2022 Erovnuli Liga 2

Erovnuli Liga 2

Season	2022
Dates	1 March – 2 December
Champions	Shukura (5th title)
Promoted	Shukura Samtredia
Relegated	Rustavi Dinamo Zugdidi Shevardeni 1906
Matches played	112
Goals scored	349 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Levan Papava (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Samtredia 6–0 Merani T (26 June)
Biggest away win	WIT Georgia 1–5 Spaeri (28 August) Merani T 0–4 Spaeri (1 October) Merani M 0–4 Shukura (22 October) Rustavi 1–5 Spaeri (1 November)
Highest scoring	WIT Georgia 5-3 Merani M (9 October)
Longest winning run	Samtredia (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Spaeri (9)
Longest winless run	WIT Georgia (12)
Longest losing run	WIT Georgia (5)
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 10 December 2022.

The 2022 Erovnuli Liga 2 was the sixth season under its current title and the 34th season of second-tier football in Georgia. The four-round competition began on 1 March and ended on 2 December ^[1] with playoffs completed on 12 December.

Format

The winner gain automatic promotion to Erovnuli Liga, while the next two teams participate in play-offs against their top-flight rivals.

After the initial 13 rounds, an extraordinary situation in late May resulted in early relegation of two clubs to the third tier. Among the remaining eight clubs the bottom two enter a play-off contest against 3rd and 4th teams of Liga 3 at the end of the season. A two-legged tie will be played at each side's home ground. ^[2]

Each team played 28 matches in this shortened season.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2021 season: ^[3]

To Erovnuli Liga 2 Promoted from Liga 3 • Spaeri Tbilisi Relegated from Erovnuli Liga • Shukura Kobuleti • Samtredia

From Erovnuli Liga 2 Promoted to Erovnuli Liga • Sioni Bolnisi • Gagra Relegated to Liga 3 • Chikhura Sachkhere

Teams and stadiums

Gareji Sagarejo

Dinamo Zugdidi

Shukura Kobuleti

Rustavi

Merani Martvili

Samtredia

Tbilisi

Tbilisi teams:
WIT Georgia
Shevardeni
Spaeri
Merani

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Location of Liga 2 football clubs in 2022

The participants of Liga 2 this season are listed below in alphabetical order.

Apart from Gareji Sagarejo and Spaeri Tbilisi, all of them have previously taken part in the main division. Among them are WIT Georgia and Samtredia, who have been the top-tier champions. ^[4]

Club	Position last season	City	Venue	Capacity
Dinamo Zugdidi	7th	Zugdidi	Ganmukhuri, Centraluri	2,000
Gareji	4th	Sagarejo	Centraluri	2,000
Merani	3rd	Martvili	Murtaz Khurtsilava Stadium	2,000
Merani	5th	Tbilisi	Spaeri	2,500
Rustavi	9th	Rustavi	Technical Centre	1,000
Samtredia	10th in Liga 1	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	5,000
Shevardeni-1906	6th	Tbilisi	Kaspi, Centraluri	500
Shukura	9th in Liga 1	Kobuleti	Chele Arena	6,000
Spaeri	1st in Liga 3	Tbilisi	Spaeri	2,500
WIT Georgia	8th	Tbilisi	Gldani Football Centre	1,000

Source

NOTE: Based on decision made by GFF Disciplinary Committee, Dinamo Zugdidi and Shevardeni-1906 were accused of match-fixing and expelled from the league with immediate effect on 22 May. For this reason all their team or individual records have been annulled from the statistics. ^[5]

Personnel and kits

Club	Captain	Head Coach	Manager's date of appointment	Kit manufacturer
Dinamo Zugdidi	Vakhtang Jomidava	Jano Makatsaria	January 2022	Kelme
Gareji	Nikoloz Nozadze	Giorgi Oniani	September 2022	Erreà
Merani Martvili	Kichi Meliava	Varlam Kilasonia	July 2022	Joma
Merani Tbilisi	Iago Deisadze	Avtandil Shengelia	September 2021	Jako
Rustavi	Paata Kiteishvili	Valeri Abramidze	November 2022	Kelme
Samtredia	Givi Ioseliani	Giorgi Shashiashvili	February 2022	Joma
Shevardeni-1906	Nikoloz Jishkariani	Giorgi Daraselia	February 2022	Kelme
Shukura	Irakli Komakhidze	Revaz Gotsiridze	January 2022	Kelme
Spaeri	Levan Papava	Kakha Maisuradze	2017	Kelme
WIT Georgia	Irakli Zaridze	Levan Jobava	June 2021	Erreà

