1999–2000 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga

Season	1999–2000
Dates	12 August 1999 – 30 May 2000
Champions	Torpedo Kutaisi 1st Georgian title
Relegated	Samgurali Tskhaltubo FC Tbilisi Arsenali Tbilisi Kolkheti Khobi
Champions League	Torpedo Kutaisi
UEFA Cup	WIT Georgia Locomotive Tbilisi
Intertoto Cup	Dinamo Tbilisi
Matches played	224
Goals scored	570 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zurab Ionanidze (24)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Tbilisi 7–1 Samgurali Dinamo Batumi 6–0 Iberia
Biggest away win	Kolkheti Khobi 0–7 Locomotive
Highest scoring	TSU 7–2 Kolkheti Khobi
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Umaglesi Liga was the eleventh season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 12 August 1999 and ended on 30 May 2000. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.

Locations

Tbilisi

Gorda

Iberia

Dinamo Batumi

Dila

Samgurali

Torpedo

Kolkheti Khobi

Kolkheti Poti

Sioni

Tbilisi teams:
Arsenali
Dinamo
FC Tbilisi
Locomotive
Merani
TSU Tbilisi
WIT Georgia

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Location of teams in 1999–2000 Umaglesi Liga

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Tbilisi	14	11	1	2	38	12	+26	34	Qualification to Championship group
2	Dinamo Batumi	14	6	7	1	15	4	+11	25
3	WIT Georgia	14	6	5	3	20	12	+8	23
4	Sioni Bolnisi	14	6	3	5	13	19	−6	21
5	Locomotive Tbilisi	14	5	3	6	21	19	+2	18	Qualification to Relegation group
6	FC Tbilisi	14	3	4	7	21	31	−10	13
7	Samgurali Tskhaltubo	14	3	2	9	9	27	−18	11
8	Arsenali Tbilisi	14	2	3	9	10	23	−13	9

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	DBA	DIN	LOC	SMG	SIO	TBI	WIT
Arsenali Tbilisi		0–1	2–0	0–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2
Dinamo Batumi	1–0		1–0	4–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	0–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	1–1	2–1		4–0	7–1	3–0	3–2	4–1
Locomotive Tbilisi	2–2	0–0	1–2		2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1
Samgurali Tskhaltubo	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–3		1–0	1–0	0–1
Sioni Bolnisi	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–0		2–2	0–0
FC Tbilisi	3–1	1–1	0–6	0–4	5–2	3–4		2–1
WIT Georgia	4–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–1

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Torpedo Kutaisi	14	11	3	0	33	5	+28	36	Qualification to Championship group
2	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	14	8	1	5	19	15	+4	25
3	Dila Gori	14	6	2	6	19	24	−5	20
4	Iberia Samtredia	14	5	3	6	9	20	−11	18
5	Gorda Rustavi	14	5	1	8	17	18	−1	16	Qualification to Relegation group
6	TSU Tbilisi	14	4	4	6	13	18	−5	16
7	Merani-91 Tbilisi	14	3	6	5	14	15	−1	15
8	Kolkheti Khobi	14	2	4	8	15	24	−9	10

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head

Results

Home \ Away	DIL	GOR	IBS	KKH	KOL	MER	TKU	TSU
Dila Gori		1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–5	1–1
Gorda Rustavi	2–0		4–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–1
Iberia Samtredia	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–1
Kolkheti Khobi	2–3	5–1	0–1		0–3	1–1	1–2	0–0
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–3		1–0	0–0	1–0
Merani-91 Tbilisi	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2		0–1	1–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	2–2	1–0	5–0	0–0	4–1	3–1		3–0
TSU Tbilisi	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–2	0–2

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

Second stage

Championship playoff

Teams take half their totals (rounded) to spring playoffs.

Team	Points
Torpedo Kutaisi	18
WIT Georgia	12
Dinamo Tbilisi	17
Dinamo Batumi	13
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	13
Sioni Bolnisi	11
Iberia Samtredia	9
Dila Gori	10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Torpedo Kutaisi (C)	14	8	4	2	37	11	+26	46	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	WIT Georgia	14	8	5	1	15	7	+8	41	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Dinamo Tbilisi	14	5	9	0	19	4	+15	41	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4	Dinamo Batumi	14	8	2	4	22	10	+12	39
5	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	14	7	3	4	18	10	+8	37
6	Sioni Bolnisi	14	3	1	10	14	31	−17	21
7	Iberia Samtredia	14	2	2	10	6	29	−23	17
8	Dila Gori	14	2	0	12	9	38	−29	16

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	DIL	DBA	DIN	IBS	KOL	TKU	SIO	WIT
Dila Gori		0–1	0–3	3–0	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–2
Dinamo Batumi	4–0		0–0	6–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	6–1	0–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0
Iberia Samtredia	2–1	0–2	0–0		1–0	0–3	0–1	0–1
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0		2–1	5–0	2–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	4–1	4–0	0–0	5–0	3–1		6–1	0–0
Sioni Bolnisi	5–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–4		1–2
WIT Georgia	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0

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

Relegation playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Merani-91 Tbilisi	14	9	4	1	18	5	+13	39
10	Locomotive Tbilisi	14	8	3	3	22	8	+14	36	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
11	TSU Tbilisi	14	9	0	5	26	15	+11	35
12	Gorda Rustavi	14	8	2	4	25	10	+15	34
13	Samgurali Tskhaltubo (R)	14	8	3	3	17	8	+9	33	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
14	FC Tbilisi (R)	14	3	2	9	12	26	−14	18
15	Arsenali Tbilisi (R)	14	3	0	11	11	27	−16	14
16	Kolkheti Khobi (R)	14	1	0	13	13	45	−32	8

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	GOR	KKH	LOC	MER	SMG	TBI	TSU
Arsenali Tbilisi		0–4	4–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	0–2
Gorda Rustavi	3–0		2–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0
Kolkheti Khobi	2–1	1–4		0–7	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–4
Locomotive Tbilisi	1–0	2–1	4–1		0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0
Merani-91 Tbilisi	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1		0–0	4–0	1–0
Samgurali Tskhaltubo	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		2–1	3–1
FC Tbilisi	2–0	1–4	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–0		0–4
TSU Tbilisi	2–0	1–0	7–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Zurab Ionanidze	Torpedo Kutaisi	24
2	Tsotsonava	TSU Tbilisi	14
3	Giorgi Koridze	WIT Georgia	12
4	Rati Aleksidze	Dinamo Tbilisi	11
	Mikhail Ashvetia	Dinamo Tbilisi	11
	Varlam Kilasonia	Gorda Rustavi	11
	Giorgi Megreladze	Torpedo Kutaisi	11

See also

• 1999–2000 Georgian Cup

References

• Georgia - List of final tables (RSSSF)