FC Samegrelo () is a defunct Georgian football club based in the town of Chkhorotsku. Most recently they competed in Regionuli Liga, the fifth tier of the Georgian league system.
The Bondo Papaskiri central stadium was Samegrelo's home ground.
History
Founded in 1980, the club has not participated in the Georgian top flight.
In unique circumstances Samegrelo once took part in Pirveli Liga. In the middle of the 2014–15 season, they replaced Sasco, who had withdrawn from the competition due to financial troubles.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 the 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 Regionuli Liga.
Recent seasons + Year League Pos M W D L GF–GA Pts Notes 2012/13 Meore Liga Group West 10th of 13 24 5 5 14 25-77 20 2013/14 Meore Liga Group West 12th of 13 24 4 3 17 23-64 15 2014/15 Meore Liga Group West 4th of 15 28 16 3 9 58-37 51 2015/16Pirveli Liga 15th of 18 34 10 8 16 32-50 38 Relegated 2016 Meore Liga Group C 1st of 7 12 10 1 1 37-12 31 2017 Liga 3 Red Group 5th of 10 18 6 9 3 20-14 27 Promotion Round10th of 10 18 1 5 1212-61 8 2018 Liga 3 11th of 20 38 13 9 16 63-55 48 Relegated 2019 Liga 4 6th of 10 27 9 3 15 34-46 30 2020 Liga 4, Red Group 8th of 8 14 2 2 10 12-36 8 2021 Liga 4 White Group10th of 10 18 2 2 14 11-88 8 Relegation Group 4th of 10 18 10 1 7 44-43 31 2022Liga 414th of 16 30 9 1 20 44-62 28 Relegated 2023 Regionuli Liga13th of 1324112228-1804 2024 Did not enter 2025 Regionuli Liga16th of 1630012921-1711
Honours Meore Liga
Winners (1): 2016 (Group C, West)
Name Samegrelo is a Georgian name for the region where Chkhorotsku is situated.
External links On Soccerway Facebook page
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