FC Bakhmaro Chokhatauri

FC Bakhmaro is a Georgian association football club based in Chokhatauri, Georgia. The club currently competes in Liga 3, the third tier of Georgian football system.

FC Bakhmaro Chokhatauri
Founded1950 (1950)
GroundBoris Paichadze Stadium, Chokhatauri
Capacity2,000
CoachPaata Metreveli
LeagueLiga 3
20218th of 14

History

FC Bakhmaro have never participated in top divisions.

In 1990s they took part in the second league for several seasons and in mid-2010s the club mostly played in the third division, where they usually finished in top half of the table.

SeasonDivisionPosMPWDLGF-GAP
2014/15Meore Liga West6th of 15281441053-4846
2015/16Meore Liga West6th of 1426134948-3843
2016Meore Liga Group C2nd of 71291233-1928

In 2017 Bakhmaro won the Regional league, the then forth tier, and returned to Liga 3.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Likewise, in 2021 with one win in the initial ten matches the team hurtled towards the drop zone,[4] which led to the replacement of manager. This time, though, they gradually improved the performance on the pitch and drifted to safety.

SeasonDivisionPosMPWDLGF-GAP
2018Liga 32nd of 2038257678-4079
2019Liga 34th of 10361661450-4754
2020Liga 39th of 1018531020-3318
2021Liga 38th of 142689926-3333

Players

As of November 2021

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 DF  GEO Lasha Khachapuridze
3 DF  GEO Giga Karchiladze
4 DF  GEO Giorgi Khvadagiani
6 MF  GEO Nika Tsikoridze
7 MF  GEO Nodar Machavariani
9 FW  GEO Giorgi Kakhiani
10 MF  BRA Victor Hugo
11 FW  GEO Khvicha Didia
12 GK  GEO Guja Akhalkatsi
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF  GEO Tornike Jimsheleishvili
14 MF  GEO Elguja Chkhaidze
18 MF  GEO Badri Sharashenidze
19 DF  GEO Konstantine Ghaghanidze
21 MF  GEO Tornike Jibuti
22 MF  GEO Niko Kutateladze
23 MF  CAN Dante Lyte
28 MF  GEO Beka Koroshinadze
33 GK  GEO Irakli Murusidze

Managers
  • Teimuraz Loria (March 2018 - July 2019)
  • Khariton Chkhatarashvili (July 2019 - May 2021)
  • Paata Metreveli (since May 2021)

The current manager had previously been in charge of GFF academy youth teams and several professional clubs such as Kolkheti-1913 Poti, Shevardeni-1906 and Magaroeli Chiatura.

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.[5]

Name

Bakhmaro is a famous alpine resort in Chokhatauri municipality of Guria.[6]

References
  1. "როგორ ემზადება "ბახმარო" ახალი სეზონისთვის". gurianews.com (in Georgian).
  2. "2018 play-offs". soccerway.com.
  3. "სიახლე საქართველოს ჩემპიონატში". popsport.com (in Georgian).
  4. "კანადელები ჩოხატაურში – ბახმაროს ორი ლეგიონერი შეუერთდა". guriismoambe.com (in Georgian). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 3 Dec 2021.
  5. "ჩოხატაურის სტადიონის რეაბილიტაცია იგეგმება". fanebi.com (in Georgian).
  6. "Bakhmaro - unique resort with healing properties". georgianjournal.ge.
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