TBILISI, December 4, 2024 - A presentation of a photo-album book dedicated to when Dinamo Tbilisi won the Soviet Union Championship in 1964 to become the USSR Champion took place in Tbilisi. The author of the publication is Georgian journalist Lasha Goduadze. This was his 24th book in the last 20 years. Speaking at the presentation, L. Goduadze said: "60 years have passed since the historic victory of Dinamo Tbilisi in the additional match for the title of USSR Champion, which took place on November 18, 1964 in Tashkent. The book includes press materials from 1964, articles and a report on the visit of the sports delegation of Georgia to Tashkent in 2014, when events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Dinamo Tbilisi's first championship title were held." He thanked the Association of Sports Journalists of Georgia and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the country, which provided assistance in publishing the book - photo album.
The President of the Association of Sports Journalists of Georgia, Giga Gventsadze, pointed out the importance of publishing such books, "aimed at popularizing football, familiarizing the public with the history of victories of the leading team of Georgia of that time."
The famous publicist Demiko Loladze pointed out that "Dinamo Tbilisi winning the title of USSR champion in 1964 was not only of sporting significance, it was an important victory for the people of Georgia."
Tashkent, 1964
The Tbilisi “Dinamo” players became champions of the USSR twice (1964, 1978), five times vice-champions and 13 times bronze medalists of the USSR championship, two times winners of the USSR Cup (1976, 1979), and in 1981 they won the Cup of Winners of the European Cups. The additional match in Tashkent was scheduled because the Tbilisi “Dinamo” and Moscow “Torpedo” scored 46 points each in the 1964 championship, and the game in Tashkent ended with a 4-1 victory for the Georgian footballers. (It should be established that since February 1921 Georgia was occupied by Bolshevik Russia and was part of the Soviet Union between 1922-1990 – author).
Speaking at the presentation of the book, the author of these lines drew attention to the fact that back then, in 1964, among the 70 thousand spectators of the match in Tashkent, there were about 10 thousand residents of Georgia. They got to Tashkent by different routes - trains, planes, buses, cars, motorcycles. Among them was my father, an old football fan Bochia Pachkoria (1936-1993).
