2021 Liga 3 (Georgia)

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Liga 3
Season2021
Dates2 April – 2 December 2021
Champions Spaeri
Promoted Spaeri
Relegated Magaroeli
Didube
Matches played182
Goals scored548 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerLevan Papava (Spaeri) 22 goals
Biggest home win Spaeri 7-1 Didube,
18 May
Biggest away winDidube 0-10 Saburtalo-2,
2 December
Highest scoringDidube 0-10 Saburtalo-2,
2 December
Longest winning run Spaeri (9)
Longest unbeaten run Spaeri (21)
Longest winless run Magaroeli (15)
Longest losing runDidube (9)
2020
2022

The 2021 Liga 3 was the fifth season under its current title and the 33rd season of third tier football in Georgia. The season began on 2 April and ended on 2 December. [1]

Contents

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the previous season:

To Liga 3

Promoted from Liga 4

Varketili TbilisiMerani-2 TbilisiDidube TbilisiMagaroeli Chiatura

From Liga 3

Promoted to Erovnuli Liga 2

Gareji Sagarejo

Teams and league table

This year fourteen clubs took part in a two-round league competition. Their list along with head coaches is shown below. Throughout the year only four teams did not sustain any changes among coaching staff.

ClubsPosition in 2020LocationRegionHead coach
Aragvi 10th in Liga 2 Dusheti Mtskheta-Mtianeti Paata Gotsiridze;
Koba Jorjikashvili after June
Bakhmaro 9th Chokhatauri Guria Khariton Chkhatarashvili;
Paata Metreveli after May
Didube 1st in Liga 4 Group Red Tbilisi Tbilisi Roin Oniani;
Shota Gorgodze after October
Gori 3rd Gori Shida Kartli Davit Shubitidze
Guria 5th Lanchkhuti Guria Giga Imedaishvili;
Giorgi Oniani after October [2]
Kolkheti-1913 2nd Poti Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Giorgi Krasovski;
Gia Gigatadze after June [3]
Kolkheti 6th Khobi Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Zurab Pirtskhalaishvili;
Levan Nodia after June
Magaroeli 2nd in Liga 4 Group Red Chiatura Imereti Paata Metreveli;
Alexandre Khvedelidze;
Jemal Lashkhi after November (Interim)
Merani-2 2nd in Liga 4 Group White Tbilisi Tbilisi Irakli Shengelia
Meshakhte 10th Tkibuli Imereti Davit Machitidze;
Davit Burkadze after June
Saburtalo II 8th Tbilisi Tbilisi Giorgi Chelidze;
Temur Shalamberidze after August [4]
Spaeri 4th Tbilisi Tbilisi Kakha Maisuradze
Tbilisi City 7th Tbilisi Tbilisi Giorgi Kutivadze;
Lado Burduli after late April
Varketili 1st in Liga 4 Group White Tbilisi Tbilisi Nodar Gvichia

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Spaeri (C, P)2620427920+5964Promotion to the Erovnuli Liga 2
2 Kolkheti 1913 2614755428+2649Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Tbilisi City 2613674630+1645
4 Varketili 2612594337+641
5 Aragvi 26124103732+540
6 Gori 2610883333038
7 Saburtalo-2 2610885336+1738
8 Bakhmaro 268992633733
9 Kolkheti 2661373239731
10 Meshakhte 26861231421130
11 Guria 26851333441129
12 Merani-2 26841433501728
13 Magaroeli (R)26561523462321Relegation to the Liga 4
14 Didube (R)26351825785314
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Regular season

Home \ Away ARA BKH DID GOR GUR KKH KOL MAG MR2 MES SB2 SPA TBC VAR
Aragvi 0–12–12–04–20–01–13–02–03–12–10–20–12–3
Bakhmaro 1–02–00–00–20–11–01–22–03–32–21–12–11–1
Didube 0–35–00–20–42–20–10–02–35–20–101–70–43–2
Gori 0–13–10–03–20–01–13–12–22–12–10–21–00–0
Guria 2–00–01–12–11–40–32–11–10–12–12–40–20–2
Kolkheti 1–31–22–01–12–21–40–03–22–01–11–11–11–3
Kolkheti 1913 3–02–15–03–11–13–25–02–23–24–30–23–05–1
Magaroeli 1–01–22–21–11–21–12–00–12–33–10–02–30–1
Merani-2 0–23–13–00–22–33–01–21–00–10–11–72–11–3
Meshakhte 0–00–04–03–21–00–00–02–01–22–20–30–31–0
Saburtalo-2 1–20–01–02–32–11–11–15–13–05–32–01–03–2
Spaeri 5–13–17–15–03–05–01–04–14–11–01–12–32–1
Tbilisi City 4–41–14–22–12–10–03–10–12–21–02–11–20–0
Varketili 1–01–05–00–22–03–41–13–03–03–01–11–50–5
Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

First leg

Tbilisi City 2–3 WIT Georgia
Tatanashvili Soccerball shade.svg26', 72' Report Zaridze Soccerball shade.svg11'
Nachkebia Soccerball shade.svg69'
Muzashvili Soccerball shade.svg73'
Gldanis Safexbutro Centri, Tbilisi
Referee: K.Giorgadze

Second leg

WIT Georgia 2-1 Tbilisi City
Muzashvili Soccerball shade.svg20'
Nachkebia Soccerball shade.svg45'
Report Tatanashvili Soccerball shade.svg27'
Gldanis Safexbutro Centri, Tbilisi
Referee: B.Ninua

Tbilisi City lost 3-5 on aggregate


Rustavi 0–0 Kolkheti-1913 Poti
Report
Teknikuri Centri, Rustavi
Referee: B.Ninua
Kolkheti-1913 Poti 1-1 (a.e.t.) Rustavi
Chavchanidze Soccerball shade.svg110' (o.g.) Report Kurmashvili Soccerball shade.svg100'
Fazisi Stadium, Poti
Referee: I.Kherkhadze

Kolkheti-1913 lost on the away goals rule

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