2019 Erovnuli Liga

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]

Erovnuli Liga

Season	2019
Dates	1 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)
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Teams and stadiums

Tbilisi

Dila Gori

Dinamo Batumi

FC Rustavi

Sioni Bolnisi

Chikhura Sachkhere

WIT Georgia

Torpedo Kutaisi

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Locomotive
Saburtalo

Locations of the 2019 Erovnuli Liga teams.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Tbilisi (C)	36	23	6	7	70	31	+39	75	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Dinamo Batumi	36	21	7	8	57	31	+26	70[a]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Saburtalo Tbilisi	36	21	7	8	67	36	+31	70[a]
4	Locomotive Tbilisi	36	17	4	15	44	46	−2	55
5	Chikhura Sachkhere	36	12	11	13	48	44	+4	47
6	Torpedo Kutaisi	36	12	8	16	53	54	−1	44
7	Dila Gori	36	11	10	15	40	44	−4	43
8	Rustavi (R)	36	9	11	16	40	56	−16	38[b]	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9	Sioni Bolnisi (R)	36	10	8	18	38	80	−42	38[b]
10	WIT Georgia (R)	36	4	8	24	15	50	−35	20	Relegation 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. Head-to-head points: Dinamo Batumi 7, Saburtalo Tbilisi 4
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.

First half of season Home \ Away CHI DIL DBT DTB LOC RUS SAB SIO TKU WIT Chikhura Sachkhere — 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 Dila Gori 2–0 — 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 Dinamo Batumi 0–0 1–0 — 3–2 2–1 2–1 4–2 5–1 0–2 2–0 Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 1–0 0–1 — 1–3 3–1 4–2 5–1 2–1 2–1 Locomotive Tbilisi 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 — 4–1 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–1 Rustavi 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 — 3–1 1–1 2–4 0–0 Saburtalo Tbilisi 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 — 2–1 3–0 3–0 Sioni Bolnisi 0–5 2–1 2–4 2–1 0–0 3–3 2–3 — 2–1 1–0 Torpedo Kutaisi 5–3 3–3 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 3–2 — 2–1 WIT Georgia 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–3 0–3 0–1 3–0 — Source: Erovnuli Liga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away CHI DIL DBT DTB LOC RUS SAB SIO TKU WIT Chikhura Sachkhere — 4–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 3–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 Dila Gori 2–1 — 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 Dinamo Batumi 2–0 0–0 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 5–0 2–1 — 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 Locomotive Tbilisi 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–6 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 Rustavi 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–1 — 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 — 5–1 1–1 3–1 Sioni Bolnisi 2–1 0–4 0–4 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–3 — 2–0 1–0 Torpedo Kutaisi 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 7–0 — 1–0 WIT Georgia 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 — Source: Erovnuli Liga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Telavi	1–0	Rustavi
Basheleishvili 54'	Report

5 December 2019

14:00

Givi Chokheli Stadium, Telavi

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

Rustavi	1–2	Telavi
Kavtaradze 3' (pen.)	Report	Latsabidze 15' (o.g.) Dzotsenidze 32'

11 December 2019

13:30

Poladi Stadium, Rustavi

Attendance: 700

Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili

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Sioni Bolnisi	0–0	Samtredia
	Report

5 December 2019

14:00

Tamaz Stephania Stadium, Bolnisi

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Papuna Matcharadze

Samtredia	4–1	Sioni Bolnisi
Kilasonia 32' Qurbanov 38', 71' Samushia 64'	Report	Ugulava 77'

11 December 2019

13:30

Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Giorgi Vadatchkoria

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 10 November 2019^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Levan Kutalia	Dinamo Tbilisi	19
2	Flamarion	Dinamo Batumi	16
3	Budu Zivzivadze	Torpedo Kutaisi	13
	Irakli Sikharulidze	Locomotive Tbilisi	13
5	Levan Shengelia	Dinamo Tbilisi	12
6	Gega Diasamidze	Saburtalo Tbilisi	11
	Nodar Kavtaradze	Dinamo Tbilisi
8	Lasha Shindagoridze	Saburtalo Tbilisi	10
9	Bidzina Makharoblidze	Chikhura Sachkhere	9
	Jaba Ugulava	Sioni Bolnisi

Attendances

#	Football club	Average 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