1996–97 Umaglesi Liga

The 1996–97 Umaglesi Liga was the eighth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 1 August 1996 and ended on 30 May 1997. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.

Umaglesi Liga
Season1996–97
Dates1 August 1996 – 30 May 1997
ChampionsDinamo Tbilisi
8th Georgian title
RelegatedSamtredia
Kakheti Telavi
Iveria Khashuri
Champions LeagueDinamo Tbilisi
UEFA CupKolkheti Poti
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Batumi
Intertoto CupMerani-91 Tbilisi
Matches played240
Goals scored648 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerGiorgi Demetradze
David Ujmajuridze (26)
Biggest home winDinamo Tbilisi 8–0 Margveti
Biggest away winMargveti 0–6 Dinamo Tbilisi
Highest scoringDinamo Tbilisi 8–2 Kakheti

Location
Location of teams in 1996–97 Umaglesi Liga

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Tbilisi (C) 30 26 3 1 101 23 +78 81 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 30 20 4 6 75 28 +47 64 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Dinamo Batumi 30 18 8 4 71 22 +49 62 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Merani-91 Tbilisi 30 18 6 6 53 28 +25 60 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage
5 Torpedo Kutaisi 30 14 4 12 70 58 +12 46
6 Odishi Zugdidi 30 13 1 16 51 57 −6 40
7 Margveti Zestafoni 30 12 2 16 44 66 −22 38
8 Dila Gori 30 10 7 13 30 39 −9 37
9 Sioni Bolnisi 30 10 6 14 30 39 −9 36
10 Metalurgi Rustavi 30 11 2 17 44 57 −13 35
11 Samgurali Tskhaltubo 30 10 5 15 35 54 −19 35
12 TSU Tbilisi 30 8 10 12 37 40 −3 34
13 Guria Lanchkhuti 30 10 3 17 33 63 −30 33
14 Samtredia[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 9 4 17 31 57 −26 26 Relegation to Pirveli Liga
15 Kakheti Telavi[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 10 1 19 29 66 −37 26
16 Iveria Khashuri (R) 30 5 6 19 24 61 −37 21
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 5 points deducted

Results
Home \ Away DIL DBA DIN GUR IKH KTL KOL MZS MER MET ODI SMG SAM SIO TKU TSU
Dila Gori 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–3 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1
Dinamo Batumi 5–0 0–1 7–0 4–0 6–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 3–3 2–0 8–2 2–0 2–0 8–0 3–2 1–0 5–0 6–0 6–0 4–0 3–3 5–1
Guria Lanchkhuti 3–2 0–5 1–4 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 5–4 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1
Iveria Khashuri 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–6 1–2 3–4 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–4 2–1
Kakheti Telavi 1–0 1–1 2–5 4–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Kolkheti-1913 Poti 1–1 3–2 2–0 7–0 1–0 4–0 7–0 0–1 1–0 6–1 4–0 6–2 4–0 3–2 1–1
Margveti Zestafoni 2–1 1–3 0–6 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–0 2–0 0–0
Merani-91 Tbilisi 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 5–0 4–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 4–2
Metalurgi Rustavi 1–0 0–1 2–6 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–4 2–1 0–1 5–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–0
Odishi Zugdidi 2–1 1–3 1–3 4–2 3–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 0–2 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–0
Samgurali Tskhaltubo 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Samtredia 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–2
Sioni Bolnisi 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 2–4 2–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 5–0 3–2 2–4 3–0 3–0 6–1 1–4 5–2 2–0 4–3 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1
TSU Tbilisi 1–1 1–1 1–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 0–1 2–2
Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match awarded (originally finished 2–1).

Top goalscorers
Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Georgia (country) David Ujmajuridze Dinamo Batumi 26
Georgia (country) Giorgi Demetradze Dinamo Tbilisi 26
3 Georgia (country) Mikheil Ashvetia Torpedo Kutaisi 24
4 Georgia (country) Vladimir Gabedava Odishi Zugdidi 18
Georgia (country) Levan Khomeriki Dinamo Tbilisi 18
6 Georgia (country) Giorgi Daraselia Kolkheti-1913 Poti 15
7 Georgia (country) Merab Megreladze Torpedo Kutaisi 13
Georgia (country) Nugzar Mikaberidze Kolkheti-1913 Poti 13
9 Georgia (country) Badri Kvaratskhelia Merani-91 Tbilisi 11
Georgia (country) Mamuka Ukleba Margveti Zestafoni 11
Georgia (country) Rostom Torgashvili Dinamo Batumi 11

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