2025 Erovnuli Liga 2
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| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 March – 6 December |
| Champions | Rustavi |
| Promoted | Rustavi Spaeri Meshakhte |
| Relegated | Locomotive Iberia 1999 B Gonio Dinamo Tbilisi-2 |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 460 (2.56 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Javokhir Esonkulov (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | 5–0 Sioni vs Gonio (6 December) |
| Biggest away win | 0–4 Gonio vs Iberia 1999 B (20 May) Dinamo-2 vs Meshakhte (20 May) Gonio vs Rustavi (29 November) |
| Highest scoring | 3–5 Merani vs Spaeri (2 April) Sioni vs Locomotive (19 September) |
| Longest winning run | Rustavi (6 games) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Spaeri (12) |
| Longest winless run | Dinamo-2 (19) |
| Longest losing run | Dinamo-2 (9) |
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of complete. | |
The 2025 Erovnuli Liga 2 season was the ninth edition under its current title and the 37th edition of second-tier football in Georgia. The four-part competition began on 8 March and ended on 6 December with playoffs completed by mid-December.
Each team played 36 matches this season. The winners gained automatic promotion to the Erovnuli Liga, while the next two teams participate in play-offs against their top-flight rivals. The bottom two teams enter play-off contest against 3rd and 4th teams of Liga 3 at the end of the season with two-legged ties set to be played at each side's home ground.
The following teams have changed division since the 2024 season:[1]
To Erovnuli Liga 2Promoted from Liga 3 • Gonio • Meshakhte • Merani • Iberia 1999 B Relegated from Erovnuli Liga |
From Erovnuli Liga 2Promoted to Erovnuli Liga • Gareji Relegated to Liga 3 • Aragvi • Shturmi • WIT Georgia • Kolkheti |
Teams
Based on their performance in the previous year, the following ten teams were competing in Erovnuli Liga 2 this season.
| Club | Position last season | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo-2 | 6th | Didube, Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Gonio | 1st in Liga 3 | Gonio, Batumi | Adjara |
| Iberia-2 1999 | 4th in Liga 3 | Saburtalo, Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Locomotive | 4th | Vake, Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Merani | 3rd in Liga 3 | Martvili | Samegrelo |
| Meshakhte | 2nd in Liga 3 | Tkibuli | Imereti |
| Rustavi | 2nd | Rustavi | Kvemo Kartli |
| Samtredia | 10th in Erovnuli Liga | Samtredia | Imereti |
| Sioni | 3rd | Bolnisi | Kvemo Kartli |
| Spaeri | 5th | Vazisubani, Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
Notes:
- Rustavi, Locomotive, Sioni and Samtredia had previously taken part in the main division with the last two clubs being also the national champions.[2]
- Gonio and Iberia 1999 B were the league debutants.
- As the reserve teams of Dinamo Tbilisi and Iberia 1999, Dinamo-2 and Iberia 1999 B were ineligible for promotion.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustavi | Varlam Kilasonia | 23 April | Giorgi Tsetsadze | [3] |
| Sioni | Giorgi Chelidze | 14 May | Varlam Kilasonia | [4] |
| Samtredia | Mikheil Ashvetia | 7 May | Eugenio Sena | [5] |
| Dinamo-2 | Vakhtang Iagorashvili | 18 May | Vasil Geguchadze | [6] |
| Gonio | Levan Jokhadze | 8 June | Revaz Gotsiridze | [7] |
| Dinamo-2 | Vasil Geguchadze | 10 September | Davit Gelashvili | [8] |
| Gonio | Revaz Gotsiridze | 1 October | Levan Jokhadze | [9] |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rustavi (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 30 | +32 | 71 | Promotion to 2026 Erovnuli Liga |
| 2 | Spaeri (P) | 36 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Meshakhte (P) | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 52 | |
| 4 | Merani | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 50 | |
| 5 | Sioni | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 48 | |
| 6 | Samtredia | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 46 | |
| 7 | Locomotive (R) | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 45 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 8 | Iberia 1999 B (R) | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 42 | Relegation to 2026 Liga 3 |
| 9 | Gonio (R) | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 37 | |
| 10 | Dinamo-2 (R) | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 76 | −35 | 28 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Regular season
Round 1-18 |
Round 19-36
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Season statistics
Top scorers
As of 6 December 2025[10]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Javokhir Esonkulov |
Merani | 22 |
| 2 |  Data Sitchinava |
Sioni | 20 |
| 3 | Levan Kutalia |
Rustavi / Samtredia | 14 |
| 4 | Saba Gegiadze |
Spaeri | 13 |
 Jean Souza de Almeida |
Rustavi |
Clean sheets
As of 6 December 2025[11]
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levan Shovnadze |
Rustavi | 13 |
| 2 | Avtandil Labadze |
Meshakhte | 12 |
| Bukhuti Putkaradze |
Spaeri |
Discipline
As of 6 December 2025[12]
Most red cards: 9
• Dinamo-2
Fewest red cards: 0
• Gonio
