FC Gori

FC Gori is a Georgian association football club, based in Gori. Following the 2025 season, they were promoted to Liga 2, the second tier of Georgian football.

FC Gori

Founded	2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Ground	Kartli Stadium, Gori
Capacity	1,500
Manager	Giorgi Basilidze
Coach	Ilia Mgebrishvili
League	Liga 2
2025	Liga 3, 2nd of 16 (promoted)
Website	fcgori.ge
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Kartli stadium is Gori's home ground.

History

Established in 2015, FC Gori to this day retains the status of a municipal non-commercial legal entity.

The team achieved their best result in Liga 3 in 2016 when they won the tournament after an unbeaten run during the entire season.^[1] But in this transitional season all group winners were denied promotion.

FC Gori came close to Liga 2 again in 2020, when they earned a place in play-offs against Merani Martvili. After a goalless draw at home the events in the return leg unfolded unfavourably for Gori when they were reduced to ten men already in the first half with another player sent off later on. This circumstance defined an outcome of the match.^[2]

In the David Kipiani Cup, Gori achieved a remarkable success in 2017 after they knocked out Erovnuli Liga team Shukura in the second round.^[3] The next year the club was eliminated by Torpedo Kutaisi, the cup winners of the season.

Gori spent ten seasons in the 3rd tier before producing a 24-game unbeaten run in 2025. They finished 2nd in the league table and achieved automatic promotion to Liga 2.

Around 80% of the current players are local residents, brought up at the football school of Gori.^[4]

Seasons

Season	Div	Pos	M	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts	Notes	Cup
2016	3rd	1st of 8	14	13	1	0	66-9	40	Group Centre	–
2017		6th of 10	18	6	5	7	26-24	23	White Group	4th Round
2018		9th of 20	38	14	11	13	58-48	53		3rd Round
2019		7th of 10	36	11	6	19	45-52	39		2nd Round
2020		3rd of 10	18	9	5	4	22-18	32	Promotion play-offs[a]	2nd Round
2021		6th of 14	26	10	8	8	33-33	38		5th Round
2022		6th of 16	30	15	5	10	58-38	50		2nd Round
2023		8th of 16	30	13	4	13	46-48	43		2nd Round
2024		6th of 16	30	15	8	7	49–22	53		1st Round
2025		2nd of 16↑	30	20	7	3	58–28	67		1st Round

1. Lost Liga 2/3 playoffs 3–1 on aggregate to Merani Martvili

Current squad

As of 30 March 2025^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GEO Paolo Puladze 2 FW  RSA Daniel Kekana 3 DF  GEO Luka Chokheli 4 DF  GEO Giorgi Berdznishvili 5 DF  GEO Gogi Mamulashvili 6 DF  GEO Ucha Khubuluri 7 MF  GEO Temur Nozadze 8 MF  GEO Erekle Tabatadze 10 MF  GEO Nodar Nozadze 11 FW  GEO Giorgi Khachapuridze

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  GEO Giorgi Odikadze 13 DF  GEO Akaki Sirbiladze 14 FW  GEO Giorgi Kurmashvili 15 FW  GEO Luka Iosebidze 16 MF  GEO Nika Okropiridze (C) 17 MF  GHA Awua Asamoah 18 DF  GEO Demetre Merebashvili 20 MF  GEO Giorgi Alimbarashvili 22 FW  GEO Elguja Bibiluri

Honours

• Liga 3

Winners (1): 2016 (Group Centre)

Runners-up (1): 2025

Third place (1): 2020

Managers

Name	Nat.	From	To
Davit Shubitidze		2016	2021
Vladimer Eliauri		2021	2023
Ilia Mgebrishvili		2024

Stadium

Built in 1978, the Kartli Stadium is located between two IDP settlements in Gori. It has the capacity of 1,500 seats. In the past it was also home of two other Gori-based clubs, Tskhinvali and Liakhvi.