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager
Shevardeni-1906	Ioseb Chikadze	9 March	Davit Datuadze
	Davit Datuadze	1 April	Giorgi Daraselia
Gareji Sagarejo	Kakhaber Gogichaishvili	8 April	Nestor Mumladze (Interim)
	Nestor Mumladze	7 May	Temur Makharadze
	Temur Makharadze	12 June	Davit Dighmelashvili
	Davit Dighmelashvili	30 September	Giorgi Oniani
Rustavi	Armaz Jeladze	3 May	Levan Jokhadze
	Levan Jokhadze	2 November	Valeri Abramidze
Merani Martvili	Tsotne Moniava	15 July	Varlam Kilasonia

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Shukura Kobuleti (C, P)	28	19	3	6	52	23	+29	60	Promotion to Erovnuli Liga
2	Spaeri	28	15	6	7	57	35	+22	51	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
3	Samtredia (P)	28	14	6	8	43	28	+15	48
4	Merani Martvili	28	12	6	10	55	53	+2	42
5	Gareji Sagarejo	28	10	6	12	38	36	+2	36
6	Merani Tbilisi	28	10	4	14	34	56	−22	34
7	Rustavi (R)	28	6	5	17	34	54	−20	23	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	WIT Georgia	28	5	6	17	30	58	−28	21
9	Dinamo Zugdidi (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Clubs Expelled to Liga 3
10	Shevardeni-1906 (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[6]
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. On 21 May, the GFF announced the expulsion of Shevardeni-1906 and Dinamo Zugdidi from League 2 for match fixing and betting fraud. All matches they played have been annulled.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Regular season

Round 1-14 Home \ Away SHU SAM GAR MAR MER RUS SPA WIT Shukura — 0–0 3–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 Samtredia 0–1 — 0–0 3–1 6–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 Gareji 1–1 2–0 — 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 Merani M 2–3 3–1 1–0 — 4–2 3–2 2–3 2–2 Merani T 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 — 3–2 1–0 2–1 Rustavi 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 — 0–2 0–0 Spaeri 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 — 3–1 WIT Georgia 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 — Source: Liga 2 results Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 15-28 Home \ Away SHU SAM GAR MAR MER RUS SPA WIT Shukura — 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 Samtredia 0–1 — 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 Gareji 1–2 4–0 — 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–3 1–0 Merani M 0–4 1–2 3–2 — 1–2 3–2 1–2 4–2 Merani T 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–2 — 1–2 0–4 3–1 Rustavi 1–3 2–1 2–3 1–2 4–0 — 1–5 2–1 Spaeri 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–4 4–2 2–0 — 4–0 WIT Georgia 2–0 1–4 0–2 5–3 2–3 1–1 1–5 — Source: Liga 2 results Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

In order to preserve chronological progress, postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled. Instead they are added to the full round played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Gareji	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L
Merani M	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W
Merani T	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L
Rustavi	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L
Samtredia	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Shukura	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W
Spaeri	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W
WIT Georgia	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December. Source: Georgian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 December 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Levan Papava	Spaeri Tbilisi	17
2	Cheikne Sylla	Merani Martvili	16
3	Giorgi Kharebashvili	Gareji Sagarejo	12
4	Zurab Museliani	Shukura Kobuleti
5	Bantu Mzwakali	Rustavi	9
6	Amiran Dzagania	WIT Georgia	8
7	Dato Kirkitadze	Samtredia
8	Papuna Poniava	Merani Martvili
9	Cyrille Tchamba	Samtredia	7
10	Levan Ingorokva	Shukura Kobuleti

