FC Chiatura

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.

Chiatura
Full nameFootball Club Chiatura
Nickname(s)Chiatura
Founded1923 (1923)
GroundTemur Maghradze Stadium
Chiatura, Georgia
ManagerJemal Lashkhi
LeagueRegionuli Liga
202215th of 16 in Liga 4, relegated

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
2005-06Pirveli Liga14/183410717385637
2006-07Pirveli Liga6/18341699493257
2007-08Pirveli Liga A Group1/10272142561767
2008-09Pirveli Liga A Group6/113012315384839
2009-10Pirveli Liga11/15289316365830
2010-11Pirveli Liga16/17328519286929
2011-12Pirveli Liga Group A3/10181143301637
2012-13Pirveli Liga Group A5/123313614426645
2013-14Pirveli Liga Group B6/142612410444640
2014-15Pirveli Liga Group B5/103617316535254
2015-16Pirveli Liga12/183491510414842
2016Pirveli Liga Group Red6/9↓[lower-alpha 1]16727152120[lower-alpha 2]
2017Liga 3 Red Group1/10181242321440
Promotion Group7/10185211153317
2018Liga 312/20↓38121511394747
2019Liga 48/10278415294528
2020Liga 4 White Group2/8↑14662231124
2021Liga 313/14↓265615234621
2022Liga 415/16↓306618377524
  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. Nation Player
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Jimi Giorgadze
4 DF Georgia (country) GEO Saba Turmanidze
6 DF Georgia (country) GEO Givi Lashkhi
7 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giga Abramishvili
8 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Avanovi
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO Levan Kutchashvili
10 MF Georgia (country) GEO Tornike Devidze
11 FW Georgia (country) GEO Saba Gabadze
13 GK Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Khvedelidze
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Georgia (country) GEO Mikheil Mikeladze
17 DF Georgia (country) GEO Mirza Chkhitunidze
19 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Bakuradze
21 FW Georgia (country) GEO Koba Kapanadze
22 MF Georgia (country) GEO Aleksandre Bablidze
23 DF Georgia (country) GEO Givi Samkurashvili
24 MF Georgia (country) GEO Davit Chachua
29 FW Georgia (country) GEO Nika Gaprindashvili (C)
31 GK Georgia (country) GEO Zviad Japaridze
33 DF Georgia (country) 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.

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.
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