The 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga

The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...

is the 22nd season of top-tier football in Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

. It began on 14 August 2010 and will end on 22 May 2011. Olimpi Rustavi are the defending champions, having won their second Georgian championship last season

2009–10 Umaglesi Liga

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.-Promotion and relegation:...

. FC Zestafoni claimed their first title.

The league size will be expanded from 10 teams this season to 12 teams next season. Therefore, there will be no direct relegation to the Pirveli Liga

Pirveli Liga

The Pirveli Liga is the Georgian First League, which serves as the second division of professional football in Georgia.-History:The Georgian First League was organized in 1990...

 this season.

Teams

Lokomotivi Tbilisi

FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi

FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi is a Georgian football club from the capital, Tbilisi. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways.-History:*1936: Founded....

 and Gagra

FC Gagra Tbilisi

FC Gagra is a Georgian football club which currently plays in Umaglesi Liga.-History:The new club was formed as FC Gagra in 2004 at Regionuli Liga, where the club won promotion to the Pirveli Liga....

 were relegated to Pirveli Liga

Pirveli Liga

The Pirveli Liga is the Georgian First League, which serves as the second division of professional football in Georgia.-History:The Georgian First League was organized in 1990...

 at the end of last season

2009–10 Umaglesi Liga

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.-Promotion and relegation:...

 after finishing in 9th and 10th place respectively.

Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga

Pirveli Liga

The Pirveli Liga is the Georgian First League, which serves as the second division of professional football in Georgia.-History:The Georgian First League was organized in 1990...

 champions Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi and runners-up Kolkheti Poti.

Spartaki Tskhinvali

Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi

Spartaki Tskhinvali is a Georgian football club based in Tbilisi/Gori. They play in the Umaglesi Liga, the top division in Georgian football.Spartaki Tskhinvali is the new name for FC Tskhinvali, who withdrew in summer 2006....

 play their home matches in Gori

Gori, Georgia

Gori is a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the centre of the homonymous administrative district. The name is from Georgian gora , that is, "heap", or "hill"...

 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

Mtskheta

Mtskheta , one of the oldest cities of the country of Georgia , is located approximately 20 kilometers north of Tbilisi at the confluence of the Aragvi and Kura rivers. The city is now the administrative centre of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region...

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
FC Baia FC Baia Zugdidi SK Baia Zugdidi is a Georgian football club based in Zugdidi.-Women's team:The women's team participated in the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, where it lost all three matches.-External links:* *...	Zugdidi Zugdidi Zugdidi is a city in the Western Georgian historical province of Samegrelo . It is situated in the north-west of that province. The city is located 318 kilometres west of Tbilisi, 30 km. from Black sea coast and 30 km. from Egrisi range. 100-110 metres above sea level. As of 2007, it had a...	Gulia Tutberidze Stadium Gulia Tutberidze Stadium Gulia Tutberidze Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Zugdidi, Georgia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Baia Zugdidi. The stadium is able to hold 7,000 people....	5,000
FC Dinamo FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	Boris Paichadze Stadium Boris Paichadze Stadium The Boris Paichadze National Stadium , also known as the Dinamo Stadium, is a football stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is the home stadium of FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The stadium was built in 1976 by Georgian architect Gia Kurdiani. Before then Dinamo's stadium was a smaller ground with a maximum...	65,000
FC Kolkheti FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti is a Georgian football club based in Poti, who plays in the Umaglesi Liga. They play their home games at Fazisi Stadium.- Achievements :*SSR Georgia Champion: 2...	Poti Poti Poti is a port city in Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country. Built near the site of the ancient Greek colony of Phasis, the city has become a major port city and industrial center since the early 20th century. It is also...	Fazisi Stadium Fazisi Stadium Fazisi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Poti, Georgia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti. The stadium is able to hold 6,000 people....	6,000
FC Olimpi	Rustavi Rustavi Rustavi is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the province of Kvemo Kartli, situated southeast of the capital Tbilisi. It stands on the Mtkvari River at...	Poladi Stadium Poladi Stadium Poladi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Rustavi, Georgia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Olimpi Rustavi. The stadium is able to hold 10,720 people.- See also :*Stadiums in Georgia...	6,000
FC Samtredia FC Samtredia FC Samtredia is a Georgian association football club based in Samtredia.The club has also been named Lokomotivi Samtredia, Sanavardo Samtredia, Juba Samtredia and Iberia Samtredia in recent seasons.- Current squad :...	Samtredia Samtredia Samtredia is a town in Imereti, Georgia, lying in a lowland between the rivers Rioni and Tskhenis-Tsqali, 244 km west of Tbilisi, and 27 km west of Kutaisi, the nation’s capital and the second largest city respectively. Georgia’s most important roads and railways converge there, making Samtredia...	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Samtredia, Georgia. It was is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home games of FC Samtredia of the Umaglesi Liga. The capacity of the stadium is 15,000 spectators.-External links:*...	15,000
FC Sioni FC Sioni Bolnisi FC Sioni Bolnisi is a Georgian football club based in Bolnisi. The club was founded in 1936.After spending several years in the lower divisions of Georgian football between 1990 and 1995, Sioni won promotion to Umaglesi Liga for the 1995/96 season and have been playing there ever since...	Bolnisi Bolnisi Bolnisi , is a city in the country of Georgia, located in the Kvemo Kartli region and capital of the Bolnisi district. Currently has an estimated 13,800 inhabitants....	Tamaz Stephania Stadium Tamaz Stephania Stadium Tamaz Stephania Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bolnisi, Georgia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Sioni Bolnisi. The stadium is able to hold 3,000 people....	3,000
FC Spartaki Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi Spartaki Tskhinvali is a Georgian football club based in Tbilisi/Gori. They play in the Umaglesi Liga, the top division in Georgian football.Spartaki Tskhinvali is the new name for FC Tskhinvali, who withdrew in summer 2006....	Gori Gori, Georgia Gori is a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the centre of the homonymous administrative district. The name is from Georgian gora , that is, "heap", or "hill"...	Kartli Stadium Kartli Stadium Kartli Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Gori, Georgia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Spartaki Tskhinvali. The stadium is able to hold 1,500 people.- See also :Stadiums in Georgia...	1,500
FC Torpedo FC Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. ‘Torpedo Kutaisi’ was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. By the end of 1964, the Football Federation of the former...	Kutaisi Kutaisi Kutaisi is Georgia's second largest city and the capital of the western region of Imereti. It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi.-Geography:...	Givi Kiladze Stadium Givi Kiladze Stadium Givi Kiladze Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kutaisi, Georgia used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of FC Torpedo Kutaisi. The stadium is able to hold 12,000 people.- See also :Stadiums in Georgia...	14,700
FC WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team, playing in the capital, Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd, , a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies...	Tbilisi	Shevardeni Stadium Shevardeni Stadium Shevardeni Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC WIT Georgia. The stadium is able to hold 4,000 people.It was also home of Spartaki Tbilisi and Dinamo Sokhumi....	4,000
FC Zestafoni	Zestaponi Zestaponi Zestafoni or Zestaponi is the capital of Zestaponi District in Western Georgia, which is part of Imereti province.It is an important industrial center, with a large ferro-alloy plant processing manganese ore from nearby Chiatura....	David Abashidze Stadium	4,558

