2017 Erovnuli Liga

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Erovnuli Liga 2017
Season information
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Season statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	236
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The 2017 Erovnuli Liga (formerly known as Umaglesi Liga) is the 29th season of top-tier football in Georgia. Samtredia are the defending champions. The season began on 4 March 2017.

Teams and stadia

Zugdidi and Tskhinvali were directly relegated at the end of the previous season; Sioni Bolnisi and Guria Lanchkhuti were also relegated after losing play-off ties. Because the league contacted from 14 to 10 teams for this season, there was no promotion from the 2016 Pirveli Liga.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Chikhura Sachkhere	Zestaponi	David Abashidze Stadium	4,558
Dila Gori	Gori	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium	8,230
Dinamo Batumi	Batumi	Batumi Rugby Arena
Dinamo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Boris Paichadze Stadium	54,139
Kolkheti Poti	Kobuleti	Chele Arena	6,000
Locomotive Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	25,453
Saburtalo Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	25,453
Samtredia	Samtredia	Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium	5,000
Shukura Kobuleti	Kobuleti	Chele Arena	6,000
Torpedo Kutaisi	Kutaisi	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium	19,400

Source: Scoresway

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Torpedo Kutaisi  (C)	36	23	7	6	59	27	+32	76	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	36	23	6	7	79	29	+50	75	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Template:Fb team Samtredia	36	20	8	8	62	39	+23	68
4	Saburtalo Tbilisi	36	18	6	12	61	42	+19	60
5	Chikhura Sachkhere	36	17	4	15	47	54	−7	55	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
6	Locomotive Tbilisi	36	16	5	15	63	53	+10	53
7	Dila Gori	36	11	8	17	41	51	−10	41
8	Dinamo Batumi  (R)	36	10	3	23	28	60	−32	33	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9	Kolkheti Poti  (O)	36	6	8	22	31	73	−42	26
10	Shukura Kobuleti  (R)	36	4	9	23	35	78	−43	21	Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2

Source: Erovnuli Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Top goalscorers

As of match played 24 May 2017

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Irakli Sikharulidze	Locomotive Tbilisi	11
2	Bachana Arabuli	Dinamo Tbilisi	9
3	Mamia Gavashelishvili	Locomotive Tbilisi	8
	Mykola Kovtalyuk	Kolkheti-1913 Poti
5	Dimitri Tatanashvili	Chikhura Sachkhere	7
6	Yaroslav Kvasov	Dinamo Batumi	6
7	Vagner Goncalves	Saburtalo Tbilisi	4
	Tornike Kapanadze	Torpedo Kutaisi
7	Giorgi Beriashvili	Samtredia	3
	Davit Chagelishvili	Samtredia
	Giorgi Guruli	Torpedo Kutaisi
	Giorgi Ivanishvili	Chikhura Sachkhere
	Giorgi Janelidze	Kolkheti-1913 Poti
	Nodar Kavtaradze	Locomotive Tbilisi
	Giorgi Kokhreidze	Saburtalo Tbilisi

External links

• Official website
• Georgian Football Federation