2022 Erovnuli Liga 2

Erovnuli Liga 2
Season	2022
Dates	1 March – 2 December
Matches played	88
Goals scored	275 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cheikne Sylla ; (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Samtredia 6–0 Merani T (26 June)
Biggest away win	WIT Georgia 1–5 Spaeri (28 August) ; Merani T 0–4 Spaeri ; (1 October)
Highest scoring	WIT Georgia 5-3 Merani M ; (9 October)
Longest winning run	Shukura (4 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Spaeri (9)
Longest winless run	WIT Georgia (12)
Longest losing run	Rustavi ; WIT Georgia ; (4)
	← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 16 October 2022.

The 2022 Erovnuli Liga 2 is the sixth season under its current title and the 34th season of second-tier football in Georgia. The four-round competition began on 1 March and will end on 2 December.^[1]

Format

The winner gains automatic promotion to Erovnuli Liga, while the next two teams participate in play-offs against their top-flight rivals.

After the initial 13 rounds, an extraordinary situation in late May resulted in early relegation of two clubs to the third tier. Among the remaining eight clubs the bottom two enter a play-off contest against 3rd and 4th teams of Liga 3 at the end of the season. A two-legged tie will be played at each side's home ground.^[2]

Each team will play 28 matches in this shortened season.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2021 season:^[3]

To Erovnuli Liga 2

Promoted from Liga 3

• Spaeri Tbilisi

Relegated from Erovnuli Liga

• Shukura Kobuleti

• Samtredia

From Erovnuli Liga 2

Promoted to Erovnuli Liga

• Sioni Bolnisi

• Gagra

Relegated to Liga 3

• Chikhura Sachkhere

Teams and stadiums

Tbilisi teams:
WIT Georgia
Shevardeni
Spaeri
Merani

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Location of Liga 2 football clubs in 2022

The current participants of Liga 2 are listed below in alphabetical order.

Apart from Gareji Sagarejo and Spaeri Tbilisi, all of them have previously taken part in the main division. Among them are WIT Georgia and Samtredia, who have been the top-tier champions.^[4]

Club	Position last season	City	Venue	Capacity
Dinamo Zugdidi	7th	Zugdidi	Ganmukhuri, Centraluri	2,000
Gareji	4th	Sagarejo	Centraluri	2,000
Merani	3rd	Martvili	Murtaz Khurtsilava Stadium	2,000
Merani	5th	Tbilisi	Spaeri	2,500
Rustavi	9th	Rustavi	Technical Centre	1,000
Samtredia	10th in Liga 1	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	5,000
Shevardeni-1906	6th	Tbilisi	Kaspi, Centraluri	500
Shukura	9th in Liga 1	Kobuleti	Chele Arena	6,000
Spaeri	1st in Liga 3	Tbilisi	Spaeri	2,500
WIT Georgia	8th	Tbilisi	Gldani Football Centre	1,000

Source

NOTE: Based on decision made by GFF Disciplinary Committee, Dinamo Zugdidi and Shevardeni-1906 were accused of match-fixing and expelled from the league with immediate effect on 22 May. For this reason all their team or individual records have been annulled from the statistics.^[5]

Personnel and kits

Club	Captain	Head Coach	Manager's date of appointment	Kit manufacturer
Dinamo Zugdidi	Vakhtang Jomidava	Jano Makatsaria	January 2022	Kelme
Gareji	Nikoloz Nozadze	Giorgi Oniani	September 2022	Erreà
Merani Martvili	Kichi Meliava	Varlam Kilasonia	July 2022	Joma
Merani Tbilisi	Iago Deisadze	Avtandil Shengelia	September 2021	Jako
Rustavi	Paata Kiteishvili	Levan Jokhadze	May 2022	Kelme
Samtredia	Givi Ioseliani	Giorgi Shashiashvili	February 2022	Joma
Shevardeni-1906	Nikoloz Jishkariani	Giorgi Daraselia	February 2022	Kelme
Shukura	Irakli Komakhidze	Revaz Gotsiridze	January 2022	Kelme
Spaeri	Levan Papava	Kakha Maisuradze	2017	Kelme
WIT Georgia	Irakli Zaridze	Levan Jobava	June 2021	Erreà

