustavi | |
| 2011–12 | Umaglesi Liga | 2 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 55 | Semi-finals | UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round | FC Metalurgi Rustavi | |
| 2012–13 | Umaglesi Liga | 7 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 44 | Semi-finals | UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round | FC Metalurgi Rustavi | |
| 2013–14 | Umaglesi Liga | 5 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 39 | 45 | Quarter-finals | | FC Metalurgi Rustavi | |
| 2014–15 | Umaglesi Liga | 14 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 46 | 26 | Quarter-finals | | FC Metalurgi Rustavi | |
| 2015–16 | Pirveli Liga | 9 | 34 | | | | | | | Round of 32 | | FC Metalurgi Rustavi | |
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q |  | FC Astana | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  | B36 Tórshavn | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2Q |  | Legia Warszawa | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | | Aktobe | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  | Banants | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2Q | | Irtysh Pavlodar | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 3Q |  | Stade Rennais | 2–5 | 0–2 |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  | Teuta | 6–1 | 3–0 |
| 2Q |  | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–3 | 0–2 |
Managers
Giorgi Kiknadze (July 1, 2006 – Jan 1, 2007)
Anatoliy Piskovets (Sept 1, 2007 – Feb 1, 2008)- Khvicha Kasrashvili
- Teimuraz Makharadze (July 1, 2008 – Oct 4, 2010)
- Nestor Mumladze (Oct 10, 2010 – Nov 1, 2010)
- Armaz Jeladze (Nov 2010 – Aug 11)
- Koba Zhorzhikashvili (Aug 9, 2011 – Oct 1, 2012)
- Georgi Kipiani (Oct 3, 2012 – May 31, 2013)
- Gela Sanaia (June 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
- Varlam Kilasonia (Jan 1, 2014–)
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