# 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga

The 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga was the fourteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 3 August 2002 and ended on 30 May 2003. Torpedo Kutaisi were the defending champions.

## First stage
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 8 | +42 | 56 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 15 | +35 | 52 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 3 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 10 | +25 | 50 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 4 | WIT Georgia | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 15 | +25 | 49 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 5 | Sioni Bolnisi | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 30 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 6 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 30 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 7 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 23 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 8 | Dila Gori | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 21 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 9 | Dinamo Batumi | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 20 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 10 | Metalurgi Zestaponi | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 50 | −33 | 19 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 11 | Gorda Rustavi | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 13 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 12 | Milani Tsnori | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 47 | −36 | 13 | Qualification to Relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DIL | DBA | DIN | GOR | KOL | LOC | MER | MZE | MIL | SIO | TKU | WIT |
| Dila Gori | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Gorda Rustavi | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Merani-91 Tbilisi | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | – | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Metalurgi Zestaponi | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–3 | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Milani Tsnori | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | | 1–0 |
| WIT Georgia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | |
* ↑ Match awarded as Merani's players refused to play a match in protest against non-payment of salaries.
* ↑ Match awarded as Milani had not paid participation fee in time.
* ↑ Both teams were awarded a 0–3 loss for not paying participation fee in time.
* ↑ Match awarded as Metalurgi Zestaponi had not paid participation fee in time.
* ↑ The match between Metalurgi Zestaponi and WIT Georgia was abandoned in the 75th minute with the score of 1–3 for WIT Georgia because the home fans attacked a referee. The match was awarded with a score of 0–3.
* ↑ Match awarded as Metalurgi Zestaponi's players refused to play a match in protest against non-payment of salaries.

## Second stage
### Championship group
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 48 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | WIT Georgia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 41 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 38 | |
| 5 | Sioni Bolnisi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 23 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 6 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 20 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DIN | LOC | KOL | SIO | TKU | WIT |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 0–0 | 0–6 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 0–0 |
| WIT Georgia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

### Relegation group
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Dila Gori | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 29 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Batumi | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 28 | |
| 9 | Merani-Olimpi Tbilisi | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 27 | |
| 10 | Gorda Rustavi (R) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Milani Tsnori (R) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
| 12 | Metalurgi Zestaponi (R) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 29 | −29 | 10 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DIL | DBA | GOR | MER | MZE | MIL |
| Dila Gori | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Gorda Rustavi | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Merani-91 Tbilisi | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 6–0 | 0–0 |
| Metalurgi Zestaponi | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | | 0–1 |
| Milani Tsnori | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Zurab Ionanidze | Torpedo Kutaisi | 17 |
| 2 | Levan Melkadze | WIT Georgia | 15 |
| 3 | Vitali Daraselia | Dinamo Tbilisi | 11 |
| 4 | Alexander Koshkadze | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 9 |
| 5 | David Goderdzishvili | Sioni Bolnisi | 8 |
| 5 | Revaz Gotsiridze | Gorda Rustavi | 8 |
| 5 | Levan Shavgulidze | Sioni Bolnisi | 8 |
| 8 | Giorgi Adamia | WIT Georgia | 6 |
| 8 | Malkhaz Asatiani | Torpedo Kutaisi | 6 |
| 8 | Givi Didava | Torpedo Kutaisi | 6 |
| 8 | Zviad Endeladze | Metalurgi Zestaponi | 6 |
| 8 | Giorgi Modebadze | Dinamo Batumi | 6 |
| 8 | Andriy Poroshyn | Torpedo Kutaisi | 6 |