# 2012–13 Umaglesi Liga

The 2012–13 Umaglesi Liga was the 24th season of top-tier football in Georgia. The season began on 10 August 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

Dinamo Batumi play their home matches in Kobuleti and WIT Georgia in Mtskheta.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Chikhura | Sachkhere | Tsentral | |
| Dila Gori | Gori | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium | 5,000 |
| Dinamo Batumi | Kobuleti | Chele Arena | 6,000 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Boris Paichadze Stadium | 54,549 |
| Kolkheti Poti | Poti | Fazisi Stadium | 4,000 |
| Merani Martvili | Martvili | Municipal Stadium | 2,000 |
| Metalurgi Rustavi | Rustavi | Poladi Stadium | 6,000 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | Bolnisi | Tamaz Stephania Stadium | 3,000 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | Kutaisi | Givi Kiladze Stadium | 14,700 |
| WIT Georgia | Mtskheta | Mtskheta Park | 2,000 |
| Zestaponi | Zestaponi | David Abashidze Stadium | 4,558 |
| Zugdidi | Zugdidi | Anaklia Stadium | 1,000 |

## First phase

The league began with a regular double-round robin schedule on 8 August 2012. The best six teams qualified for the championship round, which will determine the Georgian champions and the participants for the 2013–14 European competitions. The remaining six teams play in the relegation group, where the top four free will secure places in the 2013–14 competition.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 19 | +44 | 52 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 2 | Dila Gori | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 49 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 3 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 45 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 4 | Chikhura Sachkhere | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 43 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 5 | Zestaponi | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 37 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 6 | Zugdidi | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 35 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 7 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 31 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 8 | Merani Martvili | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 23 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 9 | WIT Georgia | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 22 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 10 | Sioni Bolnisi | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 38 | −24 | 18 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 11 | Dinamo Batumi | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 13 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 12 | Kolkheti Poti | 22 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 43 | −32 | 4 | Qualification to Relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CHI | DIL | DBA | DIN | KOL | MER | MET | SIO | TKU | WIT | ZES | ZUG |
| Chikhura Sachkhere | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Dila Gori | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 5–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Kolkheti Poti | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Merani Martvili | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Metalurgi Rustavi | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| WIT Georgia | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Zestaponi | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 |
| Zugdidi | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |

## Second phase

This phase began on 9 March 2013 and will end on 18 May 2013.

### Championship round

Dinamo Tbilisi, Dila Gori, Torpedo Kutaisi, Chikhura Sachkhere, Zestaponi and Baia Zugdidi ended the first phase in the top six positions of the table and thus entered the championship round.
The results of the matches among these teams will be used as a base ranking. Each team will then play another double round-robin schedule against every other team.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi (C) | 32 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 88 | 23 | +65 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dila Gori | 32 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Chikhura Sachkhere | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Zestaponi | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 42 | |
| 6 | Zugdidi | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 36 | |
* 1 2 Dinamo Tbilisi, the winners of the 2012–13 Georgian Cup, qualified for the Champions League, so 2nd-placed Dila Gori qualified for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League and cup runners-up Chikhura Sachkhere took the first qualifying round spot.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CHI | DIL | DIN | TKU | ZES | ZUG |
| Chikhura Sachkhere | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dila Gori | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 0–0 | 5–4 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Zestaponi | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| Zugdidi | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | |

### Relegation round

Metalurgi Rustavi, Merani Martvili, WIT Georgia, Sioni Bolnisi, Dinamo Batumi and Kolkheti Poti and finished seventh through twelfth and thus entered the promotion/relegation round.
Each team will play another double round-robin schedule against every other team. The last two teams of this round will play in the Pirveli Liga in the 2013–14 season.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 44 | |
| 8 | Merani Martvili | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 34 | |
| 9 | WIT Georgia | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 33 | |
| 10 | Sioni Bolnisi | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 33 | |
| 11 | Dinamo Batumi (R) | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
| 12 | Kolkheti Poti (R) | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 56 | −34 | 17 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Sioni Bolnisi–WIT Georgia 1–1, WIT Georgia–Sioni Bolnisi 0–0, WIT Georgia–Sioni Bolnisi 0–2, Sioni Bolnisi–WIT Georgia 0–3.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DBA | KOL | MET | MER | SIO | WIT |
| Dinamo Batumi | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Kolkheti Poti | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Metalurgi Rustavi | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Merani Martvili | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 0–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 0–3 |
| WIT Georgia | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |