2017 Erovnuli Liga

Erovnuli Liga

Season	2017
Champions	Torpedo Kutaisi 4th Georgian title
Relegated	Dinamo Batumi Shukura Kobuleti
Champions League	Torpedo Kutaisi
Europa League	Dinamo Tbilisi Samtredia Chikhura Sachkhere
Matches played	154
Goals scored	439 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Irakli Sikharulidze (25)
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Erovnuli Liga (formerly known as Umaglesi Liga) was the 29th season of top-tier football in Georgia. Samtredia are the defending champions. The season began on 4 March 2017 and ended on 26 November 2017.

Teams and stadia

Zugdidi and Tskhinvali were directly relegated at the end of the previous season; Sioni Bolnisi and Guria Lanchkhuti were also relegated after losing play-off ties. Because the league contracted from 14 to 10 teams for this season, there was no promotion from the 2016 Pirveli Liga.

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Tbilisi

Chikhura Sachkhere

Dila Gori

Dinamo Batumi

Kolkheti Poti

Samtredia

Shukura

Torpedo Kutaisi

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Locomotive
Saburtalo

Locations of the 2017 Erovnuli Liga teams.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Chikhura Sachkhere	Zestaponi	David Abashidze Stadium	4,558
Dila Gori	Gori	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium	5,000
Dinamo Batumi	Batumi	Batumi Rugby Arena	2,000
Dinamo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Dinamo Arena	54,549
Kolkheti Poti	Kobuleti	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	6,000
Locomotive Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	27,223
Saburtalo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Davit Petriashvili Stadium	27,223
FC Samtredia	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	5,000
Shukura Kobuleti	Kobuleti	Chele Arena	6,000
Torpedo Kutaisi	Kutaisi	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium	19,400

Source: Scoresway

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Torpedo Kutaisi (C)	36	23	7	6	59	27	+32	76	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	36	23	6	7	79	29	+50	75	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Samtredia	36	20	8	8	62	39	+23	68
4	Saburtalo Tbilisi	36	18	6	12	61	42	+19	60
5	Chikhura Sachkhere	36	17	4	15	47	54	−7	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
6	Locomotive Tbilisi	36	16	5	15	63	53	+10	53
7	Dila Gori	36	11	8	17	41	51	−10	41
8	Dinamo Batumi (R)	36	10	3	23	28	60	−32	33	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9	Kolkheti Poti (O)	36	6	8	22	31	73	−42	26
10	Shukura Kobuleti (R)	36	4	9	23	35	78	−43	21	Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2

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	DBA	DTB	KOL	LOC	SAB	SAM	SHU	TKU
Chikhura Sachkhere	—	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–3
Dila Gori	2–0	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	4–0	0–2
Dinamo Batumi	0–0	2–3	—	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–3
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–1	1–2	4–0	—	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	5–0	2–1
Kolkheti Poti	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–3	—	0–5	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–3
Locomotive Tbilisi	5–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–2	—	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–1
Saburtalo Tbilisi	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–5	1–2	2–1	—	1–2	5–0	1–0
Samtredia	0–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	—	1–1	0–2
Shukura Kobuleti	1–4	0–0	2–4	1–4	2–4	0–5	1–2	0–2	—	1–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	—

Second half of season

Home \ Away	CHI	DIL	DBA	DTB	KOL	LOC	SAB	SAM	SHU	TKU
Chikhura Sachkhere	—	4–2	2–1	1-3	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1-3
Dila Gori	1–0	—	1–2	1–2	3–0	2-1	0–2	2–1	0-1	1-0
Dinamo Batumi	1–2	1–0	—	1–2	1–2	1–0	1-2	0–1	3–2	0–5
Dinamo Tbilisi	5–0	5–0	4-0	—	6–1	3–1	1–4	0-1	1–1	0–1
Kolkheti Poti	0-4	1-0	0–2	1–1	—	1–2	0–0	1–3	0-3*	1–2
Locomotive Tbilisi	3–0	4–2	3–0	3–1	1-0	—	1–1	2-5	2-2	2–0
Saburtalo Tbilisi	1-2	3-1	5–0	0-0	6–3	6–0	—	1–1	3–2	1–2
Samtredia	3—0	2-2	3–0	1–1	5-0	2–1	0-2	—	4–1	1–1
Shukura Kobuleti	0–1	0–1	0-0	0-1	3–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	—	1–2
Torpedo Kutaisi	0–2	2–1	2-0	1–1	0–0	4-2	2–0	2-0	3–1	—

Relegation play-offs

Sioni Bolnisi v Dinamo Batumi

30 November 2017 (2017-11-30) 13:00 UTC+4

Sioni Bolnisi	3–2	Dinamo Batumi
Dvali  16', 27', 45+1'	https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/30/georgia/play-offs-12/fc-sioni-bolnisi/fc-dinamo-batumi/2692526/?ICID=PL_MS_01	Kvirkvelia  36' Tevdoradze  40'

Tamaz Stepania Stadium, Bolnisi Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Papuna Matcharadze

Dinamo Batumi v Sioni Bolnisi

3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 17:00 UTC+4

Dinamo Batumi	3–2	Sioni Bolnisi
Grigalashvili  8' Kvasov  62' Martsvaladze  83'	https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/03/georgia/play-offs-12/fc-dinamo-batumi/fc-sioni-bolnisi/2692524/?ICID=PL_MS_02	Koshkadze  36' Sikharulia  90+2'
	Penalties
Kvirkvelia Martsvaladze Grigalashvili Shonia	2–4	Sikharulia Ugulava Kikava Chankotadze Dvali

Batumi Rugby Arena, Batumi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Giorgi Vadatchkoria

5–5 on aggregate. Sioni Bolnisi won 4–2 on penalties.

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Kolkheti Poti v Merani Martvili

30 November 2017 (2017-11-30) 14:30 UTC+4

Kolkheti Poti	2–1	Merani Martvili
Derebchynsky  36' Bolkvadze  41'	https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/30/georgia/play-offs-12/fc-kolkheti-1913-poti/fc-merani-martvili/2692523/?ICID=PL_MS_03	Tretyak  43'

Saragbo Baza Parki-Arena, Poti Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili

Merani Martvili v Kolkheti Poti

3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 13:00 UTC+4

Merani Martvili	2–2	Kolkheti Poti
Kurdghelashvili  16', 90+2'	https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/03/georgia/play-offs-12/fc-merani-martvili/fc-kolkheti-1913-poti/2692525/?ICID=PL_MS_04	Bukhaidze  54', 90'

Murtaz Khurtsilava Stadium, Martvili Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

Kolhketi Poti won 4–3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Irakli Sikharulidze	Locomotive Tbilisi	25
2	Beka Mikeltadze	Dinamo Tbilisi	15
	Dimitri Tatanashvili	Chikhura Sachkhere
4	Tornike Kapanadze	Torpedo Kutaisi	14
5	Giorgi Kharaishvili	Saburtalo Tbilisi	13
6	Bachana Arabuli	Dinamo Tbilisi	11
	Giorgi Kukhianidze	Torpedo Kutaisi
	Levan Kutalia	Torpedo Kutaisi / Shukura Kobuleti
	Nikoloz Sabanadze	Samtredia / Torpedo Kutaisi
10	Mamia Gavashelishvili	Locomotive Tbilisi	10
	Mykola Kovtalyuk	Kolkheti Poti
	Davit Volkovi	Saburtalo Tbilisi

External links

• Official website
• Georgian Football Federation