FC Chiatura

Formed in 1923, Chiatura won the Georgian championship in 1975, and also clinched the domestic Cup title in 1978 and 1979. The club spent four seasons in the Soviet Second league. In the 1992/93 season the club finished second in Pirveli Liga which paved the way for Umaglesi Liga in 1993/94. Magaroeli participated in the top flight also in 1997/98. Between 2004 and 2017 the club spent 13 successive seasons in Liga 2. At one point the club came close to another promotion. After winning the 2007–08 season with a 23-point margin, they beat Gagra on penalties in champions play-offs, although Chiatura eventually had to give up their Umaglesi Liga place after their failure to meet the criteria existing for top-flight clubs. While the team stayed in top half of the table for four consecutive seasons, they were involved in survival battles in 2016. In this season Magaroeli were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player. In play-offs they failed to overcome Meshakhte Tkibuli and left the league. The next year they won the regular season in Liga 3, although displayed a poor performance in the promotion tournament. In 2018, 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. The team came 2nd in 2020. Even though this result fell short of the promotion, some changes of the league format announced in January 2021 by GFF awarded Magaroeli a Liga 3 place for the upcoming season. The club…

Georgian Soviet Championship Champion: 1975 Georgian Soviet Cup Champion: 1978, 1979 Pirveli Liga: Champion: 1997, 2008 Bronze prize winner: 1992, 1996, 2012 Meore Liga Winner: 2017 (Red Group) Liga 4 Runners-up: 2020