FC Egrisi ( Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ეგრისი) is a Georgian association football club based in the town of

Senaki Senaki ( ka, სენაკი, ''senak'i''; , ''sanak'i'') is a city in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, western Georgia. It is located at around between the rivers Tekhura/i and Tsivi, at an elevation of 28–38 meters above sea level. Senaki i ...

. The club competes 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 ...

, the fifth tier of the national football system. The team has played one season in the top flight.

History

The club had different names in 1940–60s and as Spartaki, Gantiadi, Tsiskari and Kolkheti participated in the Georgian domestic league. In a most memorable event in 1970, they won the republican Cup competition. Since then, the football club has been competing under the current name. Egrisi played in

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 ...

in the 1995–96 season, but they failed to retain their place in the league. The team has since been in low leagues with most of the seasons spent in the third division. The club successfully concluded the regional league tournament in 2018. After Liga 4 was formed the next year, they were its participant for three consecutive seasons, although a poor performance in 2021 resulted in their relegation. In their third successive season in

, Egrisi under finished 2nd, four points adrift of group leaders Kolkheti-2, and reached the

play-off The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eith ...

stage of this tournament.

Seasons

Squad

''As of 4 April 2024''

Name

Egrisi is a Georgian name for the ancient kingdom of

Colchis In classical antiquity and Greco-Roman geography, Colchis (; ) was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi ( ka, ეგრისი) located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia. Its population, the ...

, which covered the vast areas of contemporary

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

References

External links

Official Facebook pageOn Footballfacts.ru

On Soccerway
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Egrisi Senaki FC Egrisi ( Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ეგრისი) is a Georgian association football club based in the town of Senaki. The club competes in Regionuli Liga, the fifth tier of the national football system. T ...

Association football clubs established in 1936