| 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 → | |
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. The games resumed in late July. A two-round competition concluded in December with Gareji Sagarejo winning the league. 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.
Teams and stadiums
GoriGareji SagarejoKolkheti 1913KolkhetiGuriaMeshakhteBakhmaroTbilisi
Tbilisi teams:Tbilisi City
Saburtalo-2
Spaericlass=notpageimage| 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 |
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 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion play-offs
| Gori | 0–0 | Merani Martvili |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Merani Martvili | 3–1 | Gori |
|---|---|---|
Saghrishvili  41'Patsatsia 47'Tsotsonava 85' (pen.) |
Report | Alimbarashvili 73' |
| WIT Georgia | 1–0 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti |
|---|---|---|
| Natchkebia 20' |
Report |
| 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 |
References
- "კორონავირუსის გამო საქართველოში სპორტული ღონისძიებების ჩატარება შეჩერდა". etaloni.ge (in Georgian). 12 March 2020.
- "საქართველოს "ლიგა 3" "გარეჯი-1960"-მა მოიგო". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2020.
- ""ზესტაფონი" ლიგა 4-ში იასპარეზებს". fczestafoni.ge (in Georgian) 13 February 2020.
- "Liga 3, 2020". soccerway.com.
External links
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