2020_Liga_3_(Georgia)
2020 Liga 3 (Georgia)
Football season in Georgia
Тhe 2020 Liga 3 season was the fourth one under its current name and 33rd since Georgia formed independent football league system in 1990.
| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 March - 12 December |
| Champions | Gareji |
| Promoted | Gareji |
| Relegated | None |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 259 (2.88 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Kolkheti-1913 5-0 Meshakhte (13 November) Kolkheti-1913 5-0 Guria (27 November) |
| Biggest away win | Meshakhte 0-6 Kolkheti-1913 (13 September) |
| Highest scoring | Guria 4-5 Gareji (5 November) |
| Longest winning run | Gareji (7) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Kolkheti-1913 (11) |
| Longest winless run | Meshakhte (9) |
| Longest losing run | Meshakhte (7) |
← 2019 2021 → | |
Five new members joined the league after the previous season. Tbilisi City and Spaeri gained promotion from Liga 4, while Guria Lanchkhuti, Kolkheti-1913 and Tskhinvali were relegated from the second division. The latter, though, having failed to meet the existing financial commitments, were expelled and replaced by Gareji Sagarejo, a third place team from the lower league.
The teams played opening matches of the season in early March, but as COVID was raging, all sport activities were halted.[1] The games resumed in late July. A two-round competition concluded in December with Gareji Sagarejo winning the league.[2] Kolkheti-1913 finished second, while Gori prevailed in a battle for the third qualifying slot. But both failed in their promotion bid following their play-off performance.
The two bottom teams were spared from relegation after some changes regarding the Liga 4 format for the next year were endorsed by Football Federation in February 2020.[3]
| Clubs | Position in 2019 |
Location | Venue | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakhmaro | 4th | Chokhatauri | Boris Paichadze stadium | Guria |
| Gareji | 3rd in Liga 4 | Sagarejo | Central stadium | Kakheti |
| Gori | 7th | Gori | Kartli | Shida Kartli |
| Guria | 8th in Liga 2 | Lanchkhuti | Evgrapi Shevardnadze Stadium | Guria |
| Kolkheti | 6th | Khobi | Paata Tatarashvili stadium | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
| Kolkheti 1913 | 9th in Liga 2 | Poti | Fazisi | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
| Meshakhte | 8th | Tkibuli | Temur Maghradze Stadium | Imereti |
| Saburtalo-2 | 5th | Tbilisi | Bendela | Tbilisi |
| Spaeri | 1st in Liga 4 | Tbilisi | Spaeri | Tbilisi |
| Tbilisi City | 2nd in Liga 4 | Tbilisi | Olympic Complex | Tbilisi |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gareji (C, P) | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 43 | Promotion to the Erovnuli Liga 2 |
| 2 | Kolkheti 1913 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 38 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Gori | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 32 | |
| 4 | Spaeri | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 30 | |
| 5 | Guria | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 26 | |
| 6 | Kolkheti | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Tbilisi City | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 21 | |
| 8 | Saburtalo-2 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 19 | |
| 9 | Bakhmaro | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 18 | |
| 10 | Meshakhte | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 45 | −35 | 6 |
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
Regular season
| Home \ Away | GAR | KOL | GOR | SPA | GUR | KKH | TBC | SB2 | BAK | MES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gareji | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| Kolkheti 1913 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
| Gori | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
| Spaeri | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |
| Guria | 4–5 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | |
| Kolkheti | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Tbilisi City | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Saburtalo-2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Bakhmaro | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Meshakhte | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion play-offs
| Merani Martvili | 3–1 | Gori |
|---|---|---|
Saghrishvili  41'Patsatsia 47'Tsotsonava 85' (pen.) |
Report | Alimbarashvili 73' |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | WIT Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Gvalia 68' |
Report | |
| Penalties | ||
Gvalia  Megrelisvili Mumuladze  Kirkitadze Kashia |
3–4 | Nemsadze Zaridze Barabadze Molashvili Museliani |
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