2016 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga
Season 2016
Relegated Tskhinvali
Zugdidi
Europa League Torpedo Kutaisi (cup winner)
Matches played 84
Goals scored 206 (2.45 per match)
2017 →

All statistics correct as of 26 November 2016.

The 2016 Umaglesi Liga is a special transitional season of top-tier football in Georgia. Dinamo Tbilisi are the defending champions. This transitional season is a result of the Georgian Football Federation's decision to change the Umaglesi Liga season from an Autumn–Spring schedule to a Spring–Autumn one. The season began on 7 August 2016 and will end before the end of 2016.

Teams and stadiums

Sapovnela Terjola and Merani Martvili were relegated at the end of the previous season; they were not replaced. The league contracted from 16 teams to 14 this season; this will further be reduced to 10 for next season.

Locations of teams in 2016 Umaglesi Liga; the coloured marks represent the regular season group placing.
Team Location Venue Capacity
Chikhura Sachkhere Sachkhere Tsentraluri Stadioni 2,000
Dila Gori Gori Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium 8,230
Dinamo Batumi Kobuleti Chele Arena 6,000
Dinamo Tbilisi Tbilisi Boris Paichadze Stadium 54,598
Guria Lanchkhuti Lanchkhuti Evgrapi Shevardnadze Stadium 8,000
Kolkheti Poti Poti Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium 5,000
Lokomotivi Tbilisi Tbilisi Mikheil Meskhi Stadium 25,453
Saburtalo Tbilisi Tbilisi Stadioni Bendela 2,000
Samtredia Samtredia Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium 5,000
Shukura Kobuleti Kobuleti Chele Arena 6,000
Sioni Bolnisi Bolnisi Tamaz Stepania Stadium 3,242
Torpedo Kutaisi Kutaisi Tsentraluri Stadioni 19,400
Tskhinvali Tskhinvali Mikheil Meskhis Sakhelobis
Stadionis Satadarigo Moedani 		2,500
Zugdidi Zugdidi Tsentraluri Stadioni 2,000

Source: Scoresway

Regular season

For this transitional season only, the 14 teams were divided into two groups of seven teams, Group Red and Group White. Each team played home-and-away against the other six teams within their own group only, resulting in 12 games each played (a decrease on the 30 games played in the previous season).

At the end of the regular season, the two group winners, Samtredia and Chikhura Sachkhere, will meet in the Championship final, this two-legged tie will decide the overall champion and the berth for 2017–18 UEFA Champions League; the loser will have the consolation of a berth in 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

The four teams finishing in second and third in each group will take part in the Bronze play-offs, the winning team will clinch overall third place in the league (and bronze medals), and also a berth in 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

The fifth and sixth-placed teams will take part in relegation play-offs, the two losers will join the two bottom-placed teams in the 2017 Pirveli Liga.

Group Red league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Samtredia 12 8 3 1 27 9 +18 27 Qualification to Championship final
2 Dinamo Batumi 12 5 5 2 20 5 +15 20 Qualification to Bronze play-offs
3 Saburtalo Tbilisi 12 5 4 3 17 13 +4 19
4 Kolkheti Poti 12 6 0 6 10 18 −8 18
5 Dila Gori 12 5 2 5 13 12 +1 17 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
6 Sioni Bolnisi 12 3 2 7 13 19 −6 11
7 Zugdidi (R) 12 2 0 10 5 30 −25 6 Relegation to Pirveli Liga
Source: UEFA, 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.[1]
(R) Relegated.

Group White league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chikhura Sachkhere 12 9 2 1 27 11 +16 29 Qualification to Championship final
2 Dinamo Tbilisi 12 6 5 1 17 5 +12 23 Qualification to Bronze play-offs
3 Torpedo Kutaisi 12 4 3 5 16 12 +4 15[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to EL first qualifying round and Bronze play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
4 Locomotive Tbilisi 12 4 3 5 11 18 −7 15[lower-alpha 1]
5 Shukura Kobuleti 12 2 6 4 10 13 −3 12 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
6 Guria Lanchkhuti 12 3 2 7 8 21 −13 11
7 Tskhinvali (R) 12 2 3 7 12 21 −9 9 Relegation to Pirveli Liga
Source: UEFA, 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]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Torpedo Kutaisi ahead of Locomotive Tbilisi on head-to-head record; Locomotive Tbilisi–Torpedo Kutaisi 0–0, Torpedo Kutaisi–Locomotive Tbilisi 3–0.
  2. ↑ Torpedo Kutaisi qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Georgian Cup.

