Later in the early 1990s, they took part in first three seasons of the top national league before suspending their activities due to political tensions in the region which turned into a full-fledged war.
[2] When Georgia broke away from Soviet football in February 1990, unlike fellow Abkhazian club Dinamo Sukhumi who opted to continue taking part in the Soviet league system, Mziuri chose to join a Georgian league and qualified for an Umaglesi Liga inaugural season.
In the Georgian Cup, the team eliminated Shevardeni 1906 and advanced to the round of 16 where they sustained a 4–3 aggregate defeat from Guria, the future winners of this competition.
The 1991–92 season was most successful as the club under head coach Bondo Kakubava recorded 14 wins in 19 home games and came 7th in the table.
[4] Mziuri were about to commence a new season with ambitious plans in August 1992, but they had to abruptly withdraw after the war in Abkhazia broke out.