Season | 2023 |
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Dates | 4 April – 1 December |
Champions | Aragvi |
Promoted | Aragvi Shturmi Rustavi |
Relegated | Merani-2 Chikhura |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 761 (3.17 per match) |
Biggest home win | Rustavi 7–0Guria (7 November) |
Biggest away win | Chikhura 0–7 Varketili (9 May) Borjomi 0–7Shturmi (25 October) Merani-2 0–7Zestaponi (31 October) |
Highest scoring | Bakhmaro 8–2Rustavi (17 October) |
Longest winning run | Shturmi (8 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Shturmi (13) |
Longest winless run | Chikhura (14) |
Longest losing run | Chikhura (14) |
←2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 1 December. |
The2023 Liga 3 (Georgia) season was the 7th edition under its current title and the 35th edition of third tierfootball inGeorgia. The regular two-round tournament began on 4 April and ended on 1 December[1] with promotionplay-offs completed on 10 December. Each team played thirty matches in as many rounds.
Gori had the longest tenure in the league with the 7th consecutive season whileMeshakhte andBakhmaro entered into the sixth year. On the other hand, three of the four new members (Locomotive-2,Rustavi andShturmi) made their debut in Liga 3.
The following teams have changed division since the previous season:
Promoted fromLiga 4
Locomotive-2 •Shturmi •Matchakhela
Relegated fromLiga 2
Relegated toLiga 4
Tbilisi City
Promoted toLiga 2
Dinamo Tbilisi-2 •Kolkheti-1913 •Kolkheti Khobi
Sixteen teams were competing in Liga 3 for the 2023 season. Five of them previously played in the top division, namelyBorjomi (2005–09),Chikhura (2012–20),Guria Lanchkhuti (1990–99, 2001–02, 2013–16),Rustavi (2018–19) andZestaponi (2004–15) with the latter being the two-times national champions.[2] There were also three reserve teams of higher league members this season.
The clubs are listed below in alphabetical order:
Clubs | Position last season | Location | Region |
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Aragvia | 3rd | Dusheti | Mtskheta-Mtianeti |
Bakhmaro | 10th | Chokhatauri | Guria |
Borjomi | 8th | Borjomi | Samtskhe-Javakheti |
Chikhura | 16th | Sachkhere | Imereti |
Gori | 6th | Gori | Shida Kartli |
Guria | 11th | Lanchkhuti | Guria |
Iraob | 9th | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
Locomotive-2 | 1st in Liga 4 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
Matchakhela | 3rd in Liga 4 | Khelvachauri | Adjara |
Merani-2 Tbilisi | 13th | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
Meshakhte | 14th | Tkibuli | Imereti |
Rustavi | 7th in Liga 2 | Rustavi | Kvemo Kartli |
Saburtalo-2 | 7th | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
Shturmic | 2nd in Liga 4 | Sartichala | Kvemo Kartli |
Varketili | 5th | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
Zestaponi | 15th | Zestaponi | Imereti |
a Based in Tbilisi, plays at Marakana football ground.
c Uses theSagarejo Central stadium as their home ground.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Aragvi(C, P) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 21 | +45 | 68 | Promotion toErovnuli Liga 2 |
2 | Shturmi(P) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 68 | |
3 | Rustavi | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 61 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs |
4 | Varketili | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 60 | |
5 | Meshakhte | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 55 | |
6 | Irao | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 50 | |
7 | Saburtalo-2 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 45 | |
8 | Gori | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 43 | |
9 | Guria | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 39 | |
10 | Locomotive-2 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 35 | |
11 | Borjomi | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 50 | 78 | −28 | 35 | |
12 | Bakhmaro | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 33 | |
13 | Zestaponi | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 29 | |
14 | Matchakhela | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 26 | Relegation toLiga 4 |
15 | Merani-2(R) | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 22 | |
16 | Chikhura(R) | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 23 | 101 | −78 | 7 |
Home \ Away | ARA | BOR | BKH | CHI | GOR | GUR | IRA | LC2 | MAT | MR2 | MES | RST | SB2 | STR | VAR | ZES |
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Aragvi | 6–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | |
Borjomi | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 3–0 | |
Bakhmaro | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 8–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
Chikhura | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–7 | 0–1 | |
Gori | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
Guria | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
Irao | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
Locomotive-2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
Matchakhela | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
Merani-2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–7 | |
Meshakhte | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
Rustavi | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
Saburtalo-2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
Shturmi | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Varketili | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
Zestaponi | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
Locomotive | 4–0 | Rustavi |
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Makharoblidze![]() ![]() Ozbetelashvili ![]() ![]() | Report |
Rustavi | 4–3 | Locomotive |
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Toroshelidze![]() Japaridze ![]() Nakano ![]() | Report | Molashvili![]() Basheleishvili ![]() Ozbetelashvili ![]() |
Varketili | 0–0 | Kolkheti Khobi |
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Report |
Kolkheti Khobi | 1–0 | Varketili |
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Tsurtsumia![]() | Report |
On 11 January 2024, the Federation announced that following the expulsion ofShukura from the 2nd division to Liga 4,Rustavi would be admitted to replace them next season withMatchakhela also spared from relegation.[5]