FC Gori explained

Clubname:FC Gori
Ground:Kartli Stadium, Gori
Capacity:1,500
Manager:Ilia Mgebrishvili
League:Liga 3
Season:2023
Position:Liga 3, 8th of 16
Website:fcgori.ge
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FC Gori is a Georgian association football club, based in Gori, which competes in Liga 3, the third tier of Georgian football system.

History

Established in 2015, FC Gori to this day retains the status of a municipal non-commercial legal entity. Currently they are the only club to have been in the third division for the eight successive season.

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 a outcome of the match.[2]

In David Kipiani Cup Gori achieved a remarkable success in 2017 after they knocked out Erovnuli Liga team Shukura Kobuleti in the second round.[3] The next year the club was eliminated by Torpedo Kutaisi, the Cup winners of the season, and in 2021 was beaten in extra-time by Samgurali, the finalists of the last two competitions.

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

Seasons

Season Pos M W D L GF–GA Pts Notes Cup
20161st of 814131066-940 Group Centre
20176th of 10 1865726-2423White Group4th Round
20189th of 203814111358-48 533rd Round
20197th of 10361161945-5239 2nd Round
20203rd of 101895422-1832Promotion play-offs, lost2nd Round
20216th of 1426108833-3338 5th Round
20226th of 16301551058-3850 2nd Round
20238t of 16 30 13 4 13 46-48 43 2nd Round

Current squad

As of 12 March 2024[5]

(C)

Honours

Liga 3

Winners (1): 2016 (Group Centre)

Third place (1): 2020

Managers

NameNat.FromTo
Davit Shubitidze 20162021
Vladimer Eliauri 20212023
Ilia Mgebrishvili2024

Stadium

Built in 1978, the Kartli Stadium is located between two IDP settlements in Gori. It has the capacity of 1,500 seats. Until 2012 it was home of Spartaki Tskhinvali.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 in Liga 3 . soccerway.com.
  2. Web site: ორი წითელი ბარათი, გოლი კუთხურიდან და სანახაობრივი მატჩი მარტვილში - "მერანმა" ლიგა 2-ში ადგილი შეინარჩუნა . 1tv.ge (in Georgian) . 20 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Gori vs Shukura . flashscore.com.
  4. Web site: გორის დირექტორი: გუნდისგან ასეთ წარმატებას ვერავინ წარმოიდგენდა . 1tv.ge (in Georgian) . Georgian Public TV . 15 December 2020.
  5. Web site: List of players . soccerway.com.