HISTORY

"Torpedo Kutaisi" was founded in 1949 as a football club of Kutaisi Automobile Factory. During the first three years the “Kutaisi” club competed in the Georgia USSR Championship, winning it in 1949.

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 two out of the four 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.