Regionuli Liga

Regionuli Liga (Georgian: რეგიონული ლიგა), run by Georgian Football Federation since 1990, is the fifth and lowest division of Georgian league system after Erovnuli Liga, Erovnuli Liga 2, Liga 3 and Liga 4. Their participants are both professional clubs and reserve teams of higher league members.

Regionuli Liga
Founded1990 (1990)
Country Georgia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams39
Level on pyramid5
Promotion toLiga 4
Domestic cup(s)Georgian Cup
Websitehttps://www.gff.ge/en

It was the fourth tier until 2019, prior to the introduction of Liga 4.

Structure

As the name implies, the league is based on regional principle. Depending on the number of participating clubs, it is divided into several groups. In 2017, there were forty teams allocated in three groups.[1] The next year two zones were created for teams based in Western Georgia and two more for the eastern regions. This regulation lasted three seasons until 2021, when the league was split into two groups. For the 2022 season 25 clubs from the southern and eastern parts of Georgia and three Tbilisi-based teams from Abkhazia have formed A and B groups, while zone C consists of eleven clubs from the western regions.

The number of promoted clubs per season also varies. Usually only the group winners gain automatic promotion, although several second-placed and third-placed teams, too, directly or through play-offs have advanced to the fourth tier in recent years.[2] In another case, play-off ties against Liga 3 teams determined the fate of Liga 4 two slots.[3]

The seasons are played on Spring-Autumn system.

Current season
Legioni
Kaspi
Martve
BSU
Zana
Edzani
Liakhvi
Kolkhi
Tbilisi teams:
35th FS
Gldani
Iberia 2010
Irao-2
Merani-3
Norchi Dinamo 2016
Sportuni 2021
Sulakvelidze Academy
Tbilisi
Tbilisi United
Varketili-2
Vazisubani
WIT Georgia-3
Locations of Regionuli Liga football clubs in 2022

Clubs represented in Regionuli liga for the 2022 season are listed below.[4] Four of them have in the past participated in the top division:

GroupsTeams
A
Abuli Akhalkalaki • Dinamo Sokhumi • Gldani Tbilisi • Iberia 2010 Tbilisi • Iveria Khashuri • Kaspi 1936 Kaspi • Kolkhi Gulripshi • Legioni Gori • Merani-3 Tbilisi • Norchi Dinamo 2016 Tbilisi • Samtskhe Akhaltsikhe • Tskhumi Sokhumi • WIT Georgia-3 Tbilisi • Varketili-2 Tbilisi
B
Edzani Tsalka • Gardabani • Gareji-2 Sagarejo • Gorda Rustavi • Irao-2 Tbilisi • Liakhvi Achabeti • Rustavi-2 • Sportuni 2021 Tbilisi • Sulakvelidze Academy Tbilisi • Tbilisi • Tbilisi United • Telavi-2 • Vazisubani Tbilisi • 35th Football School Tbilisi
C
Bakhmaro-2 Chokhatauri • Chibati Lanchkhuti • BSU Batumi • Egrisi Senaki • Gonio Batumi • Imereti Khoni • Kolkheti-2 1913 Poti • Martve Kutaisi • Mertskhali Ozurgeti • Shukura-2 Kobuleti • Zana Abasha

Notes:

Past seasons

Group Winners
YearTeams
2017Bakhmaro Chokhatauri • Saburtalo Tbilisi-2 • Varketili Tbilisi
2018Salkhino Martvili • Dinamo Batumi-2 • Tbilisi City • Gareji Sagarejo
2019Torpedo Kutaisi-2 • Skuri Tsalenjikha • WIT Georgia-2 • Didube Tbilisi
2020Torpedo Kutaisi-2 • Merani Martvili-2 • Irao Tbilisi • Dinamo Tbilisi-2
2021Samgurali Tskaltubo-2 • Locomotive Tbilisi-2
YearTeams
2017Aragvi Dusheti • Bakhmaro Chokhatauri • Matchakhela Khelvachauri • Saburtalo Tbilisi-2 • Samgurali Tskaltubo-2 • Varketili Tbilisi
2018Egrisi Senaki • Gareji Sagarejo • Odishi 1919 • Spaeri Tbilisi • Tbilisi City
2019Didube Tbilisi • Merani Tbilisi-2 • Skuri Tsalenjikha • Sulori Vani • WIT Georgia-2 • Zestafoni
2020Dinamo Tbilisi-2 • Irao Tbilisi • Margveti 2006 • Matchakhela Khelvachauri • Merani Martvili-2 • Shturmi Sartichala • Tbilisi • Torpedo Kutaisi-2
2021Locomotive Tbilisi-2 • Samgurali Tskaltubo-2

Notes: Aragvi Dusheti and Samgurali Tskaltubo-2 beat their upper league rivals in the 2017 play-offs.[5] So did Gareji Sagarejo a year later. All the other clubs were promoted directly. In 2018 and 2019, the second phase of competition was held in Promotion Groups. As a result, in comparison with the initial phase the final table of these seasons sustained some changes.[6]

References
  1. "რეგიონული ლიგა: "საბურთალო 2"-მა საწადელი თითქმის აისრულა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian), 27 October 2017.
  2. "ლიგა 3–ში მარგვეთის გავლით". fcsamgurali.ge (in Georgian), 28 November 2017.
  3. "Play-offs in 2018". gff.ge (in Georgian).
  4. "Regional League, Group East". gff.ge.
  5. "ლიგა 3-ს ახალი წევრები ჰყავს". mysports.ge (in Georgian), 29 November 2017.
  6. "2019 წლის რეგიონლიგა". fczestafoni.ge (in Georgian).
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