2018 Erovnuli Liga

The 2018 Erovnuli Liga (formerly known as Umaglesi Liga) was the 30th season of top-tier football in Georgia. Torpedo Kutaisi were the defending champions. The season began on 2 March 2018 and finished on 8 December 2018.^[1]

Erovnuli Liga

Season	2018
Dates	2 March 2018 – 8 December 2018
Champions	Saburtalo Tbilisi 1st Georgian title
Relegated	Samtredia Kolkheti Poti
Champions League	Saburtalo Tbilisi
Europa League	Dinamo Tbilisi Torpedo Kutaisi Chikhura Sachkhere
Matches played	180
Goals scored	486 (2.7 per match)
← 2017 2019 →

Teams and stadiums

Tbilisi

Chikhura Sachkhere

Dila Gori

Kolkheti Poti

Rustavi

Samtredia

Sioni Bolnisi

Torpedo Kutaisi

Tbilisi teams
Dinamo
Locomotive
Saburtalo

Locations of the 2018 Erovnuli Liga teams.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Chikhura Sachkhere	Kutaisi	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium	19,400
Dila Gori	Gori	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium	5,000
Dinamo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Boris Paichadze Stadium	54,549
Kolkheti Poti	Kobuleti	Chele Arena	6,000
Locomotive Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	27,223
FC Rustavi	Rustavi	Poladi Stadium	10,720
Saburtalo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	27,223
FC Samtredia	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	5,000
Sioni Bolnisi	Bolnisi	Tamaz Stepania Stadium	3,242
Torpedo Kutaisi	Kutaisi	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium	19,400

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saburtalo Tbilisi (C)	36	24	7	5	64	29	+35	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	36	21	6	9	73	38	+35	69	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Torpedo Kutaisi	36	20	9	7	66	25	+41	69
4	Chikhura Sachkhere	36	19	7	10	54	33	+21	64
5	Dila Gori	36	17	12	7	60	40	+20	63
6	Locomotive Tbilisi	36	12	8	16	43	55	−12	44
7	Rustavi	36	8	13	15	33	44	−11	37
8	Sioni Bolnisi (O)	36	8	7	21	39	65	−26	31	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9	Samtredia (R)	36	4	9	23	28	81	−53	21
10	Kolkheti Poti[b] (R)	36	4	8	24	26	76	−50	14	Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2

Source: Erovnuli Liga (in Georgian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of 2018 Georgian Cup, Torpedo Kutaisi, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (the fourth-placed team).
2. Kolkheti Poti were deducted 6 points.

Results

Each team will play the other nine teams home and away twice, for a total of 36 games each.

First half of season Home \ Away CHI DIL DTB KOL LOC RUS SAB SAM SIO TKU Chikhura Sachkhere — 0–3 1–2 6–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 Dila Gori 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 4–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 5–0 — 4–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 Kolkheti Poti 2–2 0–3 3–6 — 3–1 0–0 1–4 2–2 2–0 1–1 Locomotive Tbilisi 1–1 1–3 1–4 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 Rustavi 0–4 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 — 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–2 2–1 — 1–0 3–1 2–0 Samtredia 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 — 0–1 1–4 Sioni Bolnisi 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 — 1–2 Torpedo Kutaisi 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 — Source: Erovnuli Liga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away CHI DIL DTB KOL LOC RUS SAB SAM SIO TKU Chikhura Sachkhere — 2–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 Dila Gori 1–3 — 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 Dinamo Tbilisi 1–4 1–2 — 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 5–2 0–1 Kolkheti Poti 0–1 0–2 0–2 — 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 Locomotive Tbilisi 3–2 2–1 2–4 5–1 — 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 Rustavi 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 — 0–2 3–0 0–3 0–0 Saburtalo Tbilisi 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 — 1–1 3–0 0–3 Samtredia 1–2 3–5 1–8 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 — 0–4 0–8 Sioni Bolnisi 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–4 2–3 4–2 — 0–3 Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 5–2 3–0 — Source: Erovnuli Liga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Gagra	0–1	Sioni Bolnisi
	Report	Isiani 64'

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)

12:00 UTC+4

Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori

Attendance: 700

Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili

Sioni Bolnisi	3-0	Gagra
Isiani 28' Khmaladze 51' Kirkitadze 73'	Report

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)

10:00 UTC+4

Tamaz Stepania Stadium, Bolnisi

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Davit Kharitonashvili

Both teams remained in their leagues respectively.

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Samtredia	2–2	WIT Georgia
Pantsulaia 22' (90+2)	Report	Maisuradze 58' Getiashvili 69'

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)

14:00 UTC+4

Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, Kutaisi

Attendance: 500

Referee: Giorgi Vaduchkoria

WIT Georgia	4-0	Samtredia
Ghirdaladze 5' Maisuradze 13' Sajaia 61' Vazagashvili 63'	Report

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)

10:00 UTC+4

Mtskheta Park, Mtskheta

Attendance: 500

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

WIT Georgia are promoted to 2019 Erovnuli Liga.

Top goalscorers

As of match played 8 December 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Giorgi Gabedava	Chikhura Sachkhere	22
	Budu Zivzivadze	Dinamo Tbilisi
3	Mykola Kovtalyuk	Dila Gori	21
4	Leandro	Dila Gori	14
	Tornike Kapanadze	Torpedo Kutaisi
6	Mamia Gavashelishvili	Locomotive Tbilisi	11
	Vagner Goncalves	FC Saburtalo
	Otar Kiteishvili	Dinamo Tbilisi
9	Giorgi Kokhreidze	FC Saburtalo	8
	Levan Kutalia	Torpedo Kutaisi
	Akaki Shulaia	Dinamo Tbilisi

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Giorgi Gabedava	Chikhura Sachkhere	Kolkheti Poti	6-1	3 March 2018	[3]
Leandro Ribeiro	Dila Gori	Saburtalo Tbilisi	4-1	20 May 2018	[4]
Irakli Lekvtadze	Chikhura Sachkhere	Sioni Bolnisi	4-0	5 July 2018	[5]
Dato Kirkitadze	Sioni Bolnisi	FC Samtredia	4-0	10 August 2018	[6]
Budu Zivzivadze	Dinamo Tbilisi	Locomotive Tbilisi	4-2	12 August 2018	[7]
Tornike Kapanadze	Torpedo Kutaisi	FC Samtredia	8-0	11 November 2018	[8]
Giorgi Gabedava	Chikhura Sachkhere	Dinamo Tbilisi	4-1	11 November 2018	[9]
Budu Zivzivadze4	Dinamo Tbilisi	Sioni Bolnisi	5-2	30 November 2018	[10]

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals