2002–03 Umaglesi Liga

Umaglesi Liga
Season2002–03
Dates3 August 2002 – 30 May 2003
ChampionsDinamo Tbilisi
11th Georgian title
RelegatedGorda Rustavi
Milani Tsnori
Metalurgi Zestaponi
Champions LeagueDinamo Tbilisi
UEFA CupTorpedo Kutaisi
Sioni Bolnisi
Intertoto CupWIT Georgia
Matches played192
Goals scored469 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerZurab Ionanidze (26)
Biggest home winKolkheti 8–1 Metalurgi
Biggest away winKolkheti 0–6 Locomotive
Highest scoringKolkheti 8–1 Metalurgi
Torpedo 6–3 Gorda

The 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga was the fourteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 3 August 2002 and ended on 30 May 2003. Torpedo Kutaisi were the defending champions.

Locations

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Location of teams in 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga

First stage

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo Tbilisi 22 18 2 2 50 8 +42 56 Qualification to Championship group
2 Torpedo Kutaisi 22 16 4 2 50 15 +35 52
3 Locomotive Tbilisi 22 16 2 4 35 10 +25 50
4 WIT Georgia 22 16 1 5 40 15 +25 49
5 Sioni Bolnisi 22 9 3 10 26 27 −1 30
6 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 22 9 3 10 28 33 −5 30
7 Merani-91 Tbilisi 22 6 5 11 25 37 −12 23 Qualification to Relegation group
8 Dila Gori 22 6 3 13 17 29 −12 21
9 Dinamo Batumi 22 5 5 12 16 27 −11 20
10 Metalurgi Zestaponi 22 6 1 15 17 50 −33 19
11 Gorda Rustavi 22 4 1 17 22 45 −23 13
12 Milani Tsnori 22 3 4 15 11 47 −36 13
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head

Results

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Home \ Away DIL DBA DIN GOR KOL LOC MER MZE MIL SIO TKU WIT
Dila Gori 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 0–1
Dinamo Batumi 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–1
Gorda Rustavi 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 3–0[a] 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–4 2–3
Kolkheti-1913 Poti 1–0 1–0 0–5 3–0 1–0 1–1 8–1 3–0[b] 3–2 0–2 0–1
Locomotive Tbilisi 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Merani-91 Tbilisi 1–0 2–1 1–2 –[c] 0–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2
Metalurgi Zestaponi 0–2 1–0 0–3[d] 3–1 0–2 0–5 0–3 5–0 2–1 0–2 0–3[e]
Milani Tsnori 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–2
Sioni Bolnisi 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 2–0 2–1 0–1 6–3 6–1 1–1 1–0 3–0[f] 5–0 4–2 1–0
WIT Georgia 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–3
Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded as Merani's players refused to play a match in protest against non-payment of salaries.
  2. ^ Match awarded as Milani had not paid participation fee in time.
  3. ^ Both teams were awarded a 0–3 loss for not paying participation fee in time.
  4. ^ Match awarded as Metalurgi Zestaponi had not paid participation fee in time.
  5. ^ The match between Metalurgi Zestaponi and WIT Georgia was abandoned in the 75th minute with the score of 1–3 for WIT Georgia because the home fans attacked a referee. The match was awarded with a score of 0–3.
  6. ^ Match awarded as Metalurgi Zestaponi's players refused to play a match in protest against non-payment of salaries.

Second stage

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Championship group

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo Tbilisi (C) 10 6 2 2 17 7 +10 48 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Torpedo Kutaisi 10 6 2 2 15 5 +10 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 WIT Georgia 10 4 4 2 10 7 +3 41 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4 Locomotive Tbilisi 10 4 1 5 16 10 +6 38
5 Sioni Bolnisi 10 2 2 6 9 20 −11 23 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
6 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 10 0 5 5 5 23 −18 20
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away DIN LOC KOL SIO TKU WIT
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 5–1 3–1 0–2 3–1
Locomotive Tbilisi 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1
Kolkheti-1913 Poti 0–0 0–6 0–0 0–3 2–2
Sioni Bolnisi 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 2–1 0–0 5–1 0–0
WIT Georgia 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1
Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Dila Gori 10 5 3 2 15 8 +7 29
8 Dinamo Batumi 10 5 3 2 12 5 +7 28
9 Merani-Olimpi Tbilisi 10 4 3 3 15 5 +10 27
10 Gorda Rustavi (R) 10 5 3 2 8 3 +5 25 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
11 Milani Tsnori (R) 10 3 4 3 7 7 0 20 Relegation to Pirveli Liga
12 Metalurgi Zestaponi (R) 10 0 0 10 0 29 −29 10
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away DIL DBA GOR MER MZE MIL
Dila Gori 0–0 0–0 1–3 4–0 3–1
Dinamo Batumi 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Gorda Rustavi 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Merani-91 Tbilisi 1–2 0–1 0–1 6–0 0–0
Metalurgi Zestaponi 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–4 0–1
Milani Tsnori 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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Gorda-2000 Rustavi0 – 1 (a.e.t.)FC Mtskheta

Top goalscorers

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Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Georgia (country) Zurab Ionanidze Torpedo Kutaisi 17
2 Georgia (country) Levan Melkadze WIT Georgia 15
3 Georgia (country) Vitali Daraselia Dinamo Tbilisi 11
4 Georgia (country) Alexander Koshkadze Merani-91 Tbilisi 9
5 Georgia (country) David Goderdzishvili Sioni Bolnisi 8
Georgia (country) Revaz Gotsiridze Gorda Rustavi 8
Georgia (country) Levan Shavgulidze Sioni Bolnisi 8
8 Georgia (country) Giorgi Adamia WIT Georgia 6
Georgia (country) Malkhaz Asatiani Torpedo Kutaisi 6
Georgia (country) Givi Didava Torpedo Kutaisi 6
Georgia (country) Zviad Endeladze Metalurgi Zestaponi 6
Georgia (country) Giorgi Modebadze Dinamo Batumi 6
Ukraine Andriy Poroshyn Torpedo Kutaisi 6

See also

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References

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