2023 Liga 4 (Georgia)

The 2023 Liga 4 is the fifth season of fourth-tier football in Georgia under its current title. The season began on 5 April and will end on 20 November.[1]

Liga 4
Season2023
Dates6 April – 20 November 
ChampionsTBD
PromotedBetlemi
Gonio
TBD
RelegatedDinamo Zugdidi
TBD 
Biggest home winGonio 14–1 Dinamo Zugdidi (28 June)
Biggest away winDinamo Zugdidi 0–8 Betlemi (29 April)
Highest scoringGonio 14–1 Dinamo Zugdidi (28 June)
Longest winning runBetlemi
(13 matches) 
Longest unbeaten runGonio (16)
Longest winless runDinamo Zugdidi (13)
Longest losing runDinamo Zugdidi (10)
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 26 October.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since 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
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 are occupied by reserve teams of higher league clubs. 

ClubPosition last seasonLocationRegion
Algeti[a]12thMarneuliKvemo Kartli
Betlemi4thKedaAdjara
Dinamo Zugdidi[b]ZugdidiSamegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Gardabani1st in Regionuli Liga BGardabaniKvemo Kartli
Gonio2nd in Regionuli Liga CBatumiAdjara
Kolkheti-2 19131st in Regionuli Liga CPotiSamegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Margveti 20069thZestafoniImereti
Merani-210thMartviliSamegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Odishi 191911thZugdidiSamegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Samgurali-28thTskaltuboImereti
Skuri5thTsalenjikhaSamegrelo-Z.Svaneti
Sulori7thVaniImereti
Varketili-21st in Regionuli Liga ATbilisiTbilisi
WIT Georgia-26thTbilisiTbilisi

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 (P) 22 19 2 1 62 11 +51 59 Promotion to Liga 3
2 Betlemi (P) 22 19 1 2 85 13 +72 58
3 Odishi 1919 23 12 6 5 39 31 +8 42
4 Gardabani 22 12 4 6 45 26 +19 40
5 Margveti 2006 23 12 3 8 45 35 +10 39
6 Merani-2 23 9 5 9 38 34 +4 32
7 Sulori 22 9 4 9 26 34 −8 31
8 Samgurali-2 23 9 2 12 42 44 −2 29
9 Algeti 23 8 4 11 37 59 −22 28
10 Varketili-2 23 9 0 14 35 41 −6 27
11 WIT Georgia-2 22 7 4 11 44 43 +1 25
12 Skuri 23 7 1 15 31 59 −28 22
13 Kolkheti-2 23 5 2 16 41 54 −13 17 Relegation to Regionuli Liga
14 Dinamo Zugdidi (R) 22 1 2 19 18 104 −86 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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

In late September, with seven games still to play Betlemi Keda and Gonio both secured promotion to Liga 3 for the 2024 season.[5]

Results
Home \ Away ALG BET DIN GAR GON KOL MRG MRN ODS SMG SKR SUL VAR WIT
Algeti 2–5 0–2 0–0 4–3 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–3 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–5
Betlemi 6–1 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 1–5 1–4 0–0 1–4 1–3 1–2 0–5 2–3
Gardabani 4–0 0–3 1 Nov 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–2 5–1 0–1 4–0
Gonio 6–0 14–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 1 Nov 2–1
Kolkheti-2 2–3 1–2 11–1 0–2 2–5 0–1 3–2 1–1 1 Nov 7–0 0–2 0–3
Margveti 2006 4–2 2–2 7–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–6 2–3 6–2 1 Nov 3–0 1–1
Merani-2 1–1 1 Nov 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–2
Odishi 1919 4–0 0–5 4–0 2–2 0–3 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 1 Nov
Samgurali-2 4–5 0–4 5–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 4–1 3–1
Skuri 5–0 0–4 4–0 0–1 0–2 0–5 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–3
Sulori 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–1
Varketili-2 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 6–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 26 October. Source: Liga 4 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.
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