Paata Janashvili Cup

Paata Janashvili Cup

Full Name: Paata Janashvili Cup Cup Type: National-Medical Founder: Paata Janashvili Seasons: 46 Current Champions: Winagulebi Most Titled: Winagulebi (25 times)

Paata Janashvili Cup is youth tournament created by legendary footballer Paata Janashvili. The most popular tournament after Hattrick Masters.

History

Creation

After 2 years of his retirement, Paata Janashvili guessed that his life was nothing without football. So he decided to create a tournament between youth teams.

Season 1: Dramatic beginnings

Main article: 1st Season of Paata Janashvili Cup

1st season was the shortest, but one of the most dramatic seasons in history of Paata Janashvili Cup. The winner turned out only in the final round in a match between Winagulebi and HUGO2, that took place in 31th July 2010. The tight match with a clear dominance of home side ended 5-1.

In spite of Winagulebi winning 1st season of Paata Janashvili Cup, no one will ever forget the match that was played 3 weeks earlier. When Dato Tsenteradze scored on the 37th minute of match between HUGO2 and METE2 KID everybody was sure, that HUGO2 will take easy 3 points. But in almost 13 minutes the score was already 1-3 in favour of METE2 KID. Suprisingly players of HUGO2 showed their character and the first half ended 3-3. In the beginning of the second period METE2 KID achieved to score 2 more goals, so the score became 3-5. But HUGO2 did not surrender and in last few minutes scored 3 more goals. Finally HUGO2 won 6-5. The memorable player of this match became Dato Tsenteradze, who dared to score hattrick and take 2 yellow cards in the same match.

Participants of the first season of Paata Janashvili Cup were: Winagulebi, HUGO2, METE2 KID and ADP.

Season 2: Longest season with 8 participants

Main article: 2nd Season of Paata Janashvili Cup

In this season Winagulebi lost only 3 points in 14 matches. According to this it wasn't hard for them to claim the title for the second time. Similar to the first season the only winner against Winagulebi was HUGO2.

Memorable matches can be called wonderful comeback of Winagulebi against HUGO2 after 0-2. Finally the match ended 3-2. And tight match between HUGO2 and METE2 KID, which ended 2-2. Double from the guest side was scored by Yury Vedenev.

Participants of the second season of Paata Janashvili Cup were: Winagulebi, METE2 KID, HUGO2, ADP, martveebi, NIKOPEBI, ribosoma and NightHeroes.

Season 3: Winagulebi continues winning

Main article: 3rd Season of Paata Janashvili Cup

After second season NIKOPEBI and Nightheroes were eliminated from the cup and the third season was played among 6 teams.

This season was full of great moments and suprises from newbie teams. First time in Cup's history "Great Three" was changed. ribosoma took the third place and METE2 KID was only the fifth. This season was truly the worst for them. But only they defeated champhions Winagulebi. After 4 loses in past two seasons, rampant METE2 KID took a classy revenge and won the match with the score 6-3. As this was their only defeat, Winagulebi has won their third title in a row. HUGO2 was the second.

Participants of the third season of Paata Janashvili Cup were: Winagulebi, HUGO2, ribosoma, ADP, METE2 KID and martveebi.

Season 4: First crown for Iveria

Main article: 4th Season of Paata Janashvili Cup

Champion of the 4th season became Iveria (was called METE2 KID in past 3 seasons). Winner's name was unknown till the end. Winagulebi and Iveria earned equal number of points, but Iveria had better balance. They started season with 2 draws, according to this everyone decided that this was another unsuccessfull season for them. But Iveria quickly rehabilitated and won most of matches.

4th season is thought to be one of the most dramatic and difficult in cup's history. 8 teams took part in. FC Kubdari and Kutaturebi were the newbies.

Season 5: Winagulebi has the title back

Main article: 5th Season of Paata Janashvili Cup

This season was also strained and full of exciting games. As in most of Paata Janashvili Cup seasons the main confrontation was between Winagulebi and Iveria.

In final round Winagulebi had match against Kutaturebi and was ahead of Iveria with only one point. Correspondingly in case of loss or draw Winagulebi would loose title, because Iveria played at the same time with outsider: FC Kubdari. At 37th minute score was already 3-0 in favour of Winagulebi, but Kutaturebi managed to score 3 goals and at 60th minute score became 3-3. In spite of difficulties players of Winagulebi braced themselves and scored 3 unreciprocated goals. The game finally ended 6-3.

The 5th season was the first season of Paata Janashvili Cup before which the number of participants didn't change.

Seasons 6 to 8: Asteroidi Breakthrough

Main article: 6th Season of Paata Janashvili Cup

The 6th season appeared to be winning for Asteroidi, who were crowned champions for the first time in their career. Asteroidi also won the next installment of Paata Janashvili Cup. Only to be succeeded by Winagulebi in season 8.

Seasons 9 to 20: Iveria Dominance

In the next 12 seasons Iveria managed to gain 11 titles and become most titled team among Paata Janashvili Cup members. The only thing Winagulebi could do, was to claim season 17 title.

