The original Spartaki Tskhinvali were founded in 1936, and during the time of the Soviet Union were a mainstay in the regional Georgian League, which was the fourth division in the Soviet league table. The club's biggest success came in 1987 when they won the regional
Georgian Cup. With the creation of independent Georgian league the club changed their name into
Liakhvi and played several games of the first season until being withdrawn from the competition. The team was restored in 2007, in an effort for the Georgian government to regain control over the break-away region of South Ossetia. Having won the second league in 2013, they were promoted to the
Umaglesi Liga. In January 2015 the team was renamed as
FC Tskhinvali. In 2014/15 the club reached semifinals of the
national Cup for the first time, but failed to overcome
Dinamo Tbilisi (1–2 on aggregate). Their championship game four days prior to the return leg ended with Tskhinvali's sensational 4–1 victory. In the same season under
Kakha Kacharava the team reached their highest position in the league by finishing 4th and qualified for
2015–16 Europa League competition. Tskhinvali were relegated from
Umaglesi Liga after the transitional
2016 season. For three years the team competed in the second division. After an automatic relegation they were supposed to play in Liga 3 the next year, although unable to cope with long-standing financial difficulties, the club was expelled from the league in January 2020. == Honours ==