2009–10 Umaglesi Liga
# 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

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. 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

FC Gagra 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 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 (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 |
| 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 |

* ↑ 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.

## Top goalscorers

Including matches played in December 2009

| 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 |
