Erovnuli League

Erovnuli League
Association	Georgian Football Association
First edition	1990
hierarchy	1st League
Teams	10
master	Dinamo Tbilisi (17)
Record champions	Dinamo Tbilisi (17)
Current season	2020
↓ Erovnuli Liga 2 (II)

The Erovnuli Liga ( Georgian უმაღლესი ლიგა, in German Oberste Liga ) is the highest football league in Georgia . The league has been organized by the Georgian Football Association since 1990 . From 1927 to 1989 the Umaghlessi League was a regional competition within the Soviet Union .

mode

Sixteen teams took part in the tournament from the 2014/15 season, as they did until the 1999/2000 season. The Georgian Football Association decided on August 3, 2016 to switch match operations to calendar mode. A transition season with 14 teams will be played in autumn 2016, and from 2017 only ten teams will take part in the top division. At the same time the name was changed to Erovnuli Liga ( Georgian ეროვნული ლიგა, to German National League ).

The champions take part in the second qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League . The second, third and the cup winners play in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League . If the cup winner is already qualified via the league place, the fourth moves up. If two or more teams are tied at the end of the season, the goal difference is not decisive, but the direct comparison .

Participants of the 2020 season

The following clubs will take part in the 2020 season:

Dinamo Tbilisi FC Merani Tbilisi Locomotive Tbilisi FC Saburtalo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Batumi

FC Dila Gori Torpedo Kutaisi Tschichura Satschere FC Samtredia FC Telavi

The master

1990 : Iberia Tbilisi 1991 : Iberia Tbilisi 1991/92 : Dinamo Tbilisi 1992/93 : Dinamo Tbilisi 1993/94 : Dinamo Tbilisi 1994/95 : Dinamo Tbilisi 1995/96 : Dinamo Tbilisi 1996/97 : Dinamo Tbilisi

1997/98 : Dinamo Tbilisi 1998/99 : Dinamo Tbilisi 1999/2000 : Torpedo Kutaisi 2000/01 : Torpedo Kutaisi 2001/02 : Torpedo Kutaisi 2002/03 : Dinamo Tbilisi 2003/04 : WIT Georgia Tbilisi 2004/05 : Dinamo Tbilisi

2005/06 : Sioni Bolnissi 2006/07 : Olimpi Rustavi 2007/08 : Dinamo Tbilisi 2008/09 : WIT Georgia Tbilisi 2009/10 : Olimpi Rustavi 2010/11 : FC Sestaponi 2011/12 : FC Sestaponi 2012/13 : Dinamo Tbilisi

2013/14 : Dinamo Tbilisi 2014/15 : FC Dila Gori 2015/16 : Dinamo Tbilisi 2016 : FC Samtredia 2017 : Torpedo Kutaisi 2018 : FC Saburtalo Tbilisi 2019: Dinamo Tbilisi

Record champions

rank	society	title	Playing times
1.	Dinamo Tbilisi	17th	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 1 2019
2.	Torpedo Kutaisi	5	1949, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2017
3.	WIT Georgia Tbilisi	2	2004, 2009
	Olimpi Rustavi	2	2007, 2010
	FC Sestaponi	2	2011, 2012
6th	Sioni Bolnissi	1	2006
	FC Dila Gori	1	2015
	FC Samtredia	1	2016 2
	FC Saburtalo Tbilisi	1	2018

¹ Summer / Spring 2015/16

² Calendar year 2016

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

• 45. ( 47 ) Malta ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5.125 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 46. ( 42 ) Estonia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5,000 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 47. ( 45 ) Georgia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 4,750 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 48. ( 50 ) Wales ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 4.125 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 49. ( 44 ) Montenegro ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 4,125 - CL: 1, EL: 3 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Web links

• weltfussball.de: Georgia - Erovnuli Liga
• transfermarkt.de CRYSTALBET EROVNULI LIGA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Transitional season 2016. In: gff.ge. August 3, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016 . 
2. ↑ presentation Erovnuli league. In: erovnuliliga.ge. March 4, 2017, Retrieved March 21, 2018 (Georgian). 
3. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .