2010–11 Umaglesi Liga

The 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga was the 22nd season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 14 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011.[1] Olimpi Rustavi are the defending champions, having won their second Georgian championship last season. FC Zestafoni claimed their first title.[2]

Umaglesi Liga
Season2010–11
Dates14 August 2010 – 22 May 2011
ChampionsZestafoni
1st Georgian title
RelegatedSamtredia
Champions LeagueZestafoni
Europa LeagueDinamo Tbilisi
Olimpi Rustavi
Matches played180
Goals scored392 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorerNikoloz Gelashvili (18)
Biggest home winZestafoni 7–0 Samtredia
Biggest away winWIT 0–4 Olimpi
Highest scoringDinamo Tbilisi 7–1 Samtredia

The league size was expanded from 10 teams in that season to 12 teams in following season. Therefore, there was no direct relegation to the Pirveli Liga in that season.

Teams

Lokomotivi Tbilisi and Gagra were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of last season after finishing in 9th and 10th place respectively.

Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga champions Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi and runners-up Kolkheti Poti.

Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Gori due to various inner-Georgian conflicts. FC WIT Georgia play their home matches from this season on in the newly built WIT Georgia Stadium in the city of Mtskheta

Location of teams in 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga
Team Location Venue Capacity
FC Baia Zugdidi Gulia Tutberidze Stadium 5,000
FC Dinamo Tbilisi Boris Paichadze Stadium 54,549
FC Kolkheti Poti Fazisi Stadium 6,000
FC Olimpi Rustavi Poladi Stadium 6,000
FC Samtredia Samtredia Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium 15,000
FC Sioni Bolnisi Tamaz Stephania Stadium 3,000
FC Spartaki Gori Kartli Stadium 1,500
FC Torpedo Kutaisi Givi Kiladze Stadium 14,700
FC WIT Georgia Tbilisi Shevardeni Stadium 4,000
FC Zestafoni Zestaponi David Abashidze Stadium 4,558

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zestafoni (C) 36 24 6 6 72 19 +53 78 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Tbilisi 36 21 9 6 55 22 +33 72 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Olimpi Rustavi 36 20 6 10 52 31 +21 66
4 Torpedo Kutaisi 36 14 13 9 31 22 +9 55
5 WIT Georgia 36 14 6 16 35 41 −6 48
6 Baia Zugdidi 36 13 5 18 36 51 −15 44
7 Kolkheti Poti 36 10 10 16 25 47 −22 40
8 Sioni Bolnisi 36 10 9 17 27 45 −18 39
9 Spartaki Tskhinvali (O) 36 7 11 18 32 42 −10 32 Qualification to relegation play-offs
10 Samtredia (R) 36 6 7 23 27 72 −45 25
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
FC Gagra of the Pirveli Liga are the winners of the 2010–11 Georgian Cup and qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results

The ten teams played 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 did the same in the second half of the season.

Relegation play-offs

Due to the expansion of the league for next season, the 9th and 10th-place finishers of this competition (Spartaki Tskhinvali and Samtredia, respectively) will play single matches against the 3rd and 4th-place finishers of this season's Pirveli Liga competition (Dila Gori and Chikhura Sachkhere, respectively). The winners of these two matches will participate in this competition next season.

Chikhura Sachkhere1 – 2Spartaki Tskhinvali
Gvetadze  61' Report Metreveli  8'
Buzaladze  27'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lasha Silagava
Dila Gori2 – 0Samtredia
Razhamashvili  45', 48' Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Malkhaz Beuklishvili

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 1 May 2011[3]

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Nikoloz Gelashvili Zestafoni 18
2 Irakli Modebadze Olimpi Rustavi 16
3 Rati Tsinamdzgvrishvili Zestafoni 13
4 Giorgi Megreladze Torpedo Kutaisi 13
5 Jaba Dvali Zestafoni 12
6 Aleksandre Koshkadze Dinamo Tbilisi 8
Levan Khmaladze Dinamo Tbilisi 8
8 Giga Bechvaia WIT Georgia 7
Zviad Metreveli Spartaki Tskhinvali 7
10 Jaba Lipartia WIT Georgia 6
Besik Chimakadze WIT Georgia 6

See also

References
  1. "Umaglesi Liga, Results and Fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  2. "Zestafoni claim maiden Georgian crown". UEFA.com. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. "Umaglesi Liga, Players". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
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