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.
Changes from 2008–09
Structural changes
League size was reduced from 11 to 10 teams prior to this season.Promotion and relegation
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. 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.
Team overview
and Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Tbilisi due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.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 Lokomotivi | 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 |
Final league table
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 and then do the same in the second half of the season.First half of season
Second half of season
Top goalscorers
Including matches played in December 2009Rank | 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 |