2023 Liga 4 (Georgia)

Liga 4
Season2023
Dates6 April – 20 November 
ChampionsGonio
PromotedGonio
Betlemi
Gardabani
RelegatedKolkheti-2
Dinamo Zugdidi  
Matches played182
Goals scored681 (3.74 per match)
Top goalscorerAmiran Abuselidze
(28 goals)
Biggest home winGonio 14–1 Dinamo Zugdidi (28 June)
Biggest away winDinamo Zugdidi 0–8 Betlemi (29 April)
Dinamo Zugdidi 0–8 Gonio (7 November)
Highest scoringGonio 14–1 Dinamo Zugdidi (28 June)
Longest winning runBetlemi
(13 matches) 
Longest unbeaten runGonio (19)
Longest winless runDinamo Zugdidi (14)
Longest losing runDinamo Zugdidi (14)
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2024 →

The 2023 Liga 4 (Georgia) season was the 5th edition of fourth tier football in Georgia under its current title. It began on 5 April and ended on 20 November.[1]

It was this year the only national division that no play-offs were held. The season consisted of 30 rounds with each team playing 26 matches. The top three teams gained promotion to Liga 3 while the two lowest-finishing teams were relegated to Regionuli Liga.

Team changes

The following teams changed division after the previous season:

To Liga 4

Relegated from Liga 3

Tbilisi City 

Promoted from Regionuli Liga

Gardabani • Gonio • Kolkheti-2 1913 • Varketili Tbilisi-2

From Liga 4

Promoted to Liga 3

Locomotive-2 Tbilisi • Shturmi • Matchakhela

Relegated to Regionuli Liga

Didube Tbilisi • Samegrelo • Magaroeli • Iberia Tbilisi

Teams and locations

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Location of Liga 4 football clubs in 2023

This season was supposed to start with sixteen participating teams, but Shevardeni 1906 were disqualified first, followed by Tbilisi City later on.

After the summer break fourteen teams continued to take part in the tournament with two of them previously being members of the first tier: Sulori Vani (1991, 1991–92)[2] and Dinamo Zugdidi under different names between 1990 and 2017.[3] Five more spots were occupied by reserve teams of higher league clubs. 

Club Position last season Location Region
Algeti[a] 12th Marneuli Kvemo Kartli
Betlemi 4th Keda Adjara
Dinamo Zugdidi [b] Zugdidi Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Gardabani 1st in Regionuli Liga B Gardabani Kvemo Kartli
Gonio 2nd in Regionuli Liga C Batumi Adjara
Kolkheti-2 1913 1st in Regionuli Liga C Poti Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Margveti 2006 9th Zestafoni Imereti
Merani-2 10th Martvili Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Odishi 11th Zugdidi Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Samgurali-2 8th Tskaltubo Imereti
Skuri 5th Tsalenjikha Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Sulori 7th Vani Imereti
Varketili-2 1st in Regionuli Liga A Tbilisi Tbilisi
WIT Georgia-2 6th Tbilisi Tbilisi

a Based in Tbilisi

b Expelled from Liga 2 on match-fixing allegations in May 2022, denied membership of Liga 3 in early 2023.[4]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Gonio (C, P) 26 21 4 1 75 15 +60 67 Promotion to Liga 3
2 Betlemi (P) 26 21 2 3 99 16 +83 65
3 Gardabani (P) 26 16 4 6 53 28 +25 52
4 Odishi 26 14 7 5 44 32 +12 49
5 Margveti 2006 26 15 3 8 55 40 +15 48
6 Samgurali-2 26 10 3 13 51 49 +2 33
7 Merani-2 26 9 6 11 38 37 +1 33
8 Sulori 26 9 5 12 26 39 −13 32
9 Algeti 26 10 4 12 48 74 −26 34
10 WIT Georgia-2 26 8 5 13 51 51 0 29
11 Varketili-2 26 9 1 16 38 48 −10 28
12 Skuri 26 7 2 17 33 69 −36 23
13 Kolkheti-2 (R) 26 6 4 16 48 58 −10 22 Relegation to Regionuli Liga
14 Dinamo Zugdidi (R) 26 1 2 23 22 125 −103 5
Source: gff.ge
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:

  • Tbilisi City were suspended after the first half of the season with all their matches annulled.
  • In late September, with seven games still to play Betlemi Keda and Gonio both secured promotion to Liga 3 for the 2024 season.[5] They were joined by Gardabani after a win on the last matchday.

Results

Home \ Away ALG BET DIN GAR GON KOL MRG MRN ODS SMG SKR SUL VAR WIT
Algeti 2–5 6–2 0–2 0–0 4–3 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–3 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–5
Betlemi 12–1 6–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 5–0 5–0 2–3 5–0 8–0 5–0 3–0 3–0
Dinamo Zugdidi 3–1 0–8 1–6 0–8 2–5 1–5 1–4 0–0 1–4 1–3 1–2 0–5 2–3
Gardabani 4–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–2 5–1 0–1 4–0 2–1
Gonio 6–0 0–0 14–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 2–1
Kolkheti-2 2–3 1–2 11–1 0–2 2–5 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 7–0 0–2 1–1 0–3
Margveti 2006 4–2 2–2 7–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–6 2–3 6–2 5–2 1–0 3–0 1–1
Merani-2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 4–2
Odishi 4–0 0–5 4–0 2–2 0–3 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–1
Samgurali-2 4–5 0–4 5–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–4 1–2 0–1 5–0 3–0 4–1 3–1
Skuri 5–0 0–4 4–0 0–1 0–2 0–5 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–3
Sulori 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–1
Varketili-2 1–4 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 0–3 1–3 2–0 5–3
WIT Georgia-2 0–2 1–2 4–0 2–2 3–3 6–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–3
Source: Liga 4 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Georgia (country) Amiran Abuselidze Betlemi 28
2 Georgia (country) Levan Ingorokva Gonio 22
3 Georgia (country) Davit Krasovski Kolkheti-2 21

References

  1. ^ "Results". gff.ge.
  2. ^ "Sulori in Umaglesi Liga". wildstat.com.
  3. ^ "Zugdidi in Umaglesi Liga". wildstat.com.
  4. ^ "მეშახტე", "ზესტაფონი", "ჩიხურა": იმერული სამაია ლიგა 3-ში რჩება!". fczestafoni.ge (in Georgian). 17 January 2023.
  5. ^ "უპრეცედენტო ფაქტი - "ბეთლემმა" და "გონიომ" ლიგა 3-ის საგზური სეზონის დასრულებამდე ორი თვით ადრე მოიპოვეს". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 28 September 2023.