Seasons 21 to 26: End of Old Era

In the following seasons Winagulebi tried to return their past glory and won 5 titles in a row. The 26th season, which went under full contol of Iveria, was the last in the Old Era of Paata Janashvili Cup. Because of the lack of members, competing teams had to take a break, which lasted little more than a year.

Seasons 27 and beyond

Main article: 27th Season of Paata Janashvili Cup

The new edition of Paata Janashvili Cup started on 07.06.2016 and it has given the crowd the hope to see as amazing matches between youth teams as they used to in the past. Paata himself was very happy and he personally thanked manager of Iveria for his commitements in bringing the tournament back to life.

It was Winagulebi, who won the opening season of reborn Paata Janashvili Cup.

Teams

These teams have taken part in the Paata Janashvili Cup: Winagulebi, Asteroidi, Klavishebi, FC Kubdari, Kutaturebi, NIKOPEBI, Nightheroes, martveebi, ADP, Bratuxia, Mimino-94, Young Juventinos, Greven Juniors, FC ODISHI Junior, Bjolebi 2, Tetri Qvebi, massive and Iveria

Changed Names

After 3 seasons two teams: HUGO2, Ribosoma and METE2 KID changed its names. HUGO2 is called Asteroidi, Ribosoma - Klavishebi and METE2 KID - Iveria

Champions

Season	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
1	Winagulebi	HUGO2	METE2 KID
2	Winagulebi	METE2 KID	HUGO2
3	Winagulebi	HUGO2	ribosoma
4	Iveria	Winagulebi	Asteroidi
5	Winagulebi	Iveria	ADP
6	Asteroidi	Iveria	ADP
7	Asteroidi	Winagulebi	Iveria
8	Winagulebi	Iveria	Asteroidi
9	Iveria	Winagulebi	Asteroidi
10	Iveria	Asteroidi	Winagulebi
11	Iveria	Winagulebi	Asteroidi
12	Iveria	Winagulebi	Asteroidi
13	Iveria	Winagulebi	Asteroidi
14	Iveria	Winagulebi	Asteroidi
15	Iveria	Asteroidi	Winagulebi
16	Iveria	Winagulebi	Asteroidi
17	Winagulebi	Iveria	Asteroidi
18	Iveria	Winagulebi	Asteroidi
19	Iveria	Winagulebi	Asteroidi
20	Iveria	Winagulebi	bratuxia
21	Winagulebi	Iveria	bratuxia
22	Winagulebi	Asteroidi	Iveria
23	Winagulebi	Iveria	bratuxia
24	Winagulebi	Iveria	bratuxia
25	Winagulebi	Iveria	bratuxia
26	Iveria	Winagulebi	bratuxia
27	Winagulebi	Iveria	Young Juventinos
28	Iveria	Winagulebi	FC ODISHI Junior
29	Iveria	Winagulebi	FC ODISHI Junior
30	Winagulebi	Iveria	FC ODISHI Junior
31	Iveria	Winagulebi	FC ODISHI Junior
32	Iveria	Winagulebi	Greven Juniors
33	Tetri Qvebi	Iveria	Bjolebi 2
34	Winagulebi	Bjolebi 2	Iveria
35	Winagulebi	Bjolebi 2	FC ODISHI Junior
36	Winagulebi	Bjolebi 2	Iveria
37	Winagulebi	Bjolebi 2	Mimino-94
38	Winagulebi	Bjolebi 2	Iveria
39	Winagulebi	Iveria	Tetri Qvebi
40	Winagulebi	Bjolebi 2	Iveria
41	Iveria	Winagulebi	Tetri Qvebi
42	Winagulebi	Iveria	Bjolebi 2
43	Winagulebi	Iveria	Tetri Qvebi
44	Winagulebi	Iveria	Tetri Qvebi
45	Winagulebi	Tetri Qvebi	Iveria
46	Winagulebi	Mimino-94	Tetri Qvebi

Teams reaching the top three

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Top 3 finishes	Top 2 finishes
Winagulebi	25 (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)	17 (4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 41)	2 (10, 15)	44	42
Iveria	18 (4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 41)	16 (2, 5, 6, 8, 17, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 33, 39, 42, 43, 44)	8 (1, 7, 22, 34, 36, 38, 40, 45)	42	34
Asteroidi	2 (6, 7)	5 (1, 3, 10, 15, 22)	12 (2, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)	19	7
Tetri Qvebi	1 (33)	2 (45, 46)	4 (39, 41, 43, 44)	6	2
Bjolebi 2	—	6 (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40)	2 (33, 42)	8	6
Mimino-94	—	1 (45)	1 (37)	2	1
bratuxia	—	—	6 (20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26)	6	—
FC ODISHI Junior	—	—	5 (28, 29, 30, 31, 35)	5	—
ADP	—	—	2 (5, 6)	2	—
Greven Juniors	—	—	1 (32)	1	—
Young Juventinos	—	—	1 (27)	1	—
ribosoma	—	—	1 (3)	1	—

