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FC Gori is a Georgian association football club, based in Gori, which competes in Liga 3, the third tier of Georgian football system.

FC Gori

Founded	2015; 7 years ago (2015)
Ground	Kartli Stadium, Gori
Capacity	1,500
Manager	Vladimer Eliauri
League	Liga 3
2021	Liga 3, 6th of 14
Website	Club website

History

Established in 2015, FC Gori to this day retains the status of a municipal non-commercial legal entity. Currently they are the only club to have been in the third division for the seventh successive season.

The team achieved their best result in Liga 3 in 2016 when they won the tournament after an unbeaten run during the entire season.[1] But in this transitional season all group winners were denied promotion.

FC Gori came close to Liga 2 again in 2020, when they earned a place in play-offs against Merani Martvili. After a goalless draw at home the events in the return leg unfolded unfavourably for Gori when they were reduced to ten men already in the first half with another player sent off later on. This circumstance defined a final outcome of the match.[2]

Season	Pos	M	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts	Notes	Cup
2016	1st of 8	14	13	1	0	66-9	40
2017	6th of 10	18	6	5	7	26-24	23	White Group	4th Round
2018	9th of 20	38	14	11	13	58-48	53		3rd Round
2019	7th of 10	36	11	6	19	45-52	39		2nd Round
2020	3rd of 10	18	9	5	4	22-18	32	Promotion play-offs, lost	2nd Round
2021	6th of 14	26	10	8	8	33-33	38		5th Round

In David Kipiani Cup Gori achieved a remarkable success in 2017 after they knocked out Erovnuli Liga team Shukura Kobuleti in the second round.[3] The next year the club was eliminated by Torpedo Kutaisi, the Cup winners of the season, and in 2021 was beaten in extra-time by Samgurali, the finalists of the last two competitions.

Around 80% of the current players are local residents, brought up at the football school of Gori.[4]

Current squad

As of April 2022[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GEO Erekle Guluashvili 2 DF  GEO Temur Iluridze 4 DF  GEO Archil Koberidze 5 DF  GEO Gogi Mamulashvili 6 MF  GEO Erekle Tabatadze 7 DF  GEO Otar Ananiashvili 8 MF  GEO Giorgi Alimbarashvili 9 MF  GEO Giorgi Tsetskhladze 10 FW  GEO Nodar Nozadze 11 FW  GEO Guram Revazashvili

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  GEO Nikoloz Giorgadze 13 DF  GEO Akaki Sirbiladze 14 MF  GEO Ioseb Molashvili 16 MF  GEO Nika Okropiridze (C) 18 MF  GEO Iona Kalajishvili 20 FW  GEO Archil Gigauri 21 MF  GEO Giga Bekadze 22 DF  GEO Giorgi Sidamonidze 39 GK  GEO Besarion Kechkhuashvili

Managers

Davit Shubitidze worked as head coach for six seasons starting from 2016. He was replaced by Vladimer Eliauri before the 2022 season.

Stadium

Built in 1978, stadium Kartli is located between two IDP settlements in Gori. It has the capacity of 1,500 seats. Until 2012 it was home of Spartaki Tskhinvali.

References

External Links

• Official website

• Profile on Soccerway

• Page in Facebook

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