2023 Liga 4 (Georgia)

Liga 4

Season	2023
Dates	6 April – 20 November
Champions	Gonio
Promoted	Gonio Betlemi Gardabani
Relegated	Kolkheti-2 Dinamo Zugdidi
Matches played	182
Goals scored	681 (3.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Amiran Abuselidze (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Gonio 14–1 Dinamo Zugdidi (28 June)
Biggest away win	Dinamo Zugdidi 0–8 Betlemi (29 April) Dinamo Zugdidi 0–8 Gonio (7 November)
Highest scoring	Gonio 14–1 Dinamo Zugdidi (28 June)
Longest winning run	Betlemi (13 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Gonio (19)
Longest winless run	Dinamo Zugdidi (14)
Longest losing run	Dinamo Zugdidi (14)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Liga 4 was the fifth season of fourth-tier football in Georgia under its current title. It began on 5 April and ended on 20 November. ^[1]

It was the only national division this year where no play-offs were held. The season consisted of 30 rounds with each team playing 26 matches. The top three teams gained promotion to Liga 3 while the two lowest-finishing teams were relegated to Regionuli Liga.

Team changes

The following teams changed division after the previous season:

To Liga 4

Relegated from Liga 3

Tbilisi City 

Promoted from Regionuli Liga

Gardabani • Gonio • Kolkheti-2 1913 • Varketili Tbilisi-2

From Liga 4

Promoted to Liga 3

Locomotive-2 Tbilisi • Shturmi • Matchakhela

Relegated to Regionuli Liga

Didube Tbilisi • Samegrelo • Magaroeli • Iberia Tbilisi

Teams and locations

Betlemi

Odishi
Dinamo

Gonio

Merani-2

Skuri

Samgurali-2

Margveti

Algeti

Gardabani

Kolkheti-2

Sulori

Tbilisi

Tbilisi teams:
Varketili-2
WIT Georgia-2

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Location of Liga 4 football clubs in 2023

This season was supposed to start with sixteen participating teams, but Shevardeni 1906 were disqualified first, followed by Tbilisi City later on.

After the summer break fourteen teams continued to take part in the tournament with two of them previously being members of the first tier: Sulori Vani (1991, 1991–92) ^[2] and Dinamo Zugdidi under different names between 1990 and 2017. ^[3] Five more spots were occupied by reserve teams of higher league clubs. 

Club Position last season Location Region Algeti [a] 12th Marneuli Kvemo Kartli Betlemi 4th Keda Adjara Dinamo Zugdidi [b] Zugdidi Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti Gardabani 1st in Regionuli Liga B Gardabani Kvemo Kartli Gonio 2nd in Regionuli Liga C Batumi Adjara Kolkheti-2 1913 1st in Regionuli Liga C Poti Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti Margveti 2006 9th Zestafoni Imereti Merani-2 10th Martvili Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti Odishi 11th Zugdidi Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti Samgurali-2 8th Tskaltubo Imereti Skuri 5th Tsalenjikha Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti Sulori 7th Vani Imereti Varketili-2 1st in Regionuli Liga A Tbilisi Tbilisi WIT Georgia-2 6th Tbilisi Tbilisi

^a Based in Tbilisi

^b Expelled from Liga 2 on match-fixing allegations in May 2022, denied membership of Liga 3 in early 2023. ^[4]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Gonio (C, P)	26	21	4	1	75	15	+60	67	Promotion to Liga 3
2	Betlemi (P)	26	21	2	3	99	16	+83	65
3	Gardabani (P)	26	16	4	6	53	28	+25	52
4	Odishi	26	14	7	5	44	32	+12	49
5	Margveti 2006	26	15	3	8	55	40	+15	48
6	Samgurali-2	26	10	3	13	51	49	+2	33
7	Merani-2	26	9	6	11	38	37	+1	33
8	Sulori	26	9	5	12	26	39	−13	32
9	Algeti	26	10	4	12	48	74	−26	34
10	WIT Georgia-2	26	8	5	13	51	51	0	29
11	Varketili-2	26	9	1	16	38	48	−10	28
12	Skuri	26	7	2	17	33	69	−36	23
13	Kolkheti-2 (R)	26	6	4	16	48	58	−10	22	Relegation to Regionuli Liga
14	Dinamo Zugdidi (R)	26	1	2	23	22	125	−103	5

Source: gff.ge
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

Notes:

• Tbilisi City were suspended after the first half of the season with all their matches annulled.
• In late September, with seven games still to play Betlemi Keda and Gonio both secured promotion to Liga 3 for the 2024 season. ^[5] They were joined by Gardabani after a win on the last matchday.

Results

Home \ Away	ALG	BET	DIN	GAR	GON	KOL	MRG	MRN	ODS	SMG	SKR	SUL	VAR	WIT
Algeti		2–5	6–2	0–2	0–0	4–3	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–5
Betlemi	12–1		6–1	1–2	0–2	3–0	5–0	5–0	2–3	5–0	8–0	5–0	3–0	3–0
Dinamo Zugdidi	3–1	0–8		1–6	0–8	2–5	1–5	1–4	0–0	1–4	1–3	1–2	0–5	2–3
Gardabani	4–0	0–3	2–0		2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–2	5–1	0–1	4–0	2–1
Gonio	6–0	0–0	14–1	2–1		4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	2–1
Kolkheti-2	2–3	1–2	11–1	0–2	2–5		0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	7–0	0–2	1–1	0–3
Margveti 2006	4–2	2–2	7–2	3–0	0–0	2–1		1–6	2–3	6–2	5–2	1–0	3–0	1–1
Merani-2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–1		5–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–2
Odishi	4–0	0–5	4–0	2–2	0–3	4–1	0–1	2–0		1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–1
Samgurali-2	4–5	0–4	5–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–4	1–2	0–1		5–0	3–0	4–1	3–1
Skuri	5–0	0–4	4–0	0–1	0–2	0–5	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1		0–1	0–2	2–3
Sulori	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	3–2		2–0	1–1
Varketili-2	1–4	0–2	4–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	0–3	1–3	2–0		5–3
WIT Georgia-2	0–2	1–2	4–0	2–2	3–3	6–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–3

Source: Liga 4 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Amiran Abuselidze	Betlemi	28
2	Levan Ingorokva	Gonio	22
3	Davit Krasovski	Kolkheti-2	21

References

1. "Results". gff.ge.
2. "Sulori in Umaglesi Liga". wildstat.com.
3. "Zugdidi in Umaglesi Liga". wildstat.com.
4. "მეშახტე", "ზესტაფონი", "ჩიხურა": იმერული სამაია ლიგა 3-ში რჩება!". fczestafoni.ge (in Georgian). 17 January 2023.
5. "უპრეცედენტო ფაქტი - "ბეთლემმა" და "გონიომ" ლიგა 3-ის საგზური სეზონის დასრულებამდე ორი თვით ადრე მოიპოვეს". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 28 September 2023.

External links

• Georgian Football Federation