2010–11_Umaglesi_Liga
2010–11 Umaglesi Liga
Football league season
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]
| 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.
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
| 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 |
| 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 for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 72 | Qualification for the 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 |
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
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
Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. |
Second half of season
Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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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 Sachkhere | 1 – 2 | Spartaki Tskhinvali |
|---|---|---|
Gvetadze  61' |
Report | Metreveli 8' Buzaladze 27' |
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 |
- "Umaglesi Liga, Results and Fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- "Zestafoni claim maiden Georgian crown". UEFA.com. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- "Umaglesi Liga, Players". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- Georgian Football Federation (in Georgian)
- Georgian Professional Football League (in Georgian)