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| Full name | Football Club Chiatura | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Chiatura | ||
| Founded | 1923 | ||
| Ground | Temur Maghradze Stadium Chiatura, Georgia | ||
| Manager | Jemal Lashkhi | ||
| League | Regionuli Liga | ||
| 2022 | 15th of 16 in Liga 4, relegated | ||
FC Magaroeli is a Georgian football club from Chiatura. Following the 2022 season they were relegated to Regionuli Liga, the fifth tier of Georgian football system.
The team has twice participated in the top tier.
Formed in 1923, Chiatura won the Georgian championship in 1975, and also clinched the domestic Cup title in 1978 and 1979. The club spent four seasons in the Soviet Second league. [1]
In 1992/93 season the club finished second in Pirveli Liga which paved the way for Umaglesi Liga in 1993/94. Magaroeli participated in the top flight also in 1997/98.
Between 2004 and 2017 the club spent 13 successive seasons in Liga 2. At one point the club came close to another promotion. After winning the 2007–08 season with a 23-point margin, they beat Gagra on penalties in champions play-offs, although Chiatura eventually had to give up their Umaglesi Liga place [2] after their failure to meet the criteria existing for top-flight clubs.
While the team stayed in top half of the table for four consecutive seasons, they were involved in survival battles in 2016. In this season Magaroeli were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player. [3] In play-offs they failed to overcome Meshakhte Tkibuli and left the league.
The next year they won the regular season in Liga 3, although displayed a poor performance in the promotion tournament. [4]
In 2018, Chiatura finished in 12th place in a 20-team league and along with all other bottom-half clubs were relegated to the newly formed Liga 4.
The team came 2nd in 2020. Even though this result fell short of the promotion, some changes of the league format announced in January 2021 by GFF awarded Magaroeli a Liga 3 place for the upcoming season. [5]
The club was struggling in the next two years. In both cases they finished in the drop zone and suffered a double relegation.
| Year | League | Pos | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | Pirveli Liga | 14/18 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 56 | 37 |
| 2006-07 | Pirveli Liga | 6/18 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 32 | 57 |
| 2007-08 | Pirveli Liga A Group | 1/10 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 17 | 67 |
| 2008-09 | Pirveli Liga A Group | 6/11 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 48 | 39 |
| 2009-10 | Pirveli Liga | 11/15 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 58 | 30 |
| 2010-11 | Pirveli Liga | 16/17 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 69 | 29 |
| 2011-12 | Pirveli Liga Group A | 3/10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 37 |
| 2012-13 | Pirveli Liga Group A | 5/12 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 66 | 45 |
| 2013-14 | Pirveli Liga Group B | 6/14 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 46 | 40 |
| 2014-15 | Pirveli Liga Group B | 5/10 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 53 | 52 | 54 |
| 2015-16 | Pirveli Liga | 12/18 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 48 | 42 |
| 2016 | Pirveli Liga Group Red | 6/9↓ [lower-alpha 1] | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 20 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 2017 | Liga 3 Red Group | 1/10 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 40 |
| Promotion Group | 7/10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 17 | |
| 2018 | Liga 3 | 12/20↓ | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 47 | 47 |
| 2019 | Liga 4 | 8/10 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 45 | 28 |
| 2020 | Liga 4 White Group | 2/8↑ | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 24 |
| 2021 | Liga 3 | 13/14↓ | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 21 |
| 2022 | Liga 4 | 15/16↓ | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 75 | 24 |
As of April 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The club hosts their league games on Temur Maghradze stadium, which has a capacity of 11,650.
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