One of the most unlikely European Cup winners ever
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UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1980/81 went to Dinamo Tbilisi. This was during a period when they also won the Soviet Cup and Soviet Top League. Go back 20 years and the USSR Nations Cup winning side of 1960 had a core of Georgian talent.
This is the story of their rise and, with the fall of communism and the death of their stars, how it collapsed.
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let FM 2022 come and we'll show the them once again what Tbilisians are made off!
Thank you so much for making this video. I don't know about Dinamo Tbilisi but our national team will soon rise 🇬🇪♥️
NEVER NORTH ONLY MACEDONIA 🇲🇰
You pronounce Tbilisi wrong
A great watch. Thanks very much.
I’d advise changing the title of the video. They didn’t win the European Cup. You don’t need to resort to clickbait.
c'mon tifo football, you can do better than this. the bosman rulling decimated football in eastern europe more than gangsterism and corruption combined because the east clubs lost the only leverage they had against the richer clubs from the west.
This was quite depressing.
Unfortunately lots of countries in Eastern Europe lost their former glory in football when communism fell, probably because the system in which football talent was developed also collapsed just as the system as a whole. For example just look at Bulgaria and Romania who both had amazing teams back in the World Cup 1994 for instance, my country Sweden beat them both in the bronze game and in the quarterfinal, but they were amazing teams back then, and look where they are now. Maybe Georgia could have had a great national team as well, if they had built on this success. Had never heard of this story before but it's a nice one! Seems like an amazing, beautiful country as well, would really want to go there someday too.
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I'd forgotten all about Carl Zeiss Jena. They were always there or thereabouts in European competitions back in the 80s, I wonder what happened to them after reunification?
Forest were holders, not Liverpool in 79-80?
Dinamo beat Liverpool in 1979, not 78, and the Reds weren't holders, but English champions
sorry, what? Didn't Npttingham Forest beat holders Liverpool in the European Cup of 1978? Is this a wind up?
Steaua is also a weird ucl winner
I feel so proud rn
Can you please make a video on the Uefa conference league
A rather depressing story.
They've got the dates wrong - the Liverpool and West Ham games were both a year later than stated here, 1979-80 and 1980-81. I remember the West Ham game - brilliant play by DT
Excellent video. Would also love to see an article regarding the rise and fall of Ararat Yerevan, fascinating story from winning the Soviet title and becoming a competitive European force to a complete non-entity in Armenian football.
My dad always says the best team he saw beat West Ham at Upton Park was that dinamo tbilisi team. Great work tifo 👍
Correct. The Soviet republics didn’t play for the “Russian” side they all played for the Soviet Union national team because it was one country representing all nationalities and ethnicities within the union.
My club ajax had aan very good player in the ninties from Georgië Sheverladse. He whas very popular a great striker.
Sorry , Arveladze.
@IBERIAN GEORGIAN He not played very good for ajax , Shota Averladse whas the men.
@Mario kooijman yea bro in Ajax also played George Kinkladze one seasson as i know , but he was legend of Manchester sity. in the same period The Ajax was very magestic club in Europe
@IBERIAN GEORGIAN Yes , i maked a mistake about his name. Long time ago.
Arveladze
I can't wait for Arsenal to win the Champions League and take the place as the #1 most unlikely European Cup winner ever
0:37 I am sorry, can you say that name again? How on earth can "Chokheli" become "Chiele"? ... RIP all those Georgian legends :(.
So, what you're saying is things were better under Communism?!
Shengelia...as a Scotland fan that name sends shivers down my spine 😬
Another reasons why we need a 3rd European Cup (big up for the new coming UEFA Conference Cup!) and another reason why UEFA was super stupid to cancel the Cup Winners' Cup and in making - especially on the financial distribution of funds towards certain federations in an inequal way - most of the decisions since 1999 on. It's super sad to always see the top 5 federations and the same clubs winning trophies. Sad, stupidly planned, inequal and digging distance between clubs in different countries, rather than promoting a good, fair football. Anecdote: was in Tbilisi and bought a scarf of Dinamo Tbilisi, with written "1980 Cup Winners Cup Winners". Something I am terribly proud of.
