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.

Erovnuli Liga
Season2024
Dates1 March[1] – 8 December 2024
Matches played160
Goals scored424 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerBjørn Johnsen (21 goals)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 10 November 2024.

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   Ricardo Costa   Nika Gagnidze Nike Marsbet
Dinamo Batumi   Giorgi Chiabrishvili   Mamuka Kobakhidze Macron Crocobet
Lixin Group
Dinamo Tbilisi   Ferdinand Feldhofer   Aleksandre Kalandadze Puma adjarabet.com
Marsbet
Gagra   Vladimer Khachidze   Mate Vatsadze Puma N/A
Iberia 1999   Levan Korgalidze   Lazare Kupatadze Givova Audi
Kolkheti-1913   Kakhaber Chkhetiani   Davit Megrelishvili Macron N/A
Samgurali   Rodolfo Vanoli  Tedo Kikabidze Hummel Halyk Bank
Crocobet
Samtredia   Vladimer Kakashvili   Davit Ubilava Kelme N/A
Telavi   Pambos Christodoulou   Dachi Tsnobiladze Jako N/A
Torpedo   Steve Kean   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   Andrés Carrasco Mutual consent 5th 7 June 2024[2]   Ferdinand Feldhofer 5th 16 June 2024
Dila Gori   Rui Mota Signed by FC Noah 1st 14 June 2024   Ricardo Costa 1st 8 July 2024
Iberia 1999   Giorgi Mikadze Fired 3rd 5 July 2024   Levan Korgalidze 3rd 5 July 2024
Samtredia   Dimitar Kapinkovski Mutual consent 10th 21 August 2024   Vladimer Kakashvili 10th 24 August 2024
Telavi   Armen Adamyan Fired 8th 3 September 2024   Pambos Christodoulou 8th 3 September 2024
Samgurali   Mikheil Ashvetia Mutual consent 6th 9 October 2024   Rodolfo Vanoli 6th 11 October 2024
Dinamo Batumi   Andriy Demchenko Fired 4th 9 October 2024   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 (X) 32 21 4 7 69 43 +26 67 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Torpedo Kutaisi (X) 32 19 7 6 53 35 +18 64 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Dila Gori 32 16 11 5 53 28 +25 59
4 Dinamo Batumi 32 13 10 9 39 37 +2 49
5 Dinamo Tbilisi 32 9 12 11 32 37 −5 39
6 Samgurali Tsqaltubo 32 9 9 14 47 47 0 36
7 Gagra 33 10 5 18 34 49 −15 35
8 Kolkheti-1913 32 6 13 13 39 55 −16 31 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9 Telavi 33 7 9 17 27 40 −13 30
10 Samtredia 32 5 12 15 31 53 −22 27 Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 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).
(X) Guaranteed at least Conference League

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 10 November 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1   Bjørn Johnsen Torpedo Kutaisi 21
2   Tayrell Wouter Dila Gori 17
3   Giorgi Kokhreidze Iberia 1999 15
4   Cheikne Sylla Iberia 1999 13
5   Luka Khorkheli Samgurali 10
6   Shota Shekiladze Dila Gori 9
  Giorgi Kharebashvili Gagra
7   Shota Nonikashvili Iberia 1999 8
  Giorgi Abuashvili Kolkheti-1913
  Kirill Klimov Kolkheti-1913
  Levan Kutalia Dinamo Batumi / Samgurali

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref.
  Luka Khorkheli Samgurali Tsqaltubo Kolkheti-1913 3–0 (H) 24 August 2024 [4]
  Giorgi Kokhreidze4 Iberia 1999 Kolkheti-1913 6–2 (A) 22 September 2024 [5]
  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 10 November 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Davit Kereselidze Dila Gori 12
2   Filip Kljajić Torpedo Kutaisi 9
3   Giorgi Loria Dinamo Tbilisi 7
  Oleksandr Vorobey Gagra
4   Yaroslav Kotlyarov Kolkheti-1913 6
5   Lazare Kupatadze Iberia 1999 5
  Nodar Kalichava Samgurali Tsqaltubo
  Tornike Megrelishvili Samtredia
  Giorgi Makaridze Iberia 1999
6   Roin Kvaskhvadze Dinamo Batumi 4
  Beka Kurdadze Telavi
  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.