2002–03 Umaglesi Liga

The 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga was the fourteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 3 August 2002 and ended on 30 May 2003. Torpedo Kutaisi were the defending champions.

Umaglesi Liga
Season2002–03
Dates3 August 2002 – 30 May 2003
ChampionsDinamo Tbilisi
11th Georgian title
RelegatedGorda Rustavi
Milani Tsnori
Metalurgi Zestafoni
Champions LeagueDinamo Tbilisi
UEFA CupTorpedo Kutaisi
Sioni Bolnisi
Intertoto CupWIT Georgia
Matches played192
Goals scored469 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerZurab Ionanidze (26)
Biggest home winKolkheti 8–1 Metalurgi
Biggest away winKolkheti 0–6 Locomotive
Highest scoringKolkheti 8–1 Metalurgi
Torpedo 6–3 Gorda

Locations
Location of teams in 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga

First stage

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo Tbilisi 22 18 2 2 50 8 +42 56 Qualification to championship group
2 Torpedo Kutaisi 22 16 4 2 50 15 +35 52
3 Locomotive Tbilisi 22 16 2 4 35 10 +25 50
4 WIT Georgia 22 16 1 5 40 15 +25 49
5 Sioni Bolnisi 22 9 3 10 26 27 −1 30
6 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 22 9 3 10 28 33 −5 30
7 Merani-91 Tbilisi 22 6 5 11 25 37 −12 23 Qualification to relegation group
8 Dila Gori 22 6 3 13 17 29 −12 21
9 Dinamo Batumi 22 5 5 12 16 27 −11 20
10 Metalurgi Zestafoni 22 6 1 15 17 50 −33 19
11 Gorda Rustavi 22 4 1 17 22 45 −23 13
12 Milani Tsnori 22 3 4 15 11 47 −36 13
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head

Results
Home \ Away DIL DBA DIN GOR KOL LOC MER MZE MIL SIO TKU WIT
Dila Gori 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 0–1
Dinamo Batumi 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–1
Gorda Rustavi 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–4 2–3
Kolkheti-1913 Poti 1–0 1–0 0–5 3–0 1–0 1–1 8–1 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 3–2 0–2 0–1
Locomotive Tbilisi 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Merani-91 Tbilisi 1–0 2–1 1–2 –[lower-alpha 3] 0–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2
Metalurgi Zestafoni 0–2 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 4] 3–1 0–2 0–5 0–3 5–0 2–1 0–2 0–3[lower-alpha 5]
Milani Tsnori 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–2
Sioni Bolnisi 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 2–0 2–1 0–1 6–3 6–1 1–1 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 6] 5–0 4–2 1–0
WIT Georgia 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–3
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match awarded as Merani's players refused to play a match in protest against non-payment of salaries.
  2. Match awarded as Milani had not paid participation fee in time.
  3. The both teams were awarded a 0–3 loss for not paying participation fee in time.
  4. Match awarded as Metalurgi Zestafoni had not paid participation fee in time.
  5. The match between Metalurgi Zestafoni and WIT Georgia was abandoned in the 75th minute with the score of 1–3 for WIT Georgia because the home fans attacked a referee. The match was awarded with a score of 0–3.
  6. Match awarded as Metalurgi Zestafoni's players refused to play a match in protest against non-payment of salaries.

Second stage

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo Tbilisi (C) 10 6 2 2 17 7 +10 48 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Torpedo Kutaisi 10 6 2 2 15 5 +10 46 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 WIT Georgia 10 4 4 2 10 7 +3 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Locomotive Tbilisi 10 4 1 5 16 10 +6 38
5 Sioni Bolnisi 10 2 2 6 9 20 −11 23 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
6 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 10 0 5 5 5 23 −18 20
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away DIN LOC KOL SIO TKU WIT
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 5–1 3–1 0–2 3–1
Locomotive Tbilisi 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1
Kolkheti-1913 Poti 0–0 0–6 0–0 0–3 2–2
Sioni Bolnisi 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 2–1 0–0 5–1 0–0
WIT Georgia 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Dila Gori 10 5 3 2 15 8 +7 29
8 Dinamo Batumi 10 5 3 2 12 5 +7 28
9 Merani-Olimpi Tbilisi 10 4 3 3 15 5 +10 27
10 Gorda Rustavi (R) 10 5 3 2 8 3 +5 25 Qualification to relegation play-offs
11 Milani Tsnori (R) 10 3 4 3 7 7 0 20 Relegation to Pirveli Liga
12 Metalurgi Zestafoni (R) 10 0 0 10 0 29 −29 10
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away DIL DBA GOR MER MZE MIL
Dila Gori 0–0 0–0 1–3 4–0 3–1
Dinamo Batumi 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Gorda Rustavi 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Merani-91 Tbilisi 1–2 0–1 0–1 6–0 0–0
Metalurgi Zestafoni 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–4 0–1
Milani Tsnori 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs
Gorda-2000 Rustavi0 – 1 (a.e.t.)FC Mtskheta

Top goalscorers
Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Zurab Ionanidze Torpedo Kutaisi 17
2 Levan Melkadze WIT Georgia 15
3 Vitali Daraselia Dinamo Tbilisi 11
4 Alexander Koshkadze Merani-91 Tbilisi 9
5 David Goderdzishvili Sioni Bolnisi 8
Revaz Gotsiridze Gorda Rustavi 8
Levan Shavgulidze Sioni Bolnisi 8
8 Giorgi Adamia WIT Georgia 6
Malkhaz Asatiani Torpedo Kutaisi 6
Givi Didava Torpedo Kutaisi 6
Zviad Endeladze Metalurgi Zestafoni 6
Giorgi Modebadze Dinamo Batumi 6
Andriy Poroshyn Torpedo Kutaisi 6

See also

References
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