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
Tbilisi clubs:
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 0792 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 5814 43
6 Sioni 36 8 14 14 27 4316 38
7 Samtredia 36 10 7 19 43 6825 37
8 Baia Zugdidi 36 7 11 18 29 4819 32
9 Lokomotivi Tbilisi (R) 36 5 11 20 19 5031 26 Relegation to Pirveli Liga
10 Gagra (R) 36 5 9 22 30 5929 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 GAGLOKOLISAMSIOSPAWITZES
Baia Zugdidi 06 22 21 12 22 20 41 01 01
Dinamo Tbilisi 10 20 10 40 20 02 50 00 20
Gagra 10 00 20 01 11 11 12 40 01
Lokomotivi Tbilisi 00 03 10 12 03 00 00 13 01
Olimpi Rustavi 20 10 50 31 50 30 11 00 10
Samtredia 10 31 43 20 04 11 21 22 02
Sioni 10 00 11 00 06 30 14 01 00
Spartaki Tskhinvali 10 11 31 20 12 20 11 12 33
WIT Georgia 21 00 51 11 12 21 21 20 11
Zestafoni 21 41 10 00 22 42 30 41 21

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 GAGLOKOLISAMSIOSPAWITZES
Baia Zugdidi 11 21 00 11 20 00 02 11 01
Dinamo Tbilisi 30 41 10 00 41 40 20 12 20
Gagra 11 01 01 02 21 12 41 01 00
Lokomotivi Tbilisi 13 03 11 02 32 01 21 01 11
Olimpi Rustavi 10 11 30 20 31 00 40 10 31
Samtredia 01 01 10 12 01 21 21 10 23
Sioni 00 01 20 10 12 22 01 22 01
Spartaki Tskhinvali 20 21 00 11 41 11 13 00 14
WIT Georgia 22 02 20 30 20 11 00 31 11
Zestafoni 40 01 41 11 CCLD2 51 10 00 01

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
Brazil Anderson Aquino
26
11
FC Olimpi
Georgia (country) Nikoloz Gelashvili
16
2
FC Zestaponi
Georgia (country) Jaba Dvali
12
0
FC Zestaponi
Georgia (country) Vakhtang Kvaratskelia
12
1
FC WIT Georgia
Georgia (country) Zaur Khachiperadze
11
0
FC Samtredia
Gabon Georges Akieremy
11
1
FC Dinamo

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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

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