FC Gori
| Founded | 2015 | |||
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| Ground | Kartli Stadium, Gori | |||
| Capacity | 1,500 | |||
| Manager | Giorgi Basilidze | |||
| Coach | Ilia Mgebrishvili | |||
| League | Liga 2 | |||
| 2025 | Liga 3, 2nd of 16 (promoted) | |||
| Website | fcgori.ge | |||
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FC Gori is a Georgian association football club, based in Gori. Following the 2025 season, they were promoted to Liga 2, the second tier of Georgian football.
The Kartli stadium is Gori's home ground.
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.[1] 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.[2]
In the David Kipiani Cup, Gori achieved a remarkable success in 2017 after they knocked out Erovnuli Liga team Shukura in the second round.[3] The next year the club was eliminated by Torpedo Kutaisi, the cup winners of the season.
Gori spent ten seasons in the 3rd tier before producing a 24-game unbeaten run in 2025. They finished 2nd in the league table and achieved automatic promotion to Liga 2.
Around 80% of the current players are local residents, brought up at the football school of Gori.[4]
Seasons
| Season | Div | Pos | M | W | D | L | GF–GA | Pts | Notes | Cup |
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| 2016 | 3rd | 1st of 8 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 66-9 | 40 | Group Centre | – |
| 2017 | 6th of 10 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26-24 | 23 | White Group | 4th Round | |
| 2018 | 9th of 20 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 58-48 | 53 | 3rd Round | ||
| 2019 | 7th of 10 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 45-52 | 39 | 2nd Round | ||
| 2020 | 3rd of 10 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22-18 | 32 | Promotion play-offs[a] | 2nd Round | |
| 2021 | 6th of 14 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33-33 | 38 | 5th Round | ||
| 2022 | 6th of 16 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 58-38 | 50 | 2nd Round | ||
| 2023 | 8th of 16 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 46-48 | 43 | 2nd Round | ||
| 2024 | 6th of 16 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49–22 | 53 | 1st Round | ||
| 2025 | 2nd of 16↑ | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 58–28 | 67 | 1st Round |
- ^ Lost Liga 2/3 playoffs 3–1 on aggregate to Merani Martvili
Current squad
As of 15 March 2026[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
• Liga 3
- Winners (1): 2016 (Group Centre)
- Runners-up (1): 2025
- Third place (1): 2020
Managers
| Name | Nat. | From | To |
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| Davit Shubitidze | 2016 | 2021 | |
| Vladimer Eliauri | 2021 | 2023 | |
| Ilia Mgebrishvili | 2024 |
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
- ^ "2016 in Liga 3". soccerway.com.
- ^ "ორი წითელი ბარათი, გოლი კუთხურიდან და სანახაობრივი მატჩი მარტვილში - "მერანმა" ლიგა 2-ში ადგილი შეინარჩუნა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Gori vs Shukura". flashscore.com.
- ^ "გორის დირექტორი: გუნდისგან ასეთ წარმატებას ვერავინ წარმოიდგენდა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). Georgian Public TV. 15 December 2020.
- ^ "List of players". erovnuliliga.ge.