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Umaglesi Liga
Season	1998–99
Dates	6 August 1998 – 23 May 1999
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi; 10th Georgian title
Relegated	Odishi Zugdidi; Guria Lanchkhuti
Champions League	Dinamo Tbilisi
UEFA Cup	Torpedo Kutaisi; Locomotive Tbilisi
Intertoto Cup	Kolkheti Poti
Matches played	240
Goals scored	678 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mikheil Ashvetia (26)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Batumi 9–0 Odishi
Biggest away win	Gorda 1–7 Torpedo; Arsenali 1–7 Dinamo Tbilisi
Highest scoring	Guria 3–7 Merani
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Umaglesi Liga was the tenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 6 August 1998 and ended on 23 May 1999. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.

Locations

Tbilisi

Tbilisi teams:
Arsenali
Dinamo
Locomotive
Merani
TSU Tbilisi
WIT Georgia

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Location of teams in 1998–99 Umaglesi Liga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Tbilisi (C)	30	24	5	1	91	17	+74	77	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Torpedo Kutaisi	30	21	4	5	73	27	+46	67	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Locomotive Tbilisi	30	18	10	2	43	14	+29	64	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	30	15	7	8	57	36	+21	52	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Dinamo Batumi	30	13	11	6	49	22	+27	50
6	Merani-91 Tbilisi	30	12	9	9	37	29	+8	45
7	WIT Georgia^[a]	30	14	5	11	42	29	+13	44
8	Iberia Samtredia	30	11	5	14	45	48	−3	38
9	Arsenali Tbilisi	30	9	11	10	34	44	−10	38
10	Dila Gori	30	10	5	15	37	54	−17	35
11	Samgurali Tskhaltubo	30	10	3	17	32	57	−25	33
12	Gorda Rustavi	30	7	11	12	28	46	−18	32
13	Sioni Bolnisi (O)	30	7	7	16	27	52	−25	28	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
14	TSU Tbilisi (O)	30	6	9	15	28	46	−18	27	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15	Odishi Zugdidi (R)	30	6	2	22	21	70	−49	20	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
16	Guria Lanchkhuti (R)	30	3	4	23	34	87	−53	13	Relegation to Pirveli Liga

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

^ WIT Georgia were docked 3 points for the Giorgi Chankotadze's assault on the referee in the round 10 match against Merani.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	DIL	DBA	DIN	GOR	GUR	IBS	KOL	LOC	MER	ODI	SMG	SIO	TKU	TSU	WIT
Arsenali Tbilisi		2–2	0–1	1–7	1–0	5–1	2–5	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0
Dila Gori	1–2		0–1	1–2	3–0	5–3	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–3
Dinamo Batumi	1–1	6–0		0–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	9–0	6–1	1–0	2–1	4–2	0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	5–1	4–0	1–1		2–0	7–1	7–2	6–1	1–0	5–1	5–0	6–0	8–1	1–0	0–0	3–2
Gorda Rustavi	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0		2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	6–2	2–0	3–1	1–7	0–0	3–2
Guria Lanchkhuti	0–2	4–2	0–1	0–1	3–4		1–3	1–4	0–4	3–7	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–5	2–0	2–0
Iberia Samtredia	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	4–1		2–2	2–3	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	4–2	0–1
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	3–2	2–3	1–0	0–1	5–0	3–0	3–1		0–0	3–0	5–1	4–2	4–0	1–2	2–0	2–1
Locomotive Tbilisi	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		1–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Merani-91 Tbilisi	0–0	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–0		0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0
Odishi Zugdidi	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–0	4–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1		0–2	1–4	1–3	1–1	1–3
Samgurali Tskhaltubo	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0		1–0	2–3	0–1	1–3
Sioni Bolnisi	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	1–0	4–0		1–2	1–1	2–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	1–1	3–0	3–3	3–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	5–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0		1–0	0–1
TSU Tbilisi	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–4	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	1–3		2–5
WIT Georgia	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–1

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

Relegation play-offs

First Round

Sioni Bolnisi	2 – 0	TSU Tbilisi

Sioni Bolnisi remain at Umaglesi Liga. TSU Tbilisi entered losing side playoffs

Dinamo-2 Tbilisi	1 – 1	Gortskali Dzveli Anaga

Penalties
	4 – 2

Kolkheti Khobi	1 – 0	Sulori Vani

Dinamo-2 Tbilisi promoted and renamed as Tbilisi. Kolkheti Khobi promoted.

Second Round

Gortskali Dzveli Anaga	2 – 0	Sulori Vani

TSU Tbilisi	3 – 0	Gortskali Dzveli Anaga

TSU Tbilisi remain at Umaglesi Liga.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Mikhail Ashvetia	Dinamo Tbilisi	26
2	David Makharadze	Guria Lanchkhuti	21
3	Levan Khomeriki	Dinamo Batumi	18
4	Zurab Ionanidze	Torpedo Kutaisi	16
5	Hamlet Tsivtsivadze	Locomotive Tbilisi	15