2024 Liga 3 (Georgia)

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Liga 3
Season2024
Dates7 March – 7 December
Champions Gonio (1st title)
Promoted Gonio
Relegated Guria
Matches played224
Goals scored639 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerKakhabrishvili (Gonio)
Esankulov (Merani M)
(19 goals each)
Biggest home win Meshakhte 7–0 Guria
(7 November)
Biggest away win Matchakhela 0–10 Gori
(21 November)
Longest winning run Iberia-2 1999
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Gonio (11)
Longest winless run Matchakhela (12)
Longest losing run Guria (9)
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2025 →
All statistics correct as of 21 November.

The 2024 Liga 3 season is the 8th edition under its current title and the 36th edition of third tier football in Georgia. The regular two-round tournament commenced on 7 March and will end on 7 December [1] with two-legged promotion play-offs due to be completed in mid-December. Each team will play thirty matches in as many rounds.

Contents

There are sixteen teams competing in the league this season. Five of them, namely Borjomi, Guria, Merani Martvili, Merani Tbilisi and Zestaponi have participated in the top tier with the latter being the two-time national champions. [2]

Gori have the longest tenure in the league with the 8th consecutive season while Meshakhte and Bakhmaro entered into the seventh year. On the other hand, Gonio are the only team to have made their debut in Liga 3.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the previous season:

Teams

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Tbilisi teams:
Varketili
Orbi
Iberia-2 1999
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Merani T
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Locations of Liga 3 football clubs in 2024

The clubs are listed below in alphabetical order. Even though some of them are temporarily using football grounds in other cities/regions, the map displays their legal addresses.

ClubsPosition in 2023LocationRegionStadium
Bakhmaro 12th Chokhatauri Guria Boris Paichadze stadium
Betlemi 2nd in Liga 4 Keda Adjara Archil Partenadze stadium
Borjomi 11th Borjomi Samtskhe-Javakheti Grigol Jomartidze Stadium, Khashuri
Gardabani 3rd in Liga 4 Gardabani Kvemo Kartli Centraluri
Gonio 1st in Liga 4 Gonio AdjaraAngisa training base
Gori 8th Gori Shida Kartli Kartli Stadium
Guria 9th Lanchkhuti Guria Evgrapi Shevardnadze Stadium
Iberia-2 1999 [a] 7th Tbilisi TbilisiBendela
Locomotive-2 10thTbilisiTbilisiOlympic complex
Matchakhela 14th Khelvachauri AdjaraAkhalsopeli
Merani M 9th in Liga 2 Martvili Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti Murtaz Khurtsilava stadium
Merani T 10th in Liga 2TbilisiTbilisiShromiti rezervebi
Meshakhte 5th Tkibuli Imereti Vladimer Bochorishvili Stadium
Orbi [b] 6thTbilisiTbilisiGrigol Jomartidze stadium, Khashuri
Varketili4thTbilisiTbilisiCentraluri, Kaspi
Zestaponi 13th Zestaponi Imereti David Abashidze Stadium

a Known as Saburtalo-2 until this season

b Known as Irao until this season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Gonio (C, P)2819457329+4461Promotion to Erovnuli Liga 2
2 Meshakhte 2816664921+2854
3 Merani M 2815765228+2452Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Iberia-2 1999 28131054825+2349
5Orbi2813964431+1348
6 Gori 2813874321+2247
7 Betlemi 28125114448−441
8 Locomotive-2 28124124655−940
9 Merani T 2891093536−137
10Varketili2896134346−333
11 Gardabani 2887133536−131
12 Borjomi 2884162951−2228
13 Bakhmaro 2869131829−1127
14 Matchakhela 2866162872−4424Relegation to Liga 4
15 Zestaponi 28511123045−1523 [a]
16 Guria (R)2846182266−4418
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [3]
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:
  1. ↑ Zestaponi were deducted three points for disciplinary issues

Results

Regular season

Home \ Away BKH BET BOR GAR GON GOR GUR IB2 LC2 MAT MRN MRT MES ORBVAR ZES
Bakhmaro 1–22–00–01–20–20–00–20–13–20–00–029/111–10–02–0
Betlemi 2–13–11–02–30–10–00–32–35–129/111–01–01–12–32–2
Borjomi 1–00–13–11–20–12–00–12–21–02–00–01–029/110–42–1
Gardabani 1–25–14–10–10–03–00–14–029/111–01–21–21–12–02–2
Gonio 1–01–26–05–03–03–02–15–06–12–429/110–12–14–01–1
Gori 1–00–12–02–01–11–10–27/125–11–13–10–10–12–00–0
Guria 0–00–22–10–31–329/110–20–23–10–21–12–20–40–24–1
Iberia-2 1999 0–05–07/120–23–31–05–12–11–11–11–11–10–25–24–0
Locomotive-2 2–13–22–23–11–30–25–229/116–12–21–20–42–03–11–1
Matchakhela 1–22–11–01–01–40–107/121–12–11–01–11–41–11–12–1
Merani M 3–03–24–17/122–12–12–41–05–03–25–11–12–04–02–1
Merani T 0–17/122–11–10–30–22–03–33–02–00–22–11–20–02–2
Meshakhte 0–04–13–02–01–31–17–01–02–14–00–01–00–11–07/12
Orbi7/121–12–24–12–21–24–11–10–10–02–11–52–11–02–0
Varketili4–12–23–41–17/122–24–00–14–13–02–01–21–21–42–1
Zestaponi 1–02–42–10–02–11–12–01–10–23–20–01–11–21–229/11
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 21 November 2024 [5]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Georgia.svg Kakha Kakhabrishvili Gonio 19
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Javohir Esankulov  [ uz ] Merani Martvili 19
3 Flag of Georgia.svg Tato Abuselidze Gonio 16
Flag of Georgia.svg Zurab Beridze Betlemi 16
5 Flag of Georgia.svg Dimitri Gurtskaia Meshakhte 15

See also

• 2024 Erovnuli Liga

• 2024 Erovnuli Liga 2

• 2024 Liga 4

• 2024 Georgian Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "კალენდარი". gff.ge (in Georgian).
  2. ↑ "Georgian Football League Champions by Year". myfootballfacts.com.
  3. ↑ "ცხრილი". gff.ge (in Georgian).
  4. ↑ "Liga 3 results". soccerway.com.
  5. ↑ "2024 Liga 3 Topscorers". flashscore.com.
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