FC Chiatura

FC Chiatura is a Georgian football club based in Chiatura.

Chiatura
Full nameFootball Club Chiatura
Nickname(s)Chiatura
Founded1936 (1936)
GroundTemur Maghradze Stadium
Chiatura, Georgia
ManagerBadri Bregvadze
LeagueLiga 3
20202nd, Liga 4

History

Formed in 1936, Chiatura won the Georgian championship in 1975, also clinched the domestic Cup title in 1978 and 1979. The club spent four seasons in the Soviet Second league.[1]

In 1992-93 season the club finished the second in Pirveli Liga which paved the way for Umaglesi Liga 1993-94. Magaroeli participated in the top flight also in 1997/98.

In 2007/08 they won the second division with a 23-point margin.[2]

Up until 2016 the club competed in Liga 2 where they mostly were involved in relegation battles. Having finished 6th in regular 2016 season, Magaroeli lost a relegation tie against Meshakhte Tkibuli.

The next year they won Liga 3, although failed to go up after a poor performance in promotion tournament.[3]

Things went from bad to worse in 2018, when Chiatura finished in 12th place in a 20-team league and along with all other bottom-half clubs were relegated to the newly formed Liga 4.

In 2019 Georgian top goalscoarer 34 year-old Jaba Dvali joined Chiatura.[4]

In 2020 the club finished 2nd. Even though this result fell short of the promotion, some changes of the league format announced in January 2021 by GFF awarded Magaroeli a slot in Liga 3 for the upcoming season.


Stadium

The club hosts their league games on Temur Maghradze stadium which has the capacity of 11 650.


Name

The club several times changed the name from Chiatura to Magaroeli and back. The latter literally means a miner implying the existing Chiatura mine complex in this town.


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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  GEO Giorgi Badurashvili
— GK  GEO Aleksandre Darbaidze
— DF  GEO Beka Chumburidze
— DF  GEO Nika Gaprindashvili
— DF  GEO Beka Giorgadze
— DF  GEO Jemal Lashkhi
— DF  GEO Giorgi Metskhovrishvili
— DF  GEO Lasha Tsutskiridze
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  GEO Temur Asanidze
— MF  GEO Temur Mishvelidze
— MF  GEO Zurab Nozadze
— MF  GEO Ilia Saralidze
— MF  GEO Davit Tabatadze
— MF  GEO Nika Tkemaladze
— FW  GEO Davit Petriashvili
— FW  GEO Davit Sevastopulo

Honours

References
  1. "Magaroeli in Soviet leagues". Wildstat.
  2. "2007-08 season". Soccerway.
  3. "2017 table for promotion group". Soccerway.
  4. "Dvali joins Chiatura". Leadersport.


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