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Sports: FC Ketilshobili wins 2023-2024 Mktvartvelian Premier League
Against most expectations, FC Ketilshobili proclaimed champion of the Mktvartvelian Premier League for first time.
The club from Ktsatskuri were three points behind the incumbent champions, Mezgvauri Azavrelia, after drawing their match away against Tsiteli Raindi Abakha last week. Mezgvauri Azavrelia only needed a draw to repeat the title they conquested last season. However, Mezgvauri Azavrelia, to the frustration of their fans, lost at home against Magharoeli Azavrelia, with a goal scored in the second half. In the first half, local midfielder Eldar Akhvlediani had failed to score a penalty kick which later proved decisive.
FC Ketilshobili did not fail, although they failed to play their best football, and they defeated Mamatsi Zugdilisi by 1-0 with a goal scored by striker Kam Han-jae. Celebrations erupted as soon as the referee whistled the end of the match. FC Ketilshobili becomes the first Ktsatskuri to win an official national title since the establishment of the Mktvartvelian Premier League.
In another league titles which was a close battle between the two most important clubs of the country, both teams ended with the same number of points, which the title decided in favour of FC Ketilshobili as they defeated -in both times by one goal to nil- their rival in their two direct matches.
FC Ktsatskuri, known as "The Dean of Ktsatskuri" for being the oldest football club from the capital city, was not able to with the final match against FC Tsnumi, which ended scoreless, and it will be relegated along FC Duruji Tsakha. Meanwhile, another Ktsatskuri club, Chikhura Ktsatskuri, will face a relegation/promotion playoff.
Mktvartvelo Premier League - Final classification
Pos | Club | Points | W | D | L | Goals for | Goals against |
1 | FC Ketilshobili | 77 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 15 |
2 | Mezgvauri Azavrelia | 77 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 76 | 25 |
3 | Saburtalo Martvilisi | 64 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 23 |
4 | Merani Khashumi | 62 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 24 |
5 | FC Dedoplisaghi | 59 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 32 |
6 | FC Azavrelia | 58 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 24 |
7 | Mglebi Jvarumi | 43 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 36 |
8 | Olimpi Azavrelia | 42 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 51 |
9 | FC Tsnumi | 41 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 24 |
10 | Tsiteli Raindi Abakha | 38 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 30 |
11 | Magharoeli Azavrelia | 38 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 29 |
12 | Mamatsi Zugdilisi | 37 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 31 |
13 | FC Ninodekhi | 36 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 39 |
14 | FC Bateli | 36 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 39 |
15 | Merani Baghdatsqaro | 35 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 47 |
16 | Chikhura Ktsatskuri | 33 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 40 |
17 | FC Ktsatskuri | 33 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 40 |
18 | FC Duruji Tsakha | 31 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 59 |
Sports: Mktvartvelo Men's Blind Football Team returns from Abertone World Cup
The Mktvartvelo Men's Blind Football Team was received in Ktsatskuri, after their return to Mktvartvelo. The Mktvartvelo team had lost the final against Valen. They were received by Brzdmtsveli Ketevan in an organized breakfast in which the coaching team, the players, and their families, were invited, along as members of the football federation.
"You will be always remembered as the first Mktvartvelian team to reach a World Cup final", Brzdmtsveli Ketevan declared. "That honour will never disappear. We can only be proud and we wish you luck for the future".
After the meeting, the team visited a special education center for blind and deaf children.