2019 Erovnuli Liga

Football league season
Erovnuli Liga
Season2019
Dates1 March 2019 – 1 December 2019
ChampionsDinamo Tbilisi
17th Georgian title
RelegatedRustavi
Sioni Bolnisi
WIT Georgia
Champions LeagueDinamo Tbilisi
Europa LeagueDinamo Batumi
Saburtalo Tbilisi
Locomotive Tbilisi
Top goalscorerLevan Kutalia (20)
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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]

Teams and stadiums

2019 Erovnuli Liga is located in Georgia
Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Dila Gori
Dila Gori
Dinamo Batumi
Dinamo Batumi
FC Rustavi
FC Rustavi
Sioni Bolnisi
Sioni Bolnisi
Chikhura Sachkhere
Chikhura Sachkhere
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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. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Dinamo Batumi 7, Saburtalo Tbilisi 4
  2. ^ a b 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

Telavi1–0Rustavi
Basheleishvili 54' Report
Givi Chokheli Stadium, Telavi
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili
Rustavi1–2Telavi
Kavtaradze 3' (pen.) Report Latsabidze 15' (o.g.)
Dzotsenidze 32'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili
Sioni Bolnisi0–0Samtredia
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Papuna Matcharadze
Samtredia4–1Sioni Bolnisi
Kilasonia 32'
Qurbanov 38', 71'
Samushia 64'		 Report Ugulava 77'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Giorgi Vadatchkoria

Season statistics

Top scorers

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

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.
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