2024 Liga 3 (Georgia)
Season | 2024 |
---|---|
Dates | 7 March – 7 December |
Champions | Gonio (1st title) |
Promoted | Gonio |
Relegated | Machakhela Guria |
Matches played | 232 |
Goals scored | 674 (2.91 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kakhabrishvili (Gonio) Esankulov (Merani M) (19 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Meshakhte 7–0 Guria (7 November) |
Biggest away win | Machakhela 0–10 Gori (21 November) |
Highest scoring | Machakhela 0–10 Gori (21 November) |
Longest winning run | Iberia-2 1999 (6 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Gonio (11) |
Longest winless run | Machakhela (13) |
Longest losing run | Guria (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:
To Liga 3Promoted from Liga 4 Gonio • Betlemi • Gardabani Relegated from Liga 2 Merani Martvili • Merani Tbilisi |
From Liga 3Relegated to Liga 4 Merani Tbilisi-2 • Chikhura Promoted to Liga 2 Aragvi • Shturmi • Rustavi |
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 |
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:
- ↑ Zestaponi were deducted three points for disciplinary issues
Results
Regular season
Top goalscorers
As of 21 November 2024[5]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgia (country) Kakha Kakhabrishvili | Gonio | 19 |
Uzbekistan Javohir Esankulov | 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 4 • 2024 Georgian Cup
References
- ↑ "კალენდარი". gff.ge (in Georgian).
- ↑ "Georgian Football League Champions by Year". myfootballfacts.com.
- ↑ "ცხრილი". gff.ge (in ქართული).
- ↑ "Liga 3 results". soccerway.com.
- ↑ "2024 Liga 3 Topscorers". flashscore.com.