2015–16 in Georgian football

The following article is a summary of the 2015–16 football season in Georgia, and ran from August 2015 to May 2016.

Football in Georgia

Season	2015–16
Men's football
Umaglesi Liga	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
Pirveli Liga	Liakhvi Tskhinvali
Liga 3	Sulori Vani
Georgian Cup	FC Dinamo Tbilisi [1]
← 2014–15 2016 →

National teams results

2015

25 March Friendly	Georgia	2–0	Malta	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Kankava  83' Qazaishvili  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

29 March UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Georgia	0–2	Germany	Tbilisi, Georgia
		Report	Reus  39' Müller  44'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

9 June Friendly	Georgia	1–2	Ukraine	Linz, Austria
	Vatsadze  81'	Report	Kravets  57' Konoplyanka  67'	Stadium: Stadion auf der Gugl Attendance: 700 Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria)

13 June UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Poland	4–0	Georgia	Warsaw, Poland
	Milik  62' Lewandowski  89', 90+2', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Narodowy Attendance: 56,512 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

4 September UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Georgia	1–0	Scotland	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Kazaishvili  38'	Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

7 September UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Georgia	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Walters  69'	Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 27,200 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

8 October UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Georgia	4–0	Gibraltar	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Vatsadze  30', 45' Okriashvili  35' (pen.) Kazaishvili  87'	Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 11,330 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

11 October UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	Germany	2–1	Georgia	Leipzig, Germany
	Müller  50' (pen.) Kruse  79'	Report	Kankava  53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 43,630 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

11 November Friendly	Estonia	3–0	Georgia	Tallinn, Estonia
	Purje  61' Pikk  65' Gussev  88'	Report		Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 2,266 Referee: Raymond Crangle (Northern Ireland)

16 November Friendly	Albania	2–2	Georgia	Tirana, Albania
	Basha  89' Cikalleshi  90+4'	Report	Amisulashvili  2' Chanturia  53'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2016

29 March Friendly	Georgia	1–1	Kazakhstan	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Okriashvili  38'	Report	Nurgaliev  35'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

27 May Friendly	Slovakia	3–1	Georgia	Wels, Austria
	Nemec  5', 56' Zreľák  70'	Report	Kenia  71'	Stadium: Renner Arena Attendance: 782 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

3 June Friendly	Romania	5–1	Georgia	Bucharest, Romania
	Popa  2' Amisulashvili  3' (o.g.) Stanciu  49' Torje  80' Keșerü  87'	Report	Moți  68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 27,934 Referee: Artur Ribeiro (Portugal)

7 June Friendly	Spain	0–1	Georgia	Getafe, Spain
		Report	Okriashvili  40'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 14,650 Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson (Iceland)

5 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Georgia	1–2	Austria	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Ananidze  78'	Report	Hinteregger  16' Janko  42'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

6 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Georgia	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Coleman  56'	Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 39,793 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

9 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Wales	1–1	Georgia	Cardiff, Wales
	Bale  10'	Report	Okriashvili  57'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,652 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

12 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	Georgia	1–1	Moldova	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Qazaishvili  16'	Report	Gațcan  78'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 40,642 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

League tables

Umaglesi Liga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Tbilisi (C)	30	25	1	4	74	29	+45	76	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
2	Samtredia	30	20	3	7	66	32	+34	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Dila Gori	30	19	5	6	51	25	+26	62
4	Chikhura Sachkhere	30	17	6	7	53	26	+27	57
5	Sioni Bolnisi	30	14	8	8	50	34	+16	50
6	Torpedo Kutaisi	30	14	6	10	50	42	+8	48
7	FC Tskhinvali	30	12	10	8	51	36	+15	46
8	Dinamo Batumi	30	12	8	10	41	32	+9	44
9	Saburtalo Tbilisi	30	11	6	13	47	61	−14	39
10	Shukura Kobuleti	30	9	8	13	28	39	−11	35
11	Guria Lanchkhuti	30	6	9	15	28	49	−21	27[lower-alpha 2]
12	Kolkheti Poti	30	7	6	17	21	41	−20	27[lower-alpha 2]
13	Locomotive Tbilisi	30	5	10	15	26	37	−11	25
14	Zugdidi (O)	30	5	8	17	30	60	−30	23[lower-alpha 3]	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Merani Martvili (R)	30	5	8	17	28	62	−34	23[lower-alpha 3]	Relegation to the Pirveli Liga
16	Sapovnela Terjola (R)	30	5	6	19	24	63	−39	21

