2001–02 Umaglesi Liga

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Football league season

Umaglesi Liga

Season	2001–02
Dates	28 July 2001 – 22 May 2002
Champions	Torpedo Kutaisi 3rd Georgian title
Relegated	Samgurali Tskaltubo Guria Lanchkhuti
Champions League	Torpedo Kutaisi
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Tbilisi Locomotive Tbilisi
Intertoto Cup	WIT Georgia
Matches played	192
Goals scored	469 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Suliko Davitashvili (18)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Tbilisi 10–0 Merani
Biggest away win	Sioni 0–5 Locomotive
Highest scoring	Dinamo Tbilisi 10–0 Merani
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Umaglesi Liga was the thirteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 28 July 2001 and ended on 22 May 2002. Torpedo Kutaisi were the defending champions.

Locations

Tbilisi

Metalurgi

Gorda

Guria

Dinamo Batumi

Samgurali

Torpedo

Kolkheti

Sioni

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Locomotive
Merani
WIT Georgia

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Location of teams in 2001–02 Umaglesi Liga

First stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Torpedo Kutaisi	22	16	4	2	52	13	+39	52	Qualification to Championship group
2	Locomotive Tbilisi	22	15	4	3	38	12	+26	49
3	Dinamo Tbilisi	22	11	5	6	37	19	+18	38
4	Dinamo Batumi	22	11	4	7	31	19	+12	37
5	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	22	10	5	7	32	29	+3	35
6	Merani-91 Tbilisi	22	10	4	8	34	28	+6	34
7	WIT Georgia	22	9	6	7	33	29	+4	33	Qualification to Relegation group
8	Sioni Bolnisi	22	7	4	11	17	30	−13	25
9	Metalurgi Zestaponi	22	4	8	10	17	34	−17	20
10	Guria Lanchkhuti	22	3	6	13	14	44	−30	15
11	Gorda Rustavi	22	3	5	14	16	37	−21	14
12	Samgurali Tskaltubo	22	3	5	14	15	42	−27	14

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head

Results

Home \ Away	DBA	DIN	GOR	GUR	KOL	LOC	MER	MZE	SMG	SIO	TKU	WIT
Dinamo Batumi		2–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–1		1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	6–0	6–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–5
Gorda Rustavi	1–1	0–1		1–2	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	3–2
Guria Lanchkhuti	0–0	0–2	2–1		1–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–5
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	1–0	0–4	4–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–1	3–2	3–0
Locomotive Tbilisi	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0		3–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–1
Merani-91 Tbilisi	1–0	1–0	3–0	4–2	1–2	0–1		1–1	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–1
Metalurgi Zestaponi	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–1		3–1	4–0	0–3	0–3
Samgurali Tskaltubo	2–3	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0		1–1	1–4	1–2
Sioni Bolnisi	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–5	2–1	2–0	2–0		0–1	0–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–2	4–0	3–0	4–0		1–1
WIT Georgia	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–3

Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Torpedo Kutaisi (C)	10	7	1	2	12	5	+7	48	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Locomotive Tbilisi	10	7	1	2	18	6	+12	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Dinamo Tbilisi	10	8	1	1	20	1	+19	44
4	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	10	2	2	6	9	16	−7	26
5	Dinamo Batumi	10	1	1	8	5	19	−14	23
6	Merani-91 Tbilisi	10	2	0	8	7	24	−17	23

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	DIN	DBA	KOL	MER	LOC	TKU
Dinamo Tbilisi		3–0	1–0	10–0	2–0	1–0
Dinamo Batumi	0–1		1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1
Kolkheti-1913 Poti	0–1	3–0		1–0	1–3	0–0
Merani-91 Tbilisi	0–1	0–1	4–1		0–1	1–2
Locomotive Tbilisi	0–0	5–1	4–1	3–0		0–1
Torpedo Kutaisi	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1

Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	WIT Georgia	10	5	3	2	12	8	+4	35	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
8	Sioni Bolnisi	10	5	1	4	18	13	+5	29
9	Metalurgi Zestaponi	10	5	2	3	16	10	+6	27
10	Gorda Rustavi (O)	10	5	3	2	20	11	+9	25	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
11	Samgurali Tskaltubo (R)	10	5	1	4	11	10	+1	23	Relegation to Pirveli Liga
12	Guria Lanchkhuti (R)	10	0	0	10	4	29	−25	8

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	GOR	GUR	MZE	SMG	SIO	WIT
Gorda Rustavi		5–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2
Guria Lanchkhuti	1–5		0–3	1–2	1–3	0–1
Metalurgi Zestaponi	0–0	4–1		3–0	3–1	2–0
Samgurali Tskaltubo	0–0	3–0	2–1		1–0	2–1
Sioni Bolnisi	4–2	2–0	5–0	2–1		0–0
WIT Georgia	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1

Source: rsssf.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

29 May 2002

Gorda-2000 Rustavi	2 – 1	FC Kobuleti

Tbilisi

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Suliko Davitashvili	Locomotive Tbilisi / Merani-91 Tbilisi	18
2	Andriy Poroshyn	Torpedo Kutaisi	17
3	Zviad Endeladze	Metalurgi Zestaponi / Guria Lanchkhuti	14
4	Mikheil Bobokhidze	Dinamo Tbilisi	13
5	Lado Burduli	Dinamo Tbilisi	12
	Shalva Isiani	Sioni Bolnisi	12
	Hamlet Tsivtsivadze	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	12
8	Shalva Apkhazava	Dinamo Batumi	11
	Zviad Kutateladze	Torpedo Kutaisi	11
10	David Datvadze	Locomotive Tbilisi	10
	Paata Machutadze	Dinamo Batumi	10

See also

• 2001–02 Pirveli Liga
• 2001–02 Georgian Cup

References

• Georgia - List of final tables (RSSSF)