Liga 3 (Georgia)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liga 3
Founded1990; 31 years ago (1990)
Country Georgia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toErovnuli Liga 2
Relegation toLiga 4
Domestic cup(s)Georgian Cup
Current championsSpaeri (2021)
Websiteliga.gff.ge
Current: 2022

Liga 3, organized by Georgian Football Federation since 1990, is the third division of professional football in Georgia.

Until 2017, when the current name was introduced, it was known as Meore Liga (the Second league).

Structure and league system[]

Initially there were 20 teams competing in the league. In 2019, when Liga 4 was formed, their number were reduced to ten,[1] although after two seasons GFF decided to extend the league to 14 at the expense of two bottom teams from the previous season and two second-placed clubs from Liga 4 While and Red Groups.[2] From 2022 the number of clubs is due to be increased to 16.[3]

Seasons run based on Spring-Autumn system with each team playing an equal amount of home and away games against their league rivals.

The league operates based on a system of promotion and relegation. Champions win an automatic promotion to Erovnuli Liga 2, while the teams which finish in the second and third positions book a place in promotion play-off home and away games against respectively the 9th and 8th placed clubs of Liga 2. Two bottom teams are relegated to Liga 4.

In case two or more clubs obtain the same number of points, their head-to-head records are next to be taken into consideration.

Current members[]

Locations of Liga 3 football clubs

Sixteen teams will be competing in Liga 3 for the 2022 season. Five of them have previously played in the top division, namely Borjomi (2005-09), Guria Lanchkhuti (1990–99, 2001–02 and 2013–16), Kolkheti-1913 Poti (1990-2006, 2010-2013 and 2014–18), Kolkheti Khobi (1990–92 and 1999–2000) and Zestafoni (2004-15) with the latter being the two-times champions.

In 2022 the league will be represented by the following clubs:

Clubs Position last season Location Region
Aragvi 5th Dusheti Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Borjomi 3rd in Liga 4 Borjomi Samtskhe-Javakheti
Bakhmaro 8th Chokhatauri Guria
Chikhura 10th in Liga 2 Sachkhere Imereti
Dinamo-2 Tbilisi 1st in Liga 4 Tbilisi Tbilisi
Gori 6th Gori Shida Kartli
Guria 11th Lanchkhuti Guria
4th in Liga 4 Tbilisi Tbilisi
Kolkheti-1913 2nd Poti Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Kolkheti Khobi 9th Khobi Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Merani-2 Tbilisi 12th Tbilisi Tbilisi
Meshakhte 10th Tkibuli Imereti
Saburtalo-2 7th Tbilisi Tbilisi
3rd Tbilisi Tbilisi
4th Tbilisi Tbilisi
Zestafoni 2nd in Liga 4 Zestafoni Imereti

Results[]

Group Winners of Meore Liga[]

Season West East Center
2011–12 Chikhura Sachkhere II Sasco Tbilisi ���
2012–13 Matchakhela Khelvachauri —
2013–14 Lazika Zugdidi Borjomi —
2014–15 Imereti Khoni Tskhumi Sukhumi
2015–16 Sulori Vani Gardabani
2016 Betlemi, Margveti, Samegrelo Algeti, N.Dinamoeli, Shevardeni, Telavi Gori

Note: Due to the season being transitional in 2016, none of the teams was promoted

Top three teams of Liga 3[]

Season Winner Runner-up Third place
2017 Shevardeni Norchi Dinamo Tbilisi Telavi
2018 Zugdidi Bakhmaro Chokhatauri Guria Lanchkhuti
2019 Merani Martvili Samgurali Tskhaltubo Aragvi Dusheti
2020 Gareji Sagarejo Kolkheti-1913 Poti Gori
2021 Spaeri Tbilisi Kolkheti-1913 Poti

Note: Apart from the champions who were automatically promoted to the second division, the teams indicated in bold gained promotion after winning the play-offs against their Liga-2 rivals.

Relegated teams[]

The number of relegated teams per each recent season varies due to the fact that the competition format is subject to frequent changes.

Season Clubs
2017 Odishi-1919 Zugdidi ● Chkherimela Kharagauli ● Liakhvi Tskhinvali ● Sapovnela Terjola
2018 Samegrelo Chkhorotsku ● Magaroeli Chiatura ● Varketili Tbilisi ● Algeti Marneuli ● Mark Stars Tbilisi ● Imereti Khoni ● Gardabani ● Sulori Vani ● Samgurali Tskaltubo-2 ● Machakhela Khelvachauri
2019 Borjomi ● Betlemi Keda
2020 NONE
2021 Magaroeli Chiatura ●

Participation per club[]

As of 2021 there have been 37 teams in total competing in the league since 2017.

Team Par.
Gori 5
Kolkheti 5
Bakhmaro 4
Meshakhte 4
Saburtalo-2 4
Aragvi 3
Betlemi 3
Borjomi 3
Guria 3
Magaroeli 3
Algeti 2
Gardabani 2
Kolkheti 1913 2
Team Par.
Imereti 2
2
Samegrelo 2
Spaeri 2
Sulori 2
2
Varketili 2
Chkherimela 1
Didube 1
Gareji 1
Liakhvi 1
Margveti 2006 1
Matchakhela 1
Team Par.
Merani M 1
Merani Tb 1
Merani-2 Tb 1
Odishi 1919 1
Samgurali 1
Samgurali-2 1
Sapovnela 1
Skuri 1
Shevardeni 1906 1
Telavi 1
Zugdidi 1

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 regular season". soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "ცვლილებები ეროვნულ საფეხბურთო ლიგებში". gurianews.ge (in Georgian). 25 Jan 2021.
  3. ^ "2022 წლიდან ლიგა 2-ში და ლიგა 3-ში გუნდების რაოდენობა იზრდება". primesport.ge (in Georgian).

External links[]

Retrieved from ""