FC Borjomi ( ka, საფეხბურთო კლუბი ბორჯომი) is a Georgian

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club based in

Borjomi Borjomi ( ka, ბორჯომი ) is a resort town in south-central Georgia with a population of 11,173 (as of 2024). Located 165 km from Tbilisi, it is one of the six municipalities of the Samtskhe–Javakheti region and is situated in the ...

. They compete in Liga 3, the third tier of the Georgian football system. The team has spent four seasons in the top flight. Their home ground is the

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History

Founded in 1936, FC Borjomi participated in the Georgian regional championship for many years. From 1993/94 they spent several seasons in the second and third division. In 2004/05 Borjomi finished 2nd in Liga 2 and got promoted to

Umaglesi Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top division of professional top tier football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federati ...

, where the club competed for four seasons. The fifth place in 2005/06 is the best result Borjomi have achieved in Georgian leagues. It is noteworthy that the club won 14 home games out of 15, including against the top three leaders. In the 2007/08 season Borjomi won the group stage of

David Kipiani Cup The Georgian Cup ( ka, საქართველოს თასი) is the main annual association football knockout cup competition in Georgia. It is organized by the Georgian Football Federation (GFF) and is open to clubs of all divisions. The ...

and reached the semifinals, but the next year the club finished in the bottom place and quit the league. A few years later Borjomi experienced some significant revival. Having convincingly won the third division in 2014, the next year team achieved great progress towards the return to the top league. As the runners-up, they booked a place for promotion play-off game against

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. This dramatic final match ended 3–3 and the winner of the tie was determined after the

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. Shortly some harsh times followed with two relegations within four seasons. Borjomi sank to a low ebb in 2019 when they failed to preserve a place in the third division. Аs a result, the head coach was replaced and 90% of players parted ways with the club. In 2021, the club won the first stage of Liga 4 competition, qualified for the Promotion Group and managed to advance back to the third league from the third place.

Seasons

Current squad

''As of 30 March 2025'' (C)

Managers

Honours

Erovnuli Liga 2 The Georgian Erovnuli Liga 2 ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა 2; ), organized since 1990 by the GFF, serves as the second division of professional football in Georgia. The league was introduced for the 2017 season under the current ...

* 2nd: 2004-05, 2014-15 (Group B) * 3rd: 1999-2000 (Group A),

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Stadium

The club's home ground is a stadium named after Borjomi-born player Jemal Zeinklishvili, who was a member of

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squad during their victorious season in the

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. The arena was announced unfit for hosting official matches in 2020, which forced the local municipal authorities to unveil reconstruction plans. In March 2024, an eighteen-month rehabilitation project was announced. For this reason, since 2021 the team has been using other football grounds such as

Mtskheta Park Mtskheta Park is a multi-use stadium in Mtskheta, Georgia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team from Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd (a ...

and the Grigol Jomartidze stadium for their home games.

Name

Between 1936 and 2004 - FC Tori Borjomi Since 2004 - FC Borjomi The term ''Tori'' comes from a medieval name of the region where

and surrounding areas are situated. '' FC Tori'', another football club based in Borjomi, competed in

Regionuli Liga Regionuli Liga ( Georgian: რეგიონული ლიგა), run by Georgian Football Federation since 1990, is the fifth and lowest division of the Georgian league system after Erovnuli Liga, Erovnuli Liga 2, Liga 3 and Liga 4. Its par ...

between 2016 and 2022.

References

External links

Borjomi at UEFA.COMFC Borjomi results on Flashscore

Borjomi at Weltfussball.de
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