2009–10 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga
Season	2009–10
Dates	1 August 2009 – 20 May 2010
Champions	Olimpi Rustavi; 2nd Georgian title
Relegated	Locomotive Tbilisi; Gagra
Champions League	Olimpi Rustavi
Europa League	Dinamo Tbilisi; Zestafoni; WIT Georgia
Matches played	180
Goals scored	429 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anderson Aquino (26)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Tbilisi 5–0 Spartaki-Tskhinvali; Olimpi 5–0 Samtredia; Olimpi 5–0 Gagra
Biggest away win	Sioni 0–6 Olimpi; Baia 0–6 Dinamo Tbilisi
Highest scoring	Samtredia 4–3 Gagra
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga was the 21st season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on August 1, 2009, and ended on May 20, 2010. FC Olimpi Rustavi won the championship.

Changes from 2008–09

Structural changes

League size was reduced from 11 to 10 teams prior to this season.^[1]

Promotion and relegation

Borjomi were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of the season after finishing in 11th and last place. Other teams which will not participate in this year's championship are Mglebi and Meshketi, both due to unknown reasons.^[1] This means that originally relegated teams Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali will stay another season in Umaglesi Liga.

Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga 2008–09 Western group champions Samtredia and runners-up Baia. Western group champions Ameri were not promoted due to unknown reasons.^[1]

Team overview

FC Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Tbilisi due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.

Tbilisi

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Gagra
Locomotive
Spartaki-Tskhinvali
WIT Georgia

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Location of teams in 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
FC Baia	Zugdidi	Gulia Tutberidze Stadium	5,000
FC Dinamo	Tbilisi	Boris Paichadze Stadium	54,549
FC Gagra	Tbilisi	Ameri Stadium	1,000
FC Locomotive	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	27,223
FC Olimpi	Rustavi	Poladi Stadium	7,300
FC Samtredia	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	15,000
FC Sioni	Bolnisi	Tamaz Stephania Stadium	3,000
FC Spartaki Tskhinvali	Tbilisi	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium	7,980
FC WIT Georgia	Tbilisi	Shevardeni Stadium	4,000
FC Zestafoni	Zestaponi	David Abashidze Stadium	4,100

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpi Rustavi^[a] (C)	36	25	7	4	69	26	+43	79	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	36	22	8	6	62	19	+43	74	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Zestafoni	36	19	10	7	58	33	+25	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	WIT Georgia	36	17	13	6	48	31	+17	64	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]
5	Spartaki Tskhinvali	36	11	10	15	44	58	−14	43
6	Sioni Bolnisi	36	8	14	14	27	43	−16	38
7	Samtredia	36	10	7	19	43	68	−25	37
8	Baia Zugdidi	36	7	11	18	29	48	−19	32
9	Locomotive Tbilisi (R)	36	5	11	20	19	50	−31	26	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
10	Gagra (R)	36	5	9	22	30	59	−29	24	Relegation to Pirveli Liga

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Olimpi were docked 3 points due to the incidents that happened in the match against Zestafoni.
^ by winning the 2009–10 Georgian Cup

Results

The ten teams will play 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 do the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Home \ Away	BAI	DIN	GAG	LOC	OLI	SAM	SIO	SPA	WIT	ZES
Baia Zugdidi		0–6	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0		2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–2	5–0	0–0	2–0
Gagra	1–0	0–0		2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–1
Locomotive Tbilisi	0–0	0–3	1–0		1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1
Olimpi Rustavi	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–1		5–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0
Samtredia	1–0	3–1	4–3	2–0	0–4		1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2
Sioni Bolnisi	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–6	3–0		1–4	0–1	0–0
Spartaki Tskhinvali	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1		1–2	3–3
WIT Georgia	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–0		1–1
Zestafoni	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	4–2	3–0	4–1	2–1

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

Second half of season

Home \ Away	BAI	DIN	GAG	LOC	OLI	SAM	SIO	SPA	WIT	ZES
Baia Zugdidi		1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–0		4–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Gagra	1–1	0–1		0–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–0
Locomotive Tbilisi	1–3	0–3	1–1		0–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1
Olimpi Rustavi	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0		3–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	3–1
Samtredia	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–1		2–1	2–1	1–0	2–3
Sioni Bolnisi	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–2		0–1	2–2	0–1
Spartaki Tskhinvali	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–3		0–0	1–4
WIT Georgia	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1		1–1
Zestafoni	4–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	–^[a]	5–1	1–0	0–0	0–1

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

^ The match between Zestafoni and Olimpi was abandoned in the 89th minute with the score level at 1–1 due to a pitch invasion by both teams' fans which escalated into a brawl. The match result was cancelled and both teams were awarded a 0–3 loss.^{[citation needed]}

Top goalscorers

Including matches played in December 2009 ^[2]

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Anderson Aquino	Olimpi Rustavi	26
2	Nikoloz Gelashvili	Zestafoni	16
3	Jaba Dvali	Zestafoni	12
3	Vakhtang Kvaratskelia	WIT Georgia	12
5	Zaur Khachiperadze	Samtredia	11
5	Georges Akieremy	Dinamo Tbilisi	11