2009–10 Umaglesi Liga
Season | 2009–10 |
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Dates | 1 August 2009 – 20 May 2010 |
Champions | Olimpi Rustavi 2nd Georgian title |
Relegated | Locomotive Tbilisi Gagra |
Champions League | Olimpi Rustavi |
Europa League | Dinamo Tbilisi Zestaponi WIT Georgia |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 429 (2.38 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Anderson Aquino (26) |
Biggest home win | Dinamo Tbilisi 5–0 Spartaki-Tskhinvali Olimpi 5–0 Samtredia Olimpi 5–0 Gagra |
Biggest away win | Sioni 0–6 Olimpi Baia 0–6 Dinamo Tbilisi |
Highest scoring | Samtredia 4–3 Gagra |
← 2008–09 2010–11 → |
The 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga was the 21st season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on August 1, 2009, and ended on May 20, 2010. FC Olimpi Rustavi won the championship.
Changes from 2008–09
[edit]Structural changes
[edit]League size was reduced from 11 to 10 teams prior to this season.[1]
Promotion and relegation
[edit]Borjomi were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of the season after finishing in 11th and last place. Other teams which will not participate in this year's championship are Mglebi and Meshketi, both due to unknown reasons.[1] This means that originally relegated teams Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali will stay another season in Umaglesi Liga.
Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga 2008–09 Western group champions Samtredia and runners-up Baia. Western group champions Ameri were not promoted due to unknown reasons.[1]
Team overview
[edit]FC Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Tbilisi due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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FC Baia | Zugdidi | Gulia Tutberidze Stadium | 5,000 |
FC Dinamo | Tbilisi | Boris Paichadze Stadium | 54,549 |
FC Gagra | Tbilisi | Ameri Stadium | 1,000 |
FC Locomotive | Tbilisi | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 27,223 |
FC Olimpi | Rustavi | Poladi Stadium | 7,300 |
FC Samtredia | Samtredia | Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium | 15,000 |
FC Sioni | Bolnisi | Tamaz Stephania Stadium | 3,000 |
FC Spartaki Tskhinvali | Tbilisi | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium | 7,980 |
FC WIT Georgia | Tbilisi | Shevardeni Stadium | 4,000 |
FC Zestaponi | Zestaponi | David Abashidze Stadium | 4,100 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Olimpi Rustavi[a] (C) | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 62 | 19 | +43 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
3 | Zestaponi | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 67 | |
4 | WIT Georgia | 36 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b] |
5 | Spartaki Tskhinvali | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 43 | |
6 | Sioni Bolnisi | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 38 | |
7 | Samtredia | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 37 | |
8 | Baia Zugdidi | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 32 | |
9 | Locomotive Tbilisi (R) | 36 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 26 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
10 | Gagra (R) | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Olimpi were docked 3 points due to the incidents that happened in the match against Zestaponi.
- ^ by winning the 2009–10 Georgian Cup
Results
[edit]The ten teams will play 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 do the same in the second half of the season.
Top goalscorers
[edit]Including matches played in December 2009 [2]
Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | Olimpi Rustavi | 26 |
2 | ![]() | Zestaponi | 16 |
3 | ![]() | Zestaponi | 12 |
![]() | WIT Georgia | 12 | |
5 | ![]() | Samtredia | 11 |
![]() | Dinamo Tbilisi | 11 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "sakartvelos XXI chempionati shekhvedra klubebtan". Football Federation of Georgia (in Georgian). GFF official website. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009. [dead link]
- ^ Soccerway Profile lfp.com
External links
[edit]- Georgian Football Federation (in Georgian)
- Georgian Professional Football League (in Georgian)