Georgian Premier League
The Umaghlessi League (Georgian უმაღლესი ლიგა to German Supreme League ) is the highest football league in Georgia. Since 1990, the league is organized by the Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the Umaghlessi League was a regional competition within the Soviet Union. The league consists of twelve teams.
Mode
The twelve participating teams will play two games against each other. Thus, each team completed in the course of a season first 22 games. The winning team receives three points for a draw, each team receives a point.
The top-ranked after the main round six teams determine a champion in round with round-trip games to master him and the following five places. The clubs, the places are allocated according to the main round 7-12, determine in a Relegation Round, the four teams that play in addition to the participants of the Master round the following season in the premier league. The two last- placed teams relegated to the second division. In order for the teams in the league Umaghlessi come to 32 per season games.
The association, which is at the end of the season, the usual in the summer one year lasts as in most European leagues until spring of next year, which could achieve most points Georgian champion and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League the following season. The runner-up and third parties of the final table to take part in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, the Georgian Cup winner qualifies for the second qualifying round of the Europa League.
Participants in the 2012/13 season
The following teams participated in the 2012/13 season:
- FC Dinamo Batumi
- Sioni Bolnisi
- FC Dila Gori
- Torpedo Kutaisi
- FC Merani Martwili
- FC Kolcheti 1913 Poti
- Metalurgi Rustavi
- Tschichura Sachkhere
- FC Zestaponi
- Baia Zugdidi
- Dinamo Tbilisi
- WIT Georgia Tbilisi
The Masters
- 2006: Sioni Bolnisi
- 2007: Olimpi Rustavi
- 2008: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 2009: WIT Georgia Tbilisi
- 2010: Olimpi Rustavi
- 2011: FC Zestaponi
- 2012: FC Zestaponi
- 2013: Dinamo Tbilisi
Record champions
UEFA five year ranking
Position in the UEFA five year ranking (in brackets the previous year placement). The abbreviation CL and EL countries behind the coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2014/15 season of the Champions League and the Europa League.
- 29 (29 ) Hungary Hungary (league, cup ) - coefficient: 11,750 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 30 (34 ) Slovenia (league, cup ) - coefficient: 9.708 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 31 (31 ) Georgia Georgia (league, cup ) - coefficient: 9.166 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 32 (37 ) Azerbaijan (league, cup ) - coefficient: 8.541 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 33 (30 ) Finland Finland (league, cup ) - coefficient: 8.508 - CL: 1, EL: 3
As of the end of the European campaign of 2012/13