Competition: | Umaglesi Liga |
Season: | 2009–10 |
Dates: | 1 August 2009 – 20 May 2010 |
Winners: | Olimpi Rustavi 2nd Georgian title |
Relegated: | Locomotive Tbilisi Gagra |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Olimpi Rustavi |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Dinamo Tbilisi Zestafoni WIT Georgia |
League Topscorer: | Anderson Aquino (26) |
Biggest Home Win: | Dinamo Tbilisi 5–0 Spartaki-Tskhinvali Olimpi 5–0 Samtredia Olimpi 5–0 Gagra |
Biggest Away Win: | Sioni 0–6 Olimpi Baia 0–6 Dinamo Tbilisi |
Highest Scoring: | Samtredia 4–3 Gagra |
Matches: | 180 |
Total Goals: | 429 |
Prevseason: | 2008–09 |
Nextseason: | 2010–11 |
The 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga was the 21st season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on August 1, 2009, and ended on May 20, 2010. FC Olimpi Rustavi won the championship.
League size was reduced from 11 to 10 teams prior to this season.[1]
Borjomi were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of the season after finishing in 11th and last place. Other teams which will not participate in this year's championship are Mglebi and Meshketi, both due to unknown reasons. This means that originally relegated teams Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali will stay another season in Umaglesi Liga.
Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga 2008–09 Western group champions Samtredia and runners-up Baia. Western group champions Ameri were not promoted due to unknown reasons.
FC Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Tbilisi due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.
The ten teams will play each other four times in this league for a total of 36 matches per team. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.
Including matches played in December 2009 [2]
Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Anderson Aquino | Olimpi Rustavi | 26 |
2 | Nikoloz Gelashvili | Zestafoni | 16 |
3 | Jaba Dvali | Zestafoni | 12 |
Vakhtang Kvaratskelia | 12 | ||
5 | Zaur Khachiperadze | Samtredia | 11 |
Georges Akieremy | Dinamo Tbilisi | 11 |