HISTORY

In 1921, in response to the occupation and de facto annexation of Georgia by the Russian Red Army, the football club “Bashi-Achuki” was founded in Kutaisi. The name was taken from the character in Akaki Tsereteli’s work of the same title - a figure distinguished by morality, courage, and perseverance, who became an emblem of the club’s identity and a source of pride for the people of Imereti from the very beginning.

The club managed to operate under this name for two years, after which it continued competing as the Kutaisi Football Club named after I. Kharabadze.

In the context of Soviet reality, the Kutaisi club was identified as the workers’ team of the automobile factory, and in 1946 it was renamed Torpedo. The club won its first title in 1949, when it became the champion of the Georgian SSR Championship.

In 1962-1970, 1982-1983, 1985-1986 Torpedo competed in the Soviet Union's top league.

After the establishment of the Georgian National Championship in 1990, Torpedo Kutaisi has won the major Georgian league title for four times. The club has also been a ten-time finalist of the Georgian Cup, winning it five times. Torpedo won three out of the five Georgian Super Cup finals.

Jemal Kherkhadze holds a particular place in the club's history, having played for Torpedo Kutaisi for 15 years and served as its head coach for 11 years. Between 1962 to 1976, he scored 82 goals in 337 games. His excellent performance supported Torpedo Kutaisi's respectable achievements in the Soviet Union's top division. Jemal Kherkhadze managed Torpedo Kutaisi from 1977 to 1984 and 1987 to 2000 years, and he led the club to its first major title, to win the Georgian Cup in 1999.

Torpedo won the Georgian National Championship three times in a row from 2000 to 2002, under the leadership of David Kipiani and Revaz Dzodzuashvili. In 2001, the club won the only double so far by winning the Georgian Cup alongside the national Championship.

Torpedo Kutaisi won its fourth championship in 2017 under Kakhaber Chkhetiani, who also led the club to three Georgian Cups (2016, 2018, 2022) and two Super Cups (2018, 2019) wins.