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The 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga was the 21st season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on August 1, 2009 and ended on May 20, 2010. FC Olimpi Rustavi won the championship.
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Structural changes
League size was reduced from 11 to 10 teams prior to this season.
Promotion and relegation
Borjomi were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of the season after finishing in 11th and last place. Other teams which will not participate in this year's championship are Mglebi and Meshketi, both due to unknown reasons. This means that originally relegated teams Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali will stay another season in Umaglesi Liga.
Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga 2008–09 Western group champions Samtredia and runners-up Baia. Western group champions Ameri were not promoted due to unknown reasons.
Team overview
FC Gagra and Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Tbilisi due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.
Final league table
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1by winning the Georgian Cup 2009–10
2Olimpi were docked 3 points due to the incidents that happened in the match against Zestaponi.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
The ten teams will play each other four times in this league for a total of 36 matches per team. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.
First half of season
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second half of season
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match between Zestaponi and Olimpi was abandoned in the 89th minute with the score level at 1–1 due to a pitch invasion by both teams' fans which escalated into a brawl. The match result was cancelled and both teams were awarded a 0–3 loss.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Including matches played in December 2009