The 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga was the 22nd season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 14 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011. Olimpi Rustavi are the defending champions, having won their second Georgian championship last season. FC Zestaponi claimed their first title.
The league size was expanded from 10 teams in that season to 12 teams in following season. Therefore, there was no direct relegation to the Pirveli Liga in that season.
Teams Lokomotivi Tbilisi and Gagra were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of last season after finishing in 9th and 10th place respectively.
Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga champions Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi and runners-up Kolkheti Poti.
Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Gori due to various inner-Georgian conflicts. FC WIT Georgia play their home matches from this season on in the newly built WIT Georgia Stadium in the city of Mtskheta
Team Location Venue Capacity FC Baia Zugdidi Gulia Tutberidze Stadium 5,000 FC Dinamo Tbilisi Boris Paichadze Stadium 54,549 FC Kolkheti Poti Fazisi Stadium 6,000 FC Olimpi Rustavi Poladi Stadium 6,000 FC Samtredia Samtredia Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium 15,000 FC Sioni Bolnisi Tamaz Stephania Stadium 3,000 FC Spartaki Gori Kartli Stadium 1,500 FC Torpedo Kutaisi Givi Kiladze Stadium 14,700 FC WIT Georgia Tbilisi Shevardeni Stadium 4,000 FC Zestaponi Zestaponi David Abashidze Stadium 4,558
League table
Results The ten teams played each other four times in this league for a total of 36 matches per team. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then did the same in the second half of the season.
First half of season
Second half of season
Relegation play-offs Due to the expansion of the league for next season, the 9th and 10th-place finishers of this competition (Spartaki Tskhinvali and Samtredia, respectively) will play single matches against the 3rd and 4th-place finishers of this season's Pirveli Liga competition (Dila Gori and Chikhura Sachkhere, respectively). The winners of these two matches will participate in this competition next season.
Top goalscorers Including matches played on 1 May 2011 RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1 Nikoloz GelashviliZestaponi182 Irakli ModebadzeOlimpi Rustavi163 Rati TsinamdzgvrishviliZestaponi134 Giorgi MegreladzeTorpedo Kutaisi135 Jaba DvaliZestaponi126 Aleksandre KoshkadzeDinamo Tbilisi8 Levan KhmaladzeDinamo Tbilisi88 Giga BechvaiaWIT Georgia7 Zviad MetreveliSpartaki Tskhinvali710 Jaba LipartiaWIT Georgia6 Besik ChimakadzeWIT Georgia6
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 Torpedo Kutaisi 3,433 2 Zestafoni 1,922 3 Samtredia 1,117 4 Kolkheti 972 5 Zugdidi 931 6 Rustavi 850 7 Dinamo Tbilisi 672 8 Sioni Bolnisi 644 9 WIT Georgia 317 10 Spartaki Tskhinvali 239
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See also 2010–11 Pirveli Liga 2010–11 Georgian Cup
References
External links Georgian Football Federation