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager
Shevardeni-1906	Ioseb Chikadze	9 March	Davit Datuadze
Shevardeni-1906	Davit Datuadze	1 April	Giorgi Daraselia
Gareji Sagarejo	Kakhaber Gogichaishvili	8 April	Nestor Mumladze (Interim)
	Nestor Mumladze	7 May	Temur Makharadze
	Temur Makharadze	12 June	Davit Dighmelashvili
	Davit Dighmelashvili	30 September	Giorgi Oniani
Rustavi	Armaz Jeladze	3 May	Levan Jokhadze
Merani Martvili	Tsotne Moniava	15 July	Varlam Kilasonia

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Shukura Kobuleti	22	15	2	5	42	20	+22	47	Promotion to Erovnuli Liga
2	Merani Martvili	22	11	4	7	48	42	+6	37	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
3	Spaeri	22	10	5	7	39	30	+9	35	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
4	Samtredia	22	9	6	7	32	24	+8	33
5	Merani Tbilisi	22	10	3	9	28	42	−14	33
6	Gareji Sagarejo	22	7	5	10	30	28	+2	26
7	WIT Georgia	22	4	6	12	24	42	−18	18	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Rustavi	22	4	5	13	26	41	−15	17	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
9	Dinamo Zugdidi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew from the tournament, Relegation to Liga 3
10	Shevardeni-1906	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew from the tournament, Relegation to Liga 3

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October. Source: ^[6]
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. On 21 May, the GFF announced that Shevardeni-1906 and FC Dinamo Zugdidi have been expelled from League 2 for match fixing and betting fraud. All matches they played have been annulled.

Results

Regular season

Round 1-14

Home \ Away	SHU	SAM	GAR	MAR	MER	RUS	SPA	WIT
Shukura	—	0–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–0
Samtredia	0–1	—	0–0	3–1	6–0	2–1	2–2	3–1
Gareji	1–1	2–0	—	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1
Merani M	2–3	3–1	1–0	—	4–2	3–2	2–3	2–2
Merani T	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	—	3–2	1–0	2–1
Rustavi	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	—	0–2	0–0
Spaeri	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	—	3–1
WIT Georgia	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: Liga 2 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 15-28

Home \ Away	SHU	SAM	GAR	MAR	MER	RUS	SPA	WIT
Shukura	—		3–0	1–2			0–2	1–2
Samtredia	0–1	—	23 Oct		4–1		2–1	3–0
Gareji	1–2	4–0	—				4–0	1–0
Merani M	22 Oct	1–2	3–2	—	1–2	3–2
Merani T	0–1		1–0		—	22 Oct	0–4	3–1
Rustavi	1–3	2–1		1–2	4–0	—
Spaeri		1–1	0–2	2–4		2–0	—	23 Oct
WIT Georgia				5–3	2–3	1–1	1–5	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October. Source: Liga 2 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

In order to preserve chronological progress, postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled. Instead they are added to the full round played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Gareji	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L
Merani M	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W
Merani T	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W
Rustavi	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L
Samtredia	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W
Shukura	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W
Spaeri	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L
WIT Georgia	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October. Source: Georgian Football Federation
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 16 October 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cheikne Sylla	Merani Martvili	13
2	Levan Papava	Spaeri Tbilisi	11
3	Giorgi Kharebashvili	Gareji Sagarejo	9
4	Zurab Museliani	Shukura Kobuleti	8
5	Papuna Poniava	Merani Martvili	8
6	Levan Ingorokva	Shukura Kobuleti	7
7	Amiran Dzagania	WIT Georgia	7
8	Masoabi Nkoto	Merani Martvili	6
9	Jaba Kasrelishvili	Merani Tbilisi
10	Cyrille Tchamba	Samtredia

Source

Clean sheets

As of 16 October 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Luka Kharatishvili	Shukura	9
2	Guram Chikashua	WIT Georgia	4
3	Davit Kupatadze	Gareji
4	Nikoloz Abashidze	Spaeri
5	Konstantine Sepiashvili	Gareji
6	Facundo Silva	Samtredia	3
7	Lasha Gurgenidze	Merani Tbilisi
8	Yaroslav Burychenkov	Samtredia