2016 Umaglesi Liga
| Season | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Samtredia |
| Relegated |
Sioni Bolnisi Guria Lanchkhuti Tskhinvali Zugdidi |
| Champions League | Samtredia |
| Europa League |
Chikhura Sachkhere Torpedo Kutaisi Dinamo Batumi |
| Matches played | 86 |
| Goals scored | 212 (2.47 per match) |
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← 2015–16 2017 →
Statistics include the championship final | |
The 2016 Umaglesi Liga was a special transitional season of top-tier football in Georgia. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions. This transitional season is a result of the Georgian Football Federation's decision to change the Umaglesi Liga season from an Autumn–Spring schedule to a Spring–Autumn one. The season began on 7 August 2016 and concluded with the second leg of the championship final on 11 December 2016.
Teams and stadiums
Sapovnela Terjola and Merani Martvili were relegated at the end of the previous season; they were not replaced. The league contracted from 16 teams to 14 this season; this will further be reduced to 10 for next season.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chikhura Sachkhere | Sachkhere | Tsentraluri Stadioni | 2,000 |
| Dila Gori | Gori | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium | 8,230 |
| Dinamo Batumi | Kobuleti | Chele Arena | 6,000 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Boris Paichadze Stadium | 54,598 |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | Lanchkhuti | Evgrapi Shevardnadze Stadium | 8,000 |
| Kolkheti Poti | Poti | Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium | 5,000 |
| Lokomotivi Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 25,453 |
| Saburtalo Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Stadioni Bendela | 2,000 |
| Samtredia | Samtredia | Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium | 5,000 |
| Shukura Kobuleti | Kobuleti | Chele Arena | 6,000 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | Bolnisi | Tamaz Stepania Stadium | 3,242 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | Kutaisi | Tsentraluri Stadioni | 19,400 |
| Tskhinvali | Tskhinvali | Mikheil Meskhis Sakhelobis Stadionis Satadarigo Moedani | 2,500 |
| Zugdidi | Zugdidi | Tsentraluri Stadioni | 2,000 |
Source: Scoresway
Regular season
For this transitional season only, the 14 teams were divided into two groups of seven teams, Group Red and Group White. Each team played home-and-away against the other six teams within their own group only, resulting in 12 games each played (a decrease on the 30 games played in the previous season).
At the end of the regular season, the two group winners, Samtredia and Chikhura Sachkhere, met in the Championship final, this two-legged tie decided the overall champion and the berth for 2017–18 UEFA Champions League; the loser had the consolation of a berth in 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.
The four teams finishing in second and third in each group took part in the Bronze play-offs, the winning team clinched overall third place in the league (and bronze medals), and also a berth in 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.
The fifth and sixth-placed teams took part in relegation play-offs, the two losers joined the two bottom-placed teams in the 2017 Pirveli Liga.
Group Red league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samtredia (C, O) | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 27 | Qualification for the Championship final |
| 2 | Dinamo Batumi (O) | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 20 | Qualification for the Bronze play-offs |
| 3 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 19 | |
| 4 | Kolkheti Poti | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 18 | |
| 5 | Dila Gori (O) | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 6 | Sioni Bolnisi (R) | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 11 | |
| 7 | Zugdidi (R) | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 30 | −25 | 6 | Relegation to the Pirveli Liga |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[1]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Group White league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chikhura Sachkhere | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 29 | Qualification for the Championship final |
| 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 23 | Qualification for the Bronze play-offs |
| 3 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 15[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification for the EL first qualifying round and Bronze play-offs[lower-alpha 2] |
| 4 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 15[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 5 | Shukura Kobuleti (O) | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 12 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 6 | Guria Lanchkhuti (R) | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 11 | |
| 7 | Tskhinvali (R) | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 9 | Relegation to the Pirveli Liga |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[2]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- 1 2 Torpedo Kutaisi ahead of Locomotive Tbilisi on head-to-head record; Locomotive Tbilisi–Torpedo Kutaisi 0–0, Torpedo Kutaisi–Locomotive Tbilisi 3–0.
- ↑ Torpedo Kutaisi qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Georgian Cup.
Group Red results
Source: Soccerway |
Group White results
Source: Soccerway |
Play-offs
The play-offs schedule was unveiled on 15 November 2016.[3]
Bronze play-offs
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dinamo Batumi (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dinamo Batumi | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | |||||||||||
| Saburtalo Tbilisi | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Semi-finals
2–2 on aggregate. Dinamo Batumi won on away goals.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Dinamo Batumi qualified for the 2017–18 Europa League first qualifying round.
Relegation play-offs
Dila Gori won 2–0 on aggregate and retained their place for 2017 Umaglesi Liga; Guria Lanchkhuti were relegated to 2017 Pirveli Liga.
| Sioni Bolnisi | 4–3 | Shukura Kobuleti |
|---|---|---|
Svanidze  16'Sikharulidze 45+2', 85'Vasadze 72' |
Report | Komakhidze 9' Konyeha 18'Shalamberidze 84' |
Shukura Kobuleti won 5–4 on aggregate and retained their place for 2017 Umaglesi Liga; Sioni Bolnisi were relegated to 2017 Pirveli Liga
Championship final
A draw was made on 28 November 2016 to determine the order of the legs.[4]
| Chikhura Sachkhere | 2–2 | Samtredia |
|---|---|---|
| Dekanoidze 82' Lobzhanidze 90' (pen.) |
Report | Arabuli 42' (pen.) Datunaishvili 59' |
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Referee: Lasha Silagava |
Samtredia won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for 2017–18 Champions League second qualifying round; Chikhura Sachkhere qualified for 2017–18 Europa League first qualifying round.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Budu Zivzivadze |
Samtredia | 11 |
| 2 | Saba Lobzhanidze |
Chikhura | 8 |
| 3 | Jaba Dvali |
FC Tskhinvali | 7 |
| 4 | Bachana Arabuli |
Samtredia | 6 |
| Davit Volkovi |
Sioni | 6 | |
| 6 | Gega Diasamidze |
Lok Tbilisi | 5 |
| Giorgi Kharaishvili |
Saburtalo | 5 | |
| Elguja Lobjanidze |
Dinamo Batumi | 5 | |
| Oleg Mamasakhlisi |
Kutaisi | 5 | |
| Temur Shonia |
Dinamo Batumi | 5 |
Updated to games played on 26 November 2016
Source: soccerway.com
References
- ↑ "Umaglesi Liga 2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Umaglesi Liga 2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "საპლეიოფო თარიღები დამტკიცებულია (Events Playoff Approved)" (in Georgian). Georgian Football Federation. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "უმაღლესი ლიგა - რეგულარული სეზონი დასრულდა (League - Regular season ends)" (in Georgian). Georgian Football Federation. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Georgian)