2015–16 Umaglesi Liga
# 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga

The 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga was the 27th season of top-tier football in Georgia. Dila Gori were the defending champions. The season began on 13 August 2015 and ended on 22 May 2016. It was a last season with an autumn-spring schedule before the changes of competition format to spring-autumn schedule from 2017 season.

## Teams

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Chikhura Sachkhere | Sachkhere | Givi Kiladze Stadium | |
| Dila Gori | Gori | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium | |
| Dinamo Batumi | Kobuleti | Chele Arena | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Boris Paichadze Stadium | 54,549 |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | Lanchkhuti | Evgrapi Shevardnadze Stadium | |
| Kolkheti Poti | Poti | Fazisi Stadium | |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 27,223 |
| Merani Martvili | Martvili | Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium | |
| Saburtalo Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 27,223 |
| Samtredia | Samtredia | Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium | |
| Sapovnela Terjola | Terjola | Sapovnela Stadium | |
| Shukura Kobuleti | Kobuleti | Chele Arena | |
| Sioni Bolnisi | Bolnisi | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 27,223 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | Kutaisi | Givi Kiladze Stadium | |
| Tskhinvali | Tskhinvali | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 27,223 |
| Zugdidi | Zugdidi | Anaklia Stadium | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi (C) | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Samtredia | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 66 | 32 | +34 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dila Gori | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Chikhura Sachkhere | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Sioni Bolnisi | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 50 | |
| 6 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 48 | |
| 7 | FC Tskhinvali | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 46 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Batumi | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 44 | |
| 9 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 39 | |
| 10 | Shukura Kobuleti | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 35 | |
| 11 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 27 | |
| 12 | Kolkheti Poti | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 27 | |
| 13 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 25 | |
| 14 | Zugdidi (O) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 23 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Merani Martvili (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 62 | −34 | 23 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
| 16 | Sapovnela Terjola (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 63 | −39 | 21 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |

* ↑ Dinamo Tbilisi qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Georgian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Guria–Kolkheti Poti 1–1, Kolkheti Poti–Guria 0–1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Zugdidi–Merani Martvili 3–0, Merani Martvili–Zugdidi 0–0.

## Results

| Home \ Away | CHI | DIL | DBA | DIN | GUR | KOL | LOC | MER | SAB | SAM | SAP | SHU | SIO | TKU | TSK | ZUG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chikhura Sachkhere | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Dila Gori | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Kolkheti Poti | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Merani Martvili | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 2–5 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Saburtalo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Samtredia | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 8–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Sapovnela Terjola | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Shukura Kobuleti | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Sioni | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 6–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Tskhinvali | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 5–1 |
| Zugdidi | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

## Relegation play-offs

A match was played between Zugdidi, the fourteenth-placed team from the 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga and Kolkheti Khobi, the third-placed team from the 2015–16 Pirveli Liga. The winners, Zugdidi, remained in the top-flight for next season.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giorgi Kvilitaia | Dinamo Tbilisi | 24 |
| 2 | Otar Martsvaladze | Dila Gori | 19 |
| 3 | Budu Zivzivadze | Samtredia | 16 |
| 4 | Giorgi Bukhaidze | Sapovnela Terjola | 15 |
| 5 | Dimitri Tatanashvili | Sioni Bolnisi | 14 |
| 6 | Nika Katcharava | FC Tskhinvali | 13 |
| 6 | Irakli Sikharulidze | Samtredia | 13 |
| 6 | Jambul Jighauri | Dinamo Tbilisi | 13 |
| 9 | Giorgi Kharaishvili | Saburtalo Tbilisi | 12 |
| 10 | Tornike Mumladze | Chikhura Sachkhere | 11 |
| 10 | Irakli Modebadze | Dila Gori | 11 |

Source: Top15goalscorers.blogspot.com