This is lowkey clickbait but I forgive you
Please do RED STAR BELGRADE !!!!
could you do a video about the Gothenburg side that won the europa league twice? (uefa cup)
Glory to Dinamo
Great video!
i remember Russian football TV show used to do these kind of historical bits on legendary players and teams with archive video's and a lot of inside stories that simple people before the internet had no access to. i would watch beautiful clips of Baggio, Ronaldo, Cruyff and then there was Kipiani. it was unbelievable. i dont know what exactly made him so special to me - maybe because you never knew someone coming from these countries could play like that, but he looked out of this world.
I know this is a long shot but anyway you could do some videos on MLS when the season starts?
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Do a video of leeds and GFH capital and what happened with david haigh. Very intersting story.
hey tifo football guys! i wanted to say that im from georgia and youve covered this story pretty well. by the way these weren't just accidents. most of the situations were rigged to kill them the soviet past is very dark. and about him not being included in the team that was because he was from georgia and russians always hated us. we hate them too. and nice of you t o show that 20% of our country is occupied by russia.
Thanks Tifo for this amazing video ❤❤ I hope one day we will be back 🔵⚪🔵
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I wonder how much of an impact rugby had on Georgia's fall in football. This only wants Georgia added to a second division (with/promotion/relegation) of a Six Nations even more. Surely Georgians have a stronger sense of pride in their rugby team these days?
We have pretty big faith in Rugby National Team, League isnt best here, there are lots of problems yet just like in Football League.
Could you make one about psv's win?
Moral of the story, Never drive in Georgia.
Kipiani was incredible.
Tifo should start up a different channel for TIFO CHESS because they’re way too smart
Great video!! Next video Steaua winning champions league!
WC 1982, USSR Vs Brazil. 4 Georgians in starting eleven. Included Captain Chivadze. ♥
EUROPA LEAGUE/ UEFA CUP CSKA MOSCOW 2005 LISABON
i've been watching this channel for over a year now and would never have though that my country could get video here, im proud and thankful to you. amazing content keep it up
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Stalin must be so proud of his home country...
@Kazuya II yeah he was Georgian, but he wan not patriotic at all. If he was proud to be a Georgian he would not kill hundreds of thouthands of our people and give away half og Georgias land.
@wierdo132 33 In my opinion, I think he's proud of what his people had acheived
@wierdo132 33 bro... He was georgian
No, he has no home country other then USSR. He literaly gave away half of our lands.
Still more European cups than Manchester City, Arsenal, Spurs, Combined.
@Georgios Ioannis Pappas Didn't know that. Thanks. My team, Rangers have won the European Cup Winner's Cup so it annoys me when people ignore it.
@Rule Britannia Spurs have won the Europa League twice, in 1972 and 1984.
Not true. Both Arsenal and Spurs have won the UEFA European Cup Winner's Cup. However, as it no longer exists as a competition people think it doesn't count as a European trophy.
Tifo use so much stats it’s easy to feel outdated after even just a month
In 2021 it would be Barca lol
1:42 why is that what he ha... It's was made out of a vodka bottle in a shape of balalajka and rimmed with bear fur.
Messi is old news it’s all about Meskhi
Georgian football before the collapse of the Soviet Union was really good. Dinamo Tbilisi had a great youth system. Soviet football in general is still highly underrated as a system. Lobanovskiy, Maslov, and Nodar Akhalkatsi were all early pioneers in the development of modern football philosophies.
Thats a difference to a top11 from the former soviet states. After the USSR collapsed there havent been many world class players besides Shevchenko and maybe Arshavin. So Russia, Ukraine etc have a lack in scouting. There is clearly a talent pool but other than during the soviet era, when they had good scouting, there is a clear lack in this area.
