2025 Erovnuli Liga 2

Erovnuli Liga 2

Season	2025
Dates	8 March – 6 December
Champions	Rustavi
Promoted	Rustavi Spaeri Meshakhte
Relegated	Locomotive Iberia 1999 B Gonio Dinamo Tbilisi-2
Matches	180
Goals	460 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Javokhir Esonkulov (22 goals)
Biggest home win	5–0 Sioni vs Gonio (6 December)
Biggest away win	0–4 Gonio vs Iberia 1999 B (20 May) Dinamo-2 vs Meshakhte (20 May) Gonio vs Rustavi (29 November)
Highest scoring	3–5 Merani vs Spaeri (2 April) Sioni vs Locomotive (19 September)
Longest winning run	Rustavi (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Spaeri (12)
Longest winless run	Dinamo-2 (19)
Longest losing run	Dinamo-2 (9)
← 2024 All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2025 Erovnuli Liga 2 season was the ninth edition under its current title and the 37th edition of second-tier football in Georgia. The four-part competition began on 8 March and ended on 6 December with playoffs completed by mid-December.

Each team played 36 matches this season. The winners gained automatic promotion to the Erovnuli Liga, while the next two teams participate in play-offs against their top-flight rivals. The bottom two teams enter play-off contest against 3rd and 4th teams of Liga 3 at the end of the season with two-legged ties set to be played at each side's home ground.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024 season: ^[1]

To Erovnuli Liga 2 Promoted from Liga 3 • Gonio • Meshakhte • Merani • Iberia 1999 B Relegated from Erovnuli Liga • Samtredia

From Erovnuli Liga 2 Promoted to Erovnuli Liga • Gareji Relegated to Liga 3 • Aragvi • Shturmi • WIT Georgia • Kolkheti

Teams

Gonio

Samtredia

Merani

Meshakhte

Sioni

Rustavi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi teams:
Iberia-2 1999
Dinamo-2
Locomotive
Spaeri

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Location of Liga 2 football clubs in 2025

Based on their performance in the previous year, the following ten teams were competing in Erovnuli Liga 2 this season.

Club	Position last season	Location	Region
Dinamo-2	6th	Didube, Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Gonio	1st in Liga 3	Gonio, Batumi	Adjara
Iberia-2 1999	4th in Liga 3	Saburtalo, Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Locomotive	4th	Vake, Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Merani	3rd in Liga 3	Martvili	Samegrelo
Meshakhte	2nd in Liga 3	Tkibuli	Imereti
Rustavi	2nd	Rustavi	Kvemo Kartli
Samtredia	10th in Erovnuli Liga	Samtredia	Imereti
Sioni	3rd	Bolnisi	Kvemo Kartli
Spaeri	5th	Vazisubani, Tbilisi	Tbilisi

Notes:

• Rustavi, Locomotive, Sioni and Samtredia had previously taken part in the main division with the last two clubs being also the national champions. ^[2]
• Gonio and Iberia 1999 B were the league debutants.
• As the reserve teams of Dinamo Tbilisi and Iberia 1999, Dinamo-2 and Iberia 1999 B were ineligible for promotion.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Ref
Rustavi	Varlam Kilasonia	23 April	Giorgi Tsetsadze	[3]
Sioni	Giorgi Chelidze	14 May	Varlam Kilasonia	[4]
Samtredia	Mikheil Ashvetia	7 May	Eugenio Sena	[5]
Dinamo-2	Vakhtang Iagorashvili	18 May	Vasil Geguchadze	[6]
Gonio	Levan Jokhadze	8 June	Revaz Gotsiridze	[7]
Dinamo-2	Vasil Geguchadze	10 September	Davit Gelashvili	[8]
Gonio	Revaz Gotsiridze	1 October	Levan Jokhadze	[9]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rustavi (C, P)	36	21	8	7	62	30	+32	71	Promotion to 2026 Erovnuli Liga
2	Spaeri (P)	36	17	13	6	54	34	+20	64	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs
3	Meshakhte (P)	36	13	13	10	34	25	+9	52
4	Merani	36	13	11	12	41	55	−14	50
5	Sioni	36	12	12	12	50	44	+6	48
6	Samtredia	36	11	13	12	44	42	+2	46
7	Locomotive (R)	36	11	12	13	54	55	−1	45	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
8	Iberia 1999 B (R)	36	10	12	14	40	44	−4	42	Relegation to 2026 Liga 3
9	Gonio (R)	36	9	10	17	42	57	−15	37
10	Dinamo-2 (R)	36	6	10	20	41	76	−35	28

