In the Soviet leagues Founded in 1925, Dinamo Sokhumi took part in the Soviet football league system since 1936. The club long played in the
Soviet Second League and brought up several well-known Soviet football players. Among them were
Nikita Simonyan,
Valter Sanaya,
Daur Akhvlediani,
Avtandil Gogoberidze,
Akhrik Tsveiba,
Gennadi Bondaruk,
Georgy Grammatikopulo,
Temur Ketsbaia and
Ruslan Ajinjal who all started their professional career at Dinamo Sokhumi or spent significant amount of time at the club. In 1960s Dinamo spent several seasons in Class B of the Soviet third division. From 1971 to 1990, apart from three seasons (1974–76), they competed in different zones of the
Soviet Second league. In
the Soviet Cup competition Dinamo achieved their biggest success in 1987 when they reached 1/8 finals, having eliminated
Spartak Ordzhonikidze from the
First league and
Dinamo Minsk,
the Supreme League club. In
1989 the club clinched the title, won a subsequent play-off tournament and for the first time in their history got promoted to the
First League. Overall results achieved by Dinamo Sokhumi in II league are the following: Meanwhile, in early 1990,
Georgian Football Federation established new
Umaglesi Liga. An absolute majority of Georgian football clubs, including
Dinamo Tbilisi and
Torpedo Kutaisi, withdrew from the Soviet league. In contrast, Dinamo Sokhumi chose to remain in the Soviet football system where they played in the
First League two more seasons up until 1991. This political issue divided Dinamo Sokhumi. While ten players decided to remain in the club, most players and members of the staff opted for participation in the Georgian top league. For this purpose they formed new club
FC Tskhumi Sokhumi. With the formal collapse of
USSR in the dying days of 1991 all Soviet leagues were abolished. As a result, there was no tournament left where Dinamo could participate in 1992. In August the
war in Abkhazia, Georgia, broke out and all Abkhazian football clubs were temporarily dissolved.
After 2000 In early 2000s the club resumed functioning in Tbilisi, formed by
IDP from
Abkhazia, as
Dinamo Sokhumi. The club played in the 2005-06 season in the
top division of the Georgian championship. For a short time around 2006 it was also known as
ASMC Sokhumi. Due to financial problems the club was gradually relegated to lower
Regionuli Liga. Since 2013 Dinamo has been competing again in the
Regionuli Liga. ==Achievements==