Dinamo Batumi

Early period

Prior to the formation of this club, there were some other teams existing in the city. In 1923, two newly established clubs called Mezgvauri (The Sailor) and Tsiteli Raindi (The Red Knight) merged and became Dinamo Batumi.

Football became more popular in Adjara later, although Dinamo participated only in the lower divisions of Soviet championship. However, there were some players in the club, who later became successful footballers in the USSR, including Revaz Chelebadze, Nodar Khizanishvili and Vakhtang Koridze. The famous Greek footballer Andreas Niniadis also started his career in the club. He later played for Olympiacos and the Greece national team.

The team played the last six seasons of the 1980s in the Soviet First League, tier 2 of Soviet football.

1990s and 2000s

The success for the Batumi-based club came when they won the Georgian Cup in 1998, after losing two previous finals. As the team defeated Dinamo Tbilisi, the goals were scored by Aleksandre Kantidze and Davit Chichveishvili. They secured the Georgian Super Cup as well after a 2–1 win over the same opponents. As one of the strongest teams of the league, starting from 1995 Dinamo represented the country in European competitions for four consecutive seasons.

The next decade turned out disappointing for Dinamo, which failed to notch up any success on either competition. Amid construction boom in Adjara, in 2006 the club lost their stadium, located at the seaside, to be sold and demolished. The Adeli stadium, which Dinamo started using as their home ground, met the same fate later on. It coincided with deteriorating performance in the league. After 2007–08 they were relegated to Pirveli Liga for the first time. Overall, Dinamo spent next five seasons out of six in the second division.

In search for success

In 2013–14, the club revived their ambitions, first to gain promotion to Umaglesi Liga and then to secure a place among the league leaders. They performed as runners-up after a 17-year wait in 2015, but two years later entered the period of instability characterized by a drastic change of players and replacement of managers. The team concluded the season in the relegation zone, despite having some experienced players such as Otar Martsvaladze, David Kvirkvelia and Elguja Grigalashvili in the squad. They suffered a worse setback in the play-off as a dramatic two-leg tie against Sioni resulted in their relegation.

Prior to the new season in Liga 2, Gia Geguchadze was appointed as head coach and with promotion set as their only goal, Dinamo convincingly won the league by an eleven-point margin.

Тhe Lamini managerial years (2020–25)

In early 2020, 100% share of Dinamo Batumi owned by the Adjarian government was awarded to Lamini Ltd for 49 years.

Back in the top flight Dinamo rushed to the title-chasing battle, in which they initially performed beyond expectations. As no other newly promoted club had ever won the league, Dinamo Batumi appeared close to setting this record, although at the crucial stage they slipped up, dropping vital points against two unmotivated clubs. Yet, the second place was definitely success for the club, where national team members Jaba Jigauri, Giorgi Navalovski and Vladimer Dvalishvili emerged at this stage.

On 27 October 2020, following a long-awaited opening ceremony of the Batumi Stadium, the second-placed club for two consecutive seasons representing the second largest city proudly moved into their new home.

Dinamo Batumi achieved their biggest league triumph from a third straight attempt in 2021. With the same head coach into the fourth season and a largely retained squad, the team gained advantage over their rivals, won six matches with a large margin, including 8–1, the biggest win of the season, and lifted the Champion's Shield for the first time in their history. Subsequently, their seven players were named in Team of the Season. An impressive UEFA European campaign also boosted the players from Adjara. Seven of them were called up in early September for Georgia's World Cup qualifier against Spain.

Dinamo Batumi position attracted young talents like Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Zuriko Davitashvili to join the club in March 2022. The next year, amid the celebrations of their centenary season, the team, now guided by Andriy Demchenko, secured the league title, also reaching the cup final for the first time in 25 years.

A new decline started in 2024 when Dinamo failed to finish the season among top two teams for the first time in the last six years. In the summer of 2025, the management admitted a financial crisis. As a year-long transfer ban was imposed by FIFA, many footballers left the club. In early December, the Adjarian government announced that they abolished the 2020 agreement with Lamini Ltd and restored full control over the club. On 29 December 2025, JSC DB 1923 officially took over Dinamo Batumi.