2002–03 Umaglesi Liga

The 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga was the fourteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 3 August 2002 and ended on 30 May 2003. Torpedo Kutaisi were the defending champions.

Umaglesi Liga

Season	2002–03
Dates	3 August 2002 – 30 May 2003
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi 11th Georgian title
Relegated	Gorda Rustavi Milani Tsnori Metalurgi Zestaponi
Champions League	Dinamo Tbilisi
UEFA Cup	Torpedo Kutaisi Sioni Bolnisi
Intertoto Cup	WIT Georgia
Matches played	192
Goals scored	469 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zurab Ionanidze (26)
Biggest home win	Kolkheti 8–1 Metalurgi
Biggest away win	Kolkheti 0–6 Locomotive
Highest scoring	Kolkheti 8–1 Metalurgi Torpedo 6–3 Gorda
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Locations

Tbilisi

Metalurgi

Gorda

Milani

Dinamo Batumi

Dila

Torpedo

Kolkheti

Sioni

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Locomotive
Merani
WIT Georgia

Location of teams in 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga

First stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Tbilisi	22	18	2	2	50	8	+42	56	Qualification to Championship group
2	Torpedo Kutaisi	22	16	4	2	50	15	+35	52
3	Locomotive Tbilisi	22	16	2	4	35	10	+25	50
4	WIT Georgia	22	16	1	5	40	15	+25	49
5	Sioni Bolnisi	22	9	3	10	26	27	−1	30
6	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	22	9	3	10	28	33	−5	30
7	Merani-91 Tbilisi	22	6	5	11	25	37	−12	23	Qualification to Relegation group
8	Dila Gori	22	6	3	13	17	29	−12	21
9	Dinamo Batumi	22	5	5	12	16	27	−11	20
10	Metalurgi Zestaponi	22	6	1	15	17	50	−33	19
11	Gorda Rustavi	22	4	1	17	22	45	−23	13
12	Milani Tsnori	22	3	4	15	11	47	−36	13

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head

Results

Home \ Away	DIL	DBA	DIN	GOR	KOL	LOC	MER	MZE	MIL	SIO	TKU	WIT
Dila Gori		0–1	0–3	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–1
Dinamo Batumi	1–1		1–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	4–0	2–0		3–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	6–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–1
Gorda Rustavi	0–1	2–1	2–3		2–3	0–1	3–0[lower-alpha 1]	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	2–3
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	1–0	1–0	0–5	3–0		1–0	1–1	8–1	3–0[lower-alpha 2]	3–2	0–2	0–1
Locomotive Tbilisi	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
Merani-91 Tbilisi	1–0	2–1	1–2	–[lower-alpha 3]	0–0	3–2		2–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–2
Metalurgi Zestaponi	0–2	1–0	0–3[lower-alpha 4]	3–1	0–2	0–5	0–3		5–0	2–1	0–2	0–3[lower-alpha 5]
Milani Tsnori	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0		1–2	0–3	0–2
Sioni Bolnisi	2–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–0		0–1	1–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	2–0	2–1	0–1	6–3	6–1	1–1	1–0	3–0[lower-alpha 6]	5–0	4–2		1–0
WIT Georgia	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–3

Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Match awarded as Merani's players refused to play a match in protest against non-payment of salaries.
2. Match awarded as Milani had not paid participation fee in time.
3. Both teams were awarded a 0–3 loss for not paying participation fee in time.
4. Match awarded as Metalurgi Zestaponi had not paid participation fee in time.
5. The match between Metalurgi Zestaponi and WIT Georgia was abandoned in the 75th minute with the score of 1–3 for WIT Georgia because the home fans attacked a referee. The match was awarded with a score of 0–3.
6. Match awarded as Metalurgi Zestaponi's players refused to play a match in protest against non-payment of salaries.

Second stage

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Tbilisi (C)	10	6	2	2	17	7	+10	48	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Torpedo Kutaisi	10	6	2	2	15	5	+10	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	WIT Georgia	10	4	4	2	10	7	+3	41	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4	Locomotive Tbilisi	10	4	1	5	16	10	+6	38
5	Sioni Bolnisi	10	2	2	6	9	20	−11	23	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
6	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	10	0	5	5	5	23	−18	20

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	DIN	LOC	KOL	SIO	TKU	WIT
Dinamo Tbilisi		3–0	5–1	3–1	0–2	3–1
Locomotive Tbilisi	0–1		2–0	4–0	1–0	1–1
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	0–0	0–6		0–0	0–3	2–2
Sioni Bolnisi	1–2	2–1	2–2		2–1	0–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	1–0	2–1	0–0	5–1		0–0
WIT Georgia	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–1

Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Dila Gori	10	5	3	2	15	8	+7	29
8	Dinamo Batumi	10	5	3	2	12	5	+7	28
9	Merani-Olimpi Tbilisi	10	4	3	3	15	5	+10	27
10	Gorda Rustavi (R)	10	5	3	2	8	3	+5	25	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
11	Milani Tsnori (R)	10	3	4	3	7	7	0	20	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
12	Metalurgi Zestaponi (R)	10	0	0	10	0	29	−29	10

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	DIL	DBA	GOR	MER	MZE	MIL
Dila Gori		0–0	0–0	1–3	4–0	3–1
Dinamo Batumi	2–2		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0
Gorda Rustavi	1–0	2–0		0–1	1–0	1–1
Merani-91 Tbilisi	1–2	0–1	0–1		6–0	0–0
Metalurgi Zestaponi	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–4		0–1
Milani Tsnori	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0

Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Gorda-2000 Rustavi	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	FC Mtskheta

4 June 2003

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Zurab Ionanidze	Torpedo Kutaisi	17
2	Levan Melkadze	WIT Georgia	15
3	Vitali Daraselia	Dinamo Tbilisi	11
4	Alexander Koshkadze	Merani-91 Tbilisi	9
5	David Goderdzishvili	Sioni Bolnisi	8
	Revaz Gotsiridze	Gorda Rustavi	8
	Levan Shavgulidze	Sioni Bolnisi	8
8	Giorgi Adamia	WIT Georgia	6
	Malkhaz Asatiani	Torpedo Kutaisi	6
	Givi Didava	Torpedo Kutaisi	6
	Zviad Endeladze	Metalurgi Zestaponi	6
	Giorgi Modebadze	Dinamo Batumi	6
	Andriy Poroshyn	Torpedo Kutaisi	6

See also

• 2002–03 Georgian Cup

References

• Georgia - List of final tables (RSSSF)