Source: Erovnuli Liga 2
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

Results

Regular season

Round 1-18 Home \ Away DT2 GON IB2 LOC MER MES RST SMT SBL SPA Dinamo-2 — 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 Gonio 3–1 — 0–4 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 Iberia 1999 B 3–1 0–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 Locomotive 4–2 1–1 4–2 — 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 Merani 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 — 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–5 Meshakhte 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 — 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 Rustavi 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 — 1–0 1–0 0–2 Samtredia 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 Sioni 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–1 Spaeri 3–3 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 — Source: Liga 2 results Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 19-36 Home \ Away DT2 GON IB2 LOC MER MES RST SMT SBL SPA Dinamo-2 — 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–4 2–1 Gonio 1–2 — 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–2 0–4 1–3 2–2 0–1 Iberia 1999 B 4–0 1–1 — 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 Locomotive 5–1 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 3–4 0–3 Merani 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 — 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–4 1–1 Meshakhte 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 — 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 Rustavi 3–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–2 — 3–0 1–2 2–0 Samtredia 2–2 3–2 4–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 — 2–1 1–1 Sioni 1–2 5–0 2–4 3–5 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 — 3–0 Spaeri 3–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 — Source: Liga 2 results Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 December 2025 ^[10]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Javokhir Esonkulov	Merani	22
2	Data Sitchinava	Sioni	20
3	Levan Kutalia	Rustavi / Samtredia	14
4	Saba Gegiadze	Spaeri	13
	Jean Souza de Almeida	Rustavi

Clean sheets

As of 6 December 2025 ^[11]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Levan Shovnadze	Rustavi	13
2	Avtandil Labadze	Meshakhte	12
	Bukhuti Putkaradze	Spaeri

Discipline

As of 6 December 2025 ^[12]

Most red cards: 9

• Dinamo-2

Fewest red cards: 0

• Gonio

Promotion playoffs

10 December 2025

13:30

Meshakhte	1–1	Telavi
C.Timi 39'	Report	Devdariani 56'

Agrano Vachadze stadium, Ambrolauri

Referee: G.Machitidze

14 December 2025

18:00

Telavi	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Meshakhte
Martin 31' (pen.) Devdariani  103'	Report	Fobi 74'

Davit Petriashvili Arena, Tbilisi

Referee: G.Kikacheishvili

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10 December 2025

16:00

Gareji	0–2	Spaeri
	Report	Basilashvili 25' Gegiadze 71'

Mikheil Meskhi 2

Referee: J.Khorava

14 December 2025

19:00

Spaeri	1–2	Gareji
Basilashvili 28'	Report	Papava 53' (pen.), 63' (pen.) Kamladze  56'

Spaeri stadium

Referee: G.Kruashvili

Both Spaeri and Meshakhte won the playoffs and advanced to Erovnuli Liga

Relegation playoffs

11 December 2025

13:00

Aragvi	2–3	Locomotive
Lukava 6' (pen.), 84'	Report	Amoako 25' Kekelidze 72' (pen.) Vibliani 90'

Shatili stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: A.Parjikia

15 December 2025

16:00

Locomotive	0–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Aragvi
	Report	Janelidze 29' Feli  111'

Saguramo

Referee: G.Avazashvili

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11 December 2025

13:30

Iberia 1999 B	2–2	Odishi 1919
Gogsadze 31', 72' Kukalia  79'	Report	Bochorishvili 86' Sylla 90+2'

Bendela

Referee: T.Samsonashvili

15 December 2025

13:00

Odishi 1919	2–1	Iberia 1999 B
Akondo 61' Kvernadze 87' (pen.)	Report	Dadiani 90+5'

Ganmukhuri

Referee: A.Aptsiauri

Locomotive and Iberia 1999 B were relegated

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