FC Betlemi Keda

FC Betlemi Keda is a Georgian football club based in the town of Keda, playing in the fourth division of Georgian league system.

Betlemi Keda
Full nameFC Betlemi Keda
GroundCity Stadium, Keda
Capacity1 000
ManagerIrakli Gogichaishvili
LeagueLiga 4
20205th in Liga 4

History

Formed in 1950, Betlemi competed in regional competitions of the Georgian Soviet league. The club showed their best result in the Cup during the first season in 1990 when they reached the 5th round.

In 2011/12 season Betlemi were promoted to Pirveli Liga for the first time, where they spent four seasons. In 2015/16 for a long period Betlemi appeared safe from the danger zone, but after picking up just one point in last five games they had to quit the league.[1]

A year prior to the relegation the whole Georgian football world was shocked to hear about sudden death of Betlemi's captain Archil Partenadze during the training session.[2]

In 2016 Betlemi successfully completed the season on top of the table, although stayed in the league for three more years. As in the earlier case, the club were relegated following poor results in the very last games.[3]

Seasons
YearLeaguePosMPWDLGDPNotes
2012/13Pirveli Liga Group A10 of 12331051840-7635
2013/14Pirveli Liga Group B11 of 1426731628-5024
2014/15Pirveli Liga Group B4 of 10361471551-5049
2015/16Pirveli Liga14 of 18341241841-6540Relegated
2016Liga 31 of 814111245-1534
2017Liga 3 Red Group4 of 101877434-2028
Liga 3 Promotion Group8 of 1018441023-4416
2018Liga 310 of 20381491552-5851
2019Liga 310 of 10361081840-6238Relegated
2020Liga 45 of 81444620-2816
2021Liga 4

Manager

Irakli Gogichaishvili has been head coach since January 2018.[4]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Stadium

The stadium in Keda, where Betlemi play home games, is named after Archil Partenadze.

Name

Betlemi is a Georgian word for biblical Bethlehem.

References
  1. "Pirveli Liga 2015/16". soccerway.com.
  2. "Betlemi player passes away on the pitch". batumelebi.netgazeti.ge (in Georgian).
  3. "Liga 3 in 2019". soccerway.com.
  4. "New manager appointed in Betlemi". batumelebi.netgazeti.ge (in Georgian).
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