Season | 2022 |
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Dates | 4 April - 1 December |
Champions | Dinamo-2 |
Promoted | Dinamo-2 Kolkheti 1913 Kolkheti Khobi |
Relegated | Tbilisi City |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 748 (3.12 per match) |
Biggest home win | Varketili 10-0 Chikhura (29 September) |
Biggest away win | Chikhura 0-7 Aragvi (6 October) |
Highest scoring | Varketili 10-0 Chikhura (29 September) |
Longest winning run | Dinamo-2 Kolkheti 1913 (7 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Kolkheti 1913 (16) |
Longest winless run | Chikhura (30) |
Longest losing run | Chikhura (15) |
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 10 December. |
The 2022 Liga 3 was the sixth season under its current title and the 34th season of third tier football in Georgia. The regular two-round tournament began on 4 April and ended on 1 December [1] with promotion play-offs completed in 10 December.
Based on GFF decision, the number of Liga 3 clubs was increased from 14 to 16 teams for this season. In contrast with the previous year, three teams were relegated, two clubs gained automatic promotion and two more qualified for play-offs. [2]
Both unbeaten at home, Dinamo-2 and Kolkheti 1913 sealed their promotion three rounds before the end of the season. [3] [4] Kolkheti Khobi joined them after the play-offs.
Chikhura continued their horrible run in this league as well. Rooted to the foot of the table with a single point in thirty games, they suffered three relegations in three successive seasons. [5] Zestafoni, who faced financial difficulties after mid-season, also failed to stay up. Six more teams fought hard to avoid relegation. Eventually, Meshakhte, the last of the three Imeretian clubs, lost a crucial final match and ended up in the drop zone. [6]
The following teams have changed division since the previous season:
To Liga 3Promoted from Liga 4 Borjomi • Dinamo-2 • Irao • Zestafoni Relegated from Liga 2 | From Liga 3Relegated to Liga 4 Promoted to Liga 2 |
Six former first-tier teams were competing in Liga 3 this season, namely Borjomi (2005-09), Chikhura Sachkhere (2012-20), Guria Lanchkhuti (1990–99, 2001–02, 2013–16), Kolkheti-1913 Poti (1990-2006, 2010-2013, 2014–18), Kolkheti Khobi (1990–92, 1999–2000) and Zestafoni (2004-15).
Clubs represented in the league this season are listed below in alphabetical order:
Clubs | Position in 2021 | Location | Stadium | Region |
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Aragvi | 5th | Dusheti | OMC* | Mtskheta-Mtianeti |
Bakhmaro | 8th | Chokhatauri | Boris Paichadze | Guria |
Borjomi | 3rd in Liga 4 | Borjomi | Jemal Zeinklishvili | Samtskhe-Javakheti |
Chikhura | 10th in Erovnuli Liga 2 | Sachkhere | Centraluri | Imereti |
Dinamo-2 | 1st in Liga 4 | Tbilisi | Dinamo Academy | Tbilisi |
Gori | 6th | Gori | Kartli | Shida Kartli |
Guria | 11th | Lanchkhuti | Evgrapi Shevardnadze | Guria |
Irao | 4th in Liga 4 | Tbilisi | Spaeri | Tbilisi |
Kolkheti | 9th | Khobi | Paata Tatarashvili | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
Kolkheti 1913 | 2nd | Poti | Fazisi | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
Merani-2 | 12th | Tbilisi | Olimpiuri Compleksi | Tbilisi |
Meshakhte | 10th | Tkibuli | Temur Maghradze | Imereti |
Saburtalo-2 | 7th | Tbilisi | Bendela | Tbilisi |
Tbilisi City | 3rd | Tbilisi | Gldani SC* | Tbilisi |
Varketili | 4th | Tbilisi | Varketili SC* | Tbilisi |
Zestafoni | 2nd in Liga 4 | Zestafoni | David Abashidze | Imereti |
Note: OMC stands for Olympic Preparation Centre while SC means Football Centre.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dinamo-2 (C, P) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 72 | 22 | +50 | 71 | Promotion to Erovnuli Liga 2 |
2 | Kolkheti 1913 (P) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 76 | 29 | +47 | 69 | |
3 | Aragvi | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 57 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
4 | Kolkheti (P, O) | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 54 | |
5 | Varketili | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 51 | |
6 | Gori | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 50 | |
7 | Saburtalo-2 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 43 | |
8 | Borjomi | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 41 | |
9 | Irao | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 39 | |
10 | Bakhmaro | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 38 | |
11 | Tbilisi City (R) | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 38 | Resigned from the league in Winter 2023. |
12 | Guria | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 37 | |
13 | Merani-2 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 37 | |
14 | Meshakhte (T) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 35 | Readmitted |
15 | Zestafoni (T) | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 77 | −59 | 15 | |
16 | Chikhura (T) | 30 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 119 | −100 | 1 |
According to the existing regulations, the bottom three teams were supposed to be relegated. However, on 17 January 2023 the Football Federation announced that all of them would stay up and replace those three clubs, among them Tbilisi City, who had failed to get a Liga 3 license for the upcoming season. [7]
First leg
WIT Georgia | 0–0 | Aragvi |
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Report |
Kolkheti Khobi | 1–0 | Rustavi |
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Chedia ![]() | Report |
Second leg
Aragvi | 0–1 | WIT Georgia |
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Report | Nachkebia ![]() |
Rustavi | 0–1 | Kolkheti Khobi |
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Report | Toradze ![]() |
Following these matches Kolkheti Khobi achieved promotion to Erovnuli Liga 2, while Aragvi remained in Liga 3 for the next season.
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