Liga 4 (Georgia)

Liga 4, organized by Georgian Football Federation since 2019, represents a fourth tier of Georgian football league.

Liga 4
Founded2019 (2019)
Country Georgia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams20
Level on pyramid4
Promotion toLiga 3
Relegation toRegionuli Liga
Domestic cup(s)Georgian Cup
Websiteliga.gff.ge
Current: Liga 4 2020

Structure and league system

In 2018 GFF decided to equally divide the twenty-team Liga 3 into two leagues by introducing Liga 4 for the 2019 season. Out of ten clubs the top two were promoted to Liga 3 and the bottom two were supposed to be relegated to Regional league.

However, in February 2020 the league regulation sustained new changes which saved the doomed teams from relegation and enlarged the tournament with four Regionuli Liga clubs.[1]

In January 2021 GFF announced that the number of clubs participating in the 2021 season would be increased to twenty.[2]

Seasons run based on Spring-Autumn system.

Seasons

2019

In the first season ten teams played 27 games each. Eventually, two clubs from Tbilisi finished in top places awarding them promotion to the upper league.[3]

WinnerRunner-upThird place
SpaeriTbilisi CityGareji


2020

The season was due to start in April, but Covid-2019 postponed it for four months. In July GFF decided to form White and Red Groups with winners getting automatic promotion and bottom two clubs going down.[4] 16 teams were split into two groups. The football season started in August and lasted five months with each team playing 14 games only. Two winners and two runners-up were promoted to Liga 3.

WinnerRunner-upThird place
VarketiliMerani-2Algeti
Didube 2014MagaroeliBorjomi


2021

Following the latest decision on the increase of participants to 20 clubs the composition of Liga 4 has changed.

ClubCityRegion
AlgetiMarneuliKvemo Kartli
BetlemiKedaAdjara
FC BorjomiBorjomiSamtskhe-Javakheti
Dinamo-2TbilisiTbilisi
EgrisiSenakiSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
FC IberiaTbilisiTbilisi
FC ImeretiKhoniImereti
FC IraoTbilisiTbilisi
Margveti 2006ZestafoniImereti
FC Odishi 1919ZugdidiSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
SamegreloChkhorotskuSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
SkuriTsalenjikhaSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
SuloriVaniImereti
SFC ShturmiSartichalaKvemo Kartli
FC TbilisiTbilisiTbilisi
Torpedo-2KutaisiImereti
WIT Georgia-2TbilisiTbilisi
FC ZestafoniZestafoniImereti

Note: Two more clubs will be determined at the end of February after the postponed competition in Regionuli Liga B Group West of 2020 season is completed.[5]

References
  1. "Changes in Liga 4 regulations". 13 Feb 2020.
  2. "Changes in league regulations". Popsport. 25 Jan 2021.
  3. http://liga.gff.ge/?season=7&league=4
  4. "White and Red groups to be created". 23 Jul 2020.
  5. "Group B West 2020".
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