{{short description|Georgian football club}} {{Infobox football club |clubname = Chiatura |image = FC Magaroeli Chiatura.png | upright = 0.8 |fullname = Football Club Magharoeli Chiatura |nickname = Chiatura |founded = {{Start date and age|1923}} |ground = Temur Maghradze Stadium<br />Chiatura, Georgia |capacity = |chairman = |manager = Givi Chinchaladze |league = Regionuli Liga |season = 2025 |position = 8th of 16, Regionuli Liga | pattern_la1 = |pattern_b1 = |pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = 4169E1 |body1 = 4169E1 |rightarm1 = 4169E1 |shorts1 =ffffff |socks1 = 4169E1 |pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| |leftarm2=DEB887|body2=DEB887|rightarm2=DEB887|shorts2=DEB887|socks2=000000 }} '''FC Magaroeli''' is a Georgian football club based from the city Chiatura. Since the 2023 season they have been competing in Regionuli Liga, the fifth tier of Georgian football.
The team has twice participated in the top tier.
==History== Formed in 1923, Chiatura won the Georgian championship in 1975, and also clinched the domestic Cup title in 1978 and 1979. The club spent four seasons in the Soviet Second league.<ref>{{cite web |title=Magaroeli in Soviet leagues |url=http://wildstat.com/p/2096/club/URS_Magaroeli_Chiatura |publisher=wildstat.com}}</ref> In the 1992/93 season the club finished second in Pirveli Liga which paved the way for Umaglesi Liga in 1993/94. Magaroeli participated in the top flight also in 1997/98.
Between 2004 and 2017 the club spent 13 successive seasons in Liga 2. At one point the club came close to another promotion. After winning the 2007–08 season with a 23-point margin, they beat Gagra on penalties in champions play-offs, although Chiatura eventually had to give up their Umaglesi Liga place<ref>{{cite web |title=2007-08 season |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/georgia/pirveli-liga/20072008/regular-season/r19577/ |publisher=soccerway.com}}</ref> after their failure to meet the criteria existing for top-flight clubs.
While the team stayed in top half of the table for four consecutive seasons, they were involved in survival battles in 2016. In this season Magaroeli were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.<ref>{{cite web |title="ჭიათურას" სამი ქულა დააკლდა, "ბორჯომი" დაჯარიმდა |url=https://www.worldsport.ge/ge/page/145164_chiaturas-sami-qula-daaklda-bordjomi-dadjarimda |website=worldsport.ge (in Georgian), 29 September 2016}}</ref> In play-offs they failed to overcome Meshakhte Tkibuli and left the league.
The next year they won the regular season in Liga 3, although displayed a poor performance in the promotion tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 table for promotion group |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/georgia/meore-liga/2017/promotion-group/r40331/ |publisher=soccerway.com}}</ref>
In 2018, Chiatura finished in 12th place in a 20-team league and along with all other bottom-half clubs were relegated to the newly formed Liga 4.
The team came 2nd in 2020. Even though this result fell short of the promotion, some changes of the league format announced in January 2021 by GFF awarded Magaroeli a Liga 3 place for the upcoming season.<ref>{{cite web |title=სამის ნაცვლად ხუთი ცვლილება |url=https://popsport.com/article/31355-samis-natsvlad-khuti-tsvlileba-siakhle-sakartvelos-chempionatshi |website=popsport.com (in Georgian) |date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
The club was struggling in the next two years. In both cases they finished in the drop zone and suffered back-to-back relegations.
