Georgia women's football championship

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Georgia women's football championship
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Founded1990
CountryFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Confederation UEFA
Number of clubs10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to Liga 2
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
Current champions Lanchkhuti (4th title)
(2024)
Website http://womensleague.ge/

The Georgia Women's Football Championship is contested in the top level women's football league in Georgia. The league ran until 2010 and was for a time defunct, [1] in 2014 an attempt was made to restore the championship in the form of a cup tournament. In 2015, no tournament was held, but competition resumed in 2016.

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History

In 2004 a league was established. It ran for six years in the form of mini-tournaments. It was eventually disbanded for monetary reasons and limited player numbers. [2] The number of teams varied from year to year. In 2008 there were 4 teams, 7 in 2009 and 5 in 2010.

Renewed interest in women's football lead to a new improved league 2014. [3] After years of hiatus a national championship was played in cup style in August 2014. [4] [5]

The league seasons resumed on an annual basis in 2016. The number of participating teams was increased from six to 14 by 2020, which required forming another league. Liga 2 was launched the next year with eight members. [6] In 2025, the women's championship consists of 24 teams split into two leagues.

Structure

The league season is divided into two parts. The first phase comprises a regular tournament with home and away games. After 18 matches, the top four teams form Championship Group while the bottom six clubs take part in Relegation round. The team finishing in 10th place is relegated automatically and the 9th-placed team participates in playoffs against the Liga 2 runners-up. [7]

Seasons run on a full year system, running from spring to autumn.

Current season

The current iteration of the Women’s League began on 9 March 2025 with ten teams contesting the title. The clubs are listed below in alphabetical order.

ClubsPosition last seasonLocationRegion
Batumi4th Batumi Adjara
Elita6th Tbilisi Tbilisi
Kvartali FC 2nd Tbilisi Tbilisi
Lanchkhuti 1st Lanchkhuti Guria
Martvé 7th Kutaisi Imereti
Niké-Lusso3rdTbilisiTbilisi
Norchi Dinamo5thTbilisiTbilisi
Racha-20203rd in Liga 2 Ambrolauri Racha
Samegrelo 1st in Liga 2 Chkhorotsku Samegrelo
Veré2nd in Liga 2TbilisiTbilisi

Champions

Note: Nike and Samegrelo are the previous names of current Nike-Lusso.

Awards

At an annual ceremony hosted by the Georgian Football Federation at the end of each year, best players of the league are named.

YearPlayerClubRef.
2018 Natia Danelia Lanchkhuti [19]
2019 Khatia Chkonia Lanchkhuti [20]
2020Khatia ChkoniaLanchkhuti [21]
2021Khatia ChkoniaLanchkhuti [22]
2022 Lela Chichinadze Dinamo Sokhumi [23]
2023Natia Danelia Kvartali FC [24]
2024 Teona Bakradze Nike-Lusso [25]

References

  1. ↑ "Women's football across the national associations (2013/14)" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "UEFA Women's Football Development Programme – Review of National Association Projects, June 2013" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Women's football across the national associations (2014-15)" (PDF). UEFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Primetimenews.ge". Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  5. ↑ "Women's Football". Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  6. ↑ "ქალთა ლიგა 2-ის გათამაშება დაიწყო" [Women's Liga 2 begins]. Georgian Football Federation (in Georgian). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "ქალთა ლიგის გათამაშება 9 მარტიდან დაიწყება" [Women's league starts on 9 March]. womensleague.ge (in Georgian). 5 March 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Georgia (Women) 1990". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Georgia (Women) 1997". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  10. ↑ "Georgia (Women) 2006/07". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  11. ↑ "Georgia (Women) 2007/08". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "Georgia (Women) 2008/09". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  13. ↑ "Georgia (Women) 2009/10". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  14. ↑ "Georgian Football Federation - the Home of Georgian Football". Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  15. ↑ "ქალთა ეროვნული ჩემპიონატის გამარჯვებული ქუთაისის "მართვე" გახდა". newpress.ge. 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  16. ↑ ""ნიკე" საქართველოს ქალთა ჩემპიონატის გამარჯვებულია". 1tv.ge. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  17. ↑ "ლანჩხუთი ქალთა ლიგის გამარჯვებულია". Georgian Football Federation. 1 October 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  18. ↑ "თბილისის ნიკე ქალთა ლიგის ჩემპიონია" [Nike Tbilisi is the champion of the Women's League] (in Georgian). Georgian Football Federation. 20 October 2020.
  19. ↑ "GFF AWARDS 2018 - გამარჯვებულები". tabula.ge (in Georgian). 30 December 2018.
  20. ↑ "GFF Awards 2019". Georgian Football Federation (in Georgian). 27 December 2019.
  21. ↑ "GFF Awards 2020" (in Georgian). 29 December 2020.
  22. ↑ "GFF Awards 2021" (in Georgian). GFF. 29 December 2021.
  23. ↑ "GFF Awards 2022" (in Georgian). GFF. 26 December 2022.
  24. ↑ "GFF Awards 2023". irff.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2023.
  25. ↑ "მამარდაშვილი წლის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი გახდა, ბაქრაძე ქალთა შორის გამოარჩიეს". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2024.
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