FC Samegrelo ( ka, საფეხბურთო კლუბი საამეგრელო) is a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

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club based in the town of

Chkhorotsku Chkhorotsqu ( ka, ჩხოროწყუ, Mingrelian for "nine springs") is a townlet in western Georgia, located in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and functioning as the administrative center of the homonymous district. Its population was ...

. They currently compete in

Regionuli Liga Regionuli Liga (Georgian: რეგიონული ლიგა), run by Georgian Football Federation since 1990, is the fifth and lowest division of the Georgian league system after Erovnuli Liga, Erovnuli Liga 2, Liga 3 and Liga 4. Its parti ...

, the fifth tier of the Georgian league system. The team plays their home matches at Bondo Papaskiri central Stadium.

History

Founded in 1980, the club has not participated in the Georgian top flight. In unique circumstances Samegrelo once took part in

Pirveli Liga The Georgian Erovnuli Liga 2 ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა 2; ), organized since 1990 by GFF, serves as the second division of professional football in Georgia. Under the current name the league was introduced for the 2017 season ...

. In the middle of the 2014-15 season, they replaced

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, who had withdrawn from the competition due to financial troubles. As the team failed to stay up in the league, though, they spent the next three years in the third tier. Samegrelo won C Group of Meore Liga in 2016. However, not a single team gained promotion in this transitional season. According to existing regulations in 2018, despite coming 11th among 20 league teams, Samegrelo dropped down to Liga 4, where they remained for four seasons. Starting from 2020, Samegrelo battled against a further relegation. In the first year, they avoided this fate only after the league was subjected to the reorganization, which included the increase of teams from 16 to twenty. In the next year the club initially performed so poorly that they seemed hopeless in their survival battle. However, having won seven matches in Relegation Round with a large margin, Samegrelo under head coach Paata Bukia comfortably finished in the fourth place. But in 2022, they ended up in the relegation zone and joined other three sides bound for

Recent seasons

Honours

Meore Liga Winners (1): 2016 (Group C, West)

Name

''Samegrelo'' is a Georgian name for the

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where Chkhorotsku is situated.

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samegrelo Chkorotsku Football clubs in Georgia (country)