The 2024 Erovnuli Liga 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] – 15 December 2024
Matches played90
Goals scored226 (2.51 per match)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 2 June 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 David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi 4,558
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   Andriy Demchenko   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   Mikheil Ashvetia  Tedo Kikabidze Hummel Halyk Bank
Crocobet
Samtredia   Goran Bojcheski   Davit Ubilava Kelme N/A
Telavi   Armen Adamyan   Dachi Tsnobiladze Jako N/A
Torpedo   Steve Kean   Giorgi Arabidze 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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dila Gori 18 11 6 1 28 10 +18 39 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Torpedo Kutaisi 18 10 5 3 32 19 +13 35 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Iberia 1999 18 10 2 6 33 29 +4 32
4 Dinamo Batumi 18 9 4 5 24 20 +4 31
5 Dinamo Tbilisi 18 5 7 6 16 19 −3 22
6 Kolkheti-1913 18 4 8 6 26 29 −3 20
7 Samgurali Tsqaltubo 18 5 4 9 23 26 −3 19
8 Gagra 18 6 1 11 18 23 −5 19 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9 Telavi 18 4 5 9 13 19 −6 17
10 FC Samtredia 18 1 8 9 13 32 −19 11 Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 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).

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 1 June 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1   Bjørn Johnsen Torpedo Kutaisi 11
2   Tayrell Wouter Dila Gori 9
3   Shota Nonikashvili Iberia 1999 8
4   Giorgi Kokhreidze Iberia 1999 7
5   Giorgi Arabidze Torpedo Kutaisi 5
  Shota Shekiladze Dila Gori
  Cheikne Sylla Iberia 1999
  Giorgi Pantsulaia Samgurali
  Mate Vatsadze Gagra
  Giorgi Kharebashvili Gagra
  Vladimer Mamuchashvili Dinamo Batumi

Clean sheets

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As of match played 28 May 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Davit Kereselidze Dila Gori 9
2   Giorgi Loria Dinamo Tbilisi 7
3   Lazare Kupatadze Iberia 1999 5
4   Roin Kvaskhvadze Dinamo Batumi 4
  Filip Kljajić Torpedo Kutaisi
  Oleksandr Vorobey Gagra
  Tornike Megrelishvili Samtredia
5   Oto Goshadze Torpedo Kutaisi 3
  Yaroslav Kotlyarov Kolkheti-1913
  Beka Kurdadze Telavi

Discipline

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Red cards

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As of match played 2 June 2024

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.