1997–98 Umaglesi Liga

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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

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

See also

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