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

Season	2010–11
Dates	14 August 2010 – 22 May 2011
Champions	Zestafoni 1st Georgian title
Relegated	Samtredia
Champions League	Zestafoni
Europa League	Dinamo Tbilisi Olimpi Rustavi
Matches played	180
Goals scored	392 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikoloz Gelashvili (18)
Biggest home win	Zestafoni 7–0 Samtredia
Biggest away win	WIT 0–4 Olimpi
Highest scoring	Dinamo Tbilisi 7–1 Samtredia
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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

Dinamo Tbilisi

Baia

Kolkheti

Olimpi

Samtredia

Sioni

WIT Georgia

Spartaki

Torpedo

Zestafoni

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.

First half of season Home \ Away BAI DIN KOL OLI SAM SIO SPA TKU WIT ZES Baia Zugdidi 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 Kolkheti Poti 1–0 1–3 5–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 Olimpi Rustavi 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 Samtredia 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 Sioni Bolnisi 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 Spartaki Tskhinvali 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–3 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 WIT Georgia 2–1 0–1 5–1 0–4 4–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 Zestafoni 6–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 7–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away BAI DIN KOL OLI SAM SIO SPA TKU WIT ZES Baia Zugdidi 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 4–2 2–0 7–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 Kolkheti Poti 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–4 Olimpi Rustavi 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 Samtredia 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 Sioni Bolnisi 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–0 Spartaki Tskhinvali 3–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 WIT Georgia 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 Zestafoni 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

29 May 2011

16:00 UTC+4

Chikhura Sachkhere	1 – 2	Spartaki Tskhinvali
Gvetadze  61'	Report	Metreveli  8' Buzaladze  27'

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Lasha Silagava

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30 May 2011

16:00 UTC+4

Dila Gori	2 – 0	Samtredia
Razhamashvili  45', 48'	Report

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

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

• 2010–11 Pirveli Liga
• 2010–11 Georgian Cup

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.

External links

• Georgian Football Federation (in Georgian)
• Georgian Professional Football League (in Georgian)