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Umaglesi Liga
| Umaglesi Liga |
|---|
| 2008-09 Season |
| Founded |
| 1990 |
| Nation |
| Relegation To |
| Pirveli Liga |
| Number of Teams |
| 12 |
| European Qualification |
| Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup |
| Domestic Cups |
| Georgian Cup |
| Current Champions (2007-08) |
| Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Website |
| Official(English) |
The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union. The league consists of twelve teams.
Format
Below is a complete record of how many teams have played in each season throughout the league's history;
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Premier League 2008/09
Soviet Time Champions
as Georgian SSR- 1927: Batumi XI
- 1928: Tbilisi XI
1929-35 not played
- 1936: ZII Tbilisi
- 1937: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
- 1938: FC Dinamo Batumi
- 1939: Nauka Tbilisi
- 1940: FC Dinamo Batumi
1941-42 not played
- 1943: ODKA Tbilisi
1944 not played
- 1945: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
- 1946: Dinamo Kutaisi
- 1947: FC Dinamo Sokhumi
- 1948: FC Dinamo Sokhumi
- 1949: FC Torpedo Kutaisi
- 1950: TODO Tbilisi
- 1951: TODO Tbilisi
- 1952: TTU Tbilisi
- 1953: TTU Tbilisi
- 1954: TTU Tbilisi
- 1955: Dinamo Kutaisi
- 1956: Lokomotiv Tbilisi
- 1957: TTU Tbilisi
- 1958: TTU Tbilisi
- 1959: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1960: Imereti Kutaisi
- 1961: Guria Lanchuti
- 1962: Imereti Kutaisi
- 1963: Imereti Kutaisi
- 1964: IngurGES Zugdidi
- 1965: Tolia Tbilisi
- 1966: Guria Lanchuti
- 1967: Mertskhali Makharadze
- 1968: SKA Tbilisi
- 1969: Sulori Vani
- 1970: SKIF Tbilisi
- 1971: Guria Lanchuti
- 1972: Lokomotiv Samtredia
- 1973: Dinamo Zugdidi
- 1974: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1975: Magaroeli Chiatura
- 1976: SKIF Tbilisi
- 1977: Mziuri Gali
- 1978: Kolheti Poti
- 1979: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1980: Meshakhte Tkibuli
- 1981: Meshakhte Tkibuli
- 1982: Mertskhali Makharadze
- 1983: Samgulari Tshaltubo
- 1984: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1985: Shadrevani-83 Tshaltubo
- 1986: Shevardeni Tbilisi
- 1987: Marchali Macharadze
- 1988: Kolheti Poti
- 1989: Shadrevani-83 Tshaltubo
Champions Since Independence
- 1990: Iberia Tbilisi
- 1991: Iberia Tbilisi
- 1992: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1993: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1994: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1995: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1996: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1997: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1998: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1999: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 2000: Torpedo Kutaisi
- 2001: Torpedo Kutaisi
- 2002: Torpedo Kutaisi
- 2003: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 2004: WIT Georgia Tbilisi
- 2005: Dinamo Tbilisi
- 2006: Sioni Bolnisi
- 2007: FC Olimpi Rustavi
- 2008: Dinamo Tbilisi
Performance by club
| Club | Titles |
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| Dinamo Tbilisi | 13 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 3 |
| FC Sioni Bolnisi | 1 |
| FC WIT Georgia | 1 |
| FC Olimpi Rustavi | 1 |
Topscorers
| Year | Best scorers | Team | Goals |
| 1998/99 | Mikheil Ashvetia | Dinamo Tbilisi | 26 |
| 1999/00 | Zurab Ionanidze | Torpedo Kutaisi | 24 |
| 2000/01 | Zaza Zirakishvili | Dinamo Tbilisi | 21 |
| 2001/02 | Suliko Davitashvili | Lokomotivi/Merani | 18 |
| 2002/03 | Zurab Ionanidze | Torpedo Kutaisi | 26 |
| 2003/04 | Suliko Davitashvili | Torpedo Kutaisi | 20 |
| 2004/05 | Levani Melkadze | Dinamo Tbilisi | 27 |
| 2005/06 | Jaba Dvali | Dinamo Tbilisi | 21 |
| 2006/07 | Sandro Iashvili | Dinamo Tbilisi | 27 |
| 2007/08 | Mikheil Khutsishvili | Dinamo Tbilisi | 16 |
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