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

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

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

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[1] BAI DIN KOLOLISAMSIOSPATKUWITZES
Baia Zugdidi 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1
Kolkheti Poti 1–0 1–3 5–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2
Olimpi Rustavi 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Samtredia 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3
Sioni 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3
Spartaki Tskhinvali 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–3 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1
Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
WIT Georgia 2–1 0–1 5–1 0–4 4–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2
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[1] BAI DIN KOLOLISAMSIOSPATKUWITZES
Baia Zugdidi 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–3
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 4–2 2–0 7–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0
Kolkheti Poti 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–4
Olimpi Rustavi 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2
Samtredia 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1
Sioni 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–0
Spartaki Tskhinvali 3–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–2
Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
WIT Georgia 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
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 Georgia (country) Nikoloz Gelashvili Zestafoni 18
2 Georgia (country) Irakli Modebadze Olimpi Rustavi 16
3 Georgia (country) Rati Tsinamdzgvrishvili Zestafoni 13
4 Georgia (country) Giorgi Megreladze Torpedo Kutaisi 13
5 Georgia (country) Jaba Dvali Zestafoni 12
6 Georgia (country) Aleksandre Koshkadze Dinamo Tbilisi 8
Georgia (country) Levan Khmaladze Dinamo Tbilisi 8
8 Georgia (country) Giga Bechvaia WIT Georgia 7
Georgia (country) Zviad Metreveli Spartaki Tskhinvali 7
10 Georgia (country) Jaba Lipartia WIT Georgia 6
Georgia (country) Besik Chimakadze WIT Georgia 6

See also

References

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

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