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Erovnuli Liga 2
Season	2023
Dates	28 February – 2 December
Champions	Kolkheti Poti
Promoted	Kolkheti Poti
Relegated	Merani Martvili; Merani Tbilisi
Matches played	180
Goals scored	580 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Levan Papava ; (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Sioni 9–1 Merani M ; (27 November)
Biggest away win	Merani T 0–7 Kolkheti Poti ; (21 October)
Highest scoring	Sioni 8–4 Merani T ; (3 November)
Longest winning run	Kolkheti Poti ; (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Kolkheti Poti (17)
Longest winless run	Merani T (27)
Longest losing run	Merani T (14)
	← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2023 Erovnuli Liga 2 season was the 7th edition under its current title and the 35th edition of second tier football in Georgia. The four-part competition began on 28 February and ended on 2 December^[1] with playoffs completed on 10 December.

Each team played 36 matches in this season. The winner gained automatic promotion to the Erovnuli Liga, while the next two teams participate in play-offs against their top flight rivals. The bottom two entered a play-off contest against 3rd and 4th teams of Liga 3 at the end of the season. Two-legged ties were played at each side's home ground.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022 season:^[2]

To Erovnuli Liga 2

Promoted from Liga 3

• Dinamo Tbilisi-2

• Kolkheti Poti

• Kolkheti Khobi

Relegated from Erovnuli Liga

• Sioni Bolnisi

• Locomotive Tbilisi

From Erovnuli Liga 2

Promoted to Erovnuli Liga

• Shukura Kobuleti

• Samtredia

Relegated to Liga 3

• Rustavi

Teams

Tbilisi teams:
WIT Georgia
Dinamo-2
Lokomotivi
Spaeri
Merani

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Location of Liga 2 football clubs in 2023

A total of ten teams were contesting the league based on their performance in the previous year. Apart from Gareji Sagarejo, Dinamo Tbilisi-2 and Spaeri Tbilisi, all of them have previously taken part in the main division. WIT Georgia have twice become the top-tier champions.^[3]

The participant clubs are listed below in alphabetical order.

Club	Position last season	City	Region
Dinamo-2	1st in Liga 3	Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Gareji	5th	Sagarejo	Kakheti
Kolkheti Khobi	4th in Liga 3	Khobi	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Kolkheti-1913	2nd in Liga 3	Poti	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Lokomotivi	10th in Erovnuli Liga	Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Merani Martvili	4th	Martvili	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Merani Tbilisi	6th	Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Sioni Bolnisi	8th in Erovnuli Liga	Bolnisi	Kvemo Kartli
Spaeri	2nd	Tbilisi	Tbilisi
WIT Georgia	8th	Tbilisi	Tbilisi

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kolkheti-1913 Poti (C, P)	36	23	8	5	70	28	+42	77	Promotion to Erovnuli Liga
2	Gareji Sagarejo	36	23	7	6	88	38	+50	76	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
3	Spaeri Tbilisi	36	20	6	10	68	48	+20	66	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
4	Sioni Bolnisi	36	18	5	13	68	46	+22	59
5	Dinamo Tbilisi-2	36	16	4	16	71	58	+13	52
6	WIT Georgia	36	13	9	14	52	57	−5	48
7	Kolkheti Khobi	36	12	10	14	44	52	−8	46	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Lokomotivi Tbilisi	36	12	4	20	55	58	−3	40	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
9	Merani Martvili (R)	36	6	8	22	34	84	−50	26	Relegation to Liga 3
10	Merani Tbilisi (R)	36	1	11	24	29	110	−81	14	Relegation to Liga 3

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Regular season

Round 1-18

Home \ Away	DT2	GAR	KKH	KOL	LOC	MAR	MER	SBL	SPA	WIT
Dinamo-2	—	0–2	4–1	3–0	3–1	2–3	2–2	4–2	3–2	3–1
Gareji	2–1	—	4–1	0–1	3–2	5–1	0–0	2–0	5–0	3–0
Kolkheti Khobi	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1
Kolkheti Poti	3–0	0–0	3–2	—	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0
Locomotive	0–2	3–0	0–2	0–1	—	1–0	5–2	1–2	1–3	3–0
Merani M	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0
Merani T	0–5	1–6	0–5	1–1	3–2	1–1	—	0–2	0–3	1–1
Sioni Bolnisi	6–3	0–1	4–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	2–1
Spaeri	0–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	—	5–2
WIT Georgia	4–3	0–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	1–1	5–1	0–2	2–2	—

Source: Liga 2 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 19-36

Home \ Away	DT2	GAR	KKH	KOL	LOC	MAR	MER	SBL	SPA	WIT
Dinamo-2	—	0–1	6–0	0–2	1–1	4–2	3–0	1–2	2–3	0–1
Gareji	2–3	—	4–0	1–1	2–1	6–1	5–1	1–1	3–2	4–4
Kolkheti Khobi	2–1	1–1	—	3–3	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1
Kolkheti Poti	2–1	2–1	2–0	—	2–0	2–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Locomotive	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	—	5–0	5–0	1–2	1–1	3–1
Merani M	2–2	1–4	0–2	0–4	2–2	—	4–2	0–2	1–2	1–4
Merani T	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–7	0–2	0–3	—	0–4	1–5	2–3
Sioni Bolnisi	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	9–1	8–4	—	0–2	1–2
Spaeri	3–1	0–5	0–0	1–0	2–0	7–3	4–1	2–1	—	2–2
WIT Georgia	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	—