2009–10 Umaglesi Liga

The 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga was the 21st season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on August 1, 2009 and ended on May 20, 2010. FC Olimpi Rustavi won the championship.

Changes from 2008–09

Structural changes

League size was reduced from 11 to 10 teams prior to this season.^[1]

Promotion and relegation

Borjomi were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of the season after finishing in 11th and last place. Other teams which will not participate in this year's championship are Mglebi and Meshketi, both due to unknown reasons.^[1] This means that originally relegated teams Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali will stay another season in Umaglesi Liga.

Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga 2008–09 Western group champions Samtredia and runners-up Baia. Western group champions Ameri were not promoted due to unknown reasons.^[1]

Team overview

FC Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Tbilisi due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.

Tbilisi

Baia

Olimpi

Samtredia

Sioni

Zestaponi

Tbilisi clubs:

Dinamo
Gagra
Lokomotivi
Tskhinvali
WIT Georgia

Location of teams in Umaglesi Liga 2009–10

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
FC Baia	Zugdidi	Gulia Tutberidze Stadium	5,000
FC Dinamo	Tbilisi	Boris Paichadze Stadium	55,000
FC Gagra	Tbilisi	Ameri Stadium	1,000
FC Lokomotivi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	24,680
FC Olimpi	Rustavi	Poladi Stadium	7,300
FC Samtredia	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	15,000
FC Sioni	Bolnisi	Tamaz Stephania Stadium	3,000
FC Spartaki Tskhinvali	Tbilisi	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium	7,980
FC WIT Georgia	Tbilisi	Shevardeni Stadium	4,000
FC Zestafoni	Zestaponi	David Abashidze Stadium	4,100

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpi Rustavi (C)	36	25	7	4	69	26	+43	079^2	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	36	22	8	6	62	19	+43	74	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Zestafoni	36	19	10	7	58	33	+25	67
4	WIT Georgia	36	17	13	6	48	31	+17	64	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1
5	Spartaki Tskhinvali	36	11	10	15	44	58	−14	43
6	Sioni	36	8	14	14	27	43	−16	38
7	Samtredia	36	10	7	19	43	68	−25	37
8	Baia Zugdidi	36	7	11	18	29	48	−19	32
9	Lokomotivi Tbilisi (R)	36	5	11	20	19	50	−31	26	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
10	Gagra (R)	36	5	9	22	30	59	−29	24

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹by winning the Georgian Cup 2009–10
²Olimpi were docked 3 points due to the incidents that happened in the match against Zestaponi.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

The ten teams will play each other four times in this league for a total of 36 matches per team. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away	BAI	DIN	GAG	LOK	OLI	SAM	SIO	SPA	WIT	ZES
Baia Zugdidi		0–6	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0		2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–2	5–0	0–0	2–0
Gagra	1–0	0–0		2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–1
Lokomotivi Tbilisi	0–0	0–3	1–0		1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1
Olimpi Rustavi	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–1		5–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0
Samtredia	1–0	3–1	4–3	2–0	0–4		1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2
Sioni	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–6	3–0		1–4	0–1	0–0
Spartaki Tskhinvali	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1		1–2	3–3
WIT Georgia	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–0		1–1
Zestafoni	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	4–2	3–0	4–1	2–1

Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away	BAI	DIN	GAG	LOK	OLI	SAM	SIO	SPA	WIT	ZES
Baia Zugdidi		1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–0		4–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Gagra	1–1	0–1		0–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–0
Lokomotivi Tbilisi	1–3	0–3	1–1		0–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1
Olimpi Rustavi	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0		3–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	3–1
Samtredia	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–1		2–1	2–1	1–0	2–3
Sioni	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–2		0–1	2–2	0–1
Spartaki Tskhinvali	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–3		0–0	1–4
WIT Georgia	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1		1–1
Zestafoni	4–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	CCLD^2	5–1	1–0	0–0	0–1

Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match between Zestaponi and Olimpi was abandoned in the 89th minute with the score level at 1–1 due to a pitch invasion by both teams' fans which escalated into a brawl. The match result was cancelled and both teams were awarded a 0–3 loss.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played in December 2009 ^[2]

Goalscorers	Goals	Penalties	Team
Anderson Aquino	26	11	FC Olimpi
Nikoloz Gelashvili	16	2	FC Zestaponi
Jaba Dvali	12	0	FC Zestaponi
Vakhtang Kvaratskelia	12	1	FC WIT Georgia
Zaur Khachiperadze	11	0	FC Samtredia
Georges Akieremy	11	1	FC Dinamo

See also

• 2009–10 Pirveli Liga
• 2009–10 Georgian Cup

References

1. "sakartvelos XXI chempionati shekhvedra klubebtan". Football Federation of Georgia (in Georgian). GFF official website. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
2. Soccerway Profile lfp.com

External links

• Georgian Football Federation (Georgian)
• Georgian Professional Football League (Georgian)