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
Season2010–11
Dates14 August 2010 – 22 May 2011
ChampionsZestafoni
1st Georgian title
RelegatedSamtredia
Champions LeagueZestafoni
Europa LeagueDinamo Tbilisi
Olimpi Rustavi
Matches played180
Goals scored392 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorerNikoloz Gelashvili (18)
Biggest home winZestafoni 7–0 Samtredia
Biggest away winWIT 0–4 Olimpi
Highest scoringDinamo Tbilisi 7–1 Samtredia

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

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
FC BaiaZugdidiGulia Tutberidze Stadium5,000
FC DinamoTbilisiBoris Paichadze Stadium54,549
FC KolkhetiPotiFazisi Stadium6,000
FC OlimpiRustaviPoladi Stadium6,000
FC SamtrediaSamtrediaErosi Manjgaladze Stadium15,000
FC SioniBolnisiTamaz Stephania Stadium3,000
FC SpartakiGoriKartli Stadium1,500
FC TorpedoKutaisiGivi Kiladze Stadium14,700
FC WIT GeorgiaTbilisiShevardeni Stadium4,000
FC ZestafoniZestaponiDavid Abashidze Stadium4,558

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Zestafoni (C)3624667219+5378Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Dinamo Tbilisi3621965522+3372Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3Olimpi Rustavi36206105231+2166
4Torpedo Kutaisi36141393122+955
5WIT Georgia36146163541−648
6Baia Zugdidi36135183651−1544
7Kolkheti Poti361010162547−2240
8Sioni Bolnisi36109172745−1839
9Spartaki Tskhinvali (O)36711183242−1032Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10Samtredia (R)3667232772−4525
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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.

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

Second half of season

Home \ AwayBAIDINKOLOLISAMSIOSPATKUWITZES
Baia Zugdidi1–21–03–14–11–02–01–01–01–3
Dinamo Tbilisi2–14–22–07–11–01–11–21–10–0
Kolkheti Poti2–10–20–02–11–00–01–10–21–4
Olimpi Rustavi2–01–00–14–02–11–01–12–11–2
Samtredia3–01–20–00–41–10–00–10–10–1
Sioni Bolnisi1–00–22–01–05–01–11–41–21–0
Spartaki Tskhinvali3–01–30–00–21–03–02–20–11–2
Torpedo Kutaisi2–00–01–02–12–12–01–00–00–0
WIT Georgia1–10–20–10–12–03–01–12–11–1
Zestafoni3–01–00–02–04–10–02–01–04–0
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.

Chikhura Sachkhere1 – 2Spartaki Tskhinvali
Gvetadze 61'ReportMetreveli 8'
Buzaladze 27'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lasha Silagava

Dila Gori2 – 0Samtredia
Razhamashvili 45', 48'Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Malkhaz Beuklishvili

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 1 May 2011[3]

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Nikoloz GelashviliZestafoni18
2 Irakli ModebadzeOlimpi Rustavi16
3 Rati TsinamdzgvrishviliZestafoni13
4 Giorgi MegreladzeTorpedo Kutaisi13
5 Jaba DvaliZestafoni12
6 Aleksandre KoshkadzeDinamo Tbilisi8
Levan KhmaladzeDinamo Tbilisi8
8 Giga BechvaiaWIT Georgia7
Zviad MetreveliSpartaki Tskhinvali7
10 Jaba LipartiaWIT Georgia6
Besik ChimakadzeWIT Georgia6

See also

References

External links

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