Umaglesi Liga
The Umaglesi Liga (Georgian: უმაღლესი ლიგა) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union. The league consists of 12 teams.
Format
Below is a complete record of how many teams have played in each season throughout the league's history;
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- 1990 = 17
- 1991–1992 = 20
- 1992–1993 = 17
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- 1993–1994 = 19
- 1994–2000 = 16
- 2000–2004 = 12
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- 2004–2005 = 10
- 2005–2006 = 16
- 2006–2008 = 14
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- 2008–2009 = 11
- 2009–2011 = 10
- 2011–2014 = 12
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Member clubs 2014–15
UEFA Country Ranking
Champions
Soviet era
as Georgian SSR
- 1927: Batumi XI
- 1928: Tbilisi XI
- 1929–35: Not played
- 1936: ZII Tbilisi
- 1937: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
- 1938: FC Dinamo Batumi
- 1939: Nauka Tbilisi
- 1940: FC Dinamo Batumi
- 1941–42: Not played
- 1943: ODKA Tbilisi
- 1944: Not played
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- 1945: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
- 1946: Dinamo Kutaisi
- 1947: FC Dinamo Sokhumi
- 1948: FC Dinamo Sokhumi
- 1949: FC Torpedo Kutaisi
- 1950: TODO Tbilisi
- 1951: TODO Tbilisi
- 1952: TTU Tbilisi
- 1953: TTU Tbilisi
- 1954: TTU Tbilisi
- 1955: Dinamo Kutaisi
- 1956: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
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- 1957: TTU Tbilisi
- 1958: TTU Tbilisi
- 1959: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1960: Imereti Kutaisi
- 1961: Guria Lanchkhuti
- 1962: Imereti Kutaisi
- 1963: Imereti Kutaisi
- 1964: IngurGES Zugdidi
- 1965: Tolia Tbilisi
- 1966: Guria Lanchkhuti
- 1967: Mertskhali Makharadze
- 1968: SKA Tbilisi
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- 1969: Sulori Vani
- 1970: SKIF Tbilisi
- 1971: Guria Lanchkhuti
- 1972: Lokomotivi Samtredia
- 1973: Dinamo Zugdidi
- 1974: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1975: Magaroeli Chiatura
- 1976: SKIF Tbilisi
- 1977: Mziuri Gali
- 1978: Kolheti Poti
- 1979: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1980: Meshakhte Tkibuli
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- 1981: Meshakhte Tkibuli
- 1982: Mertskhali Makharadze
- 1983: Samgulari Tskhaltubo
- 1984: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1985: Shadrevani-83 Tskhaltubo
- 1986: Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi
- 1987: Mertskhali Makharadze
- 1988: Kolheti Poti
- 1989: Shadrevani-83 Tskhaltubo
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Post-independence
Performance by club
Club |
Winners |
Runners-up |
Winning seasons |
Dinamo Tbilisi |
15 |
5 |
1990, 1991, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14 |
Torpedo Kutaisi |
3 |
3 |
1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02 |
WIT Georgia |
2 |
3 |
2003–04, 2008–09 |
Metalurgi Rustavi |
2 |
0 |
2006–07, 2009–10 |
FC Zestafoni |
2 |
2 |
2010–11, 2011–12 |
Sioni Bolnisi |
1 |
1 |
2005–06 |
Top scorers
References
External links
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