Season | 2009β10 |
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Dates | 1 August 2009 β 20 May 2010 |
Champions | Olimpi Rustavi 2nd Georgian title |
Relegated | Locomotive Tbilisi Gagra |
Champions League | Olimpi Rustavi |
Europa League | Dinamo Tbilisi Zestafoni WIT Georgia |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 429 (2.38 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Anderson Aquino (26) |
Biggest home win | Dinamo Tbilisi 5β0 Spartaki-Tskhinvali Olimpi 5β0 Samtredia Olimpi 5β0 Gagra |
Biggest away win | Sioni 0β6 Olimpi Baia 0β6 Dinamo Tbilisi |
Highest scoring | Samtredia 4β3 Gagra |
β 2008β09 2010β11 β |
The 2009β10 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 theββchampionship.
Changes from 2008β09β»
Structural changesβ»
League size was reduced from 11ββto 10 teams priorββto this season.
Promotion and relegationβ»
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. 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 2008β09 Western group champions Samtredia and runners-up Baia. Western group champions Ameri were not promoted due to unknown reasons.
Team overviewβ»
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 Zestafoni | Zestaponi | David Abashidze Stadium | 4,100 |
League tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
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1 | Olimpi Rustavi (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 | Zestafoni | 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 |
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 Zestafoni.
- ^ by winning the 2009β10 Georgian Cup
Resultsβ»
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.
First half of seasonβ»
Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. |
Second half of seasonβ»
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Top goalscorersβ»
Including matches played in December 2009
Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Olimpi Rustavi | 26 |
2 | ![]() |
Zestafoni | 16 |
3 | ![]() |
Zestafoni | 12 |
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WIT Georgia | 12 | |
5 | ![]() |
Samtredia | 11 |
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Dinamo Tbilisi | 11 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "sakartvelos XXI chempionati shekhvedra klubebtan". Football Federation of Georgia (in Georgian). GFF official website. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
- ^ Soccerway Profile lfp.com
External linksβ»
- Georgian Football Federation (in Georgian)
- Georgian Professional Football League (in Georgian)