Group Red results

Home ╲ Away DIL DBA KOLSABSAMSIOZUG
Dila Gori 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 4–1
Dinamo Batumi 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 5–0
Kolkheti Poti 0–1 0–5 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–0
Saburtalo Tbilisi 2–1 0–0 6–1 2–2 1–1 3–1
Samtredia 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–0
Sioni 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–3 4–1
Zugdidi 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–3

Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group White results

Home ╲ Away CHI DIN GURLOCSHUTKUTSK
Chikhura Sachkhere 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 4–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Guria Lanchkhuti 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Locomotive Tbilisi 1–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0
Shukura Kobuleti 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–3
Torpedo Kutaisi 0–3 0–1 5–0 3–0 0–0 3–1
Tskhinvali 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2

Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The play-offs schedule was unveiled on 15 November 2016.[3]

Bronze play-offs

  Semi-finals Final
                         
 Torpedo Kutaisi 2 0 2  
 Dinamo Batumi (a) 1 1 2  
     Dinamo Batumi
   Dinamo Tbilisi
 Saburtalo Tbilisi 0 0 0
 Dinamo Tbilisi 0 1 1  

Semi-finals

30 November 2016 (2016-11-30)
18:00 UTC+4
Torpedo Kutaisi 2–1 Dinamo Batumi
Babunashvili  29' (pen.)
Kimadze  65'		 Report Shonia  72'
Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, Kutaisi
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
13:00 UTC+4
Dinamo Batumi 1–0 Torpedo Kutaisi
Kavtaradze  8' Report
Chele Arena, Kobuleti
Attendance: 700
Referee: Davit Kharitonashvili

2–2 on aggregate. Dinamo Batumi won on away goals.

30 November 2016 (2016-11-30)
17:00 UTC+4
Saburtalo Tbilisi 0–0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Report
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 300
Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
13:00 UTC+4
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 Saburtalo Tbilisi
Zaria  25' Report
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jener Khorava

Dinamo Tbilisi won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Winners qualify for the 2017–18 Europa League first qualifying round.

Relegation play-offs

1 December 2016 (2016-12-01)
14:00 UTC+4
Guria Lanchkhuti 0–2 Dila Gori
Report Dan Kowa  56'
Etou  82'
Evgrapi Shevardnadze Stadium, Lanchkhuti
Attendance: 400
Referee: Bakur Ninua

Winners retain their place for 2017 Umaglesi Liga, losers are relegated to 2017 Pirveli Liga.

1 December 2016 (2016-12-01)
14:00 UTC+4
Sioni Bolnisi 4–3 Shukura Kobuleti
Svanidze  16'
Sikharulidze  45+2', 85'
Vasadze  72'		 Report Komakhidze  9'
Konyeha  18'
Shalamberidze  84'
Tamaz Stepania Stadium, Bolnisi
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Giorgi Vadatchkoria

Winners retain their place for 2017 Umaglesi Liga, losers are relegated to 2017 Pirveli Liga.

Championship final

A draw was made on 28 November 2016 to determine the order of the legs.[4]

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03)
14:00 UTC+4
Samtredia 2–0 Chikhura Sachkhere
Zivzivadze  18', 40' Report
Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lasha Silagava

Winners qualify for 2017–18 Champions League second qualifying round; runners-up qualify for 2017–18 Europa League first qualifying round.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Georgia (country) Budu Zivzivadze Samtredia 11
2 Georgia (country) Saba Lobzhanidze Chikhura 8
3 Georgia (country) Jaba Dvali FC Tskhinvali 7
4 Georgia (country) Bachana Arabuli Samtredia 6
Georgia (country) Davit Volkovi Sioni 6
6 Georgia (country) Gega Diasamidze Lok Tbilisi 5
Georgia (country) Giorgi Kharaishvili Saburtalo 5
Georgia (country) Elguja Lobjanidze Dinamo Batumi 5
Georgia (country) Oleg Mamasakhlisi Kutaisi 5
Georgia (country) Temur Shonia Dinamo Batumi 5

Updated to games played on 26 November 2016

Source: soccerway.com

References

  1. ↑ "Umaglesi Liga 2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Umaglesi Liga 2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "საპლეიოფო თარიღები დამტკიცებულია (Events Playoff Approved)" (in Georgian). Georgian Football Federation. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "უმაღლესი ლიგა - რეგულარული სეზონი დასრულდა (League - Regular season ends)" (in Georgian). Georgian Football Federation. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

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