FC Bakhmaro (Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ბახმარო) is a Georgian association football club based in Chokhatauri. Following the 2025 season, the club was relegated to Liga 4, the fourth tier of the national football system.
History FC Bakhmaro have never participated in the top division of Georgian football.
In the 1990s, they took part in the second league for several seasons and in the mid-2010s the club mostly played in the third division, where they usually stayed in top half of the table.
Despite coming 2nd in their group in 2016, Bakhmaro left the third tier in view of reorganization of the entire league system, which meant relegation for a vast majority of clubs. It took the team a year to win the Regional league tournament, the then fourth division, and return to Liga 3.
The next year the club had quite a memorable season. During the entire campaign up until the last matchday they were engaged in a fierce rivalry with Zugdidi for the first place. Eventually, as runners-up, Bakhmaro booked a place in promotion play-offs against Tskhinvali, although suffered a 4–1 aggregate defeat.
In 2019, the club yet again narrowly fell short of the promotion goal and since then switched to survival tasks. An awful run of form at the beginning of the next season brought Bakhmaro to the brink of relegation, although they stayed up only after some changes regarding the number of clubs were introduced in January 2021.
Likewise, in 2021 with one win in the initial ten matches the team hurtled towards the drop zone, which led to the replacement of manager. This time, though, they gradually improved the performance on the pitch and drifted to safety.
Bakhmaro's eight-year tenure in the 3rd division came to an end in 2025 when they finished rock bottom and suffered relegation to Liga 4.
Seasons + Season League Pos P W D L GFGA Pts Cup 2014–15 Meore Liga West 6/15 28 14 4 10 5348 46– 2015–16 Meore Liga West 6/14 26 13 4 9 483843– 2016 Meore Liga Group C2/7 12 9 1 2331928– 2017Regionuli Liga A West1/15 2821527819682nd round 2018Liga 32/20 38 25 7 6 7840 791st round 2019 4/10 36 16 6 14 504754 2nd round 2020 9/10 18 5 3 10203318 2nd round 20218/14 26 8 9 9 2633 331st round 2022 10/16 30 10 8 12 3842 38 1st round 2023 12/16 30 9 6 15 4747 33 3rd round 2024 13/16 30 6 9 15 1933 27 1st round 2025 16/16 30 3 4 23 1874 13 2nd round
Players As of 25 April 2026
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Managers NameNat.FromToTeimuraz Loria 20172019Khariton Chkhatarashvili 20192021Paata Metreveli 20212021Teimuraz Loria 20222024Tornike Gagua20242024Mamuka Gongadze2025–
Stadium
The home of FC Bakhmaro is a stadium with the capacity of 2,000 seats, which is named after Boris Paichadze, the distinguished Georgian football player born in Chokhatauri. The stadium complex currently consists of two football pitches and a rugby playing field.
Name Bakhmaro is a famous alpine resort in the Chokhatauri municipality of Guria.
References
External links Profile on Soccerway
Facebook page FC Bakhmaro Chokhatauri Results on Flashscore