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FC Matchakhela is a Georgian football club based in the town of Khelvachauri. Currently they compete in Liga 4, the fourth tier of Georgian league system.

FC Matchakhela Khelvachauri

Full name	FC Matchakhela Khelvachauri
Founded	2011; 11 years ago (2011)
Ground	Central stadium, Khelvachauri
Capacity	1,000
Manager	Avtandil Kunchulia
League	Liga 4
2021	5th in Liga 4 (Relegation Round)

History

Matchakhela was founded оn the basis of Khelvachauri Sport School in 2011. Amiran Gogitidze, the first head coach, guided the club to Meore Liga, which they won with automatic promotion.[1]

For most of the next season Matchakhela were engaged in inter-Adjarian rivalry with Dinamo Batumi for a second promotion place to Umaglesi Liga, in which eventually the latter prevailed. Overall, the 3rd place taken 2014 in Liga 2 has been the club's highest point reached in Georgian leagues.[2]

The team concluded the 2014/15 season comfortably in mid-table, but a year later entered a period of instability. Struggling the whole season, eventually they lost a survival battle.

The 2016 season was transitional in all Georgian football leagues into Spring-Autumn system with a sharp reduction of clubs in each division. Matchakhela failed to remain in the third tier and thus suffered double relegation in successive seasons. Although they managed to climb back to Liga 3 the next year,[3] in 2018 the team finished bottom of the league.[4]

Matchakhela spent two seasons in Regionuli Liga, won promotion to Liga 4 for 2021 and in their first year successfully managed to secure a place in it.

Seasons

Season	Division	Pos	MP	W	D	L	GF–GA	P	Notes
2012-13	Meore Liga West	1st of 13	24	20	2	2	74-11	62	Promoted
2013-14	Pirveli Liga Group B	3rd of 14	26	16	6	4	44-21	54
2014-15	Pirveli Liga Group A	6th of 10	36	14	3	19	48-66	45
2015-16	Pirveli Liga	16th of 18	34	8	13	13	30-43	37	Relegated
2016	Liga 3 Group B	5th of 8	14	7	1	6	25-23	22	Relegated
2017	Regionuli Liga West A	2nd of 15	28	9	5	4	63-23	62	Promoted
2018	Liga 3	20th of 20	38	5	13	20	35-63	28	Relegated
2019	Regionuli Liga West	8th of 10	18	6	2	10	30-40	20
2020	Regionuli Liga West B	2nd of 6	10	8	0	2	28-16	24	Promoted
2021	Liga 4 White Group	7th of 10	18	6	1	11	35-41	19
	Relegation Round	5th of 10	18	9	3	6	45-24	30

Squad

As of April 2022

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 Zurab Kezheradze 2 DF  GEO Lasha Kakhidze 3 DF  GEO Shota Pantsulaia 5 DF  GEO Giorgi Amaghlobeli 6 MF  GEO Luka Sigua 7 MF  GEO Temur Kepuladze 8 MF  GEO Vasiko Kunchulia 9 FW  GEO Karen Mkrtichian 10 MF  GEO Nika Gorgadze

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  GEO Levan Liparteliani 13 MF  GEO Tamaz Tsiskaridze 15 DF  GEO Ramaz Kveseishvili (C) 17 MF  GEO Saba Shvelidze 18 DF  GEO Irakli Shashikadze 20 MF  GEO Nika Aronia 21 DF  GEO Vladimer Jojua 22 DF  GEO Luka Sosiashvili 31 GK  GEO Davit Kekelidze

Stadium

Matchakhela hosts home games at Akhalsopeli Central stadium, which has the capacity of 1,000 seats.

Name

The name derives from Machakheli, a geographical area near the border between Georgia and Turkey.

References

External links

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