FC Tori Borjomi
{{short description|Georgian football club}}
{{Infobox football club |
clubname = Tori Borjomi |
image = FC Tori Borjomi.png |
fullname = FC Tori |
nickname = Torelebi|
founded = 2016 |
ground = Jemal Zeinklishvili Stadium|
capacity = 4,000|
chairman = |
manager = |
league = N/A|
season = 2020 |
position = 11th in Regionuli Liga |
}}
FC Tori ({{lang-ka|საფეხბურთო კლუბი თორი}}) is defunct a Georgian football club based in Borjomi.
They completed five seasons in lower leagues of Georgian football and started participating in Regionuli Liga East Group in 2021, but after twelve matches withdrew from the tournament.
==History==
The first football club, emerged in Borjomi in 1936, for many years participated in Georgian regional championship under the names Borjomi or Tori and later, between 2005 and 2009, in Umaglesi Liga as FC Borjomi.{{cite web |title=FC Borjomi in Umaglesi Liga |url=http://wildstat.com/p/2096/club/GEO_FC_Borjomi |website=wildstat.com}}
While FC Borjomi represented the city in Liga 2, in July 2016 FC Tori was officially established by veteran football players on the basis of Borjomi's Sport School. They started competing in Meore Liga, the third division of the Georgian league system in 2016, when the Georgian Football Federation decided to switch back to Spring-Autumn system and with this aim organized a shortened transitional tournament.{{cite web |title=2015-16 season in Meore Liga |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/georgia/meore-liga/20162017/center/r38310 |website=soccerway.com}}
Tori spent the next four seasons in Regionuli Liga, initially the fourth division, which became the fifth tier following the creation of Liga 4 in 2019.
In 2020, the team finished in the 11th place among 14 clubs.{{cite web |title=Regional league in 2020 |url=https://gff.ge/ge/championships/regional-league/group-east |website=gff.ge}} The next year a severe financial crisis hit Tori, which resulted in their withdrawal from the league.
Seasons
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| Year | League | Pos | M | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Meore Liga C Group | 4th | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22-15 | 21 |
| 2017 | Regionuli Liga C Group | 6th | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 39-61 | 27 |
| 2018 | Regionuli Liga C Group | 8th | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 26-61 | 18 |
| 2019 | Regionuli Liga B Group | 4th | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36-35 | 30 |
| 2020 | Regionuli Liga C Group | 11th | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 23-41 | 12 |
| 2021 | Regionuli Liga East | colspan="7"| |
Stadium
The club played home games at the Jemal Zeinklishvili stadium, which was shared with FC Borjomi.
In September 2020, the City Hall of Borjomi announced that the football ground would undergo some reconstruction works next year.{{cite web |title=ბორჯომის საფეხბურთო მოედანს რეაბილიტაცია ჩაუტარდება |url=http://sknews.ge/ka/old/29520 |website=sknews.ge |date=30 September 2020 |language=ka}}
Derby
With FC Borjomi competing in an upper league, the two teams of the city never encountered during a regular season. However, in March 2019 their paths converged in the 2nd round of the David Kipiani Cup. En route to this game, Tori had prevailed over Meskheti and Chkherimela with an 18–0 aggregate score,{{cite web |title=David Kipiani Cup results in 2019 |url=http://cup.gff.ge/results?season=7&league=3 |website=gff.ge (in Georgian)}} but they suffered a defeat in the derby and crashed out of the tournament.{{cite web |title=Tori vs Borjomi |url=http://cup.gff.ge/game/1337-tor-bor |website=gff.ge}}
External links
- [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/georgia/tori/37658/ On Soccerway]
- [https://www.facebook.com/www.fctori.ge/ On Facebook]