2023 Erovnuli Liga 2

Georgian second tier football season

Football league season

Erovnuli Liga 2
Season	2023
Dates	28 February – 2 December
Champions	Kolkheti Poti
Promoted	Kolkheti Poti
Relegated	Merani Martvili Merani Tbilisi
Matches played	180
Goals scored	580 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Levan Papava (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Sioni 9–1 Merani M (27 November)
Biggest away win	Merani T 0–7 Kolkheti Poti (21 October)
Highest scoring	Sioni 8–4 Merani T (3 November)
Longest winning run	Kolkheti Poti (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Kolkheti Poti (17)
Longest winless run	Merani T (27)
Longest losing run	Merani T (14)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2023 Erovnuli Liga 2 was the seventh season under its current title and the 35th season of second-tier football in Georgia. The four-part competition began on 28 February and ended on 2 December^[1] with playoffs completed on 10 December.

Each team played 36 matches this season. The winner gained automatic promotion to the Erovnuli Liga, while the next two teams participate in play-offs against their top-flight rivals. The bottom two entered a play-off contest against 3rd and 4th teams of Liga 3 at the end of the season. Two-legged ties were played at each side's home ground.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022 season:^[2]

To Erovnuli Liga 2

Promoted from Liga 3

• Dinamo Tbilisi-2

• Kolkheti Poti

• Kolkheti Khobi

Relegated from Erovnuli Liga

• Sioni Bolnisi

• Locomotive Tbilisi

From Erovnuli Liga 2

Promoted to Erovnuli Liga

• Shukura Kobuleti

• Samtredia

Relegated to Liga 3

• Rustavi

Teams

Tbilisi teams:
WIT Georgia
Dinamo-2
Lokomotivi
Spaeri
Merani

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Location of Liga 2 football clubs in 2023

A total of ten teams were contesting the league based on their performance in the previous year. Apart from Gareji Sagarejo, Dinamo Tbilisi-2 and Spaeri Tbilisi, all of them have previously taken part in the main division. WIT Georgia have twice become the top-tier champions.^[3]

The participant clubs are listed below in alphabetical order.

Club	Position last season	City	Region
Dinamo-2	1st in Liga 3	Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Gareji	5th	Sagarejo	Kakheti
Kolkheti Khobi	4th in Liga 3	Khobi	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Kolkheti-1913	2nd in Liga 3	Poti	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Lokomotivi	10th in Erovnuli Liga	Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Merani Martvili	4th	Martvili	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Merani Tbilisi	6th	Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Sioni Bolnisi	8th in Erovnuli Liga	Bolnisi	Kvemo Kartli
Spaeri	2nd	Tbilisi	Tbilisi
WIT Georgia	8th	Tbilisi	Tbilisi

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kolkheti-1913 Poti (C, P)	36	23	8	5	70	28	+42	77	Promotion to Erovnuli Liga
2	Gareji Sagarejo	36	23	7	6	88	38	+50	76	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
3	Spaeri Tbilisi	36	20	6	10	68	48	+20	66	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
4	Sioni Bolnisi	36	18	5	13	68	46	+22	59
5	Dinamo Tbilisi-2	36	16	4	16	71	58	+13	52
6	WIT Georgia	36	13	9	14	52	57	−5	48
7	Kolkheti Khobi	36	12	10	14	44	52	−8	46	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Lokomotivi Tbilisi	36	12	4	20	55	58	−3	40	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
9	Merani Martvili (R)	36	6	8	22	34	84	−50	26	Relegation to Liga 3
10	Merani Tbilisi (R)	36	1	11	24	29	110	−81	14	Relegation to Liga 3

Source: ^[4]
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

Round 1-18

Home \ Away	DT2	GAR	KKH	KOL	LOC	MAR	MER	SBL	SPA	WIT
Dinamo-2	—	0–2	4–1	3–0	3–1	2–3	2–2	4–2	3–2	3–1
Gareji	2–1	—	4–1	0–1	3–2	5–1	0–0	2–0	5–0	3–0
Kolkheti Khobi	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1
Kolkheti Poti	3–0	0–0	3–2	—	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0
Locomotive	0–2	3–0	0–2	0–1	—	1–0	5–2	1–2	1–3	3–0
Merani M	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0
Merani T	0–5	1–6	0–5	1–1	3–2	1–1	—	0–2	0–3	1–1
Sioni Bolnisi	6–3	0–1	4–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	2–1
Spaeri	0–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	—	5–2
WIT Georgia	4–3	0–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	1–1	5–1	0–2	2–2	—

