FC Bakhmaro Chokhatauri explained

Clubname:FC Bakhmaro Chokhatauri
Ground:Boris Paichadze Stadium, Chokhatauri
Capacity:2,000
Coach:Tornike Gagua
League:Liga 3
Season:2023
Position:12th of 16

FC Bakhmaro (Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ბახმარო) is a Georgian association football club based in Chokhatauri. The club currently competes in Liga 3, the third tier of the national football system.

History

FC Bakhmaro have never participated in the top division of Georgian football.

In the 1990s they took part in the second league for several seasons and in the mid-2010s the club mostly played in the third division, where they usually stayed in top half of the table.

Despite coming 2nd in their group in 2016, Bakhmaro left the third tier in view of reorganization of the entire league system, which meant relegation for a vast majority of clubs. It took the team a year to win the Regional league tournament,[1] the then forth division, and return to Liga 3.[2]

The next year the club had quite a memorable season. During the entire campaign up until the last matchday they were engaged in a fierce rivalry with Zugdidi for the first place. Eventually, as runners-up, Bakhmaro booked a place in promotion play-offs against FC Tskhinvali, although suffered a defeat in both games.[3]

In 2019, the club yet again narrowly fell short of the promotion goal and since then switched to survival tasks. An awful run of form at the beginning of the next season brought Bakhmaro to the brink of relegation, although they stayed up only after some changes regarding the number of clubs were introduced in January 2021.[4]

Likewise, in 2021 with one win in the initial ten matches the team hurtled towards the drop zone,[5] which led to the replacement of manager. This time, though, they gradually improved the performance on the pitch and drifted to safety.

Seasons

SeasonLeaguePos P W DL GFGAPtsCup
2014/15Meore Liga West6/152814 4 10 5348 46
2015/16Meore Liga West 6/1426 13 4 9483843
2016 Meore Liga Group Cbgcolor=Silver2/7 12 9 1 2331928
2017Regionuli Liga A Westbgcolor=Gold1/15 2821527819682nd Round
2018Liga 3bgcolor=Silver2/203825 7 6 7840 791st Round
4/1036 16 6 145047542nd Round
9/1018 5 3 102033182nd Round
20218/14268 9 9 2633 331st Round
202210/163010 8 12 3842 381st Round
202312/16309 6 15 4747 333rd Round

Players

As of 12 March 2024

Managers

The current manager previously worked as head coach of Zana Abasha. His name is attributed to the club's promotion to Liga 4 in 2023.

Stadium

The home of FC Bakhmaro is a stadium with the capacity of 2,000 seats, which is named after Boris Paichadze, the distinguished Georgian football player born in Chokhatauri. The stadium complex currently consists of two football pitches and a rugby playing field.[6]

Name

Bakhmaro is a famous alpine resort in the Chokhatauri municipality of Guria.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: რეგიონული ლიგა: დასავლეთიდან ლიგა 3-ში "ბახმარო" და "მაჭახელა" გადავიდნენ . worldsport.ge (in Georgian), 21 November 2017.
  2. Web site: როგორ ემზადება "ბახმარო" ახალი სეზონისთვის . gurianews.com (in Georgian), 17 February 2018. 17 February 2018 .
  3. Web site: "ცხინვალმა" ეროვნულ ლიგა 2-ში ადგილი შეინარჩუნა . sportall.ge (in Georgian), 14 December 2018.
  4. Web site: სიახლე საქართველოს ჩემპიონატში . popsport.com (in Georgian), 25 January 2021.
  5. News: კანადელები ჩოხატაურში – ბახმაროს ორი ლეგიონერი შეუერთდა . 3 Dec 2021 . guriismoambe.com (in Georgian), 27 June 2021.
  6. Web site: ჩოხატაურის სტადიონის რეაბილიტაცია იგეგმება . fanebi.com (in Georgian), 12 October 2016.
  7. Web site: Bakhmaro - unique resort with healing properties . georgianjournal.ge, 3 May 2019.