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Confed: | UEFA |
Teams: | 10 |
Promotion: | Erovnuli Liga |
Relegation: | Liga 3 |
Levels: | 2 |
Domest Cup: | Georgian Cup Georgian Super Cup |
Confed Cup: | UEFA Europa Conference League (via Georgian Cup) |
Champions: | Kolkheti 1913 (1st title) |
Season: | 2023 |
Most Champs: | Shukura Kobuleti (5 titles) |
Current: | 2024 Erovnuli Liga 2 |
The Georgian Erovnuli Liga 2 (Georgian: ეროვნული ლიგა 2;), organized since 1990 by the GFF, serves as the second division of professional football in Georgia.
The league was introduced for the 2017 season under the current name as a part of reorganization process of the entire league system. It was formerly known as Pirveli liga (the First league).
There are ten clubs competing in Erovnuli Liga 2. During the season each club plays each other four times, twice at home and twice away.
At the end of each season the winner gains automatic promotion and the bottom club is relegated. The runner-up and 3rd placed team participate in two-legged home and away play-off matches against the 9th and 8th placed clubs of Erovnuli Liga, respectively.[1]
In case two or more teams obtain an equal number of points, final standings are determined by an aggregate of the results between them.
Seasons run on a full year system, running from spring to autumn.
Below is a complete record of how many teams have played in each season throughout the league's history.
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Based on their performance in the previous year, the following ten teams will compete in Erovnuli Liga 2 in the 2024 season.
Rustavi, Kolkheti, Lokomotive, Aragvi, Sioni and WIT Georgia have previously taken part in the main division with the last two clubs being also the national champions.[2]
The clubs are listed in alphabetical order.
Club | Position last season | Location | Region |
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Dinamo-2 | 5th | Tbilisi | |
2nd | Kakheti | ||
7th | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti | ||
3rd in Liga 3 | Kvemo Kartli | ||
8th | Tbilisi | ||
1st in Liga 3 | Mtskheta-Mtianeti | ||
2nd in Liga 3 | Tbilisi | ||
4th | Kvemo Kartli | ||
Spaeri | 3rd | Tbilisi | |
6th | Tbilisi | ||
Season | Club | |
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2017 | Zugdidi • Meshakhte Tkibuli • Guria Lanchkhuti | |
Samgurali Tskhaltubo • Merani Martvili | ||
Guria Lanchkhuti • Kolkheti-1913 Poti • Tskhinvali | ||
2021 | ||
2022 | ||
2023 | Merani Martvili • Merani Tbilisi |
Since the restructuring into Liga 2 in 2017, 25 teams have spent at least one season in the division, including six of the ten clubs competing in the 2023 Erovnuli Liga.
Club | Total Seasons | Highest Position | Lowest Position | Season | |||||||||||||||||
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WIT Georgia | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | - | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||
Merani Martvili | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | - | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | - | ||||||||||
Dinamo Zugdidi | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | - | 7 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |||||||||||
Gagra | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Merani Tbilisi | 5 | 1 | 10 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 10 | - | ||||||||||
Rustavi | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 7 | - | |||||||||||
Shevardeni 1906 | 5 | 4 | 6 | - | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |||||||||||
Sioni | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | 4 | |||||||||||
Gareji | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
Shukura | 4 | 1 | 7 | - | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||
Samgurali | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Spaeri | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
Tskhinvali | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Aragvi | 2 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Guria | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Kolkheti 1913 | 2 | 1 | 9 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||||||||||
Samtredia | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||
Telavi | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Dinamo Tbilisi-2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |||||||||||
Kolkheti Khobi | 2 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |||||||||||
Lokomotivi | 2 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | |||||||||||
Chikhura | 1 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Dinamo Batumi | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Meshakhte | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Shturmi | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The current status of these clubs as of 2024:
Erovnuli Liga | 6 | ||
Erovnuli Liga 2 | 10 | ||
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Defunct | 2 |
Season | Top Scorers | Club | Goals | |
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2011/12 | Iago Deisadze | Guria | 14 | |
2012/13 | Tornike Kapanadze | Samgurali | 27 | |
2013/14 | Budu Zivzivadze | 23 | ||
2014/15 | 44 | |||
2015/16 | Zurab Ghirdaladze | 20 | ||
2016 | Levan Papava | Gagra | 13 | |
2017 | Rustavi | 30 | ||
2018 | Flamarion | Dinamo Batumi | 24 | |
2019 | Giorgi Nikabadze | 26 | ||
2020 | Toma Tabatadze | Rustavi | 13 | |
2021 | Tamaz Makatsaria | 23 | ||
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2022 | Levan Papava | Spaeri | 17 | |
2023 | Levan Papava | Gareji | 23 |
In 2019, the Football Federation signed a sponsorship deal with Crystalbet.[4] For this reason the league has since been formally referred to as Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga 2.