@PraetorianGuard2004 Yeah. During the 80s the Soviet league was one of the top leagues of europe. And not forgott the sucess the national team had back in the 60s. Yugoslavia was also great. Just when you look what current players are from the former state. Would be a really strong team.
@L Theisen For real. The Soviet Union was getting quite strong by the end of the 1980s. Would have been interesting to see how well Yugoslavia and USSR could have done in the 1990s if they had stuck together.
I think the Soviet Union is the lost powerhouse in football. Everyone talks about Portugal or the Netherlands eve when they are in a hard time but the heritage of Soviet football is often missed out.
Hopefully they will play in the UEFA Conference League. Good to see great clubs in european competitions.
What an amazing channel
Hopefully we'll see them again on the international stage. Georgia is a beautiful country full of wonderful people.
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Meskhi sounds a lot like messi
Wow this was depressing :(
haven't watched the vid yet, but glad to see tifo making arsenal content
The streets won't forget when Georgia ruled European football
You know, you could really look up the image of Soviet Cup trophy and not come up with a ridiculous over the top image. It's actually really beautiful and was made out of crystal. Both RPL and Cup trophies until recently were made out of crystal rather than usual metal.
Tifo will you please make a video about Bob Paisley and his achievements, I almost never hear any football channels give him any recognition.
Make a new video about what pep has made to Manchester city now days on this winning stake much love from Uganda
That Athletic money is making an already quality product just that much better. Who knew? Another fine video, Tifo. Keep it up.
And to top it off, their opponents in the final were also pretty unlikely winners, won't you say?
Sad feels
Afraid that the dates are wrong. The vid states the West Ham tie was in 1979. This cannot be true as the Irons won the cup in 1980 so this game must have been 1981. Otherwise a good vid as usual but this is basic
Can you do 1986 UCL winner Steaua Bucharest ? A very surprising and interesting story !
The game animations are looking more and more like the in-game 2D classical view of Football Manager. :-D
Denmark '92 coming up?
Can you do a video on the 1986 Steaua Bucuresti side that won the European Cup? I'd enjoy a video on that.
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Never would’ve thought I’d see a Tifo video about my hometown and country. Great video about a once great club with interesting stories. Kipiani by the way is the GOAT. When they beat Liverpool some fan gave him money to congratulate him. He looked at it signed it with his autograph and gave the money back to the fan.
That's a sheer Zlatan moment
That’s what capitalism does to you
Lol, pls shut up if you dont know what you are talking about.
Soyuz Neroshimiy respublika svoye
Alan Hansen's initial positioning to be caught out by Kipiani's pass to Gutsaev, ... well it was absolutely shocking.
Yes! This video made my day, finally a video on the Georgian Golden Age of Football
“Gangster capitalism” you can just say capitalism yknow
New FM save?
Haven't started the video but I can tell it's a farmers league team, marseille😂😂😂
as a georgian im proud
Shit video. So dull. Channels dead.
Where did you get this information
You can just read it on wiki
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Another stellar piece of work from Tifo.
As a Georgian thanks for doing this video.
Do a video on Aberdeen winning 2 European cups under fergie
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This video is Jonathan Wilson all over
I suggest you to make a video of chelsea under tuchel plz
Can you do a video about the Videoton SC side that were finalists in the 1984-85 Uefa Cup?
"Gangster Capitalism"? is there any other kind?
Communist Llama Kazan. The Soviet Union. TyapLyap(yes, that is the name).
@Rossonero1899 Which city? Which country? What criminal organisation?
Of course, it would be a communist who comments dumb shit like this. Fun fact: during Soviet times, a criminal organization held so much control over a city, that no Italian mafia ever could dream of. Was that “gangster” capitalism or is it that crime can also exist in a socialist system?
They were all on PAD’s
David Kipiani is good. Had I kept myself away from McDonald's I would've been in top flight leagues by now.
Liverpool played Tbilisi in the 79/80 season. We won the European cup in 78