 The current club was founded in Tbilisi by former player and coach Goridze Chikhradze and his cousin in 2004, with a plan to move the club to Gagra in the end, but due to the enduring Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Gagra has played its home games in Tbilisi.The new club was formed as FC Gagra in 2004 at Regionuli Liga, where the club won promotion to the Pirveli Liga.After winning their second-tier division, Gagra lost the promotion play-off in 2005–06 and 2006–07 and failed to promote to the Umaglesi Liga.