2020 Erovnuli Liga

The 2020 Erovnuli Liga or Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga 2020 (formerly known as Umaglesi Liga) is the 32nd season of top-tier football in Georgia. Dinamo Tbilisi are the defending champions. The season began on 29 February 2020 and is scheduled to be ended on 5 December 2020.[1][2] The league winners will earn a place in the UEFA Champions League and the second and third-placed clubs will earn a place in the new UEFA Europa Conference League.[3]

Erovnuli Liga

Season	2020
Dates	29 February 2020 – 5 December 2020
Matches played	42
Goals scored	93 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mykola Kovtalyuk (6 goals)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 Locomotive Tbilisi (3 July 2020) Dila Gori 4-0 Merani Tbilisi (11 July 2020)
Biggest away win	Torpedo Kutaisi 0–4 Saburtalo (24 July 2020) Samtredia 0-4 Dinamo Tbilisi (25 July 2020)
Highest scoring	Locomotive Tbilisi 1-4 Dinamo Batumi (9 July 2020)
Longest winning run	3 matches Dila Gori Dinamo Tbilisi
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches Dinamo Batumi Dila Gori
Longest winless run	9 matches Merani Tbilisi
Longest losing run	4 matches Merani Tbilisi
← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 7 August 2020.

In March the season was suspended following a decision by the Georgian Football Federation due to COVID-19 pandemic, initially until 1 April,[4] but later the suspension was extended to late June.[5] Each team will play 18 matches instead of the planned 36.

Teams and stadiums

Tbilisi

Chikhura Sachkhere

Dila Gori

Dinamo Batumi

Samtredia

Telavi

Torpedo Kutaisi

Tbilisi teams:
Dinamo
Locomotive
Merani
Saburtalo

Locations of the 2020 Erovnuli Liga teams.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Chikhura Sachkhere	Kutaisi	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium	19,400
Dila Gori	Gori	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium	8,230
Dinamo Batumi	Batumi	Chele Arena	6,000
Dinamo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Boris Paichadze Stadium	54,549
Locomotive Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	27,223
Merani Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Sinatle Stadium	2,500
Saburtalo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	27,223
FC Samtredia	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	5,000
FC Telavi	Telavi	Givi Chokheli Stadium	12,000
Torpedo Kutaisi	Kutaisi	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium	19,400

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Batumi	10	5	5	0	18	6	+12	20	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	10	5	4	1	16	4	+12	19	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Dila Gori	9	4	4	1	14	6	+8	16
4	Saburtalo	9	4	4	1	11	7	+4	16
5	Telavi	10	2	7	1	9	6	+3	13
6	Locomotive Tbilisi	10	3	4	3	11	14	−3	13
7	Torpedo Kutaisi	9	2	3	4	7	13	−6	9
8	Samtredia	10	2	3	5	7	16	−9	9	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9	Chikhura	9	1	2	6	7	16	−9	5
10	Merani Tbilisi	10	0	4	6	4	16	−12	4	Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2020. Source: Erovnuli Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.

Results

Each team will play the other nine teams home and away, for a total of 18 games each.

Home \ Away	CHI	DIL	DBT	DTB	LOC	MER	SAB	SAM	TEL	TKU
Chikhura	—	0–2	0–4		1–3	3–0	18 Aug
Dila Gori		—	1–1		0–1	4–0		1–1	13 Sep	19 Aug
Dinamo Batumi			—	12 Sep		0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0	1–2	1–1	—	4–0				0–0
Locomotive Tbilisi	12 Sep		1–4		—	1–1		3–1	1–1	1–2
Merani Tbilisi			1–2	1–2		—	0–0	1–2		0–2
Saburtalo	2–1	1–1		0–3	0–0	12 Sep	—		1–0
Samtredia	0–0			0–4	0–0		1–2	—		1–0
Telavi	2–0	1–1		0–0		0–0		3–1	—
Torpedo Kutaisi	2–2	0–2		0–0			0–4	13 Sep	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2020. Source: Erovnuli Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 7 August 2020[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mykola Kovtalyuk	Dila Gori	6
2	Irakli Sikharulidze	Locomotive Tbilisi	4
	Jovino Flamarion	Dinamo Batumi
	Irakli Rukhadze	Telavi
	Giorgi Pantsulaia	Torpedo Kutaisi
6	Jambul Jighauri	Dinamo Batumi	3
	Nijat Qurbanov	Samtredia
	Nugzar Spanderashvili	Dila Gori
	Tornike Kapanadze	Dinamo Tbilisi
10	Ivan Bobko	Dila Gori	2

References

1. "2020 Erovnuli Liga". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
2. "tables". erovnuliliga.ge/en.
3. "UEL2 Access List 2021–24" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
4. "Statement of Georgian Football Federation". GFF. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
5. "Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga will resume on 25 June". Erovnuli Liga. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
6. "Topscorers". soccerway.com.