2010–11 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga
Season	2010–11
Relegated	Samtredia
Matches played	180
Goals scored	331 (1.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikoloz Gelashvili (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Zestaponi 7–0 Samtredia
Biggest away win	WIT Georgia 0–4 Olimpi
Highest scoring	Dinamo Tbilisi 7–1 Samtredia
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The 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga is the 22nd season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 14 August 2010 and will end on 22 May 2011.^[1] Olimpi Rustavi are the defending champions, having won their second Georgian championship last season. FC Zestafoni claimed their first title.^[2]

The league size will be expanded from 10 teams this season to 12 teams next season. Therefore, there will be no direct relegation to the Pirveli Liga this season.

Teams

Lokomotivi Tbilisi and Gagra were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of last season after finishing in 9th and 10th place respectively.

Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga champions Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi and runners-up Kolkheti Poti.

Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Gori due to various inner-Georgian conflicts. FC WIT Georgia play their home matches from this season on in the newly built WIT Georgia Stadium in the city of Mtskheta

Location of teams in 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
FC Baia	Zugdidi	Gulia Tutberidze Stadium	5,000
FC Dinamo	Tbilisi	Boris Paichadze Stadium	65,000
FC Kolkheti	Poti	Fazisi Stadium	6,000
FC Olimpi	Rustavi	Poladi Stadium	6,000
FC Samtredia	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	15,000
FC Sioni	Bolnisi	Tamaz Stephania Stadium	3,000
FC Spartaki	Gori	Kartli Stadium	1,500
FC Torpedo	Kutaisi	Givi Kiladze Stadium	14,700
FC WIT Georgia	Tbilisi	Shevardeni Stadium	4,000
FC Zestafoni	Zestaponi	David Abashidze Stadium	4,558

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zestafoni !Zestafoni (C)	36	24	6	6	72	19	+53	78	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Tbilisi !Dinamo Tbilisi	36	21	9	6	55	22	+33	72	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Olimpi Rustavi !Olimpi Rustavi	36	20	6	10	52	31	+21	66	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Torpedo Kutaisi !Torpedo Kutaisi	36	14	13	9	31	22	+9	55
5	WIT Georgia !WIT Georgia	36	14	6	16	35	41	−6	48
6	Baia Zugdidi !Baia Zugdidi	36	13	5	18	36	51	−15	44
7	Kolkheti Poti !Kolkheti Poti	36	10	10	16	25	47	−22	40
8	Sioni !Sioni	36	10	9	17	27	45	−18	39
9	Spartaki Tskhinvali !Spartaki Tskhinvali (O)	36	7	11	18	32	42	−10	32	Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
10	Samtredia !Samtredia (R)	36	6	7	23	27	72	−45	25	Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

Updated to games played on 18 May 2011.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹FC Gagra of the Pirveli Liga are the winners of the 2010–11 Georgian Cup and qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
(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.

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

Due to the expansion of the league for next season, the 9th and 10th place finishers of this competition (Spartaki Tskhinvali and Samtredia, respectively) will play single matches against the 3rd and 4th place finishers of this season's Pirveli Liga competition (Dila Gori and Chikhura Sachkhere, respectively). The winners of these two matches will participate in this competition next season.

29 May 2011
16:00 UTC+4

Chikhura Sachkhere	1 – 2	Spartaki Tskhinvali

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Dila Gori v Samtredia

30 May 2011
16:00 UTC+4

Dila Gori	2 – 0	Samtredia

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Results

The ten teams played 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 did the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away	Baia Zugdidi !BAI	Dinamo Tbilisi !DIN	Kolkheti Poti !KOL	Olimpi Rustavi !OLI	Samtredia !SAM	Sioni !SIO	Spartaki Tskhinvali !SPA	Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi !TKU	WIT Georgia !WIT	Zestafoni !ZES
Baia Zugdidi !Baia Zugdidi		0–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Dinamo Tbilisi !Dinamo Tbilisi	0–0		5–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
Kolkheti Poti !Kolkheti Poti	1–0	1–3		5–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2
Olimpi Rustavi !Olimpi Rustavi	2–0	1–0	2–0		3–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Samtredia !Samtredia	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3
Sioni !Sioni	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0		2–0	0–0	0–0	1–3
Spartaki Tskhinvali !Spartaki Tskhinvali	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–0		1–2	1–2	1–1
Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi !Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0		0–1	1–0
WIT Georgia !WIT Georgia	2–1	0–1	5–1	0–4	4–2	1–0	0–1	1–0		0–2
Zestafoni !Zestafoni	6–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	7–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–0

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	Baia Zugdidi !BAI	Dinamo Tbilisi !DIN	Kolkheti Poti !KOL	Olimpi Rustavi !OLI	Samtredia !SAM	Sioni !SIO	Spartaki Tskhinvali !SPA	Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi !TKU	WIT Georgia !WIT	Zestafoni !ZES
Baia Zugdidi !Baia Zugdidi		1–2	1–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–3
Dinamo Tbilisi !Dinamo Tbilisi	2–1		4–2	2–0	7–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0
Kolkheti Poti !Kolkheti Poti	2–1	0–2		0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–4
Olimpi Rustavi !Olimpi Rustavi	2–0	1–0	0–1		4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2
Samtredia !Samtredia	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–4		1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1
Sioni !Sioni	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	5–0		1–1	1–4	1–2	1–0
Spartaki Tskhinvali !Spartaki Tskhinvali	3–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–0		2–2	0–1	1–2
Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi !Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0		0–0	0–0
WIT Georgia !WIT Georgia	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1		1–1
Zestafoni !Zestafoni	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–0

Updated to games played on 18 May 2011.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 1 May 2011^[3]

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Nikoloz Gelashvili	Zestafoni	18
2	Irakli Modebadze	Olimpi Rustavi	16
3	Rati Tsinamdzgvrishvili	Zestafoni	13
4	Giorgi Megreladze	Torpedo Kutaisi	13
5	Jaba Dvali	Zestafoni	12
6	Aleksandre Koshkadze	Dinamo Tbilisi	8
6	Levan Khmaladze	Dinamo Tbilisi	8
8	Giga Bechvaia	WIT Georgia	7
8	Zviad Metreveli	Spartaki Tskhinvali	7
10	Jaba Lipartia	WIT Georgia	6
10	Besik Chimakadze	WIT Georgia	6

References

↑ "Umaglesi Liga, Results and Fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
↑ "Zestafoni claim maiden Georgian crown". UEFA.com. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
↑ "Umaglesi Liga, Players". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2011.

External links

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

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