2022 Erovnuli Liga

The 2022 Erovnuli Liga or Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga 2022 (formerly known as Umaglesi Liga) was the 34th season of top-tier football in Georgia. Dinamo Batumi were the defending champions.

Erovnuli Liga

Season	2022
Dates	25 February – 3 December 2022
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi 19th Georgian title
Matches played	180
Goals scored	492 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Flamarion (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Telavi 5–0 Locomotive Tbilisi (29 April 2022) Dinamo Batumi 7–2 Locomotive Tbilisi (17 May 2022) Dinamo Tbilisi 5–0 Gagra (20 June 2022)
Biggest away win	Sioni Bolnisi 3–7 Dinamo Tbilisi (8 May 2022)
Highest scoring	Sioni Bolnisi 3–7 Dinamo Tbilisi (8 May 2022)
Longest winning run	6 matches Samgurali
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches Dinamo Batumi
Longest winless run	16 matches Locomotive Tbilisi
Longest losing run	16 matches Locomotive Tbilisi
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 3 December 2022.

Teams and stadiums

Changes

Sioni Bolnisi (promoted after a two-year absence) and Gagra (promoted after a ten-year absence) were promoted from the 2021 Erovnuli Liga 2. FC Samtredia (relegated after two years in the top flight) and Shukura Kobuleti (relegated after one year in the top flight) have been relegated to 2022 Erovnuli Liga 2.

Tbilisi

Dila Gori

Dinamo Batumi

Samgurali Tsqaltubo

Sioni Bolnisi

Telavi

Torpedo Kutaisi

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Gagra
Locomotive
Saburtalo

Locations of the 2022 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	54,139
Gagra
Locomotive Tbilisi		Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Mikheil Meskhi 2 Stadium Saguramo Football Complex, Saguramo	22,754 2,000 700
Saburtalo Tbilisi		Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Mikheil Meskhi 2 Stadium GFF Technical Centre, Rustavi	22,754 2,000 1,000
Samgurali Tsqaltubo	Tsqaltubo	26 May Stadium	12,000
Sioni Bolnisi	Bolnisi	Tamaz Stepania Stadium	3,000
Telavi	Telavi	Givi Chokheli Stadium	12,000
Torpedo Kutaisi	Kutaisi	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi	19,400 4,558

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Dila	Andriy Demchenko	Davit Maisashvili	Adidas	Marsbet
Dinamo Batumi	Gia Geguchadze	Mamuka Kobakhidze	Puma	CoinW
Dinamo Tbilisi	Giorgi Tchiabrishvili	Giorgi Papava	Puma	Setanta Sports[1]
Gagra	Gaga Kirkitadze	Vasil Khositashvili	Nike	N/A
Locomotive	John van Loen	Giorgi Gabadze	Jako	Aversi
Saburtalo	Lasha Nozadze	Levan Kakubava	Erreà	Audi
Samgurali	Giorgi Mikadze	Papuna Poniava	Hummel	Halyk Bank
Sioni Bolnisi	Ucha Sosiashvili	Data Sitchinava	Jako	RMG
Telavi	Gia Tsetsadze	Mirian Jikia	Jako	m2
Torpedo	Kakhaber Chkhetiani	Irakli Dzaria	Puma	New Vision University

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Tbilisi (C)	36	24	8	4	73	29	+44	80	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Dinamo Batumi	36	23	8	5	87	34	+53	77	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Dila Gori	36	17	8	11	48	35	+13	59
4	Samgurali Tsqaltubo	36	15	12	9	55	44	+11	57
5	Torpedo Kutaisi[a]	36	15	9	12	48	48	0	54	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
6	Saburtalo Tbilisi	36	13	8	15	51	49	+2	47
7	Telavi	36	8	15	13	29	36	−7	39
8	Sioni Bolnisi (R)	36	8	12	16	38	60	−22	36	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9	Gagra (O)	36	9	9	18	36	57	−21	36
10	Locomotive Tbilisi (R)	36	1	5	30	28	101	−73	8	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. «Torpedo Kutaisi qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round as 2022 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 GAG LOC SAB SMG SIO TEL TKU Dila Gori — 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 Dinamo Batumi 3–0 — 3–0 5–2 7–2 2–2 4–4 4–0 1–0 4–0 Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1[a] 0–0 — 5–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 Gagra 1–0 0–3 1–0 — 5–3 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 Locomotive Tbilisi 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 — 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 Saburtalo Tbilisi 0–2 0–0 1–1[a] 3–0 3–1 — 2–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 Samgurali 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1[a] 3–1 3–0 — 1–1 2–1 3–0 Sioni Bolnisi 0–0 1–1 3–7 2–1 5–1 1–0 0–2 — 0–2 1–1 Telavi 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 5–0 0–2 0–0[a] 2–0 — 0–0[a] Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 0–3 0–3[b] 1–0 4–2[a] 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 — Source: Erovnuli Liga Results Erovnuli Liga Fixtures Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: Postponed due to weather conditions Awarded

Round 19–36 Home \ Away DIL DBT DTB GAG LOC SAB SMG SIO TEL TKU Dila Gori — 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 Dinamo Batumi 3–2 — 4–1 2–0 4–2 3–2 1–2 3–0 4–0 5–2 Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 1–0 — 2–1 5–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 Gagra 0–0 1–4 0–1 — 2–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 Locomotive Tbilisi 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 — 0–1 1–4 2–2 0–2 0–0 Saburtalo Tbilisi 0–2 2–4 1–2 2–1 5–1 — 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 Samgurali 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–3 — 2–1 2–0 2–2 Sioni Bolnisi 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 5–2 1–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–3 Telavi 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 — 1–1 Torpedo Kutaisi 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 — Source: Erovnuli Liga Results Erovnuli Liga Fixtures Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

7 December 2022

13:00

FC Samtredia	1–0	Sioni Bolnisi
Kilasonia 79' (pen.)

Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium, Samtredia

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

11 December 2022

13:00

Sioni Bolnisi	0–2	FC Samtredia
		Chamba 9', 74'

Tamaz Stepania Stadium, Bolnisi

Referee: Davit Kharitinishvili

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8 December 2022

13:00

Gagra	2–0	FC Spaeri
Nozadze 8' Makatsaria 63'

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili

12 December 2022

13:00

FC Spaeri	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Gagra
Tsatskrialashvili 35' Papava 48' (pen.), 98'		Makatsaria 95' (pen.)
Penalties
Papava Matenjva Khojanashvili Odishelidze Kirkitadze Askurava	4–5	Khositashvili Lomtadze Sultanishvili Lominadze Parulava Shetsiruli

Spaeri Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: Jener Khorava

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 3 December 2022^[2][3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Flamarion	Dinamo Batumi	19
2	Irakli Rukhadze	Samgurali Tsqaltubo	12
	Irakli Sikharulidze	Saburtalo Tbilisi
3	Stanislav Bilenkyi	Dinamo Tbilisi	10
	Ousmane Camara	Dinamo Tbilisi
4	Nika Khorkheli	Sioni Bolnisi	9
	Giorgi Kukhianidze	Torpedo Kutaisi
	Mate Vatsadze	Gagra / Dinamo Batumi
	Tornike Kapanadze	Dila Gori
5	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Dinamo Batumi	8
	Vágner Gonçalves	Dila Gori
	Iuri Tabatadze	Saburtalo Tbilisi
	Imran Omar	Dinamo Tbilisi