2008–09 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga 2008–09 13 September 2008 – 23 May 2009 WIT Georgia2nd Georgian title MeskhetiBorjomi Champions League WIT Georgia Europa League Dinamo TbilisiOlimpi RustaviZestaponi Nikoloz Gelashvili (20) Dinamo Tbilisi 12–0 Borjomi Borjomi 0–4 Dinamo TbilisiGagra 0–4 WIT GeorgiaZestaponi 0–4 Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi 12–0 Borjomi 165 411 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Umaglesi Liga was the twentieth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It was scheduled to begin in August 2008, but the start of the league was delayed due to the 2008 South Ossetia war. The first round of games finally took place on 13 and 14 September 2008. The season ended with the 33rd round played on 23 May 2009. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions. The league was reduced from 14 to 12 teams prior to this season. However, Ameri Tbilisi voluntarily withdrew from the competition in mid-July because of financial reasons. As no replacement team was announced, the league featured only 11 teams. Promotion and relegation Merani Tbilisi, Dinamo Batumi and Dila Gori were relegated at the end of the previous season due to finishing 12th through 14th, respectively. Spartaki Tskhinvali, who finished the previous season in 11th place, retained their spot in Umaglesi Liga after defeating Pirveli Liga runners-up Gagra by 1–0. Due to the reduction of league size, only Pirveli Liga champions Chiatura were promoted. However, they did not want to compete in 2008–09 Umaglesi Liga because of unknown reasons, so Gagra took their spot. Stadia and locations Georgia 550 Location of teams in 2008–09 Umaglesi Liga Georgia 41.716667 44.783333 12 Tbilisi top Georgia 41.833333 43.383333 Borjomi Georgia 41.638889 42.986111 Meskheti Georgia 42.5 41.85 Mglebi Georgia 41.533333 45 Olimpi bottom Georgia 41.45 44.533333 Sioni left Georgia 42.11 43.0525 Zestaponi left Georgia 43.5 46.5 TransparentPlaceholder.png Tbilisi teams:DinamoGagraLocomotiveSpartaki-TskhinvaliWIT Georgia left TeamLocationVenueCapacityFC BorjomiBorjomiJemal Zeinklishvili Stadium5,000DinamoTbilisiBoris Paichadze Stadium54,549GagraTbilisiAmeri Stadium1,000LocomotiveTbilisiMikheil Meskhi Stadium27,223MeskhetiAkhaltsikheCentral Stadium3,000MglebiZugdidiGulia Tutberidze Stadium3,000OlimpiRustaviPoladi Stadium10,720SioniBolnisiTamaz Stephania Stadium3,000Spartaki-TskhinvaliTbilisiKartli Stadium1,500WIT GeorgiaTbilisiShevardeni Stadium4,000FC ZestaponiZestaponiDavid Abashidze Stadium10,000 League table main WDL QR WIT WIT Georgia DIN Dinamo Tbilisi OLI Olimpi Rustavi ZES Zestaponi SIO Sioni Bolnisi LOC Locomotive Tbilisi MGL Mglebi Zugdidi MES Meskheti Akhaltsikhe GAG Gagra SPA Spartaki Tskhinvali BOR Borjomi AME — Ameri Tbilisi 20 9 1 57 19 C 19 6 5 70 21 16 9 5 40 20 16 4 10 43 27 11 11 8 35 29 10 8 12 35 33 10 6 14 36 41 R 7 8 15 23 42 R 7 7 16 23 48 6 7 17 28 46 2 7 21 21 85 R 0 0 0 0 0 R Mglebi withdrew from the league. The club was merged with FC Baia Zugdidi. Meskheti withdrew from the league after the season concluded due to financial reasons. Therefore, Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali, who originally were to be demoted, were spared from relegation and play in the 2009–10 season of Umaglesi Liga.First division clubs in Europe 2009/10 https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/publications/uefa/uefamedia/87/39/82/873982_download.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20100215145948/http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/publications/uefa/uefamedia/87/39/82/873982_download.pdf dead February 15, 2010 UEFA 16 September 2011 57 PDF Ameri Tbilisi voluntarily withdrew their participation before the start of the season due to financial reasons. green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round Dinamo Tbilisi won the 2008–09 Georgian Cup and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since they also finished second in the league, fourth-placed Zestaponi qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. EL2 blue2 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round EL2 EL1 EL1 red1 Withdrew from the league R R R red1 Relegation to Pirveli Liga RPL 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete soccerway.com Results First and second round main FBR grey BOR DIN GAG LOC MES MGL OLI SIO SPA WIT ZES Borjomi 0–4 3–2 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 5–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 Gagra 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–3 Locomotive Tbilisi 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 Meskheti Akhaltsikhe 2–2 1–3 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 Mglebi Zugdidi 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 Olimpi Rustavi 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Sioni Bolnisi 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 Spartaki Tskhinvali 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–4 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 WIT Georgia 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 Zestaponi 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 complete soccerway.com Third round main FBR grey BOR DIN GAG LOC MES MGL OLI SIO SPA WIT ZES Borjomi null 1–2 1–1 null null null 1–2 null 0–3 1–3 Dinamo Tbilisi 12–0 null null 2–0 null 2–1 null 2–2 1–1 null Gagra null 0–1 null 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 null null Locomotive Tbilisi null 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 null null null Meskheti Akhaltsikhe 6–0 null null null null 0–1 null 1–0 0–3 null Mglebi Zugdidi 5–0 1–0 null null 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 null null Olimpi Rustavi 6–1 null null null null null 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 Sioni Bolnisi null 1–1 null null 2–0 null null null 3–4 0–0 Spartaki Tskhinvali 2–0 null null 1–3 null null null 2–1 0–0 1–0 WIT Georgia null null 0–0 3–1 null 4–0 null null null 2–1 Zestaponi null 0–4 6–0 1–3 3–0 3–1 null null null null complete soccerway.com See also 2008–09 Pirveli Liga 2008–09 Georgian Cup References External links Georgian Football Federation ka https://archive.today/20070616061207/http://www.pfl.ge/geo/index.php Georgian Professional Football League el ka Season on soccerway Category:Erovnuli Liga seasons 1 Georgia