The 2011–12

Umaglesi Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top division of professional top tier football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federati ...

was the 23rd season of top-tier

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. It began on 6 August 2011 and ended on 21 May 2012. The league added two teams for this season, increasing its size from ten to twelve teams. The league was won by

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, who successfully defended their title. Metalurgi Rustavi,

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and Dila Gori qualified for the

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, while Spartaki Tskhinvali and

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were relegated.

Changes from 2010–11 season

The league expanded from ten to twelve teams for this season. In order to accommodate the additional teams, the competition mode was changed from a single-phase, quadruple round-robin schedule to a double-phase championship. All twelve teams first played a regular double round-robin schedule for a total of 22 matches, once at home and once away against each opponent. The best eight teams were then admitted to a championship round, while the remaining four teams were to compete with the best two teams of each of the two 2011–12

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divisions for a total of four free spots in the 2012–13 season.

Teams

Due to the expansion from ten to twelve teams, no teams were directly relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season. However, the ninth- and tenth-placed teams, Spartaki Tskhinvali and

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, had to participate in single-match relegation/promotion play-off matches against third- and fourth-placed 2010–11

sides Dila Gori and Chikhura Sachkhere. In these matches, Spartaki Tskhinvali retained their Umaglesi Liga berth by beating Chikhura 2–1, while Samtredia were relegated after a 2–0 loss against Dila Gori. Samtredia hence completed a two-year tenure in the league; Dila Gori returned after a three-season absence. The directly promoted teams from the 2010–11 Pirveli Liga were champions

and runners-up Merani Martvili. Gagra returned to the top Georgian football league after only one season at the second tier, while Merani Martvili made their debut at the highest level of the league pyramid. In other changes, Olimpi Rustavi were renamed ''Metalurgi Rustavi'' prior to this season.

Stadiums and locations

Spartaki Tskhinvali and

play their home matches in

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due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.

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moved from Tbilisi to the newly constructed Mtskheta Park in

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First phase

The league began with a regular double-round robin schedule on 6 August 2011 and concluded this phase on 8 March 2012. The best eight teams qualified for the

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, which will determine the Georgian champions and the participants for the 2012–13 European competitions. The remaining four teams qualified for the promotion/relegation round, where they will have to compete with the best two teams of each of the two 2011–12

divisions for four free places in the 2012–13 competition.

League table

Results

Second phase

This phase began on 12 March 2012 and will end on 21 May 2012.

Championship round

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, Metalurgi Rustavi, Merani Martvili, Baia Zugdidi, Dila Gori and Kolkheti Poti ended the first phase in the top eight positions of the table and thus entered the championship round. The results of the matches among these teams will be used as a base ranking. Each team will then play another double round-robin schedule against every other team.

Table

Results

Promotion/relegation round

WIT Georgia, Spartaki Tskhinvali,

and Sioni Bolnisi finished ninth through twelfth and thus entered the promotion/relegation round, where they will meet the best two teams from each of the two 2011–12

divisions. These four teams are Dinamo Batumi,

Mertskhali Ozurgeti FC Mertskhali ( ka, საფეხბურთო კლუბი მერცხალი ოზურგეთი; English: Swallows) is a professional football club based in Ozurgeti, Guria, Georgia. The team competes in Liga 4, the fourth t ...

, Chikhura Sachkhere and Guria Lanchkhuti. Each team will play another double round-robin schedule against every other team. The best four teams of this round will qualify for the

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, with the remaining teams beginning the 2012–13 season in the

Table

Results

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Georgian Football Federation
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Changes from 2010–11 season

Teams

Stadiums and locations

First phase

League table

Results

Second phase

Championship round

Table

Results

Promotion/relegation round

Table

Results

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links