FC Samegrelo Chkhorotsku
Full nameFC Samegrelo Chkhorotsku
Founded1980
GroundBondo Papaskiri central Stadium
Chkhorotsku
Capacity1,500
ManagerGizo Shengelia
LeagueRegionuli Liga
202313th of 13

FC Samegrelo (Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი საამეგრელო) is a Georgian football club based in the town of Chkhorotsku. They currently compete in Regionuli Liga, the fifth tier of the Georgian league system.

The team plays their home matches at Bondo Papaskiri central Stadium.

History

Founded in 1980, the club has not participated in the Georgian top flight.

In unique circumstances Samegrelo once took part in Pirveli Liga. In the middle of the 2014-15 season, they replaced Sasco, who had withdrawn from the competition due to financial troubles.[1] As the team failed to stay up in the league, though, they spent the next three years in the third tier.

Samegrelo won C Group of Meore Liga in 2016. However, not a single team gained promotion in this transitional season.[2]

According to existing regulations in 2018, despite coming 11th among 20 league teams, Samegrelo dropped down to Liga 4,[3] where they remained for four seasons.

Starting from 2020, Samegrelo battled against a further relegation. In the first year, they avoided this fate only after the league was subjected to the reorganization, which included the increase of teams from 16 to twenty.[4] In the next year the club initially performed so poorly that they seemed hopeless in their survival battle. However, having won seven matches in Relegation Round with a large margin, Samegrelo under head coach Paata Bukia comfortably finished in the fourth place.[5]

But in 2022, they ended up in the relegation zone and joined other three sides bound for Regionuli Liga.

Recent seasons

YearLeaguePosMWDLGF–GAPtsNotes
2012/13Meore Liga Group West10th of 1324551425-7720
2013/14Meore Liga Group West12th of 1324431723-6415
2014/15Meore Liga Group West4th of 1528163958-3751
2015/16Pirveli Liga15th of 18341081632-5038Relegated
2016Meore Liga Group C1st of 712101137-1231
2017Liga 3 Red Group5th of 101869320-1427
Promotion Round10th of 1018151212-618
2018Liga 311th of 20381391663-5548Relegated
2019Liga 46th of 1027931534-4630
2020Liga 4, Red Group8th of 814221012-368
2021Liga 4 White Group10th of 1018221411-888
Relegation Group4th of 1018101744-4331
2022Liga 414th of 1630912044-6228Relegated
2023Regionuli Liga13th of 1324112228-1804

Honours

Meore Liga

Winners (1): 2016 (Group C, West)

Name

Samegrelo is a Georgian name for the region where Chkhorotsku is situated.

On Soccerway

Facebook page

References

  1. "ეს რა "დურდომია"?! ჩემპიონატი სხვა გუნდებმა დაიწყეს და სხვები ჩაამთავრებენ". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 24 February 2015.
  2. "Meore Liga, 2016". soccerway.com.
  3. "Meore Liga, 2018". soccerway.com.
  4. "სამის ნაცვლად ხუთი ცვლილება". popsport.com (in Georgian), 25 January 2021.
  5. "Liga 4, 2021". gff.ge.
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