[clarification needed] A new club was formed as Margveti Zestaponi joined Pirveli Liga and promoted in the first season.

Though it should be mentioned, that football was played far earlier in Georgia, mainly in the sea-side cities, first of all in Poti, where local groups competed in "passing/tossing a ball" with British mariners.

First football players from Zestaponi were students of the local gymnasium (currently secondary school #1).

In the 1930s two football teams are established in Zestaponi – "Mertskhali" (Swallow) and "Locomotive", that often take part in local and regional tournaments.

It was by the initiative of professional committee of the plant, that a meeting of workers of the physical culture was held on 10 May 1937.

In August 1938, "Metallurgi" participates in the union tournament held by sport-society "Metallurgist" in Minsk, where the team defeats "Electrostal Moscow", "Krasni Oktiabr Staliningrad", "Metallurg Leningrad" and loses in final to "Serp i Molot".

In total, in the years of 1991–1998 FC "Margveti" participated in Umaglesi League 8 National Championships, held 247 matches, won 98 of them, draw 43, lost – 106, difference in scores 397–443.

In 2006 "Margveti-2006" was founded in the lower division and recently in Meore Liga, but it is different (municipal) club.

A new club using the city legend team name Metallurgi Zestaponi was formed in 1999.

UEFA Europa League Play-offs David Abashidze stadium was built by "Zestaponi Ferro-alloy Plant", started operating in 1952.

Relevant infrastructure is being made – work out rooms are being repaired, building of a new tribunes with personal seats is planned, along with the installment of a modern score-board.

On 9 April 2010 the stadium was named after David Abashidze who contributed tremendously to the development and revival of football in Zestaponi.