Liga 4 (Georgia)

Liga 4

Founded	2019; 3 years ago (2019)
Country	Georgia
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[]

Betlemi

Odishi

Matchakhela

Samegrelo

Merani-2

Skuri

Samgurali-2

Margveti

Algeti

Shturmi

Magaroeli

Sulori

Tbilisi

Tbilisi teams:
Wit Georgia-2
Locomotive-2
Didube
Iberia

Location of Liga 4 football clubs

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.

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[]

Relegated teams[]

Participation per club[]

27 teams have played in this league since 2019.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website