experienced by Metalurgi in following years, their players occasionally still featured in different post-season nominations. In one of such events in December 2014, Otar Kiteishvili was voted among three best young players. The 2014–15 season turned out critical. Despite sitting among top five teams before the winter break, soon the overall situation rapidly deteriorated. The club had amassed debts exceeding 8₾ million and could not afford to pay salaries to its staff and players. After a fifteen-game winless run, Metalurgi ended up in the drop zone. Following a 5-0 loss to Lokomotivi in playoffs, they were relegated. For the last time the club played in the third tier in 2015–16, but midway through the season they withdrew from the league. Subsequently, Metalurgi were declared bankrupt. A new Rustavi club emerged representing the city in Liga 2, although they did not have any legal connections. Honours Erovnuli Liga Winners (2): 2007, 2010 Runners-up (1): 2011-12 Third place (4): 1990, 1991-92, 2008-09, 2010-11 Georgian Super Cup Winners (1): 2010 Football championship of Georgian SSR: Winners (4): 1959, 1974, 1979, 1984 Seasons {|class="wikitable" |-bgcolor="#efefef" ! Season ! League ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GF ! GA ! P !Cup !Europe !Notes !Manager |- |1990 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right bgcolor=cc9966|3 |align=right|34||align=right|22||align=right|3||align=right|9 |align=right|63||align=right|33||align=right|69 | | |Gorda Rustavi | |- |1991 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|9 |align=right|19||align=right|7||align=right|5||align=right|7 |align=right|34||align=right|22||align=right|26 | | |Gorda Rustavi | |- |1991–92 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right bgcolor=cc9966|3 |align=right|38||align=right|22||align=right|9||align=right|7 |align=right|71||align=right|38||align=right|75 | | |Gorda Rustavi | |- |1992–93 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|7 |align=right|32||align=right|14||align=right|7||align=right|11 |align=right|73||align=right|69||align=right|49 | | |Metallurgi Rustavi | |- |1993–94 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|9 |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| | | |Metallurgi Rustavi | |- |1994–95 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|7 |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| | | |Metallurgi Rustavi | |- |1995–96 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|5 |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| | | |Metallurgi Rustavi | |- |1996–97 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|10 |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| | | |Metallurgi Rustavi | |- |1997–98 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|11 |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| | | |Metallurgi Rustavi | |- |1998–99 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|12 |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| | | |Gorda Rustavi | |- |1999-00 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|12 |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| | | |Gorda Rustavi | |- |2000–01 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|11 |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| | | |Gorda Rustavi | |- |2001–02 |Umaglesi Liga |align=right|10 |align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right| ||align=right|