2024 Liga 3 (Georgia)

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Liga 3
Season2024
Dates7 March – 7 December
ChampionsGonio (1st title)
PromotedGonio
RelegatedMachakhela
Guria
Matches played232
Goals scored674 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerKakhabrishvili (Gonio)
Esankulov (Merani M)
(19 goals each)
Biggest home winMeshakhte 7–0 Guria
(7 November)
Biggest away winMachakhela 0–10 Gori
(21 November)
Highest scoringMachakhela 0–10 Gori
(21 November)
Longest winning runIberia-2 1999
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runGonio (11)
Longest winless run Machakhela (13)
Longest losing runGuria (10)
2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 29 November.

The 2024 Liga 3 season is the 8th edition under its current title and the 36th edition of third tier football in Georgia. The regular two-round tournament commenced on 7 March and will end on 7 December[1] with two-legged promotion play-offs due to be completed in mid-December. Each team will play thirty matches in as many rounds. There are sixteen teams competing in the league this season. Five of them, namely Borjomi, Guria, Merani Martvili, Merani Tbilisi and Zestaponi have participated in the top tier with the latter being the two-time national champions.[2] Gori have the longest tenure in the league with the 8th consecutive season while Meshakhte and Bakhmaro entered into the seventh year. On the other hand, Gonio are the only team to have made their debut in Liga 3.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the previous season:

Teams

The clubs are listed below in alphabetical order. Even though some of them are temporarily using football grounds in other cities/regions, the map displays their legal addresses.

Clubs Position in 2023 Location Region Stadium
Bakhmaro 12th Chokhatauri Guria Boris Paichadze stadium
Betlemi 2nd in Liga 4 Keda Adjara Archil Partenadze stadium
Borjomi 11th Borjomi Samtskhe-Javakheti Grigol Jomartidze Stadium, Khashuri
Gardabani 3rd in Liga 4 Gardabani Kvemo Kartli Centraluri
Gonio 1st in Liga 4 Gonio Adjara Angisa training base
Gori 8th Gori Shida Kartli Kartli Stadium
Guria 9th Lanchkhuti Guria Evgrapi Shevardnadze Stadium
Iberia-2 1999[a] 7th Tbilisi Tbilisi Bendela
Locomotive-2 10th Tbilisi Tbilisi Olympic complex
Matchakhela 14th Khelvachauri Adjara Akhalsopeli
Merani M 9th in Liga 2 Martvili Samegrelo-Z.Svaneti Murtaz Khurtsilava stadium
Merani T 10th in Liga 2 Tbilisi Tbilisi Shromiti rezervebi
Meshakhte 5th Tkibuli Imereti Vladimer Bochorishvili Stadium
Orbi[b] 6th Tbilisi Tbilisi Grigol Jomartidze stadium, Khashuri
Varketili 4th Tbilisi Tbilisi Centraluri, Kaspi
Zestaponi 13th Zestaponi Imereti David Abashidze Stadium

a Known as Saburtalo-2 until this season b Known as Irao until this season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Gonio (C, P) 29 19 4 6 75 34 +41 61 Promotion to Erovnuli Liga 2
2 Meshakhte 29 17 6 6 51 22 +29 57
3 Merani M 29 16 7 6 56 29 +27 55 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Iberia-2 1999 29 14 10 5 49 25 +24 52
5 Orbi 29 14 9 6 48 32 +16 51
6 Gori 29 14 8 7 47 21 +26 50
7 Betlemi 29 12 5 12 45 52 −7 41
8 Merani T 29 10 10 9 40 38 +2 40
9 Locomotive-2 29 12 4 13 46 56 −10 40
10 Gardabani 29 9 7 13 41 37 +4 34
11 Varketili 29 9 6 14 44 48 −4 33
12 Borjomi 29 8 4 17 30 55 −25 28
13 Bakhmaro 29 6 9 14 19 31 −12 27
14 Zestaponi 29 6 11 12 32 46 −14 26[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Liga 4
15 Matchakhela (R) 29 6 6 17 29 78 −49 24
16 Guria (R) 29 4 6 19 22 70 −48 18
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November. Source: [3]
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:
  1. Zestaponi were deducted three points for disciplinary issues

Results

Regular season

Home \ Away BKH BET BOR GAR GON GOR GUR IB2 LC2 MAT MRN MRT MES ORB VAR ZES
Bakhmaro 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0
Betlemi 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–3 5–1 1–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–2
Borjomi 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–4 2–1
Gardabani 1–2 5–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 4–0 6–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–2
Gonio 1–0 1–2 6–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 6–1 2–4 2–5 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–1
Gori 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 7/12 5–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0
Guria 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 0–4 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–4 0–2 4–1
Iberia-2 1999 0–0 5–0 7/12 0–2 3–3 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 5–2 4–0
Locomotive-2 2–1 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–3 0–2 5–2 0–1 6–1 2–2 1–2 0–4 2–0 3–1 1–1
Matchakhela 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 0–10 7/12 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–1
Merani M 3–0 3–2 4–1 7/12 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 5–0 3–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–1
Merani T 0–1 7/12 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 3–3 3–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2
Meshakhte 0–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 7–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 7/12
Orbi 7/12 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–5 2–1 1–0 2–0
Varketili 4–1 2–2 3–4 1–1 7/12 2–2 4–0 0–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–4 2–1
Zestaponi 1–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 21 November 2024[5]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Georgia (country) Kakha Kakhabrishvili Gonio 19
Uzbekistan Javohir Esankulov [uz] Merani Martvili 19
3 Georgia (country) Tato Abuselidze Gonio 16
Georgia (country) Zurab Beridze Betlemi 16
5 Georgia (country) Dimitri Gurtskaia Meshakhte 15

See also

2024 Erovnuli Liga • 2024 Erovnuli Liga 2 • 2024 Liga 42024 Georgian Cup

References

  1. "კალენდარი". gff.ge (in Georgian).
  2. "Georgian Football League Champions by Year". myfootballfacts.com.
  3. "ცხრილი". gff.ge (in ქართული).
  4. "Liga 3 results". soccerway.com.
  5. "2024 Liga 3 Topscorers". flashscore.com.

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