2012–13 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga

Season	2012–13
Dates	10 August 2012 – 19 May 2013
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi 14th Georgian title
Relegated	Kolkheti Poti Dinamo Batumi
Champions League	Dinamo Tbilisi
Europa League	Dila Gori Torpedo Kutaisi Chikhura Sachkhere
Matches played	192
Goals scored	497 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Xisco (22)
Biggest home win	Dila 6–0 Zugdidi
Biggest away win	Dinamo Batumi 0–3 Dinamo Tbilisi
Highest scoring	Torpedo 5–4 Dila
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Umaglesi Liga was the 24th season of top-tier football in Georgia. The season began on 10 August 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Dinamo Batumi play their home matches in Kobuleti and WIT Georgia in Mtskheta.

Dinamo Tbilisi

Zugdidi

Dinamo Batumi

Dila

Kolkheti

Merani

Metalurgi

Sioni

Torpedo

WIT Georgia

Zestafoni

Chikhura

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Locations of teams in the 2012–13 Umaglesi Liga

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Chikhura	Sachkhere	Tsentral
Dila Gori	Gori	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium	6,000
Dinamo Batumi	Kobuleti	Shukura Stadium	6,000
Dinamo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Boris Paichadze Stadium	54,549
Kolkheti Poti	Poti	Fazisi Stadium	4,000
Merani Martvili	Martvili	Municipal Stadium	2,000
Metalurgi Rustavi	Rustavi	Poladi Stadium	6,000
Sioni Bolnisi	Bolnisi	Tamaz Stephania Stadium	3,000
Torpedo Kutaisi	Kutaisi	Givi Kiladze Stadium	14,700
WIT Georgia	Mtskheta	Mtskheta Park	2,000
Zestafoni	Zestaponi	David Abashidze Stadium	5,000
Zugdidi	Zugdidi	Anaklia Stadium	1,000

First phase

The league began with a regular double-round robin schedule on 8 August 2012. The best six teams qualified for the championship round, which will determine the Georgian champions and the participants for the 2013–14 European competitions. The remaining six teams play in the relegation group, where the top four free will secure places in the 2013–14 competition.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Tbilisi	22	16	4	2	63	19	+44	52	Qualification to championship group
2	Dila Gori	22	16	1	5	36	15	+21	49
3	Torpedo Kutaisi	22	14	3	5	41	18	+23	45
4	Chikhura Sachkhere	22	13	4	5	35	21	+14	43
5	Zestafoni	22	11	4	7	30	20	+10	37
6	Zugdidi	22	10	5	7	27	26	+1	35
7	Metalurgi Rustavi	22	9	4	9	21	26	−5	31	Qualification to relegation group
8	Merani Martvili	22	7	2	13	23	36	−13	23
9	WIT Georgia	22	5	7	10	15	29	−14	22
10	Sioni Bolnisi	22	4	6	12	14	38	−24	18
11	Dinamo Batumi	22	3	4	15	22	47	−25	13
12	Kolkheti Poti	22	0	4	18	11	43	−32	4

Source: GFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The winner of the 2012–13 Georgian Cup will qualify for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.

Results

Home \ Away	CHI	DIL	DBA	DIN	KOL	MER	MET	SIO	TKU	WIT	ZES	ZUG
Chikhura Sachkhere		0–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	3–1	2–0
Dila Gori	2–3		2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–0
Dinamo Batumi	0–2	1–2		0–3	3–1	4–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–3	0–4
Dinamo Tbilisi	5–2	3–0	5–3		5–0	3–1	3–0	7–2	3–2	5–0	2–1	2–0
Kolkheti Poti	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–2		0–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1
Merani Martvili	1–0	2–3	3–1	0–4	4–0		0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	1–2
Metalurgi Rustavi	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0		1–0	0–4	0–2	1–1	5–1
Sioni Bolnisi	0–3	0–2	2–2	0–5	0–0	2–1	0–0		0–2	1–1	0–2	0–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	3–1	0–1	5–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	4–1		2–0	1–0	1–0
WIT Georgia	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–3		2–3	0–0
Zestafoni	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2		1–0
Zugdidi	4–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–3

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

Second phase

This phase began on 9 March 2013 and will end on 18 May 2013.

Championship round

Dinamo Tbilisi, Dila Gori, Torpedo Kutaisi, Chikhura Sachkhere, Zestafoni and Baia Zugdidi ended the first phase in the top six positions of the table and thus entered the championship round.

The results of the matches among these teams will be used as a base ranking. Each team will then play another double round-robin schedule against every other team.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Tbilisi (C)	32	24	6	2	88	23	+65	78	Qualification to Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Dila Gori	32	22	2	8	60	26	+34	68	Qualification to Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Torpedo Kutaisi	32	19	7	6	57	30	+27	64	Qualification to Europa League First qualifying round
4	Chikhura Sachkhere	32	17	6	9	49	38	+11	57
5	Zestafoni	32	12	6	14	35	38	−3	42
6	Zugdidi	32	10	6	16	31	52	−21	36

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	CHI	DIL	DIN	TKU	ZES	ZUG
Chikhura Sachkhere		1–2	2–4	1–1	1–0	2–1
Dila Gori	4–0		0–1	1–2	2–1	6–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–0	0–0		4–0	6–1	3–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	0–0	5–4	1–1		1–0	2–0
Zestafoni	1–4	0–3	0–1	0–0		2–0
Zugdidi	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–4	0–0

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

Promotion/relegation round

Metalurgi Rustavi, Merani Martvili, WIT Georgia, Sioni Bolnisi, Dinamo Batumi and Kolkheti Poti and finished seventh through twelfth and thus entered the promotion/relegation round.

Each team will play another double round-robin schedule against every other team. The last two teams of this round will play in the Pirveli Liga in the 2013–14 season.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Metalurgi Rustavi	32	12	8	12	29	35	−6	44
8	Merani Martvili	32	10	4	18	31	51	−20	34
9	WIT Georgia	32	8	9	15	25	42	−17	33
10	Sioni Bolnisi	32	8	9	15	31	51	−20	33
11	Dinamo Batumi (R)	32	8	7	17	39	55	−16	31	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
12	Kolkheti Poti (R)	32	3	8	21	22	56	−34	17

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	DBA	KOL	MET	MER	SIO	WIT
Dinamo Batumi		2–2	0–1	6–0	1–1	2–0
Kolkheti Poti	1–1		0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0
Metalurgi Rustavi	0–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	0–2
Merani Martvili	0–1	0–1	1–0		1–2	2–0
Sioni Bolnisi	0–1	6–2	2–2	3–1		0–3
WIT Georgia	3–2	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–2

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

See also

• 2012–13 Georgian Cup

External links

• Official website (in Georgian)