2000–01 Umaglesi Liga

The 2000–01 Umaglesi Liga was the twelfth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 19 August 2000 and ended on 23 May 2001. Torpedo Kutaisi were the defending champions.

Umaglesi Liga

Season	2000–01
Dates	19 August 2000 – 23 May 2001
Champions	Torpedo Kutaisi 2nd Georgian title
Relegated	Dila Gori TSU Tbilisi Iberia Samtredia
Champions League	Torpedo Kutaisi
UEFA Cup	Locomotive Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi
Intertoto Cup	WIT Georgia
Matches played	192
Goals scored	450 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zaza Zirakishvili (21)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Tbilisi 9–0 Sioni
Biggest away win	Iberia 0–5 Dinamo Tbilisi Iberia 0–5 Dinamo Batumi
Highest scoring	Dinamo Tbilisi 9–0 Sioni
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Locations

Tbilisi

Gorda

Iberia

Dinamo Batumi

Dila

Torpedo

Kolkheti

Sioni

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Locomotive
Merani
TSU Tbilisi
WIT Georgia

Location of teams in 2000–01 Umaglesi Liga

First stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Locomotive Tbilisi	22	18	2	2	41	7	+34	56	Qualification to Championship group
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	22	15	3	4	52	20	+32	48
3	Torpedo Kutaisi	22	14	6	2	33	7	+26	48
4	WIT Georgia	22	10	8	4	29	15	+14	38
5	Merani-91 Tbilisi	22	8	8	6	22	21	+1	32
6	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	22	8	7	7	22	18	+4	31
7	Dinamo Batumi	22	8	4	10	34	29	+5	28	Qualification to Relegation group
8	Sioni Bolnisi	22	7	5	10	17	28	−11	26
9	TSU Armazi Tbilisi	22	5	4	13	19	37	−18	19
10	Dila Gori	22	5	3	14	14	44	−30	18
11	Gorda Rustavi	22	3	9	10	16	29	−13	18
12	Iberia Samtredia	22	0	3	19	3	47	−44	3

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

Results

Home \ Away	DIL	DBA	DIN	GOR	IBS	KOL	LOC	MER	SIO	TKU	TSU	WIT
Dila Gori		0–4	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	4–2	0–3
Dinamo Batumi	3–0		3–4	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	3–1	1–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	2–0		2–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	4–0	9–0	0–3	4–1	4–0
Gorda Rustavi	3–0	3–1	1–2		0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0
Iberia Samtredia	0–1	0–5	0–5	0–0		1–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–3
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	1–1
Locomotive Tbilisi	5–0	1–0	3–0	6–0	3–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0
Merani-91 Tbilisi	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2
Sioni Bolnisi	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–4	1–2	0–1		1–1	0–1	1–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	5–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0		2–0	1–1
TSU Armazi Tbilisi	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–5	0–1	0–0	0–1		1–4
WIT Georgia	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0

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

Second stage

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Torpedo Kutaisi (C)	10	6	2	2	15	7	+8	44	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Locomotive Tbilisi	10	3	4	3	8	9	−1	41	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Dinamo Tbilisi	10	3	5	2	13	9	+4	38
4	WIT Georgia	10	4	4	2	14	9	+5	35	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	10	2	2	6	10	19	−9	24
6	Merani-91 Tbilisi[a]	10	1	3	6	2	15	−13	19

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

1. Merani were docked 3 points due to match fixing accusations for the match against Kolkheti.

Results

Home \ Away	DIN	KOL	LOC	MER	TKU	WIT
Dinamo Tbilisi		2–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	2–2
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	1–2		2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1
Locomotive Tbilisi	2–2	2–2		0–0	1–0	2–0
Merani-91 Tbilisi	1–0	–[a]	0–1		0–0	1–3
Torpedo Kutaisi	1–0	5–1	2–0	3–0		1–1
WIT Georgia	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–0

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

1. The match between Merani and Kolkheti was originally finished with the score of 2–4 for Kolkheti, but were both teams awarded a 0–3 loss following a match fixing accusations.

Relegation group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Dinamo Batumi	10	5	3	2	13	7	+6	32
8	Sioni Bolnisi[a]	10	5	2	3	14	12	+2	27
9	Gorda Rustavi	10	5	2	3	16	13	+3	26
10	Dila Gori (R)	10	5	1	4	19	11	+8	25	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
11	TSU Armazi Tbilisi (R)	10	4	1	5	11	17	−6	23	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
12	Iberia Samtredia (R)	10	0	1	9	7	26	−19	3

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

1. Sioni were docked 3 points due to match fixing accusations for the match against Gorda.

Results

Home \ Away	DIL	DBA	GOR	IBS	SIO	TSU
Dila Gori		0–0	2–1	7–1	2–1	4–0
Dinamo Batumi	1–0		0–1	2–1	3–0	2–0
Gorda Rustavi	3–2	1–1		2–1	–[a]	4–0
Iberia Samtredia	1–2	0–3	0–3		2–2	1–2
Sioni Bolnisi	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0		2–0
TSU Armazi Tbilisi	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–3

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

1. The match between Gorda and Sioni was originally finished with the score of 3–2 for Gorda, but were both teams awarded a 0–3 loss following a match fixing accusations.

Relegation play-offs

27 May 2001

FC Dila Gori	0 – 2	Samgurali Tskaltubo

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Zaza Zirakishvili	Dinamo Tbilisi	21
2	Levan Melkadze	WIT Georgia	14
3	Zurab Ionanidze	Torpedo Kutaisi	11
	Davit Goderdzishvili	Merani-91 Tbilisi	11
5	Mamuka Rusia	Locomotive Tbilisi	10
	Shalva Isiani	Sioni Bolnisi	10
7	Giorgi Shengelia	Locomotive Tbilisi	9
	Teimuraz Gadelia	Dinamo Tbilisi	9
	Giorgi Mikadze	Dinamo Tbilisi	9
	Gocha Kulejishvili	Dinamo Batumi	9

See also

• 2000–01 Georgian Cup

References

• Georgia - List of final tables (RSSSF)