# 2020 Erovnuli Liga

The 2020 Erovnuli Liga or Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga 2020 (formerly known as Umaglesi Liga) was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Georgia. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions. The season began on 29 February 2020 and ended on 10 December 2020. The league winner, Dinamo Tbilisi, earned a place in the UEFA Champions League and the second and third-placed clubs, Dinamo Batumi and Dila Gori respectively, earned a place in the new UEFA Europa Conference League.
In March the season was suspended following a decision by the Georgian Football Federation due to COVID-19 pandemic, initially until 1 April, but later the suspension was extended to late June. Each team played 18 matches instead of the planned 36.

## Teams and stadiums

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Chikhura Sachkhere | Kutaisi | Ramaz Shengelia Stadium | 19,400 |
| Dila Gori | Gori | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium | 5,000 |
| Dinamo Batumi | Batumi | Batumi Stadium | 20,000 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Boris Paichadze Stadium | 54,549 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 22,754 |
| Merani Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Sinatle Stadium | 2,500 |
| Saburtalo Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 27,223 |
| FC Samtredia | Samtredia | Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium | 5,000 |
| FC Telavi | Telavi | Givi Chokheli Stadium | 12,000 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | Kutaisi | Ramaz Shengelia Stadium | 19,400 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi (C) | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 9 | +24 | 40 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Batumi | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dila Gori | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 29 | |
| 5 | Saburtalo | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 27 | |
| 6 | Telavi | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 24 | |
| 7 | Samtredia | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 19 | |
| 8 | Torpedo Kutaisi (O) | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 17 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Chikhura (R) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 13 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Merani Tbilisi (R) | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 34 | −28 | 6 | Relegation to Erovnuli Liga 2 |

## Results

Each team will play the other nine teams home and away, for a total of 18 games each.
| Home \ Away | CHI | DIL | DBT | DTB | LOC | MER | SAB | SAM | TEL | TKU |
| Chikhura | — | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–8 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Dila Gori | 6–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Merani Tbilisi | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0–2 |
| Saburtalo | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Samtredia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Telavi | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of matches played on 10 December 2020
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mykola Kovtalyuk | Dila Gori | 10 |
| 2 | Irakli Sikharulidze | Locomotive Tbilisi | 8 |
| 2 | Jaba Jighauri | Dinamo Batumi | 8 |
| 2 | Nodar Kavtaradze | Dinamo Tbilisi | 8 |
| 5 | Beka Kavtaradze | Saburtalo | 7 |
| 5 | Giorgi Pantsulaia | Torpedo Kutaisi | 7 |
| 7 | Nugzar Spanderashvili | Dila Gori | 6 |
| 8 | Giorgi Gabedava | Dinamo Tbilisi | 5 |
| 8 | Giorgi Nikabadze | Dinamo Batumi | 5 |
| 8 | Mamia Gavashelishvili | Locomotive Tbilisi | 5 |
| 8 | Irakli Rukhadze | Telavi | 5 |