# 1997–98 Umaglesi Liga

The 1997–98 Umaglesi Liga was the ninth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 8 July 1997 and ended on 22 May 1998. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi (C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 86 | 15 | +71 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Batumi | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 19 | +39 | 61 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 57 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 54 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Odishi Zugdidi | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 49 | |
| 6 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 39 | |
| 8 | TSU Tbilisi | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Dila Gori | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 37 | |
| 10 | WIT Georgia | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 36 | |
| 11 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 34 | |
| 12 | Samgurali Tskaltubo | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 34 | |
| 13 | Sioni Bolnisi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 31 | |
| 14 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 27 | |
| 15 | Magharoeli Chiatura (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 26 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
| 16 | Margveti Zestaponi (R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 75 | −54 | 13 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
* 1 2 5 points deducted
* ↑ 5 points deducted for fan violence; 2 points deducted later

## Results

| Home \ Away | DIL | DBA | DIN | GUR | KOL | LOC | MAG | MZS | MER | MET | ODI | SMG | SIO | TKU | TSU | WIT |
| Dila Gori | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 6–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Magharoeli Chiatura | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Margveti Zestaponi | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| Merani-91 Tbilisi | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Metalurgi Rustavi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Odishi Zugdidi | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Samgurali Tskaltubo | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| TSU Tbilisi | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| WIT Georgia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Levan Khomeriki | Dinamo Tbilisi | 23 |
| 2 | Davit Mujiri | Dinamo Tbilisi | 18 |
| 3 | Jumber Kalandadze | Odishi Zugdidi | 17 |
| 3 | Giorgi Megreladze | Torpedo Kutaisi | 17 |
| 5 | Paata Machutadze | Dinamo Batumi | 15 |
| 6 | Nugzar Mikaberidze | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 13 |
| 7 | David Goderdzishvili | Locomotive Tbilisi / Merani-91 Tbilisi | 11 |
| 7 | Giorgi Tkavadze | Sioni Bolnisi | 11 |
| 7 | Mikheil Ashvetia | Dinamo Tbilisi | 11 |
| 10 | Suliko Davitashvili | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 10 |
| 10 | Malkhaz Tevdoradze | Samgurali Tskaltubo | 10 |
| 10 | Mamuka Rusia | TSU Tbilisi | 10 |