2021 Liga 3 (Georgia)

The 2021 Liga 3 was the fifth season under its current title and the 33rd season of third tier football in Georgia. The season began on 2 April and ended on 2 December.^[1]

Liga 3

Season	2021
Dates	2 April – 2 December 2021
Champions	Spaeri
Promoted	Spaeri
Relegated	Magaroeli Didube
Matches played	182
Goals scored	548 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Levan Papava (Spaeri) 22 goals
Biggest home win	Spaeri 7-1 Didube, 18 May
Biggest away win	Didube 0-10 Saburtalo-2, 2 December
Highest scoring	Didube 0-10 Saburtalo-2, 2 December
Longest winning run	Spaeri (9)
Longest unbeaten run	Spaeri (21)
Longest winless run	Magaroeli (15)
Longest losing run	Didube (9)
← 2020 2022 →

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the previous season:

To Liga 3

Promoted from Liga 4

Varketili Tbilisi • Merani-2 Tbilisi • Didube Tbilisi • Magaroeli Chiatura

From Liga 3

Promoted to Erovnuli Liga 2

Gareji Sagarejo

Teams and league table

Gori

Kolkheti 1913

Kolkheti

Guria

Magaroeli

Aragvi

Meshakhte

Bakhmaro

Tbilisi

Tbilisi teams:
Didube
Varketili
Tbilisi City
Saburtalo-2
Spaeri
Merani-2

Locations of Liga 3 football clubs in 2021

This year fourteen clubs took part in a two-round league competition. Their list along with head coaches is shown below. Throughout the year only four teams did not sustain any changes among coaching staff.

Clubs	Position in 2020	Location	Region	Head coach
Aragvi	10th in Liga 2	Dusheti	Mtskheta-Mtianeti	Paata Gotsiridze; Koba Jorjikashvili after June
Bakhmaro	9th	Chokhatauri	Guria	Khariton Chkhatarashvili; Paata Metreveli after May
Didube	1st in Liga 4 Group Red	Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Roin Oniani; Shota Gorgodze after October
Gori	3rd	Gori	Shida Kartli	Davit Shubitidze
Guria	5th	Lanchkhuti	Guria	Giga Imedaishvili; Giorgi Oniani after October[2]
Kolkheti-1913	2nd	Poti	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	Giorgi Krasovski; Gia Gigatadze after June[3]
Kolkheti	6th	Khobi	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	Zurab Pirtskhalaishvili; Levan Nodia after June
Magaroeli	2nd in Liga 4 Group Red	Chiatura	Imereti	Paata Metreveli; Alexandre Khvedelidze; Jemal Lashkhi after November (Interim)
Merani-2	2nd in Liga 4 Group White	Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Irakli Shengelia
Meshakhte	10th	Tkibuli	Imereti	Davit Machitidze; Davit Burkadze after June
Saburtalo II	8th	Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Giorgi Chelidze; Temur Shalamberidze after August[4]
Spaeri	4th	Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Kakha Maisuradze
Tbilisi City	7th	Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Giorgi Kutivadze; Lado Burduli after late April
Varketili	1st in Liga 4 Group White	Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Nodar Gvichia

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Spaeri (C, P)	26	20	4	2	79	20	+59	64	Promotion to the Erovnuli Liga 2
2	Kolkheti 1913	26	14	7	5	54	28	+26	49	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Tbilisi City	26	13	6	7	46	30	+16	45
4	Varketili	26	12	5	9	43	37	+6	41
5	Aragvi	26	12	4	10	37	32	+5	40
6	Gori	26	10	8	8	33	33	0	38
7	Saburtalo-2	26	10	8	8	53	36	+17	38
8	Bakhmaro	26	8	9	9	26	33	−7	33
9	Kolkheti	26	6	13	7	32	39	−7	31
10	Meshakhte	26	8	6	12	31	42	−11	30
11	Guria	26	8	5	13	33	44	−11	29
12	Merani-2	26	8	4	14	33	50	−17	28
13	Magaroeli (R)	26	5	6	15	23	46	−23	21	Relegation to the Liga 4
14	Didube (R)	26	3	5	18	25	78	−53	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

Regular season

Home \ Away	ARA	BKH	DID	GOR	GUR	KKH	KOL	MAG	MR2	MES	SB2	SPA	TBC	VAR
Aragvi		0–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–3
Bakhmaro	1–0		2–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1
Didube	0–3	5–0		0–2	0–4	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–3	5–2	0–10	1–7	0–4	3–2
Gori	0–1	3–1	0–0		3–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0
Guria	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1		1–4	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–4	0–2	0–2
Kolkheti	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2		1–4	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3
Kolkheti 1913	3–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	3–2		5–0	2–2	3–2	4–3	0–2	3–0	5–1
Magaroeli	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0		0–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	2–3	0–1
Merani-2	0–2	3–1	3–0	0–2	2–3	3–0	1–2	1–0		0–1	0–1	1–7	2–1	1–3
Meshakhte	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2		2–2	0–3	0–3	1–0
Saburtalo-2	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	3–0	5–3		2–0	1–0	3–2
Spaeri	5–1	3–1	7–1	5–0	3–0	5–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	1–0	1–1		2–3	2–1
Tbilisi City	4–4	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2		0–0
Varketili	1–0	1–0	5–0	0–2	2–0	3–4	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–5	0–5

Source: ^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

First leg

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)

13:00 UTC+4

Tbilisi City	2–3	WIT Georgia
Tatanashvili 26', 72'	Report	Zaridze 11' Nachkebia 69' Muzashvili 73'

Gldanis Safexbutro Centri, Tbilisi

Referee: K.Giorgadze

Second leg

11 December 2021 (2021-12-11)

13:00 UTC+4

WIT Georgia	2-1	Tbilisi City
Muzashvili 20' Nachkebia 45'	Report	Tatanashvili 27'

Gldanis Safexbutro Centri, Tbilisi

Referee: B.Ninua

Tbilisi City lost 3-5 on aggregate

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7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)

15:00 UTC+4

Rustavi	0–0	Kolkheti-1913 Poti
	Report

Teknikuri Centri, Rustavi

Referee: B.Ninua

11 December 2021 (2021-12-11)

13:00 UTC+4

Kolkheti-1913 Poti	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Rustavi
Chavchanidze 110' (o.g.)	Report	Kurmashvili 100'

Fazisi Stadium, Poti

Referee: I.Kherkhadze

Kolkheti-1913 lost on the away goals rule