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Dinamo Tbilisi qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Georgian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
2. Head-to-head record: Guria–Kolkheti Poti 1–1, Kolkheti Poti–Guria 0–1.
3. Head-to-head record: Zugdidi–Merani Martvili 3–0, Merani Martvili–Zugdidi 0–0.

Results:

Home \ Away	CHI	DIL	DBA	DIN	GUR	KOL	LOC	MER	SAB	SAM	SAP	SHU	SIO	TKU	TSK	ZUG
Chikhura Sachkhere		0–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	5–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–0
Dila Gori	1–1		1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	3–0	3–0
Dinamo Batumi	1–1	2–2		1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–5	1–1	2–0	5–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	0–1	1–0		3–2	5–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	5–2	2–1	2–1	3–1
Guria Lanchkhuti	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–2		1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0
Kolkheti Poti	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–1		4–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–0
Locomotive Tbilisi	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	3–0	1–0		1–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–0
Merani Martvili	3–2	3–2	0–4	1–4	2–0	1–1	0–3		2–5	2–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–0
Saburtalo Tbilisi	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–4	4–2	5–0	0–0	4–2		3–2	2–1	3–2	2–3	4–4	2–2	1–0
Samtredia	0–1	5–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	8–2		3–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–0
Sapovnela Terjola	0–2	1–5	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–3		2–0	0–0	1–5	2–1	2–2
Shukura Kobuleti	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–0		0–0	2–3	2–2	2–1
Sioni	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	4–1	2–0		6–2	1–3	3–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	5–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–0		1–3	2–0
Tskhinvali	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–4	0–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–0	0–0		5–1
Zugdidi	1–4	1–1	0–1	2–3	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–3	2–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pirveli Liga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Liakhvi Tskhinvali (C)	34	20	9	5	82	36	+46	69
2	WIT Georgia	34	18	10	6	61	26	+35	64
3	Kolkheti Khobi	34	18	10	6	60	29	+31	64
4	Borjomi	34	17	10	7	45	32	+13	61
5	Gagra	34	16	4	14	54	38	+16	52
6	Samgurali Tskhaltubo	34	16	3	15	60	46	+14	51
7	Odishi 1919 Zugdidi	34	14	6	14	52	58	−6	48
8	Chkherimela Kharagauli	34	12	7	15	39	50	−11	43
9	Rustavi	34	10	13	11	33	33	0	43
10	Skuri Tsalenjikha	34	11	10	13	32	33	−1	43
11	Meshakhte Tkibuli	34	10	12	12	28	31	−3	42
12	Chiatura	34	9	15	10	41	48	−7	42
13	Imereti Khoni	34	10	11	13	34	53	−19	41
14	Betlemi Keda (R)	34	12	4	18	41	65	−24	40	Relegation to the Meore Liga
15	Samegrelo Chkorotsku (R)	34	10	8	16	32	50	−18	38
16	Matchakhela Khelvachauri (R)	34	8	13	13	30	43	−13	37
17	Algeti Marneuli (R)	34	9	7	18	34	52	−18	34
18	Mertskhali Ozurgeti (R)	34	6	8	20	42	77	−35	26

Source: Soccerway[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Georgian Cup Final

Final match hold on 18 May 2016 in Kutaisi.[4]

18 May 2016

19:00

Sioni Bolnisi (1)	0–1	Dinamo Tbilisi (1)
		Chanturishvili  29'

Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, Kutaisi

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili[5]

References

1. "Dinamo Tbilisi vs. Sioni – 18 May 2016 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
2. "Umaglesi Liga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
3. "Georgia 2015/16". rsssf.com.
4. "Dinamo Tbilisi vs. Sioni". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
5. "FIFA Referees News: Georgia : 2016 Georgian Cup Final". May 18, 2016.