1997–98 Umaglesi Liga

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.

Umaglesi Liga
Season1997–98
Dates8 July 1997 – 22 May 1998
ChampionsDinamo Tbilisi
9th Georgian title
RelegatedMagharoeli Chiatura
Margveti Zestafoni
Champions LeagueDinamo Tbilisi
UEFA CupKolkheti Poti
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Batumi
Intertoto CupTorpedo Kutaisi
Matches played240
Goals scored648 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerLevan Khomeriki (23)
Biggest home winDinamo 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 winMerani 0–5 Dinamo Tbilisi
Highest scoringDinamo Batumi 7–1 Samgurali
Sioni 7–1 Margveti

Locations
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[lower-alpha 1] (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[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 1] 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 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

References
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