Umaglesi Liga
Season1998–99
Dates6 August 1998 – 23 May 1999
ChampionsDinamo Tbilisi
10th Georgian title
RelegatedOdishi Zugdidi
Guria Lanchkhuti
Champions LeagueDinamo Tbilisi
UEFA CupTorpedo Kutaisi
Locomotive Tbilisi
Intertoto CupKolkheti Poti
Matches played240
Goals scored678 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerMikheil Ashvetia (26)
Biggest home winDinamo Batumi 9–0 Odishi
Biggest away winGorda 1–7 Torpedo
Arsenali 1–7 Dinamo Tbilisi
Highest scoringGuria 3–7 Merani

The 1998–99 Umaglesi Liga was the tenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 6 August 1998 and ended on 23 May 1999. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.

Locations

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Tbilisi (C) 30 24 5 1 91 17 +74 77 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Torpedo Kutaisi 30 21 4 5 73 27 +46 67 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Locomotive Tbilisi 30 18 10 2 43 14 +29 64
4 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 30 15 7 8 57 36 +21 52 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5 Dinamo Batumi 30 13 11 6 49 22 +27 50
6 Merani-91 Tbilisi 30 12 9 9 37 29 +8 45
7 WIT Georgia[lower-alpha 1] 30 14 5 11 42 29 +13 44
8 Iberia Samtredia 30 11 5 14 45 48 −3 38
9 Arsenali Tbilisi 30 9 11 10 34 44 −10 38
10 Dila Gori 30 10 5 15 37 54 −17 35
11 Samgurali Tskhaltubo 30 10 3 17 32 57 −25 33
12 Gorda Rustavi 30 7 11 12 28 46 −18 32
13 Sioni Bolnisi (O) 30 7 7 16 27 52 −25 28 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
14 TSU Tbilisi (O) 30 6 9 15 28 46 −18 27
15 Odishi Zugdidi (R) 30 6 2 22 21 70 −49 20 Relegation to Pirveli Liga
16 Guria Lanchkhuti (R) 30 3 4 23 34 87 −53 13
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ WIT Georgia were docked 3 points for the Giorgi Chankotadze's assault on the referee in the round 10 match against Merani.

Results

Home \ Away ARS DIL DBA DIN GOR GUR IBS KOL LOC MER ODI SMG SIO TKU TSU WIT
Arsenali Tbilisi 2–2 0–1 1–7 1–0 5–1 2–5 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0
Dila Gori 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 5–3 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–3
Dinamo Batumi 1–1 6–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 9–0 6–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 5–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 7–1 7–2 6–1 1–0 5–1 5–0 6–0 8–1 1–0 0–0 3–2
Gorda Rustavi 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 6–2 2–0 3–1 1–7 0–0 3–2
Guria Lanchkhuti 0–2 4–2 0–1 0–1 3–4 1–3 1–4 0–4 3–7 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–5 2–0 2–0
Iberia Samtredia 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 4–2 0–1
Kolkheti-1913 Poti 3–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 5–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 5–1 4–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 2–1
Locomotive Tbilisi 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0
Merani-91 Tbilisi 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
Odishi Zugdidi 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 4–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 1–3
Samgurali Tskhaltubo 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–3
Sioni Bolnisi 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–1
Torpedo Kutaisi 1–1 3–0 3–3 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–0 5–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–1
TSU Tbilisi 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–4 1–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 2–5
WIT Georgia 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

First Round

Sioni Bolnisi remain at Umaglesi Liga. TSU Tbilisi entered losing side playoffs

Dinamo-2 Tbilisi1 – 1Gortskali Dzveli Anaga
Penalties
4 – 2

Dinamo-2 Tbilisi promoted and renamed as Tbilisi. Kolkheti Khobi promoted.

Second Round
Gortskali Dzveli Anaga2 – 0Sulori Vani
TSU Tbilisi3 – 0Gortskali Dzveli Anaga

TSU Tbilisi remain at Umaglesi Liga.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Georgia (country) Mikhail Ashvetia Dinamo Tbilisi 26
2 Georgia (country) David Makharadze Guria Lanchkhuti 21
3 Georgia (country) Levan Khomeriki Dinamo Batumi 18
4 Georgia (country) Zurab Ionanidze Torpedo Kutaisi 16
5 Georgia (country) Hamlet Tsivtsivadze Locomotive Tbilisi 15

See also

References

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