League table

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

Due to the expansion of the league for next season, the 9th and 10th place finishers of this competition (Spartaki Tskhinvali

Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi

Spartaki Tskhinvali is a Georgian football club based in Tbilisi/Gori. They play in the Umaglesi Liga, the top division in Georgian football.Spartaki Tskhinvali is the new name for FC Tskhinvali, who withdrew in summer 2006....

 and Samtredia

FC Samtredia

FC Samtredia is a Georgian association football club based in Samtredia.The club has also been named Lokomotivi Samtredia, Sanavardo Samtredia, Juba Samtredia and Iberia Samtredia in recent seasons.- Current squad :...

, respectively) will play single matches against the 3rd and 4th place finishers of this season's Pirveli Liga

Pirveli Liga

The Pirveli Liga is the Georgian First League, which serves as the second division of professional football in Georgia.-History:The Georgian First League was organized in 1990...

 competition (Dila Gori

FC Dila Gori

FC Dila Gori is a Georgian football club based in Gori. The club plays in the Umaglesi Liga and plays their home games at Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium.- Current squad :15px-Seasons:-Sponsor:...

 and Chikhura Sachkhere

FC Chikhura Sachkhere

FC Chikhura Sachkhere is an Georgian football club based in Sachkhere. They play in the Pirveli Liga, East.-Seasons:...

, respectively). The winners of these two matches will participate in this competition next season.
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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.

First half of season

Second half of season

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 1 May 2011

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Nikoloz Gelashvili Nikoloz Gelashvili Nikoloz Gelashvili is a Georgian association footballer who plays for Zestaponi.Gelashvili joined Zestaponi in January 2008....	Zestafoni	18
2	Irakli Modebadze Irakli Modebadze Irakli Modebadze Irakli Modebadze Irakli Modebadze (born 4 October 1984 is a Georgian forward currently playing for FC Metalurgi Rustavi. From 2002 until 2007 he played for Ukrainian side FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. On 13 March 2009 he signed a contract with FC Chornomorets Odessa until the end of the...	Olimpi Rustavi	16
3	Rati Tsinamdzgvrishvili Rati Tsinamdzgvrishvili Rati Tsinamdzghvrishvili is a Georgian football player, currently playing for FC Zestaponi.He made his international debut for the Georgia national football team at the age of 17....	Zestafoni	13
4	Giorgi Megreladze Giorgi Megreladze Giorgi Merabovich Megreladze is a Georgian footballer who plays for FC Torpedo Kutaisi.He is the son of former Georgian football player and Torpedo Kutaisi legend Merab Megreladze....	Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. ‘Torpedo Kutaisi’ was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. By the end of 1964, the Football Federation of the former...	13
5	Jaba Dvali Jaba Dvali Jaba Dvali is Georgian football player. He is a forward and currently plays for FC Zestafoni in Georgia.- Career statistics:-External links:* * *...	Zestafoni	12
6	Aleksandre Koshkadze Aleksandre Koshkadze Aleksandre Koshkadze is Georgian football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia. He also plays for the national team of Georgia.-External links: *...	Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...	8
	Levan Khmaladze Levan Khmaladze Levan Khmaladze is Georgian football midfielder currently playing for Dinamo Tbilisi who previously played for Hapoel Haifa in Israel. A member of the Georgian national team, He signed for Hapoel Haifa on 18 January 2010.- Honours :...	Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...	8
8	Giga Bechvaia	WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team, playing in the capital, Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd, , a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies...	7
	Zviad Metreveli	Spartaki Tskhinvali Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi Spartaki Tskhinvali is a Georgian football club based in Tbilisi/Gori. They play in the Umaglesi Liga, the top division in Georgian football.Spartaki Tskhinvali is the new name for FC Tskhinvali, who withdrew in summer 2006....	7
10	Jaba Lipartia Jaba Lipartia Jaba Lipartia is a Georgian international footballer who plays professionally as a midfielder for FC Zorya Luhansk. He formerly played for FC Tbilisi and WIT Georgia.-External links:...	WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team, playing in the capital, Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd, , a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies...	6
	Besik Chimakadze	WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team, playing in the capital, Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd, , a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies...	6

External links

• Georgian Football Federation
• Georgian Professional Football League