Top Scorers

Season	Player	Nationality	Team	Goals
1	Eduard Burduli		HUGO2	5
2	Otar Kakashvili		METE2 KID	15
3	Gia Dvalishvili		Winagulebi	8
4	Tato Iobashvili / Telman Osmanlı	/	Asteroidi / ADP	12 / 12
5	Giga Didebashvili		Iveria	10
6	Mukhran Darjania / Gela Sekhniashvili	/	Asteroidi / Iveria	12 / 12
7	Shakro Kopaleishvili		Winagulebi	15
8	Zurab Leqvinadze		Iveria	10
9	Onise Meladze / Gela Ebralidze / Koba Kechakmadze	/ /	Iveria / Asteroidi / Winagulebi	8 / 8 / 8
10	Kakha Nizharadze		Iveria	8
11	Zaza Papashvili		Iveria	18
12	Zaza Papashvili		Iveria	16
13	Zaal Toria / Mamuka Chkhikvadze	/	FC Kubdari 2 / Winagulebi	8 / 8
14	Bagrat Gelashvili		Iveria	10
15	Artur Maghradze		Iveria	10
16	Shota Khvadagiani / Zirəddin Əliyev	/	Iveria / Asteroidi	10 / 10
17	Richard Chakvetadze		Winagulebi	12
18	Bakuri Gonashvili		Winagulebi	10
19	Revaz Gogsadze / Roland Meskhi	/	Asteroidi / Winagulebi	5 /5
20	Bondo Adamia		Winagulebi	8
21	Vato Chivadze / Rostom Iakobadze / Daviti Simonishvili / Nugzar Pilauri / Davud İsayev / Rostom Durglishvili	/ / / / /	Winagulebi / Winagulebi / Winagulebi / Winagulebi / bratuxia / Asteroidi	4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4
22	Lasha Kikalishvili		Asteroidi	10
23	Hamlet Okropiridze		Iveria	5
24	Sergo Katsitadze / Papuna Okujava / Shota Bolkvadze	/ /	Winagulebi / Winagulebi / bratuxia	6 / 6 / 6
25	Sergo Katsitadze		Winagulebi	6
26	Shota Kurtsikidze / Sergi Zoidze / Kvicha Akhaladze / Sergo Katsitadze	/ / /	Iveria / Iveria / Iveria / Winagulebi	4 / 4 / 4 / 4
27	Pharnaoz Bagatelia		Winagulebi	9
28	Pharnaoz Bagatelia		Winagulebi	7
29	Gigla Vartkmanidze		Iveria	6
30	Gigla Vartkmanidze		Iveria	6
31	Ekvtime Kokobinadze		Winagulebi	10
32	Vano Orbeladze / Nerse Abshilava / Parmen Toidze / Ekvtime Kokobianidze / Sandro Phartskhaladze / Lasha Khurodze / Vakhtang Taazashvili / Erosi Gavelidze / Anar Əlizadə / Raphiel Kutateladze	/ / / / / / / / /	Iveria / Iveria / Iveria / Winagulebi / Winagulebi / Winagulebi / Greven Juniors / FC ODISHI Junior / Mimino-94 / Mimino-94	4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4
33	Zhanri Berdzuli		Iveria	10
34	Shio Zhadugashvili		Bjolebi 2	7
35	Shio Zhadugashvili		Bjolebi 2	7
36	Aydın Cavadov		Iveria	8
37	Zaza Kemularia		Tetri Qvebi	13
38	Vasiliy Ostroverkhov		Tetri Qvebi	11
39	Rati Tsikelashvili		Iveria	8
40	Beso Shanidze		Winagulebi	8
41	Mindia Khotelashvili / Xəzər Hüseyinzadə	/	Winagulebi / Winagulebi	8 / 8
42	Beso Shanidze / Vitali Nebiridze	/	Winagulebi / Iveria	10 / 10
43	Xəzər Hüseyinzadə		Winagulebi	13
44	Yuri Smolov (a.k.a Isfendyar Poladov)		Iveria	11
45	Dachi Gamgebeli / Xəzər Hüseyinzadə / Kakha Kapanadze	/ /	Winagulebi / Winagulebi / Tetri Qvebi	9 / 9 / 9
46	Dachi Gamgebeli / Shota Khabadze / Demetre Gumberidze	/ /	Winagulebi / Winagulebi / Tetri Qvebi	7 / 7 / 7

Top Scorers by Team

Team	Top Scorers
Winagulebi	31
Iveria	25
Asteroidi	8
Tetri Qvebi	4
Bjolebi 2	2
Mimino	2
bratuxia	2
FC ODISHI Junior	1
Greven Juniors	1
ADP	1
FC Kubdari 2	1

Top Scorers by Nationality

Natonality	Top Scorers
	68
	9
	1

Individual Records

Zaza Papashvili holds the record for the most goals scored in a single Cup with 18 goals.

Sergo Katsitadze is the only player who has been top scorer in three consecutive seasons (Seasons 24, 25 and 26) of Paata Janashvili Cup.