2021 Liga 4 (Georgia)

Last updated
Liga 4
Season2021
Dates30 March – 22 November 2021
Champions Dinamo Tbilisi-2
Promoted Dinamo Tbilisi-2
Zestafoni
Borjomi
Irao
Relegated Torpedo Kutaisi-2
Tbilisi
Imereti Khoni
Egrisi Senaki
Matches played280
Goals scored848 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerGiga Ambroladze (Zestafoni)
22 goals
Biggest home win Shturmi 12-0 Tbilisi
22 November
Biggest away win Samegrelo 0-8 Dinamo-2
26 May
Highest scoring Shturmi 12-0 Tbilisi
22 November
Longest winning run Borjomi (9 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Borjomi (11)
Longest winless run Egrisi (27)
Longest losing run Egrisi (19)
2020
2022

The 2021 Liga 4 was the third season of fourth-tier football in Georgia under its current title. The season began on 30 March and ended on 22 November.

Contents

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the previous season:

To Liga 4

Promoted from Regionuli Liga

Torpedo Kutaisi-2Merani Martvili-2 • Irao Tbilisi • Dinamo Tbilisi-2Matchakhela Khelvachauri • Tbilisi • Margveti 2006 ZestafoniShturmi Sartichala

From Liga 4

Promoted to Liga 3

Varketili Tbilisi • Didube Tbilisi • Merani-2 TbilisiMagaroeli Chiatura


Teams, results and league tables

The season consisted of two phases. After the draw twenty teams were initially split into White and Red groups.

Part 1

The first part lasted six months with the teams playing eighteen games each.

Red Group
PosTeam12345678910WDLGF–GAP
1 Borjomi ----1-13-01-02-01-14-16-04-24-0133246-1642
2 Irao 1-2----1-16-32-01-12-01-05-04-1115241-1838
3 Skuri 2-31-4----5-14-02-21-02-11-14-094532-2331
4 Margveti 2006 0-11-13-2----1-02-24-32-24-23-285536-3329
5 Sulori 2-03-13-00-0----0-02-12-09-00-285531-1529
6 Algeti 2-40-11-13-11-1----1-33-13-09-069340-2327
7Tbilisi3-22-50-12-30-63-3----2-16-02-1611132-4119
8 Merani-2 1-11-10-11-11-11-50-1----4-05-036922-3115
9 Imereti 0-21-20-20-20-00-23-21-2----0-0231312-519
10 Egrisi 0-50-20-20-50-21-12-11-11-2----231311-529
White Group
PosTeam12345678910WDLGF–GAP
1 Dinamo-2 ----3-03-02-13-02-37-14-06-02-2142262-1044
2 Zestafoni 1-1----1-01-03-03-15-14-00-05-2125141-1541
3 Betlemi 0-21-1----0-21-05-02-04-14-09-0102632-1732
4Iberia0-51-20-1----0-13-02-11-23-08-0100834-2130
5 WIT Georgia-2 1-00-11-02-0----1-10-14-22-18-092728-2229
6 Odishi 1-50-21-10-10-2----2-11-03-06-192729-3229
7 Matchakhela 0-43-31-22-33-11-2----3-12-18-0611135-4119
8 Shturmi 0-21-22-02-32-23-43-2----3-17-0521129-3717
9 Torpedo-2 0-30-00-10-14-01-21-31-0----1-2321316-3511
10 Samegrelo 0-80-71-30-50-30-22-11-10-4----221411-888

Following this two-round tournament the top five clubs formed the Promotion Group while the bottom five took part in the Relegation Round.

Part 2

Despite being in the same group, at this stage no matches were held between the teams who faced each other in Phase 1. Besides, from the previous round the clubs retained only those points obtained in matches against such opponents. [1] It took another seven weeks before each team played ten matches. At the end the four teams advanced to Liga 3 and another four dropped down to Regionuli Liga. [2]

Promotion Group
PosTeam12345678910WDLGF–GAPNotes
1 Dinamo-2 ----3-03-14-05-01-0141344-643Promoted
to
Liga 3
2 Zestafoni ----1-00-13-06-12-1114335-1337
3 Borjomi 1-02-2----2-05-12-2113430-1936
4 Irao 1-00-0----1-02-04-195431-2032
5 Betlemi 2-02-2----3-22-05-182823-2326
6 WIT Georgia-2 1-22-1----0-06-16-281926-2525
7 Sulori 0-22-02-02-1----2-372921-2723
8Iberia1-30-11-3----1-03-1521123-3417
9 Skuri 0-30-52-42-11-4----311422-5510
10 Margveti 2006 0-40-61-20-33-3----231318-519
Relegation Group
PosTeam12345678910WDLGF–GAPNotes
1 Odishi ----0-20-32-14-12-1131436-2540
2 Merani-2 4-0----3-13-22-05-0112540-2035
3 Shturmi 1-1----3-112-04-09-0103561-2133
4 Samegrelo 1-2----6-15-26-23-0101744-4331
5 Algeti 4-02-20-1----2-13-093647-2830
6 Matchakhela 1-04-3----1-12-26-093645-2430
7 Torpedo-2 1-32-1----4-05-15-190934-3327Relegated
to
Reg.Liga
8Tbilisi1-11-51-41-13-4----54931-5019
9 Imereti 0-20-10-41-40-1----221413-538
10 Egrisi 1-30-52-60-41-2----131412-666

Source: [3]

Notes:

• Whenever the teams finished with an equal number of points, head-to-head results, including away goals, were considered next while determining a league position.

• Although Algeti are formally registered in Marneuli, the team played all their home games of the season in Tbilisi.

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