2025 Erovnuli Liga 2
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 March – 12 December |
| Matches played | 80 |
| Goals scored | 178 (2.23 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Esonkulov Gegiadze (10 goals each) |
| Biggest away win | Gonio 0–4 Iberia 1999 B (20 May) Dinamo-2 0–4 Meshakhte (20 May) |
| Highest scoring | Merani 3–5 Spaeri (2 April) |
| Longest winning run | Iberia 1999 B Merani Spaeri (4 games each) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Spaeri (12) |
| Longest winless run | Dinamo-2 (10) |
| Longest losing run | Dinamo-2 (7) |
← 2024
All statistics correct as of 1 June 2025. | |
The 2025 Erovnuli Liga 2 season is the ninth edition under its current title and the 37th edition of second-tier football in Georgia. The four-part competition began on 8 March and will end on 12 December with playoffs due to be completed after mid-December.
Each team will play 36 matches this season. The winners gain automatic promotion to the Erovnuli Liga, while the next two teams participate in play-offs against their top-flight rivals. The bottom two teams enter play-off contest against 3rd and 4th teams of Liga 3 at the end of the season with two-legged ties set to be played at each side's home ground.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2024 season:[1]
To Erovnuli Liga 2Promoted from Liga 3 • Gonio • Meshakhte • Merani • Iberia 1999 B Relegated from Erovnuli Liga |
From Erovnuli Liga 2Promoted to Erovnuli Liga • Gareji Relegated to Liga 3 • Aragvi • Shturmi • WIT Georgia • Kolkheti |
Teams
Based on their performance in the previous year, the following ten teams are competing in Erovnuli Liga 2 this season.
| Club | Position last season | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo-2 | 6th | Didube, Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Gonio | 1st in Liga 3 | Gonio, Batumi | Adjara |
| Iberia-2 1999 | 4th in Liga 3 | Saburtalo, Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Locomotive | 4th | Vake, Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
| Merani | 3rd in Liga 3 | Martvili | Samegrelo |
| Meshakhte | 2nd in Liga 3 | Tkibuli | Imereti |
| Rustavi | 2nd | Rustavi | Kvemo Kartli |
| Samtredia | 10th in Erovnuli Liga | Samtredia | Imereti |
| Sioni | 3rd | Bolnisi | Kvemo Kartli |
| Spaeri | 5th | Vazisubani, Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
Notes:
- Rustavi, Locomotive, Sioni and Samtredia have previously taken part in the main division with the last two clubs being also the national champions.[2]
- Gonio and Iberia 1999 B are the league debutants.
- As the reserve teams of Dinamo Tbilisi and Iberia 1999, Dinamo-2 and Iberia 1999 B are ineligible for promotion.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustavi | Varlam Kilasonia | 23 April | Giorgi Tsetsadze | [3] |
| Sioni | Giorgi Chelidze | 14 May | Varlam Kilasonia | [4] |
| Samtredia | Mikheil Ashvetia | 7 May | Eugenio Sena | [5] |
| Dinamo-2 | Vakhtang Iagorashvili | 18 May | Vasil Geguchadze | [6] |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spaeri | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 35 | Promotion to Erovnuli Liga |
| 2 | Merani | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 26 | Qualification for the Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Rustavi | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 25 | |
| 4 | Meshakhte | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 23 | |
| 5 | Gonio | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 20 | |
| 6 | Sioni | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 20 | |
| 7 | Iberia 1999 B | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 20 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 8 | Locomotive | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 19 | |
| 9 | Samtredia | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 14 | Relegation to Liga 3 |
| 10 | Dinamo-2 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 8 |
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.
Results
Regular season
Round 1-18 |
Round 19-36
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Season statistics
Top scorers
As of 1 June 2025[8]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javokhir Esonkulov | Merani | 10 |
| Saba Gegiadze | Spaeri | ||
| 3 | Guram Goshteliani | Iberia 1999 B | 6 |
Clean sheets
As of 1 June 2025[9]
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bukhuti Putkaradze | Spaeri | 8 |
| 2 | Avtandil Labadze | Meshakhte | 7 |
| 3 | Levan Shovnadze | Rustavi | 6 |
Discipline
As of 1 June 2025[10]
Most red cards: 4
• Dinamo-2
Fewest red cards: 0
• Gonio
See also
References
- ^ "Liga 3 in 2024". eliga.ge.
- ^ "Georgian Football League Champions by Year". myfootballfacts.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "ვარლამ კილასონია "რუსთავის" მთავარი მწვრთნელი აღარ არის, მაგრამ კლუბში რჩება" [Varlam Kilasonia is no longer Rustavi head coach, but he remains at the club] (in Georgian). Lelo. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "კილასონიამ "სიონი" მესამედ ჩაიბარა" [Kilasonia takes charge of Sioni for third time]. Lelo (in Georgian). 24 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "ეუგენიო სენა სამტრედიას ახალი მთავარი მწვრთნელია!" [Eugenio Sena is a new Samtredia manager] (in Georgian). FC Samtredia. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "სამწვრთნელო ცვლილებები დინამო 2-სა და 19 წლამდე გუნდში" [Managerial changes in Dinamo-2 and U19 team] (in Georgian). FC Dinamo Tbilisi. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "Erovnuli Liga 2, Table". erovnuliliga.ge.
- ^ "Liga 2 topscorers". flashscore.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "Clean sheets". eliga.ge. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "Red cards". flashscore.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.