FC Bakhmaro Chokhatauri

FC Bakhmaro (Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ბახმარო) is a Georgian association football club based in Chokhatauri. The club currently competes in Liga 3, the third tier of the national football system.

FC Bakhmaro Chokhatauri
Founded1950 (1950)
GroundBoris Paichadze Stadium, Chokhatauri
Capacity2,000
CoachTornike Gagua
LeagueLiga 3
202312th of 16

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,[1] the then forth division, and return to Liga 3.[2]

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 FC Tskhinvali, although suffered a defeat in both games.[3]

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.[4]

Likewise, in 2021 with one win in the initial ten matches the team hurtled towards the drop zone,[5] which led to the replacement of manager. This time, though, they gradually improved the performance on the pitch and drifted to safety.

Seasons
SeasonLeaguePosPWDLGFGAPtsCup
2014/15Meore Liga West6/152814410534846–
2015/16Meore Liga West6/14261349483843–
2016Meore Liga Group C2/7↓12912331928–
2017Regionuli Liga A West1/15↑2821527819682nd Round
2018Liga 32/203825767840791st Round
20194/1036166145047542nd Round
20209/101853102033182nd Round
20218/14268992633331st Round
202210/1630108123842381st Round
202312/163096154747333rd Round

Players

As of 12 March 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF  GEO Lasha Khachapuridze
4 DF  GEO Roman Morchiladze
6 MF  GEO Vazha Shanidze
7 MF  GEO Nodar Machavariani
9 MF  GEO Giorgi Gogelia
10 FW  GEO Teimuraz Sharashenidze (C)
12 GK  GEO Rezo Lomidze
13 FW  GEO Khvicha Didia
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  GEO Lasha Kotrikadze
15 DF  GEO Beka Bolkvadze
17 MF  GEO Davit Razhamashvili
18 DF  GEO Beka Koroshinadze
20 MF  GEO Aleksandre Tepnadze
22 MF  GEO Vano Sharvadze
23 FW  GEO Saba Nadiradze
40 GK  GEO Giorgi Gabreliani

Managers
  • Teimuraz Loria (2017 – July 2019)
  • Khariton Chkhatarashvili (July 2019 – May 2021)
  • Paata Metreveli (May – December 2021)
  • Teimuraz Loria (February 2022 – March 2024)
  • Tornike Gagua (since April 2024)

The current manager previously worked as head coach of Zana Abasha. His name is attributed to the club's promotion to Liga 4 in 2023.

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.[6]

Name

Bakhmaro is a famous alpine resort in the Chokhatauri municipality of Guria.[7]

References
  1. "რეგიონული ლიგა: დასავლეთიდან ლიგა 3-ში "ბახმარო" და "მაჭახელა" გადავიდნენ". worldsport.ge (in Georgian), 21 November 2017.
  2. "როგორ ემზადება "ბახმარო" ახალი სეზონისთვის". gurianews.com (in Georgian), 17 February 2018. 17 February 2018.
  3. ""ცხინვალმა" ეროვნულ ლიგა 2-ში ადგილი შეინარჩუნა". sportall.ge (in Georgian), 14 December 2018.
  4. "სიახლე საქართველოს ჩემპიონატში". popsport.com (in Georgian), 25 January 2021.
  5. "კანადელები ჩოხატაურში – ბახმაროს ორი ლეგიონერი შეუერთდა". guriismoambe.com (in Georgian), 27 June 2021. Retrieved 3 Dec 2021.
  6. "ჩოხატაურის სტადიონის რეაბილიტაცია იგეგმება". fanebi.com (in Georgian), 12 October 2016.
  7. "Bakhmaro - unique resort with healing properties". georgianjournal.ge, 3 May 2019.


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