2020 Liga 3 (Georgia)

Liga 3
Season2020
Dates10 March - 12 December
ChampionsGareji
PromotedGareji
RelegatedNone
Matches played90
Goals scored259 (2.88 per match)
Biggest home winKolkheti-1913 5-0 Meshakhte
(13 November)
Kolkheti-1913 5-0 Guria
(27 November)
Biggest away winMeshakhte 0-6 Kolkheti-1913
(13 September)
Highest scoringGuria 4-5 Gareji
(5 November)
Longest winning runGareji (7)
Longest unbeaten runKolkheti-1913 (11)
Longest winless runMeshakhte (9)
Longest losing runMeshakhte (7)
← 2019
2021 →

Тhe 2020 Liga 3 season was the fourth one under its current name and 33rd since Georgia formed independent football league system in 1990.

Team changes

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.

Review

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]

Teams and stadiums

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Locations of Liga 3 football clubs in 2020
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

League table

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
Source: Soccerway
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

Results

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
Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Gori0–0Merani Martvili
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili
Merani Martvili3–1Gori
Saghrishvili 41'
Patsatsia 47'
Tsotsonava 85' (pen.)		 Report Alimbarashvili 73'
Murtaz Khurtsilava Stadium, Martvili
Attendance: 0
Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili
WIT Georgia1–0Kolkheti-1913 Poti
Natchkebia 20' Report
David Petriashvili Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bakur Ninua
Kolkheti-1913 Poti1–0 (a.e.t.)WIT Georgia
Gvalia 68' Report
Penalties
Gvalia soccer ball with red X
Megrelisvili soccer ball with red X
Mumuladze soccer ball with check mark
Kirkitadze soccer ball with check mark
Kashia soccer ball with check mark		 3–4 soccer ball with red X Nemsadze
soccer ball with check mark Zaridze
soccer ball with check mark Barabadze
soccer ball with check mark Molashvili
soccer ball with check mark Museliani
Poti Training Center, Poti
Attendance: 0
Referee: Giorgi Vadatchkoria


References

  1. ^ "კორონავირუსის გამო საქართველოში სპორტული ღონისძიებების ჩატარება შეჩერდა". etaloni.ge (in Georgian). 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ "საქართველოს "ლიგა 3" "გარეჯი-1960"-მა მოიგო". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ ""ზესტაფონი" ლიგა 4-ში იასპარეზებს". fczestafoni.ge (in Georgian) 13 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Liga 3, 2020". soccerway.com.

External links

  • Georgian Football Federation
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