Liga 4 (Georgia)
Founded | 2019 |
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Country | ![]() |
Confederation | UEFA |
Number of teams | 16 |
Level on pyramid | 4 |
Promotion to | Liga 3 |
Relegation to | Regionuli Liga |
Domestic cup(s) | Georgian Cup |
Current champions | Dinamo-2 Tbilisi (2021) |
Website | liga.gff.ge |
Current: 2022 |
Liga 4, organized by Georgian Football Federation, is the fourth division of Georgian football league. It was founded in 2019 as a part of comprehensive reorganization of the league system.
Structure[]
In 2018 GFF decided to equally divide the twenty-team Liga 3 into two leagues by introducing Liga 4 for the 2019 season. Out of ten clubs the top two were promoted to Liga 3 and the bottom two were supposed to be relegated to Regional league.
However, in February 2020 the league regulation sustained new changes which saved the doomed teams from relegation and enlarged the tournament with four Regionuli Liga clubs.[1]
In January 2021, GFF announced that the number of clubs participating in the upcoming season would be increased to twenty.[2]
In 2022, GFF announced that the number of clubs participating in the upcoming season would be reduced to sixteen.
Seasons run based on Spring-Autumn system.
Current season[]
![Liga 4 (Georgia) is located in Georgia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Georgia_location_map.svg/535px-Georgia_location_map.svg.png)
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There are two members of the league that have taken part in the top division: Sulori Vani (1991-92) and Magaroeli Chiatura (1992-93 and 1997-98).
Based on their performance the previous year, the following sixteen teams will be competing in the 2022 season.
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Seasons[]
Previous years[]
In the first season ten teams played 27 games each. Eventually, two clubs from Tbilisi finished in top places awarding them promotion to the upper league.[3]
The 2020 season was due to start in April, but Covid-2019 postponed it for four months. In July GFF decided to form White and Red Groups with winners getting automatic promotion and bottom two clubs going down.[4] 16 teams were split into two groups. The football season started in August and lasted five months with each team playing 14 games only. Two winners and two runners-up were promoted to Liga 3.
The next year after the first phase Promotion and Relegation Groups were created. In the end the first four teams of the former advanced to Liga 3 while the bottom four of the latter dropped down a further level to Regionuli Liga.
Promoted teams[]
2019 | Spaeri Tbilisi • Tbilisi City |
2020 | Varketili Tbilisi • Didube Tbilisi • Merani-2 Tbilisi • Magaroeli Chiatura |
2021 | Dinamo-2 Tbilisi • Zestafoni • Borjomi • Irao Tbilisi |
Relegated teams[]
2019 | N/A |
2020 | N/A |
2021 | Torpedo-2 Kutaisi • Tbilisi • Imereti Khoni • Egrisi Senaki |
Participation per club[]
27 teams have played in this league since 2019.
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References[]
- ^ ""ზესტაფონი" ლიგა-4-ში იასპარეზებს". 13 Feb 2020.
- ^ "სიახლე საქართველოს ჩემპიონატში". popsport.com (in Georgian). 25 Jan 2021.
- ^ "Liga 4 in 2019". gff.ge.
- ^ "ეროვნული ლიგა-4 ორ ჯგუფად დაიყო". fczestafoni.ge (in Georgian). 23 Jul 2020.
External links[]
- Liga 4 (Georgia)
- Football leagues in Georgia (country)
- Fourth level football leagues in Europe