2003–04 Umaglesi Liga

The 2003–04 Umaglesi Liga was the fifteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 26 July 2003 and ended on 30 May 2004 with a championship playoff match. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.

Umaglesi Liga
Season2003–04
Dates26 July 2003 – 30 May 2004
ChampionsWIT Georgia
1st Georgian title
RelegatedMtskheta-Urioni
Spartaki-Lazika Zugdidi
Mertskhali Ozurgeti
Champions LeagueWIT Georgia
UEFA CupDinamo Tbilisi
FC Tbilisi
Intertoto CupDila Gori
Matches played193
Goals scored483 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerSuliko Davitashvili (20)
Biggest home winTbilisi 8–0 Spartaki-Lazika
Biggest away winKolkheti 0–6 Tbilisi
Highest scoringDinamo Tbilisi 8–1 Mertskhali

Locations
Location of teams in 2003–04 Umaglesi Liga

First stage

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo Tbilisi 22 15 5 2 49 8 +41 50 Qualification to championship group
2 WIT Georgia 22 12 6 4 38 15 +23 42
3 Sioni Bolnisi 22 11 7 4 31 18 +13 40
4 FC Tbilisi 22 10 5 7 41 26 +15 35
5 Locomotive Tbilisi 22 10 4 8 32 24 +8 34[lower-alpha 1]
6 Dila Gori 22 10 4 8 28 20 +8 34[lower-alpha 1]
7 Torpedo Kutaisi 22 10 4 8 27 26 +1 34[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to relegation group
8 Dinamo Batumi 22 10 2 10 26 28 −2 32
9 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 22 7 3 12 18 35 −17 24
10 Mtskheta-Urioni 22 6 2 14 25 55 −30 20
11 Spartaki-Lazika Zugdidi 22 4 4 14 14 47 −33 16
12 Mertskhali Ozurgeti 22 2 4 16 18 45 −27 10
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head goal difference: Locomotive Tbilisi 6–5 (+1), Dila Gori 3–3 (0), Torpedo Kutaisi 4–5 (–1).

Results
Home \ Away DIL DBA DIN KOL LOC MRT MTS SIO SPL TBI TKU WIT
Dila Gori 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0
Dinamo Batumi 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–3
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 8–1 3–1 0–0 6–0 3–0 3–0 0–0
Kolkheti-1913 Poti 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–6 0–2 0–2
Locomotive Tbilisi 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1
Mertskhali Ozurgeti 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–1
Mtskheta-Urioni 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–4 2–1 3–2 1–5 1–4
Sioni Bolnisi 4–3 1–0 1–3 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Spartaki-Lazika Zugdidi 0–3 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–4
FC Tbilisi 2–1 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 8–0 4–2 1–1
Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1
WIT Georgia 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 7–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 WIT Georgia (C) 10 6 2 2 10 3 +7 41[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Sioni Bolnisi 10 6 3 1 14 5 +9 41[lower-alpha 1] Banned from European competitions[lower-alpha 2]
3 Dinamo Tbilisi 10 4 3 3 15 10 +5 40 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 FC Tbilisi 10 3 5 2 12 8 +4 32
5 Locomotive Tbilisi 10 1 5 4 6 11 −5 25
6 Dila Gori 10 0 2 8 2 22 −20 19 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. The championship was decided in a champions playoff
  2. Sioni Bolnisi were banned by UEFA due to crowd violence in the champions playoff match and were replaced by 4th-placed FC Tbilisi.[1]

Results
Home \ Away DIL DIN LOC SIO TBI WIT
Dila Gori 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–4
Dinamo Tbilisi 5–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–3
Locomotive Tbilisi 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
Sioni Bolnisi 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0
FC Tbilisi 0–0 1–0 5–1 0–2 0–1
WIT Georgia 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
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 Torpedo Kutaisi 10 5 2 3 19 12 +7 34
8 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 10 6 3 1 14 6 +8 33
9 Mtskheta-Urioni (R) 10 6 3 1 14 5 +9 31 Qualification to relegation play-offs
10 Dinamo Batumi (O) 10 3 0 7 6 14 −8 25
11 Spartaki-Lazika Zugdidi (R) 10 5 1 4 18 11 +7 24 Relegation to Pirveli Liga
12 Mertskhali Ozurgeti (R) 10 0 1 9 4 27 −23 6
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away DBA KOL MRT MTS SPL TKU
Dinamo Batumi 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2
Kolkheti-1913 Poti 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Mertskhali Ozurgeti 0–1 0–0 2–6 0–2 0–4
Mtskheta-Urioni 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Spartaki-Lazika Zugdidi 2–1 0–1 7–1 0–1 3–2
Torpedo Kutaisi 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 3–4
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions playoff
Sioni Bolnisi0 – 2WIT Georgia
Gotsiridze  30'
Gochashvili  77'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alexander Krichashvili

Relegation play-offs
Mtskheta-Urioni2 – 3Gorda-2000 Rustavi
Dinamo Batumi1 – 0Milani Tsnori

Top goalscorers
Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Suliko Davitashvili Torpedo Kutaisi 20
2 Revaz Gotsiridze WIT Georgia 19
3 Boris Goncharov Sioni Bolnisi 17
4 Lado Akhalaia Dinamo Tbilisi 12
5 Mikheil Kakaladze Dinamo Batumi 9

See also

References
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