2025 Liga 3 (Georgia)
Football season in Georgia
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The 2025 Liga 3 season was the 9th edition under its current title and the 37th edition of third tier football in Georgia. The regular two-round tournament commenced on 26 March and ended on 5 December[1] with two-legged promotion play-offs completed on 15 December. Each team played thirty matches in as many rounds.
Gori
Odishi 1919
Aragvi
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 March – 5 December |
| Champions | Shturmi (1st title) |
| Promoted | Shturmi Gori Odishi 1919 Aragvi |
| Relegated | Locomotive-2 Borjomi Bakhmaro |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 782 (3.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Guram Lukava (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | 8–0 WIT Georgia vs Margveti 2006 (5 September) |
| Biggest away win | 1–7 Borjomi vs Shturmi (17 June) 0–6 Margveti 2006 vs Orbi (17 April) |
| Highest scoring | 6–4 Shturmi vs Didube (5 December) |
| Longest winning run | Odishi 1919 (6 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Gori (24) |
| Longest winless run | Kolkheti (14) |
| Longest losing run | Bakhmaro (9) |
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of complete. | |
There were sixteen teams competing in the league this season. Four of them, namely Borjomi, Kolkheti, Merani Tbilisi and WIT Georgia had participated in the top tier with the latter being the two-time national champions.[2]
Gori had the longest tenure in the league with the 10th consecutive season while WIT Georgia were the only team making their debut in Liga 3.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the previous season:
To Liga 3Promoted from Liga 4 Didube • Margveti 2006 • Odishi 1919 Relegated from Liga 2 Aragvi • Shturmi • WIT Georgia • Kolkheti |
From Liga 3Relegated to Liga 4 Zestaponi • Machakhela • Guria Promoted to Liga 2 Gonio • Meshakhte • Merani M • Iberia 1999 B
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Teams
The clubs are listed below in alphabetical order.
| Clubs | Position last season | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aragvi[a] | 7th in Liga 2 | Dusheti | Mtskheta-Mtianeti |
| Bakhmaro | 13th | Chokhatauri | Guria |
| Betlemi | 8th | Keda | Adjara |
| Borjomi[a] | 12th | Borjomi | Samtskhe |
| Didube[a] | 1st in Liga 4 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Gardabani | 10th | Gardabani | Kvemo Kartli |
| Gori | 6th | Gori | Shida Kartli |
| Kolkheti | 10th in Liga 2 | Khobi | Samegrelo |
| Locomotive-2 | 9th | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Margveti 2006[a] | 2nd in Liga 4 | Zestaponi | Imereti |
| Merani Tbilisi | 7th | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Odishi 1919[a] | 3rd in Liga 4 | Zugdidi | Samegrelo |
| Orbi | 5th | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Shturmi | 8th in Liga 2 | Sartichala | Kvemo Kartli |
| Tbilisi 2025[a][b] | 11th | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| WIT Georgia[a] | 9th in Liga 2 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shturmi (C, P) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 68 | 22 | +46 | 70 | Promotion to Erovnuli Liga 2 |
| 2 | Gori (P) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 67 | |
| 3 | Odishi 1919 (P) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 19 | +40 | 64 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Aragvi (P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 79 | 35 | +44 | 63 | |
| 5 | Tbilisi 2025 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 58 | |
| 6 | WIT Georgia | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 52 | |
| 7 | Orbi | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 44 | |
| 8 | Didube | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 43 | |
| 9 | Merani Tbilisi | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 32 | |
| 10 | Betlemi | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 29 | |
| 11 | Gardabani | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 67 | −30 | 29 | |
| 12 | Margveti 2006 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 71 | −35 | 28 | |
| 13 | Locomotive-2 (R) | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 27 | Relegation to Liga 4 |
| 14 | Kolkheti | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 26 | |
| 15 | Borjomi (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 23 | Relegation to Liga 4 |
| 16 | Bakhmaro (R) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 74 | −56 | 13 |
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
Note: Locomotive-2 were demoted following their senior team's relegation from Liga 2.
Results
Regular season
Top goalscorers
As of 7 December 2025[5]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Guram Lukava |
Aragvi | 20 |
| 2 | Otar Kvernadze |
Odishi 1919 | 19 |
| 3 | Tornike Kereselidze |
Didube | 16 |
| Irakli Lekvtadze |
Shturmi |
Discipline
Most red cards: 5
• Orbi
Fewest red cards: 0
• Merani
Promotion playoffs
| Aragvi | 2–3 | Locomotive |
|---|---|---|
Lukava  6' (pen.), 84' |
Report | Amoako 25' Kekelidze 72' (pen.) Vibliani 90' |
| Iberia 1999 B | 2–2 | Odishi 1919 |
|---|---|---|
| Gogsadze 31', 72' Kukalia  79' |
Report | Bochorishvili 86' Sylla 90+2' |
| Odishi 1919 | 2–1 | Iberia 1999 B |
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Report |
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Odishi 1919 and Aragvi advanced to Erovnuli Liga 2