Pirveli Liga

Pirveli Liga

Country	Georgia
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1990
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Umaglesi Liga
Relegation to	Meore Liga
Domestic cup(s)	Georgian Cup Georgian Super Cup
Current champions	Saburtalo Tbilisi (Group A) Sapovnela Terjola (Group B) (2014–15)
Website	GFF
2015–16 Pirveli Liga

The Georgian Pirveli Liga was organized in 1990, which serves as the second division of professional football in Georgia. Today it is contested in a single group, in the past there were seasons with separate Eastern and Western groups.

2015-16 Member Clubs

• Algeti Marneuli
• Betlemi Keda
• Borjomi
• Chiatura
• Chkherimela Kharagauli
• Gagra
• Imereti Khoni
• Kolkheti Khobi
• Lazika Zugdidi
• Liakhvi Tskhinvali
• Matchakhela Khelvachauri
• Mertskhali Ozurgeti
• Meshakhte Tkibuli
• Rustavi
• Samegrelo Chkorotsku
• Samgurali Tskhaltubo
• Skuri Tsalenjikha
• WIT Georgia

Structure and league system

In Georgian First League playing 18 clubs. As the second division of professional football in Georgia, the champion and runner-up of the Pirveli Liga are promoted to the Umaglesi Liga, the Georgian Top League.

Format

Below is a complete record of how many teams have played in each season throughout the league's history;

1990 = 20 1991 = 18 1991-1992 = 20 1992-1993 = 16 1993-1994 = 32 1994-1995 = 29

1995-1996 = 39 1996-1997 = 37 1997-1998 = ? 1998-1999 = 55 1999-2000 = 46 2000-2001 = 12

2001-2002 = 12 2002-2003 = 16 2003-2004 = 16 2004-2005 = 16 2005-2006 = 18 2006-2007 = 18

2007-2008 = 20 2008-2009 = 22 2009-2010 = 15 2010-2011 = 17 2011-2012 = 20 2012-2013 = 24

2013-2014 = 26 2014-2015 = 20 2015-2016 = 18

Seasons History

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
1990	Sulori Vani	Margveti Zestafoni	Alazani Gurjaani
1991	Mtredebi Tbilisi	Kakheti Telavi	Meshakhte Tkibuli
1991–92	Iveria Khashuri	Kakheti Telavi	Magaroeli Chiatura
1992–93	Shuqura Kobuleti	Magaroeli Chiatura	Sapovnela Terjola
1993–94	Duruji Kvareli East Egrisi Senaki West	Antsi Tbilisi East Mertskhali Ozurgeti West	Tetri Artsivi Tbilisi East Meshakhte Tkibuli West
1994–95	Sioni Bolnisi East Egrisi Senaki West	FC Merani-91 Tbilisi East Kakhaber-Iaguari Khelvachauri West	Meskheti Akhaltsikhe East Meshakhte Tkibuli West
1995–96	FC Merani-91 Tbilisi East Samgurali Tskhaltubo West	Norchi Dinamoeli Tbilisi East Anzheli Abasha West	WIT Georgia East Magaroeli Chiatura West
1996–97	Morkinali Tbilisi East Magaroeli Chiatura West	Lokomotivi Tbilisi East Samgurali Tskhaltubo West	Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi East Mertskhali Ozurgeti West
1997–98	Arsenali Tbilisi	Iberia Samtredia	?
1998–99	Norchi Dinamoeli Tbilisi	Kolkheti Khobi	Ghartskali Dzveli Anaga Sulori Vani
1999–00	?	?	?
2000–01	Guria Lanchkhuti	Zestafoni	Samgurali Tskhaltubo
2001–02	Milani Tsnori	Dila Gori	Kobuleti
2002–03	Baia Zugdidi	Mertskhali Ozurgeti	Mtskheta
2003–04	Kobuleti	Samgurali Tskhaltubo	Milani Tsnori
2004–05	Ameri Tbilisi	Borjomi	Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi
2005–06	Chikhura Sachkhere	Merani Tbilisi	Gagra
2006–07	Baia Zugdidi	Meskheti Akhaltsikhe	Gagra
2007–08	Gagra East Magharoeli Chiatura West	Dinamo-2 Tbilisi East Meshakhte Tkibuli West	Wit-Georgia-2 Tbilisi East Merani Martvili West
2008–09	Ameri Tbilisi East Samtredia West	Chikhura Sachkhere East Baia Zugdidi West	Wit-Georgia-2 Tbilisi East/ Merani Martvili West
2009–10	Torpedo Kutaisi	Kolkheti Poti	Merani Martvili
2010–11	Gagra	Merani Martvili	Dila Gori
2011–12	Chikhura Sachkhere	Dinamo Batumi	Guria Lanchkhuti
2012–13	Guria Lanchkhuti West Spartaki Tskhinvali East	Dinamo-2 Tbilisi West Lokomotivi Tbilisi East	Sasco Tbilisi West Shukura Kobuleti East
2013–14	Shukura Kobuleti (A) Samtredia (B)	Kolkheti Poti (A) Dinamo Batumi (B)	Dinamo-2 Tbilisi (A) Matchakhela Khelvachauri (B)
2014–15	Saburtalo Tbilisi (A) Sapovnela Terjola (B)	Locomotive Tbilisi (A) Borjomi (B)	Lazika Zugdidi (A) Gagra (B)

External links

• Soccerway.com
• News at Fanebi.com (Georgian)