Source: Liga 2 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 19-36

Home \ Away	DT2	GAR	KKH	KOL	LOC	MAR	MER	SBL	SPA	WIT
Dinamo-2	—	0–1	6–0	0–2	1–1	4–2	3–0	1–2	2–3	0–1
Gareji	2–3	—	4–0	1–1	2–1	6–1	5–1	1–1	3–2	4–4
Kolkheti Khobi	2–1	1–1	—	3–3	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1
Kolkheti Poti	2–1	2–1	2–0	—	2–0	2–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Locomotive	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	—	5–0	5–0	1–2	1–1	3–1
Merani M	2–2	1–4	0–2	0–4	2–2	—	4–2	0–2	1–2	1–4
Merani T	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–7	0–2	0–3	—	0–4	1–5	2–3
Sioni Bolnisi	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	9–1	8–4	—	0–2	1–2
Spaeri	3–1	0–5	0–0	1–0	2–0	7–3	4–1	2–1	—	2–2
WIT Georgia	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	—

Source: Liga 2 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 December 2023^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Levan Papava	Gareji Sagarejo	23
2	Giorgi Kharebashvili	Gareji Sagarejo	18
3	Data Sitchinava	Kolkheti Poti	17
4	Amiran Dzagania	WIT Georgia	15

Source

Most assists

As of 2 December 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Beka Gabiskiria	Gareji	15
2	Giorgi Kharebashvili	Gareji	11
3	Tornike Shekiladze	WIT Georgia	10

Source

Clean sheets

As of 2 December 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Yaroslav Kotlyarov	Kolkheti Poti	15
2	Nika Jokhadze	Kolkheti Khobi	10
3	Davit Kupatadze	Gareji
4	Bukhuti Putkaradze	Spaeri
5	Levan Isiani	Sioni Bolnisi	8

Discipline

As of 2 December 2023

Most red cards: 3

• Merani Martvili

• Sioni Bolnisi

• Spaeri

• WIT Georgia

Promotion playoffs

6 December

17:00 GET

Spaeri	1–1	Telavi
Gegiadze 36'	Report	Rukhadze 61'

Spaeri stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: Giorgi Avazashvili

10 December

18:00 GET

Telavi	4–0	Spaeri
Ashortia 15' (pen.), 53' Rukhadze 21' Kantaria 28'

Kavkasioni Arena, Telavi

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

6 December

13:00 GET

Samtredia	4–1	Gareji
Mishov 7' Pavišić 25' I.Akhvlediani 38' Nachkebia 43'	Report	Kharebashvili 68'

Erosi Manjgaladze stadium, Samtredia

Referee: Aleko Aptsiauri

10 December

13:00 GET

Gareji	3–1	Samtredia
Ugrekhelidze 14' Papuashvili 37' Kharebashvili 47'		Nachkebia 8'

Central stadium, Sagarejo

Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili

Following these ties, both Gareji and Spaeri remained in Erovnuli Liga 2 for next season.

Relegation playoffs

5 December

18:00 GET

Locomotive	4–0	Rustavi
Makharoblidze 40', 50' Ozbetelashvili 69', 90+3'	Report

Mikheil Meskhi reserve stadium

Referee: Jenery Khorava

9 December

13:00 GET

Rustavi	4–3	Locomotive
Toroshelidze 48' Japaridze 80' Nakano 84', 86'	Report	Molashvili 26' Basheleishvili 43' Ozbetelashvili 50'

Poladi stadium

Referee: Irakli Kherkhadze

6 December

13:00 GET

Varketili	0–0	Kolkheti Khobi
	Report

Marakana, Tbilisi

Referee: Kote Giorgadze

10 December

13:00 GET

Kolkheti Khobi	1–0	Varketili
Tsurtsumia 90+4'	Report

Paata Tatarishvili stadium, Khobi

Referee: Badri Ninua

After these ties, both Locomotive and Kolkheti Khobi preserved their Liga 2 places.

References

^ "ელიგა 25 თებერვალს განახლდება". 1tv.ge (in Georgian), 29 January 2023.
^ "Liga 2 in 2022". eliga.ge.
^ "Georgian Football League Champions by Year". myfootballfacts.com.
^ "Erovnuli Liga 2, Table". erovnuliliga.ge.
^ "Liga 2 results". flashscore.com.

External links

Georgian Football Federation
Daily sport newspaper Lelo (in Georgian)
Soccerway

Second level football seasons in Georgia

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Domestic leagues	Erovnuli Liga Erovnuli Liga 2 Liga 3 Liga 4
Domestic cups	Georgian Cup Georgian Super Cup Final
European competitions	Champions League '22–'23 '23–'24 Europa Conference League '22–'23 '23–'24
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2024 qualification (Group A) Willy Sagnol

Club seasons
Erovnuli Liga	Dila Gori Dinamo Batumi Dinamo Tbilisi Gagra Saburtalo Samgurali Samgurali Sioni Shukura Kobuleti Telavi Torpedo Kutaisi