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 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia. was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of Sou ...
. 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
FC Dinamo Batumi is a Georgian football club based in Batumi, Adjara, and current vice-champion of Erovnuli Liga, the top division of Georgian football system.
The club has won the league (2021), the Georgian Cup ( 1997-98) and Super Cup (1997 ...
and
Dila Gori were relegated at the end of
the previous season due to finishing 12th through 14th, respectively.
Spartaki Tskhinvali
FC Tskhinvali is a Georgian football club, which in mid-2010s spent four seasons in the top tier of the national league.
Despite the name, due to the enduring Georgian–Ossetian conflict they were unable to host their opponents in the city of T ...
, 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
League table
Results
First and second round
Third round
See also
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2008–09 Pirveli Liga
2008–09 Pirveli Liga was the 20th season of the Georgian Pirveli Liga. The Pirveli Liga is the second division of Georgian Football. It consists of 4 reserve teams and professional teams.
Although reserve teams was allowed to play in the same ...
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2008–09 Georgian Cup
The 2008–09 Georgian Cup (also known as the ''David Kipiani Cup'') was the sixty-fifth season overall and nineteenth since independence of the Georgian annual football tournament. The competition began on 30 August 2008 and ended with the Final ...
References
External links
Georgian Football Federation
Georgian Professional Football League
Seasonon soccerway
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