2003–04 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga
Season	2003–04
Dates	26 July 2003 – 30 May 2004
Champions	WIT Georgia; 1st Georgian title
Relegated	Mtskheta-Urioni; Spartaki-Lazika Zugdidi; Mertskhali Ozurgeti
Champions League	WIT Georgia
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Tbilisi; FC Tbilisi
Intertoto Cup	Dila Gori
Matches played	193
Goals scored	483 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Suliko Davitashvili (20)
Biggest home win	Tbilisi 8–0 Spartaki-Lazika
Biggest away win	Kolkheti 0–6 Tbilisi
Highest scoring	Dinamo Tbilisi 8–1 Mertskhali
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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.

Locations

Tbilisi

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
FC Tbilisi
Locomotive
WIT Georgia

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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^[a]
6	Dila Gori	22	10	4	8	28	20	+8	34^[a]
7	Torpedo Kutaisi	22	10	4	8	27	26	+1	34^[a]	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.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	WIT Georgia (C)	10	6	2	2	10	3	+7	41^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Sioni Bolnisi	10	6	3	1	14	5	+9	41^[a]	Banned from European competitions^[b]
3	Dinamo Tbilisi	10	4	3	3	15	10	+5	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	FC Tbilisi	10	3	5	2	12	8	+4	32	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	Locomotive Tbilisi	10	1	5	4	6	11	−5	25
6	Dila Gori	10	0	2	8	2	22	−20	19	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The championship was decided in a champions playoff
^ 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.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

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	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
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	Relegation to Pirveli Liga

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(O) Play-off winners; (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.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions playoff

30 May 2004

Sioni Bolnisi	0 – 2	WIT Georgia
		Gotsiridze 30' Gochashvili 77'

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Alexander Krichashvili

Relegation play-offs

29 May 2004

Mtskheta-Urioni	2 – 3	Gorda-2000 Rustavi

29 May 2004

Dinamo Batumi	1 – 0	Milani 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
	Aleksandr Kaidarashvili	Dila Gori	9
	Yuri Gabiskiria	Sioni Bolnisi	9