FC Chiatura

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Chiatura
FC Magaroeli Chiatura.png
Full nameFootball Club Chiatura
Nickname(s)Chiatura
Founded1923;101 years ago (1923)
Ground Temur Maghradze Stadium
Chiatura, Georgia
ManagerJemal 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.

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The team has twice participated in the top tier.

History

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.

Seasons

YearLeaguePosPWDLGFGAPts
2005-06 Pirveli Liga 14/183410717385637
2006-07 Pirveli Liga6/18341699493257
2007-08 Pirveli Liga A Group1/10272142561767
2008-09 Pirveli Liga A Group6/113012315384839
2009-10 Pirveli Liga11/15289316365830
2010-11 Pirveli Liga16/17328519286929
2011-12 Pirveli Liga Group A3/10181143301637
2012-13 Pirveli Liga Group A5/123313614426645
2013-14 Pirveli Liga Group B6/142612410444640
2014-15 Pirveli Liga Group B5/103617316535254
2015-16 Pirveli Liga12/183491510414842
2016 Pirveli Liga Group Red6/9 [lower-alpha 1] 16727152120 [lower-alpha 2]
2017 Liga 3 Red Group1/10181242321440
Promotion Group7/10185211153317
2018 Liga 312/2038121511394747
2019 Liga 4 8/10278415294528
2020 Liga 4 White Group2/814662231124
2021 Liga 313/14265615234621
2022 Liga 415/16306618377524
  1. Lost to Meshakhte Tkibuli 1–6 on aggregate in relegation play-offs
  2. Three points deducted

Players

As of April 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
3 DF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Jimi Giorgadze
4 DF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Saba Turmanidze
6 DF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Givi Lashkhi
7 MF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Giga Abramishvili
8 MF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Giorgi Avanovi
9 FW Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Levan Kutchashvili
10 MF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Tornike Devidze
11 FW Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Saba Gabadze
13 GK Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Giorgi Khvedelidze
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 FW Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Mikheil Mikeladze
17 DF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Mirza Chkhitunidze
19 MF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Giorgi Bakuradze
21 FW Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Koba Kapanadze
22 MF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Aleksandre Bablidze
23 DF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Givi Samkurashvili
24 MF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Davit Chachua
29 FW Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Nika Gaprindashvili (C)
31 GK Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Zviad Japaridze
33 DF Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Lasha Kutchashvili

Honours

Stadium

The club hosts their league games on Temur Maghradze stadium, which has a capacity of 11,650.

Name

The club several times changed the name from Chiatura to Magaroeli and back. The latter literally means a miner implying the existing Chiatura mine complex in this town.

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References

  1. "Magaroeli in Soviet leagues". wildstat.com.
  2. "2007-08 season". soccerway.com.
  3. ""ჭიათურას" სამი ქულა დააკლდა, "ბორჯომი" დაჯარიმდა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian), 29 September 2016.
  4. "2017 table for promotion group". soccerway.com.
  5. "სამის ნაცვლად ხუთი ცვლილება". popsport.com (in Georgian). 25 January 2021.