2019 Erovnuli Liga

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Erovnuli Liga
Season2019
Dates1 March 2019 – 1 December 2019
Champions Dinamo Tbilisi
17th Georgian title
Relegated Rustavi
Sioni Bolnisi
WIT Georgia
Champions League Dinamo Tbilisi
Europa League Dinamo Batumi
Saburtalo Tbilisi
Locomotive Tbilisi
Top goalscorer Levan Kutalia (20)
2018
2020

The 2019 Erovnuli Liga or Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga 2019 (formerly known as Umaglesi Liga) was the 31st season of top-tier football in Georgia. Saburtalo Tbilisi were the defending champions. The season began on 1 March 2019 and ended on 1 December 2019. [1]

Contents

Teams and stadiums

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
Chikhura Sachkhere Sachkhere Central Stadium  [ ka ]2,000
Dila Gori Gori Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium 5,000
Dinamo Batumi Batumi Chele Arena 6,000
Dinamo Tbilisi Tbilisi Boris Paichadze Stadium 54,549
Locomotive Tbilisi Tbilisi Mikheil Meskhi Stadium 27,223
FC Rustavi Rustavi Poladi Stadium 10,720
Saburtalo Tbilisi Tbilisi Mikheil Meskhi Stadium 27,223
Sioni Bolnisi Bolnisi Tamaz Stepania Stadium 3,242
Torpedo Kutaisi Kutaisi Ramaz Shengelia Stadium 19,400
WIT Georgia Mtskheta Mtskheta Park 2,000

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Tbilisi (C)3623677031+3975Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dinamo Batumi 3621785731+2670 [a] Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Saburtalo Tbilisi 3621786736+3170 [a]
4 Locomotive Tbilisi 36174154446255
5 Chikhura Sachkhere 361211134844+447
6 Torpedo Kutaisi 36128165354144
7 Dila Gori 361110154044443
8 Rustavi (R)369111640561638 [b] Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9 Sioni Bolnisi (R)361081838804238 [b]
10 WIT Georgia (R)36482415503520Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2
Source: Erovnuli Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored. [2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Dinamo Batumi 7, Saburtalo Tbilisi 4
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head away goals scored: Rustavi 4, Sioni Bolnisi 2

Results

Each team will play the other nine teams home and away twice, for a total of 36 games each.

Relegation play-offs

Telavi 1–0 Rustavi
Basheleishvili Soccerball shade.svg54' Report
Givi Chokheli Stadium, Telavi
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili
Rustavi 1–2 Telavi
Kavtaradze Soccerball shade.svg3' (pen.) Report Latsabidze Soccerball shade.svg15' (o.g.)
Dzotsenidze Soccerball shade.svg32'
Poladi Stadium, Rustavi
Attendance: 700
Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili

Sioni Bolnisi 0–0 Samtredia
Report
Tamaz Stephania Stadium, Bolnisi
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Papuna Matcharadze
Samtredia 4–1 Sioni Bolnisi
Kilasonia Soccerball shade.svg32'
Qurbanov Soccerball shade.svg38', 71'
Samushia Soccerball shade.svg64'
Report Ugulava Soccerball shade.svg77'
Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Giorgi Vadatchkoria

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 10 November 2019 [3]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Georgia.svg Levan Kutalia Dinamo Tbilisi 19
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamarion Dinamo Batumi 16
3 Flag of Georgia.svg Budu Zivzivadze Torpedo Kutaisi 13
Flag of Georgia.svg Irakli Sikharulidze Locomotive Tbilisi 13
5 Flag of Georgia.svg Levan Shengelia Dinamo Tbilisi 12
6 Flag of Georgia.svg Gega Diasamidze Saburtalo Tbilisi 11
Flag of Russia.svg Nodar Kavtaradze Dinamo Tbilisi
8 Flag of Georgia.svg Lasha Shindagoridze Saburtalo Tbilisi 10
9 Flag of Georgia.svg Bidzina Makharoblidze Chikhura Sachkhere 9
Flag of Georgia.svg Jaba Ugulava Sioni Bolnisi

Attendances

#Football clubAverage attendance [4]
1 Dinamo Batumi 4,361
2 Dila Gori 1,900
3 Dinamo Tbilisi 1,281
4 Torpedo Kutaisi 1,272
5 Sioni Bolnisi 594
6 Locomotive Tbilisi 564
7 FC Rustavi 514
8 FC Saburtalo Tbilisi 456
9 Chikhura Sachkhere 319
10 FC WIT Georgia 303

References

  1. "Results - Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga". erovnuliliga.ge.
  2. "Erovnuli Liga 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. "EROVNULI LIGA". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/geo/avegeo19.htm