| Season | 2011–12 |
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| Matches played | 108 |
| Goals scored | 262 (2.43 per match) |
| Biggest home win | WIT 4-0 Baia Zugdidi Zestafoni 5-1 Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Biggest away win | Spartaki Tskhinvali 1-5 Zestafoni Zestafoni 0-4 Dila Gori |
| Highest scoring | WIT 4-3 Dila |
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The 2011–12 Umaglesi Liga will be the 23rd season of top-tier football in Georgia. It will begin on 6 August 2011[1] and end on an yet unknown date. Zestafoni are the defending champions, having won their first Georgian championship in the 2010–11 season.
The league added two teams for this season, increasing its size from ten to twelve teams.
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Due to an expansion from ten to twelve teams, no teams were directly relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season. However, the ninth- and tenth-placed teams, Spartaki Tskhinvali and FC Samtredia, had to participate in single-match relegation/promotion play-off matches against third- and fourth-placed 2010–11 Pirveli Liga sides Dila Gori and Chikhura Sachkhere. In these matches, Spartaki Tskhinvali retained their Umaglesi Liga berth by beating Chikhura 2–1, while Samtredia were relegated after a 2–0 loss against Dila Gori. Samtredia hence completed a two-year tenure in the league; Dila Gori returned after a three-season absence.
The directly promoted teams from the 2010–11 Pirveli Liga were champions Gagra and runners-up Merani Martvili. Gagra returned to the top Georgian football league after only one season at the second tier, while Merani Martvili made their debut at the highest level of the league pyramid.
In other changes, Olimpi Rustavi were renamed Metalurgi Rustavi prior to this season.
Spartaki Tskhinvali and Gagra play their home matches in Tbilisi due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.
FC WIT Georgia moved from Tbilisi to the newly constructed Mtskheta Park in Mtskheta.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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| Baia Zugdidi | Zugdidi | Gulia Tutberidze Stadium | 5,000 |
| Dila Gori | Gori | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium | 5,000 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Boris Paichadze Stadium | 54,549 |
| Gagra | Tbilisi | TBD | TBD |
| Kolkheti Poti | Poti | Fazisi | 6,000 |
| Merani Martvili | Martvili | Municipal Stadium | 2,000 |
| Metalurgi Rustavi | Rustavi | Poladi Stadium | 10,720 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | Bolnisi | Tamaz Stephania Stadium | 3,000 |
| Spartaki Tskhinvali | Tbilisi | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 25,000 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | Kutaisi | Givi Kiladze Stadium | 14,700 |
| WIT Georgia | Mtskheta | Mtskheta Park | 2,000 |
| Zestafoni | Zestaponi | David Abashidze Stadium | 4,558 |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| 1 | Zestaponi | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 42 | 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 38 | 2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 33 | |
| 4 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 30 | |
| 5 | Merani Martvili | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 29 | |
| 6 | Baia Zugdidi | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 24 | |
| 7 | WIT Georgia | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 23 | |
| 8 | Gagra | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 21 | |
| 9 | Spartaki Tskhinvali | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 19 | |
| 10 | Dila | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 18 | |
| 11 | Kolkheti Poti | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 18 | |
| 12 | Sioni | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 35 | −24 | 7 | Relegation to the 2012-13 Pirveli Liga |
Updated to games played on 22 December 2011
Source: GFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1The winner of the 2011–12 Georgian Cup will qualify for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
| Home \ Away1 | BAI | DIL | DIN | GAG | KOL | MER | MET | SIO | SPA | Torpedo Kutaisi | WIT | ZES |
| Baia Zugdidi | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||
| Dila | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |||
| Gagra | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |||
| Kolkheti Poti | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |||
| Merani Martvili | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |||
| Metalurgi Rustavi | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||
| Sioni | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |||
| Spartaki Tskhinvali | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | |||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |||
| WIT Georgia | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | |||
| Zestaponi | 0–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
Updated to games played on 22 December 2011
Source: GFF
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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