FC Borjomi

Full name	FC Borjomi
Founded	1936
Ground	Jemal Zeinklishvili Stadium Borjomi, Georgia
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Koba Tediashvili
Manager	Konstantine Asanidze
League	Liga 3
2023	11th of 16 in Liga 3
Home colours Away colours

FC Borjomi is a Georgian football club based in Borjomi. Since 2021, they have played 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 Jemal Zeinklishvili Stadium.

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^[1] and got promoted to Umaglesi Liga, 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.^[2]

In the 2007/08 season Borjomi won the group stage of David Kipiani Cup and reached the semifinals,^[3] 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 Lokomotive Tbilisi. This dramatic final match ended 3-3 and the winner of the tie was determined after the penalty shoot-out.^[4]

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.^[5] Аs a result, the head coach was replaced and 90% of players parted ways with the club.^[6]

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.^[7]

Season	League	Pos.	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Cup
1993/94	Pirveli Liga East	13	34	12	5	17	48	59	41	–
1994/95	Pirveli Liga East	10	30	9	4	17	47	70	31	–
1995/96	Pirveli Liga East	19	36	5	4	27	31	78	19	–
1996/97	Pirveli Liga East	7	38	21	4	13	51	52	67	2nd Round
1998/99	Pirveli Liga East	9	26	9	2	15	36	42	29	Preliminary Round
2000/01	Pirveli Liga	7	22	8	5	9	22	19	29	–
	Relegation Round	2	10	5	2	3	12	8	32	–
2001/02	Pirveli Liga	12↓	22	2	1	19	16	68	7	–
2002/03	Regionuli Liga Centre									–
2003/04	Regionuli Liga Centre	↑								–
2004/05	Pirveli Liga	2↑	30	22	3	5	74	36	69	1st round
2005/06	Umaglesi Liga	5	30	19	2	9	50	26	59	Quarterfinals
2006/07		10	26	8	6	12	29	35	30	Quarterfinals
2007/08		9	26	9	4	13	32	39	31	Semifinals
2008/09		11↓	30	2	7	21	21	85	13	Round of 32
2013/14	Meore Liga	1↑	30	24	5	1	107	25	77	–
2014/15	Pirveli Liga, B	2	30	16	6	14	40	43	54	–
2015/16	Pirveli Liga	4	34	17	10	7	45	32	61	–
2016	Pirveli Liga	3↓	16	8	1	7	22	17	22	2nd Round
2017	Liga 3 White	4	18	7	7	4	22	17	28	2nd Round
	Relegation Group	3	18	8	6	4	30	21	30
2018	Liga 3	7	38	18	7	13	66	56	61	1st Round
2019	Liga 3	9↓	36	12	3	21	30	57	39	Round of 32
2020	Liga 4 Red Group	3	14	7	2	5	27	13	21	2nd Round
2021	Liga 4 Red Group	1	18	13	3	2	46	16	42	2nd Round
	Promotion Group	3↑	18	11	3	4	30	19	36
2022	Liga 3	8	30	12	5	13	47	40	41	1st Round
2023		11	30	11	2	17	50	78	35	2nd Round

As of 12 March 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GEO Saba Gelashvili 3 DF  GEO Lasha Jincharashvili 4 DF  NGA Chinedu Nwoloki 6 DF  GEO Mikheil Gabadze 7 FW  GEO Guram Shetsiruli 8 MF  GEO Sandro Kvantidze 9 FW  GEO Saba Martiashvili 10 MF  GEO Bachana Beruchashvili

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  GEO Tornike Muzashvili 13 DF  GEO Davit Udumashvili 14 FW  GEO Giorgi Paksashvili 16 GK  GEO Saba Shalikashvili 19 DF  GEO Temur Iluridze 20 MF  GEO Mikheil Kochakidze 21 MF  GEO Saba Nadiradze 24 FW  GEO Mikheil Acharadze 25 DF  GEO Vano Kurdghelashvili (C)

Name	Nat.	From	To
Koba Tediashvili		2018	2019
Malkhaz Latsabidze		2020	2022
Gocha Avsajanishvili		2022	2022
Giorgi Macharadze		2023	2023
Malkhaz Latsabidze		2023	2023
Konstantine Asanidze		2023

Erovnuli Liga 2

• 2nd: 2004-05, 2014-15 (Group B)
• 3rd: 1999-2000 (Group A), 2016

The club's home ground is a stadium named after Borjomi-born player Jemal Zeinklishvili, who was a member of Dinamo Tbilisi squad during their victorious season in the Soviet Top league in 1964.

The arena was announced unfit for hosting official matches in 2020, which forced the local municipal authorities to unveil reconstruction plans.^[8] In March 2024, an eighteen-month rehabilitation project was announced.^[9]

For this reason, since 2021 the team has been using other football grounds such as Mtskheta Park and the Khashuri stadium for their home games.

Between 1936 and 2004 - FC Tori Borjomi

Since 2004 - FC Borjomi

The term Tori comes from a medieval name of the region where Borjomi and surrounding areas are situated.

FC Tori, another football club based in Borjomi, competed in Regionuli Liga between 2016 and 2022.

• Borjomi at UEFA.COM
• FC Borjomi results on Flashscore

• Borjomi at EUFO.DE
• Borjomi at Weltfussball.de