==Seasons== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" |+ |- ! Year !! League !! Pos !! P !! W !! D !! L !! GF!!GA !! Pts |- | 2005-06|| Pirveli Liga||'''14'''<sub>/18</sub> ||34||10||7||17||38||56||37 |- | 2006-07|| Pirveli Liga||'''6'''<sub>/18</sub> ||34||16||9||9||49||32||57 |- | 2007-08|| Pirveli Liga A Group||bgcolor=Gold|'''1'''<sub>/10</sub> ||27||21||4||2||56||17||67 |- | 2008-09|| Pirveli Liga A Group||'''6'''<sub>/11</sub> ||30||12||3||15||38||48||39 |- | 2009-10|| Pirveli Liga||'''11'''<sub>/15</sub> ||28||9||3||16||36||58||30 |- | 2010-11|| Pirveli Liga||'''16'''<sub>/17</sub> ||32||8||5||19||28||69||29 |- | 2011-12||Pirveli Liga Group A ||bgcolor=#F1A33F|'''3'''<sub>/10</sub> || 18||11 || 4 || 3 || 30||16 || 37 |- | 2012-13|| Pirveli Liga Group A||'''5'''<sub>/12</sub> || 33|| 13 || 6 || 14 || 42||66 || 45 |- | 2013-14||Pirveli Liga Group B || '''6'''<sub>/14</sub>|| 26|| 12 || 4 || 10 || 44||46 || 40 |- | 2014-15|| Pirveli Liga Group B|| '''5'''<sub>/10</sub>|| 36|| 17 || 3 || 16 || 53||52 || 54 |- | 2015-16|| Pirveli Liga ||'''12'''<sub>/18</sub>|| 34|| 9 || 15 || 10 || 41||48 || 42 |- | 2016 || Pirveli Liga Group Red||bgcolor=LimeGreen|'''6'''<sub>/9</sub>{{down-arrow}}{{efn|Lost to Meshakhte 1–6 on aggregate in relegation play-offs}}||16 || 7 || 2 || 7 || 15||21 || 20{{efn|Three points deducted}} |- |rowspan="2"| 2017|| Liga 3 Red Group|| bgcolor=Gold|'''1'''<sub>/10</sub> || 18||12 || 4 || 2 ||32||14 || 40 |- | Promotion Group||'''7'''<sub>/10</sub>|| 18 || 5|| 2|| 11|| 15||33|| 17 |- | 2018||Liga 3||bgcolor=LimeGreen|'''12'''<sub>/20</sub>{{down-arrow}}|| 38 || 12 || 15 || 11 || 39||47 || 47 |- | 2019|| Liga 4||'''8'''<sub>/10</sub>|| 27 || 8 || 4 || 15 || 29||45 || 28 |- | 2020|| Liga 4 White Group||bgcolor=Silver|'''2'''<sub>/8</sub>{{up-arrow}}|| 14 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 23||11 || 24 |- | 2021||Liga 3 ||bgcolor=LimeGreen|'''13'''<sub>/14</sub>{{down-arrow}} ||26 ||5 || 6 ||15 ||23||46 ||21 |- | 2022||Liga 4 ||bgcolor=LimeGreen|'''15'''<sub>/16</sub>{{down-arrow}} ||30 ||6 || 6 ||18 ||37||75 ||24 |- | 2023||Regionuli Liga|| '''10'''<sub>/13</sub>||24||6||5||13||27||64||23 |- | 2024|| Regionuli Liga ||'''10'''<sub>/13</sub> ||24||6||3|| 15||29||8||21 |- | 2025|| Regionuli Liga C ||'''8'''<sub>/16</sub>|| 30||13||5|| 12||54||72||44 |} {{Notelist}}
==Players== As of April 2022
{{Fs start}} <!-- For help using the below template, please see Template talk:Football squad player --> <!-- Any changes not listed on http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players will be removed All edits must meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy--> {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Georgia|pos=DF|name=Jimi Giorgadze}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Georgia|pos=DF|name=Saba Turmanidze}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Georgia|pos=DF|name=Givi Lashkhi}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Georgia|pos=MF|name=Giga Abramishvili}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=Georgia|pos=MF|name=Giorgi Avanovi}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Georgia|pos=FW|name=Levan Kutchashvili}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Georgia|pos=MF|name=Tornike Devidze}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=Georgia|pos=FW|name=Saba Gabadze}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=Georgia|pos=GK|name=Giorgi Khvedelidze}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=Georgia|pos=FW|name=Mikheil Mikeladze}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Georgia|pos=DF|name=Mirza Chkhitunidze}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Georgia|pos=MF|name=Giorgi Bakuradze}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=Georgia|pos=FW|name=Koba Kapanadze}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=Georgia|pos=MF|name=Aleksandre Bablidze}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Georgia|pos=DF|name=Givi Samkurashvili}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Georgia|pos=MF|name=Davit Chachua}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=Georgia|pos=FW|name=Nika Gaprindashvili}}(C) {{Fs player|no=31|nat=Georgia|pos=GK|name=Zviad Japaridze}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=Georgia|pos=DF|name=Lasha Kutchashvili}} {{Fs end}}
==Honours== *'''Georgian Soviet Championship''' ** '''Champion''': 1975 *'''Georgian Soviet Cup''' ** '''Champion''': 1978, 1979 *'''Pirveli Liga:''' ** '''Champion''': 1997, 2008 ** '''Bronze prize winner''': 1992, 1996, 2012 *'''Meore Liga''' **'''Winner''': 2017 (Red Group) *'''Liga 4''' **'''Runners-up''': 2020
==Stadium== The club hosts their league games at the Temur Maghradze stadium, which has a capacity of 11,650.
==Name== The club several times changed the name from ''Chiatura'' to ''Magaroeli'' and back. The latter literally means ''a miner'' implying the existing Chiatura mine complex in this town.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.facebook.com/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99-%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98-261796680609092 Page on Facebook] *[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/georgia/magaroeli-chiatura/7425/ Profile on Soccerway]
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