2021 Erovnuli Liga

The 2021 Erovnuli Liga or Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga 2021 (formerly known as Umaglesi Liga) is the 33rd season of top-tier football in Georgia. Dinamo Tbilisi are the defending champions. The season began on 27 February 2021 and is scheduled to end on 4 December 2021.^[1][2] The league winners will earn a place in the UEFA Champions League and the second and third-placed clubs will earn a place in the UEFA Europa Conference League.^[3]

Erovnuli Liga

Season	2021
Dates	27 February 2021 – 4 December 2021
Champions	Dinamo Batumi 1st Georgian title
Champions League	Dinamo Batumi
Conference League	Dinamo Tbilisi Dila Gori Saburtalo Tbilisi
Matches	180
Goals	489 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zoran Marušić (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Saburtalo Tbilisi 5-1 Samtredia (04 Dec 2021) Dinamo Tbilisi 5-1 Samtredia (24 sept 2021) Shukura Kobuleti 4-0 Dila Gori (03 Oct 2021) Dinamo Batumi 4–0 Saburtalo Tbilisi (01 Nov 2021) Samgurali Tsqaltubo 4-0 Samtredia (16 Sept 2021) Saburtalo Tbilisi 4-0 Samtredia (19 June 2021)
Biggest away win	Shukura Kobuleti 1–8 Dinamo Batumi (29 April 2021)
Highest scoring	Dinamo Batumi 7-3 Locomotive Tbilisi (16 Sept 2021)
Longest winning run	6 matches Dinamo Tbilisi
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches Dinamo Batumi
Longest winless run	17 matches Telavi
Longest losing run	6 matches Samtredia
← 2020 2022 → All statistics correct as of 8 December 2021.

Teams and stadiums

Changes

Shukura (promoted after a three-year absence) and Samgurali Tsqaltubo (promoted after an eighteen-year absence) were promoted from the 2020 Erovnuli Liga 2. Chikhura (relegated after eight years in the top flight) and Merani Tbilisi (relegated after one year in the top flight) have been relegated to 2021 Erovnuli Liga 2.

Tbilisi

Dila Gori

Dinamo Batumi

Samgurali Tsqaltubo

Samtredia

Shukura

Telavi

Torpedo Kutaisi

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Locomotive
Saburtalo

Locations of the 2021 Erovnuli Liga teams.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Dila Gori	Gori	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium	5,000
Dinamo Batumi	Batumi	Adjarabet Arena	20,000
Dinamo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena	54,549
Locomotive Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Saguramo Football Complex, Saguramo	22,754 700
Saburtalo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	22,754
Samgurali Tsqaltubo	Tsqaltubo	26 May Stadium	12,000
FC Samtredia	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	5,000
Shukura Kobuleti	Kobuleti	Chele Arena	6,000
FC Telavi	Telavi	Givi Chokheli Stadium	12,000
Torpedo Kutaisi	Kutaisi	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium	19,400

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Dila	Andriy Demchenko	Davit Maisashvili	Adidas	Stari
Dinamo Batumi	Gia Geguchadze	Mamuka Kobakhidze	Puma	Europebet
Dinamo Tbilisi	Kakhaber Tskhadadze	Giorgi Papava	Puma	Betlive
Locomotive	Giorgi Chiabrishvili	Davit Ubilava	Jako	Crocobet
Saburtalo	Khvicha Shubitidze	Levan Kakubava	Erreà	Audi
Samgurali	Samson Pruidze	Papuna Poniava	Hummel	VTB
Samtredia	Giorgi Tsetsadze	Giorgi Arabidze	Joma	Archi
Shukura	Giorgi Shashiashvili	Nika Chanturia	Kelme	Crocobet
Telavi	Giorgi Mikadze	Mirian Jikia	Jako	m2 Crocobet
Torpedo	Kakhaber Chkhetiani	Irakli Dzaria	Legea	Eminflex

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Batumi (C)	36	21	12	3	73	27	+46	75	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	36	21	7	8	59	28	+31	70	Qualification for Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Dila Gori	36	17	10	9	48	35	+13	61
4	Saburtalo Tbilisi[a]	36	15	12	9	52	40	+12	57
5	Locomotive Tbilisi	36	15	8	13	57	59	−2	53
6	Telavi	36	12	8	16	35	53	−18	44
7	Samgurali Tsqaltubo	36	9	14	13	34	46	−12	41
8	Torpedo Kutaisi (O)	36	9	13	14	38	44	−6	40	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
9	Shukura Kobuleti (R)	36	5	12	19	28	49	−21	27
10	Samtredia (R)	36	5	6	25	33	76	−43	21	Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2

Source: Erovnuli Liga, 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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. «Saburtalo Tbilisi qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round as 2021 Georgian Cup winner

Results

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

Round 1-18 Home \ Away DIL DBT DTB LOC SAB SMG SAM SHU TEL TKU Dila Gori — 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 Dinamo Batumi 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 0–1 — 2–0 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 Locomotive Tbilisi 1–2 2–1 1–3 — 0–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 Saburtalo Tbilisi 3–0 0–0 0–4 2–0 — 2–0 4–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 Samgurali 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 Samtredia 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–4 2–3 2–3 — 2–2 2–1 0–0 Shukura Kobuleti 1–1 1–8 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–0 0–2 Telavi 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 0–4 Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 — Source: Erovnuli Liga Results Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 19-36 Home \ Away DIL DBT DTB LOC SAB SMG SAM SHU TEL TKU Dila Gori — 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 Dinamo Batumi 2–2 — 1–1 7–3 4–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 1–2 — 3–2 2–1 1–2 5–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 Locomotive Tbilisi 0–4 0–0 2–2 — 3–2 2–2 4–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 Saburtalo Tbilisi 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 — 2–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 Samgurali 1–3 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 — 4–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 Samtredia 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 — 1–1 0–2 4–1 Shukura Kobuleti 4–0 0–2 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 — 1–1 0–1 Telavi 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 — 1–3 Torpedo Kutaisi 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 — Source: Erovnuli Liga Results Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

8 December 2021

13:00

Merani Martvili	2–0	Torpedo Kutaisi
Sila 13' Meliava 34'

Murtaz Khurtsilava Stadium, Martvili

Referee: Arsen Nonikashvili

12 December 2021

19:00

Torpedo Kutaisi	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Merani Martvili
Tsintsadze 64' (pen.) Mudimu 87' Akhvlediani 102'

Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, Kutaisi

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

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8 December 2021

13;00

Shukura Kobuleti	0–0	Gagra

Chele Arena, Kobuleti

Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili

12 December 2021

13:00

Gagra	1–0	Shukura Kobuleti
Makatsaria 7'

Tbilisi Sea Base, Tbilisi

Referee: Davit Kharitinishvili

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 4 December 2021^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zoran Marušić	Dinamo Tbilisi	16
2	Giorgi Pantsulaia	Dinamo Batumi	13
3	Jaba Jighauri	Dinamo Batumi
	Irakli Sikharulidze	Locomotive Tbilisi	12
5	Sergo Kukhianidze	Samgurali	11
6	Tornike Kapanadze	Dila Gori	10
	Giorgi Gabedava	Dinamo Tbilisi
8	Dmitri Mandrîcenco	Saburtalo Tbilisi	9
	Iuri Tabatadze	Saburtalo Tbilisi
	Vladimer Mamuchashvili	Dinamo Batumi