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2024 Erovnuli Liga

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Erovnuli Liga
Season2024
Dates1 March[1] – 8 December 2024
Matches played175
Goals scored459 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerBjørn Johnsen (22 goals)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 2 December 2024.

The 2024 Erovnuli Liga season or Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga 2024 (formerly known as Umaglesi Liga) is the 36th season of top tier football in Georgia. Dinamo Batumi are the defending champions.

Teams and stadiums

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Changes

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Kolkheti-1913 was promoted from the 2023 Erovnuli Liga 2 thus returning to top tier after a five year absence. Shukura Kobuleti has been relegated to 2024 Liga 4 due to failing licensing process, thus being relegated after a single season in top flight.

Team Location Venue Capacity
Dila Gori Gori Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium 5,000
Dinamo Batumi Batumi Adjarabet Arena 20,000
Dinamo Tbilisi Tbilisi Boris Paichadze Stadium 54,549
Gagra Ilia Kokaia Football Center 500
Iberia 1999[a] David Petriashvili Stadium 2,130
Kolkheti-1913 Poti GFF Technical Centre, Kobuleti 1,000
Samgurali Tsqaltubo Tsqaltubo 26 May Stadium, Tsqaltubo 3,500
FC Samtredia Samtredia Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium 3,000
FC Telavi Telavi Caucasus Arena 1,000
Torpedo Kutaisi Kutaisi Ramaz Shengelia Stadium 19,400
  1. ^ Former FC Saburtalo

Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Dila Portugal Ricardo Costa Georgia (country) Nika Gagnidze Nike Marsbet
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country) Giorgi Chiabrishvili Georgia (country) Mamuka Kobakhidze Macron Crocobet
Lixin Group
Dinamo Tbilisi Austria Ferdinand Feldhofer Georgia (country) Aleksandre Kalandadze Puma adjarabet.com
Marsbet
Gagra Georgia (country) Vladimer Khachidze Georgia (country) Mate Vatsadze Puma N/A
Iberia 1999 Georgia (country) Levan Korgalidze Georgia (country) Lazare Kupatadze Givova Audi
Kolkheti-1913 Georgia (country) Kakhaber Chkhetiani Georgia (country) Davit Megrelishvili Macron N/A
Samgurali Italy Rodolfo Vanoli Georgia (country)Tedo Kikabidze Hummel Halyk Bank
Crocobet
Samtredia Georgia (country) Vladimer Kakashvili Georgia (country) Davit Ubilava Kelme N/A
Telavi Cyprus Pambos Christodoulou Georgia (country) Dachi Tsnobiladze Jako N/A
Torpedo Scotland Steve Kean Georgia (country) Merab Gigauri Macron New Vision University

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Position in table Date of vacancy Replaced by Position in table Date of appointment
Dinamo Tbilisi Spain Andrés Carrasco Mutual consent 5th 7 June 2024[2] Austria Ferdinand Feldhofer 5th 16 June 2024
Dila Gori Portugal Rui Mota Signed by FC Noah 1st 14 June 2024 Portugal Ricardo Costa 1st 8 July 2024
Iberia 1999 Georgia (country) Giorgi Mikadze Fired 3rd 5 July 2024 Georgia (country) Levan Korgalidze 3rd 5 July 2024
Samtredia North Macedonia Dimitar Kapinkovski Mutual consent 10th 21 August 2024 Georgia (country) Vladimer Kakashvili 10th 24 August 2024
Telavi Armenia Armen Adamyan Fired 8th 3 September 2024 Cyprus Pambos Christodoulou 8th 3 September 2024
Samgurali Georgia (country) Mikheil Ashvetia Mutual consent 6th 9 October 2024 Italy Rodolfo Vanoli 6th 11 October 2024
Dinamo Batumi Ukraine Andriy Demchenko Fired 4th 9 October 2024 Georgia (country) Giorgi Chiabrishvili 4th 18 October 2024

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Iberia 1999 (C) 35 23 5 7 73 45 +28 74 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dila Gori (Q) 35 19 11 5 57 28 +29 68 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Torpedo Kutaisi (Q) 35 20 7 8 57 40 +17 67
4 Dinamo Batumi 35 14 10 11 41 41 0 52
5 Samgurali Tsqaltubo 35 11 10 14 50 48 +2 43
6 Dinamo Tbilisi 35 9 12 14 33 43 −10 39
7 Kolkheti-1913 35 8 14 13 46 57 −11 38
8 Gagra 35 10 5 20 35 53 −18 35 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9 Telavi (P) 35 8 10 17 32 42 −10 34
10 Samtredia (R) 35 5 12 18 33 60 −27 27 Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2024. Source: Erovnuli Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams).
(C) Champions; (P) Qualified to relegation play-off; (Q) Qualified to Conference League; (R) Relegated

Results

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Each team will play the other nine teams home and away twice, for a total of 36 games each.

Relegation play-offs

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Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of match played 2 December 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Norway Bjørn Johnsen Torpedo Kutaisi 22
2 Netherlands Tayrell Wouter Dila Gori 18
3 Georgia (country) Giorgi Kokhreidze Iberia 1999 16
4 Mali Cheikne Sylla Iberia 1999 14
5 Georgia (country) Luka Khorkheli Samgurali 10
Georgia (country) Giorgi Kharebashvili Gagra
Georgia (country) Levan Kutalia Dinamo Batumi / Samgurali
6 Georgia (country) Shota Shekiladze Dila Gori 9
Georgia (country) Giorgi Abuashvili Kolkheti-1913
Russia Kirill Klimov Kolkheti-1913

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Georgia (country) Luka Khorkheli Samgurali Tsqaltubo Kolkheti-1913 3–0 (H) 24 August 2024 [4]
Georgia (country) Giorgi Kokhreidze4 Iberia 1999 Kolkheti-1913 6–2 (A) 22 September 2024 [5]
Georgia (country) Levan Kutalia Samgurali Tsqaltubo Gagra 6–2 (H) 10 November 2024 [6]
  • 4 Player scored Poker (4 goals)

Clean sheets

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As of match played 2 December 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Georgia (country) Davit Kereselidze Dila Gori 15
2 Serbia Filip Kljajić Torpedo Kutaisi 10
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Vorobey Gagra 8
4 Georgia (country) Giorgi Loria Dinamo Tbilisi 7
Georgia (country) Nodar Kalichava Samgurali Tsqaltubo
Ukraine Yaroslav Kotlyarov Kolkheti-1913
5 Georgia (country) Giorgi Makaridze Iberia 1999 6
6 Georgia (country) Lazare Kupatadze Iberia 1999 5
Georgia (country) Tornike Megrelishvili Samtredia
Georgia (country) Levan Tandilashvili Telavi

References

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  1. ^ "2024 | ახალი სეზონი სტარტს პირველ მარტს აიღებს". 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ "დინამო ანდრეს კარასკოს დაემშვიდობა". fcdinamo.ge (in Georgian). FC Dinamo Tbilisi. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga - Top Scorers". soccer24.com. Soccer24. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Samgurali Tsqaltubo 3-0 Kolkheti-1913". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Samgurali Tsqaltubo 3-0 Kolkheti-1913". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Samgurali Tsqaltubo 3-0 Kolkheti-1913". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.