1997–98 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga

Season	1997–98
Dates	8 July 1997 – 22 May 1998
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi 9th Georgian title
Relegated	Magharoeli Chiatura Margveti Zestafoni
Champions League	Dinamo Tbilisi
UEFA Cup	Kolkheti Poti
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo Batumi
Intertoto Cup	Torpedo Kutaisi
Matches played	240
Goals scored	648 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Levan Khomeriki (23)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Batumi 7–1 Samgurali Sioni 7–1 Margveti Sioni 6–0 Odishi Dinamo Tbilisi 6–0 Margveti Merani 6–0 Odishi Dinamo Tbilisi 6–0 Guria
Biggest away win	Merani 0–5 Dinamo Tbilisi
Highest scoring	Dinamo Batumi 7–1 Samgurali Sioni 7–1 Margveti
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Umaglesi Liga was the ninth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 8 July 1997 and ended on 22 May 1998. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.

Locations

Tbilisi

Metalurgi

Margveti

Magharoeli

Dinamo Batumi

Dila

Samgurali

Torpedo

Guria

Odishi

Kolkheti

Sioni

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Locomotive
Merani
TSU Tbilisi
WIT Georgia

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Location of teams in 1997–98 Umaglesi Liga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Tbilisi[a] (C)	30	24	4	2	86	15	+71	71	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Dinamo Batumi	30	18	7	5	58	19	+39	61	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	30	17	6	7	56	27	+29	57	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Torpedo Kutaisi	30	15	9	6	51	30	+21	54	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Odishi Zugdidi	30	15	4	11	43	51	−8	49
6	Locomotive Tbilisi	30	12	8	10	34	37	−3	44
7	Merani-91 Tbilisi[b]	30	13	7	10	39	33	+6	39
8	TSU Tbilisi	30	11	6	13	35	33	+2	39
9	Dila Gori	30	11	4	15	31	36	−5	37
10	WIT Georgia	30	9	9	12	27	37	−10	36
11	Metalurgi Rustavi	30	10	4	16	32	41	−9	34
12	Samgurali Tskhaltubo	30	9	7	14	31	50	−19	34
13	Sioni Bolnisi[a]	30	10	6	14	49	47	+2	31
14	Guria Lanchkhuti	30	6	9	15	30	58	−28	27
15	Magharoeli Chiatura (R)	30	7	5	18	25	59	−34	26	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
16	Margveti Zestafoni (R)	30	2	7	21	21	75	−54	13

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

1. 5 points deducted
2. 5 points deducted for fan violence; 2 points deducted later

Results

Home \ Away	DIL	DBA	DIN	GUR	KOL	LOC	MAG	MZS	MER	MET	ODI	SMG	SIO	TKU	TSU	WIT
Dila Gori		1–3	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3
Dinamo Batumi	2–0		1–0	5–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	5–2	0–0	4–0	1–0	7–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	4–0	2–0		6–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	6–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	5–2	0–0
Guria Lanchkhuti	3–2	1–1	0–4		0–1	1–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–0		2–0	6–1	3–0	3–0	5–0	0–1	6–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–0
Locomotive Tbilisi	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–3		2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2
Magharoeli Chiatura	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1		2–1	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	3–3	0–2	2–3	1–0
Margveti Zestafoni	0–0	1–4	2–5	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2		0–4	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–4
Merani-91 Tbilisi	1–0	1–2	0–5	5–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0		2–1	6–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Metalurgi Rustavi	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–1		3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0
Odishi Zugdidi	3–0	1–4	1–5	1–0	1–3	0–2	4–1	2–2	1–0	3–2		4–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	5–0
Samgurali Tskhaltubo	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1		1–0	3–4	2–1	3–0
Sioni Bolnisi	3–1	1–0	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–0	7–1	2–2	2–0	6–0	2–0		4–3	1–0	3–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	1–0	1–0	1–4	4–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	4–1	2–0	1–0		4–2	0–0
TSU Tbilisi	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	4–0	5–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	0–0		0–0
WIT Georgia	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Levan Khomeriki	Dinamo Tbilisi	23
2	Davit Mujiri	Dinamo Tbilisi	18
3	Jumber Kalandadze	Odishi Zugdidi	17
	Giorgi Megreladze	Torpedo Kutaisi	17
5	Paata Machutadze	Dinamo Batumi	15
6	Nugzar Mikaberidze	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	13
7	David Goderdzishvili	Locomotive Tbilisi / Merani-91 Tbilisi	11
	Giorgi Tkavadze	Sioni Bolnisi	11
	Mikheil Ashvetia	Dinamo Tbilisi	11
10	Suliko Davitashvili	Merani-91 Tbilisi	10
	Malkhaz Tevdoradze	Samgurali Tskhaltubo	10
	Mamuka Rusia	TSU Tbilisi	10

See also

• 1997–98 Georgian Cup

References

• Georgia - List of final tables (RSSSF)