2024 Liga 4 (Georgia)

Liga 4
Season2024
Dates2 April – 27 November 
ChampionsDidube
PromotedDidube
Odishi 1919
Margveti 2006
RelegatedVarketili-2
Merani Tbilisi-2
Chikhura  
Matches210
Goals855 (4.07 per match)
Top goalscorerJumber Khmelidze (Margveti 2006)
(44 goals)
Biggest home winVarketili-2 10–1 Mertskhali (27 November)
Biggest away winZana 0–9 Samgurali-2
(17 April)
Highest scoringSamgurali-2 10–3 Merani Tbilisi-2 (8 May)
Longest winning runDidube (8 matches) 
Longest unbeaten runDidube (11)
Longest winless runChikhura (17)
Longest losing runChikhura (16)
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All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2024 Liga 4 season was the 6th edition of fourth-tier football in Georgia under its current title. It began on 2 April and ended on 27 November.[1]

The season consisted of 30 rounds with each team playing 28 matches. In late October, the top three teams gained promotion to Liga 3 with four matches still to play.[2] By the same date, two of the three lowest-finishing teams bound for relegation to Regionuli Liga were determined.

It was the only national division where no after-season play-offs were held.

Team changes

The following teams changed division after the previous season:

Relegated from Liga 3

Merani Tbilisi-2 • Chikhura

Promoted from Regionuli Liga

Didube • Gagra-2 • Mertskhali • Zana

From Liga 4

Promoted to Liga 3

Gonio • Betlemi • Gardabani

Relegated to Regionuli Liga

Kolkheti-2 • Dinamo Zugdidi

Teams and locations

Location of Liga 4 football clubs in 2024

This season was scheduled to start with sixteen participating teams, but Shukura, demoted by the Federation from the 2nd division on 11 January 2024,[3] did not enter the competition.

Three out of fifteen teams participating in the league had been members of the first tier:

Six more spots were occupied by reserve teams of higher league clubs. 

Chikhura, Gagra-2, Mertskhali and Zana made their first appearances in Liga 4 this season.

ClubPosition last seasonLocationRegionVenue
Algeti9thMarneuliKvemo KartliCentraluri
Chikhura16th in Liga 3SachkhereImeretiDzveli stadioni
Didube1st in Regionuli Liga ATbilisiTbilisiCentraluri, Kaspi
Gagra-21st in Regionuli Liga BTbilisiTbilisiCentraluri, Mukhrani
Margveti 20065thZestaponiImeretiMurtaz and Soso Abashidzeebi,
Kharagauli
Merani Martvili-27thMartviliSamegrelo-Z.SvanetiMurtaz Khurtsilava stadium
Merani Tbilisi-215th in Liga 3TbilisiTbilisiShromiti rezervebi
Mertskhali1st in Regionuli Liga COzurgetiGuriaMegobroba
Odishi 19194thZugdidiSamegrelo-Z.SvanetiCentraluri, Ganmukhuri
Samgurali-26thTskaltuboImereti26 May stadium
Skuri12thTsalenjikhaSamegrelo-Z.SvanetiSasha Kvaratskhelia stadium
Sulori8thVaniImeretiGrigol Nikoleishvili stadium
Varketili-211thTbilisiTbilisiMarakana
WIT Georgia-210thTbilisiTbilisiMtskheta Park, Mtskheta
ZanaRegionuli Liga PO winnerAbashaSamegrelo-Z.SvanetiMevlud Miminoshvili stadium

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Didube (P, C) 28 22 3 3 78 16 +62 69 Promotion to Liga 3
2 Margveti 2006 (P) 28 20 2 6 96 46 +50 62
3 Odishi 1919 (P) 28 20 1 7 87 34 +53 61
4 Samgurali-2 28 15 1 12 83 53 +30 46
5 Sulori 28 13 4 11 53 49 +4 43
6 Skuri 28 13 3 12 55 60 −5 42
7 Zana 28 13 1 14 51 59 −8 40
8 Merani Martvili-2 28 12 3 13 52 54 −2 39
9 Gagra-2 28 12 3 13 49 41 +8 39
10 Algeti 28 12 3 13 38 52 −14 39
11 Mertskhali 28 11 4 13 57 64 −7 37
12 WIT Georgia-2 28 11 4 13 56 50 +6 37
13 Varketili-2 (R) 28 11 3 14 57 62 −5 36 Relegation to Regionuli Liga
14 Merani Tbilisi-2 (R) 28 5 1 22 23 98 −75 16
15 Chikhura (R) 28 2 0 26 20 117 −97 6
Source: gff.ge
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

Results

Home \ Away ALG CHI DID GAG MRG MRN MRT MER ODS SMG SKR SUL VAR WIT ZAN
Algeti 5–1 0–3 2–0 3–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–3
Chikhura 0–3 0–2 0–4 1–4 1–4 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–7 1–3 0–4 0–4 1–5 0–2
Didube 6–0 7–0 2–0 3–1 5–0 4–0 5–2 1–0 4–1 7–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0
Gagra-2 1–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–4 2–0 2–0 3–0 7–1 2–2 1–1 1–3
Margveti 2006 5–0 7–1 1–0 3–2 7–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 3–4 6–3 3–1 1–0 5–1
Merani Martvili-2 4–0 4–0 1–2 0–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–5 2–1 3–2 1–3 0–2 3–1 3–3
Merani Tbilisi-2 3–1 1–4 0–2 1–3 1–9 1–1 0–4 0–2 1–6 0–2 0–3 3–2 0–6 3–2
Mertskhali 0–1 5–1 2–1 2–0 2–7 1–0 5–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2
Odishi 1919 4–0 8–0 2–2 3–1 5–1 1–0 7–0 5–4 2–0 4–0 7–1 8–2 3–2 3–1
Samgurali-2 4–0 9–3 1–5 2–3 2–7 5–2 10–3 2–1 0–2 4–1 5–0 3–2 3–1 1–0
Skuri 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–4 0–3 3–0 4–1 5–3 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–1
Sulori 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 5–3 4–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 2–2 0–1
Varketili-2 0–1 5–0 0–3 2–1 1–4 1–7 2–1 10–1 3–2 1–3 5–4 0–1 2–1 3–0
WIT Georgia-2 0–3 4–0 0–2 0–4 5–0 4–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 4–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–0
Zana 0–1 5–0 0–1 4–2 0–5 2–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 0–9 4–3 0–3 2–1 7–3
Source: Liga 4 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ↑ "შედეგები [Match results]". gff.ge (in Georgian).
  2. ↑ ""დიდუბე 2014", "ოდიში 1919" და "მარგვეთი 2006": ლიგა 3-ის ახალი წევრები!". lelo.ge (in Georgian). 31 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "ქობულეთის "შუქურამ" ლიცენზია ვერ მიიღო და ლიგა 4-ში დაქვეითდა". ajaratv.ge (in Georgian). 11 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Chikhura in Umaglesi Liga". wildstat.com.
  5. ↑ "Sulori in Umaglesi Liga". wildstat.com.
  6. ↑ "Mertskhali in Umaglesi Liga". wildstat.com.