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

Season	1996–97
Dates	1 August 1996 – 30 May 1997
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi 8th Georgian title
Relegated	Samtredia Kakheti Telavi Iveria Khashuri
Champions League	Dinamo Tbilisi
UEFA Cup	Kolkheti Poti
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo Batumi
Intertoto Cup	Merani-91 Tbilisi
Matches played	240
Goals scored	648 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giorgi Demetradze David Ujmajuridze (26)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Tbilisi 8–0 Margveti
Biggest away win	Margveti 0–6 Dinamo Tbilisi
Highest scoring	Dinamo Tbilisi 8–2 Kakheti
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Location

 

 

Tbilisi

 

Metalurgi

 

Margveti

 

Kakheti

 

Iveria

 

Samtredia

 

Dinamo Batumi

 

Dila

 

Samgurali

 

Torpedo

 

Guria

 

Odishi

 

Kolkheti

 

Sioni

 

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Merani
TSU Tbilisi
WIT Georgia

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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^[a] (R)	30	9	4	17	31	57	−26	26	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
15	Kakheti Telavi^[a] (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^[a]	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	David Ujmajuridze	Dinamo Batumi	26
	Giorgi Demetradze	Dinamo Tbilisi	26
3	Mikheil Ashvetia	Torpedo Kutaisi	24
4	Vladimir Gabedava	Odishi Zugdidi	18
	Levan Khomeriki	Dinamo Tbilisi	18
6	Giorgi Daraselia	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	15
7	Merab Megreladze	Torpedo Kutaisi	13
	Nugzar Mikaberidze	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	13
9	Badri Kvaratskhelia	Merani-91 Tbilisi	11
	Mamuka Ukleba	Margveti Zestafoni	11
	Rostom Torgashvili	Dinamo Batumi	11

See also

• 1996–97 Pirveli Liga
• 1996–97 Georgian Cup

References

• Georgia - List of final tables (RSSSF)