FC Gori

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| image = FC Gori Logo.png

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| founded = {{Start date and age|2015}}

| ground = Kartli Stadium, Gori

| capacity = 1,500

| manager = Giorgi Basilidze

| coach = Ilia Mgebrishvili

| league = Liga 3

| season = 2024

| position = Liga 3, 6th of 16

| website = [https://fcgori.ge/ fcgori.ge]

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FC Gori is a Georgian association football club, based in Gori, which competes in Liga 3, the third tier of Georgian football.

Currently they are the only club to have been in the third division for the ninth successive season.

History

Established in 2015, FC Gori to this day retains the status of a municipal non-commercial legal entity.

The team achieved their best result in Liga 3 in 2016 when they won the tournament after an unbeaten run during the entire season.{{cite web |title=2016 in Liga 3 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/georgia/meore-liga/20162017/center/r38310/ |publisher=soccerway.com}} But in this transitional season all group winners were denied promotion.

FC Gori came close to Liga 2 again in 2020, when they earned a place in play-offs against Merani Martvili. After a goalless draw at home the events in the return leg unfolded unfavourably for Gori when they were reduced to ten men already in the first half with another player sent off later on. This circumstance defined an outcome of the match.{{cite web |title=ორი წითელი ბარათი, გოლი კუთხურიდან და სანახაობრივი მატჩი მარტვილში - "მერანმა" ლიგა 2-ში ადგილი შეინარჩუნა |url=https://1tv.ge/news/ori-witeli-barati-goli-kutkhuridan-da-sanakhaobrivi-matchi-martvilshi-meranma-liga-2-shi-adgili-sheinarchuna/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |date=20 December 2020}}

In the David Kipiani Cup, Gori achieved a remarkable success in 2017 after they knocked out Erovnuli Liga team Shukura Kobuleti in the second round.{{cite web |title=Gori vs Shukura |url=https://www.flashscore.com/match/2BqMO5KT/#match-summary |publisher=flashscore.com}} The next year the club was eliminated by Torpedo Kutaisi, the Cup winners of the season, and in 2021 was beaten in extra-time by Samgurali, the finalists of the last two competitions.

Around 80% of the current players are local residents, brought up at the football school of Gori.{{cite web |title=გორის დირექტორი: გუნდისგან ასეთ წარმატებას ვერავინ წარმოიდგენდა |url=https://1tv.ge/news/goris-direqtori-gundisgan-aset-warmatebas-veravin-warmoidgenda/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |publisher=Georgian Public TV |date=15 December 2020}}

Seasons

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SeasonPosMWDLGF–GAPtsNotesCup
20161st of 814131066-940Group Centre
20176th of 101865726-2423White Group4th Round
20189th of 203814111358-48533rd Round
20197th of 10361161945-52392nd Round
20203rd of 101895422-1832Promotion play-offs, lost2nd Round
20216th of 1426108833-33385th Round
20226th of 16301551058-38502nd Round
20238th of 16301341346-48432nd Round
20246th of 1630158749–22531st Round

Current squad

As of 30 March 2025{{cite web |title=List of players |url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/georgia/gori/37657/ |publisher=soccerway.com}}

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{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=GEO|pos=GK|name=Paolo Puladze}}

{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=RSA|pos=FW|name=Daniel Kekana}}

{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Luka Chokheli}}{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Giorgi Berdznishvili}}

{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Gogi Mamulashvili}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Ucha Khubuluri}}

{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Temur Nozadze}}

{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Erekle Tabatadze}}{{Fs player|no= 10|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Nodar Nozadze}} {{Fs player|no= 11|nat=GEO|pos=FW|name=Giorgi Khachapuridze}}

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{{Fs player|no= 12|nat=GEO|pos=GK|name=Giorgi Odikadze}}

{{Fs player|no= 13|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Akaki Sirbiladze}}

{{Fs player|no= 14|nat=GEO|pos=FW|name=Giorgi Kurmashvili}}

{{Fs player|no= 15|nat=GEO|pos=FW|name=Luka Iosebidze}}

{{Fs player|no= 16|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Nika Okropiridze}} (C)

{{Fs player|no= 17|nat=GHA|pos=MF|name=Awua Asamoah}}

{{Fs player|no= 18|nat=GEO|pos=DF|name=Demetre Merebashvili}}

{{Fs player|no= 20|nat=GEO|pos=MF|name=Giorgi Alimbarashvili}}

{{Fs player|no= 22|nat=GEO|pos=FW|name=Elguja Bibiluri}}

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Honours

Liga 3

:Winners (1): 2016 (Group Centre)

:Third place (1): 2020

Managers

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Name

!Nat.

!From

!To

Davit Shubitidze

| {{flagicon|Georgia}}

| 2016

| 2021

Vladimer Eliauri

| {{flagicon|Georgia}}

| 2021

| 2023

Ilia Mgebrishvili

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| 2024

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Stadium

Built in 1978, the Kartli Stadium is located between two IDP settlements in Gori. It has the capacity of 1,500 seats. In the past it was also home of two other Gori-based clubs, Tskhinvali and Liakhvi.

References

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