Source

Assists

As of 2 December 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Giorgi Janelidze	Shukura	9
2	Giorgi Kharebashvili	Gareji	7
3	Tsotne Patsatsia	Merani Martvili
4	Levan Tsotsonava	Merani Martvili
5	Levan Papava	Spaeri
6	Giorgi Koripadze	Samtredia

Source

Clean sheets

As of 2 December 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Luka Kharatishvili	Shukura	13
2	Konstantine Sepiashvili	Gareji	6
3	Yaroslav Burychenkov	Samtredia
4	Guram Chikashua	WIT Georgia	5
5	Davit Kupatadze	Gareji	4
6	Nikoloz Abashidze	Spaeri
7	Facundo Silva	Samtredia

Source

Hat-tricks

As of 2 December 2022

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jaba Kasrelishvili	Merani Tbilisi	Rustavi	3–2 (H) [7]	1 April
Yuta Nakano	Rustavi	Merani Tbilisi	4–0 (H) [8]	28 August

Discipline

Red cards

As of 2 December 2022

• Merani Tbilisi – 6

• Spaeri – 5

• Merani Martvili, Gareji – 3

Source

Promotion playoffs

7 December

13:00 UTC+4

Samtredia	1–0	Sioni
Kilasonia 79' (pen.)	Report

Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia

Referee: G.Kruashvili

11 December

13:00 UTC+4

Sioni	0–2	Samtredia
	Report	Tchamba 9', 74'

Tamaz Stepania Stadium, Bolnisi

Referee: D.Kharitonashvili

Samtredia won 3–0 on aggregate.

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8 December

13:00 UTC+4

Gagra	2–0	Spaeri
Nozadze 8' Makatsaria 63'	Report

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Referee: I.Kvirikashvili

12 December

13:00 UTC+4

Spaeri	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Gagra
Tsatskrialashvili 35' Papava 48' (pen.), 98'	Report	Makatsaria 95' (pen.)
Penalties
Papava Mathenjwa Khojanashvili Odishelidze Kirkitadze Askurava	4–5	Khositashvili Lomtadze Sultanishvili Lominadze Parulava Shetsiruli

Spaeri Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: J.Khorava

Spaeri lost on penalties.

Relegation playoffs

6 December

13:00 UTC+4

WIT Georgia	0–0	Aragvi
	Report

Gldani Football Centre, Tbilisi

Referee: G.Avazashvili

10 December

13:00 UTC+4

Aragvi	0–1	WIT Georgia
	Report	Nachkebia 45'

Marakana, Tbilisi

Referee: B.Ninua

WIT Georgia won 1–0 on aggregate and remained in the league.

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6 December

13:00 UTC+4

Kolkheti Khobi	1–0	Rustavi
Chedia 8'	Report

Paata Tatarishvili Stadium, Khobi

Referee: G.Kikacheishvili

10 December

13:00 UTC+4

Rustavi	0–1	Kolkheti Khobi
	Report	Toradze 72'

Technikuri Centri, Rustavi

Referee: A.Nonikashvili

Rustavi lost 0–2 on aggregate and suffered relegation.

References

1. "ქართული საფეხბურთო სეზონის დაწყების თარიღი ცნობილია". sportall.ge (in Georgian), 12 Jan 2022.
2. "სფფ-ში აღმასრულებელი კომიტეტის სხდომა გაიმართა". gff.ge (in Georgian), 22 February 2022.
3. "Liga 2 in 2021". eliga.ge.
4. "Georgian Football League Champions by Year". myfootballfacts.com.
5. "ზუგდიდის "დინამო" და თბილისის "შევარდენი 1906" ჩემპიონატიდან მოკვეთეს". ajaratv.ge (in Georgian), 22 May 2022.
6. "Erovnuli Liga 2, Table". erovnuliliga.ge.
7. "Merani T vs Rustavi". gff.ge.
8. "Rustavi vs Merani T". gff.ge.

External links

• Georgian Football Federation
• Daily sport newspaper Lelo (in Georgian)
• Soccerway